Over the last year, our Light Year:
- We visited 25 countries
- We slept in 64 different beds
- We used 16 airlines
- We passed by 33 airports
To get around we took:
- 28 Airplanes,
- Over 75 Trains (at least half of them in Japan!)
- 21 Buses
- 15 Boats
- 16 Cars
- 2 Trams
- 32 Taxis
- 1 Gondola
- 13 Subways
- 32 Ubers
- 1 Grab taxi
- 4 Cable Cars
- 1 Campervan
- 1 CycloRickshaw
- 26 Tuk tuks
- 2 Jeeps
- 2 Monorails
- 5 Collectivos
- 3 Bicycles
- 1 Golf cart
- and 2 motorized teddy bears 🙂
For those interested, we spent CAD$22,700 on flights, and approx. CAD$65,000 for the rest. We just about kept to our budget as follows:
- Accommodation: CAD$100 / night on average
- Food: CAD$50 / day on average
- Activities: CAD$50 / day on average
- Local transport: CAD$25 / day on average
The most expensive countries were: Switzerland, New Zealand, Australia, France, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Qatar, Argentina. Here we spent a bit more than our budget. The cheapest countries were: Thailand, South Africa, Namibia, Sri Lanka, U.K. (cheap accommodation!), Malaysia, Bolivia, Peru, Mexico, Indonesia, where we under-spent the budget, so it about evened out to the amounts above. Our accommodation standard was about 3-star equivalent, with a few exceptions on either side of the scale, usually for a single night or two. For getting around, Uber works pretty well in most big cities, with a few exceptions: Bali (due to taxi mafia), Cusco, Mexico City (beware surge pricing, and crooked drivers who “forget” to end the trip when they drop you off).
- And we made 29 Double Trouble Travels movies. Here is the series finale, Greg & Nina around the world:
Thanks for having traveled with us! See you soon!
Sophie, Gary, Gregory & Nina
A Light Year Family 