The final post: some facts about our trip around the world So – looks like we’re done. It’s simply not possible to summarize the trip in one last post, so we’ll just throw out some random facts. Days on the road: 339 Total kilometers traveled: 118’394 (73’566 miles) Countries visited: 25 countries on 4 continents Different modes of transportation: Car,...
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After spending a night in a nice little place called Torrey, Utah, we took on another long (and pretty boring) ride through the desert to cross into Colorado. As soon as we got there, the ride drastically improved: The Rocky Mountains hadn’t over-promised. We enjoyed the nice, long curves, but were always on our toes due to the weather: It was...
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When we finally managed to leave the Bay area, we attacked the rest of the state the Beach Boys like the girls from. Going up the coast until Fort Bragg and then heading inland, crossing some hills, we were highly confused by the changes in climate: We arrived at the home of our couchsurfing-hosts half frozen, and literally needed a good half hour under a hot shower...
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After an 8 hour delay and a ride in the probably oldest and worst plane ever, we made it to China, got ripped off by a taxi driver and finally settled into a rather noisy and not-so-clean backpackers hostel. What can we say – it’s Beijing. It’s humongous. There’s more than 63’000 registered taxis (and we didn’t find a single nice...
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We loved Japan. Maybe because it is so funky. Here’s some random facts to prove its funkiness. 1. They like Sushi Of course they do. We do too. But only looking at the sheer amount of raw fish they down, you can see how much they really like it. We did our best to keep up (we had Sushi on 13 out of 16 days in Japan), but the piles of plates they left behind...
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Fukushima – not the first place you’d think of going to for a vacation. In fact, I can’t think of any place with such a negative connotation to its name for the last few years (with the exception of a few war-riddled countries maybe). Nevertheless, it seemed a logic place to go when heading north from Tokyo, and since we’d read just as many positive things...
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