Summary and Facts: Around The World Trip 2017-18

So, once again, after a second trip around the world, I am home, and Nomadic Joe is no longer on the road. Sad but true, but for sure not permanently. Trips in the future will undoubtedly be of shorter duration, but I still have a few places I would like to get to. All good things must come to an end at some point. This post is a short reflection of the totals, in particular the countries visited and the number of flights.

There will be two more posts before I end the blog for this year, so stay tuned.

A total of 24 different countries or destinations. Here is the complete list:

Iceland, England, Wales, Spain, Morocco, Kenya, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Madagascar, South Africa, Lesotho, Swaziland, Australia, Ethiopia, Sri Lanka, Maldives, India, Bhutan, Thailand, Tibet, Myanmar, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mongolia.

Flights:

1		Toronto	to	Reykjavik	Iceland
2		Reykjavik	to	London	UK
3		London	to	Malaga	Spain
4		Seville	to	Barcelona	Spain
5		Barcelona	to	Casablanca	Morocco
6		Marrakesh	to	Casablanca	Morocco
7		Casablanca	to	Nairobi	Kenya
8		Nairobi	to	Johannesburg	South Africa
9		Johannesburg	to	Maun	Botswana
10		Johannesburg	to	Antananarivo	Madagascar
11		Antananarivo	to	Morandova	Madagascar
12		Morandova	to	Antananarivo	Madagascar
13		Antananarivo	to	Johannesburg	South Africa
14		Capetown	to	Dubai	United Arab Emirates
15		Dubai	to	Melbourne	Australia
16		Melbourne	to	Perth	Australia
17		Perth	to	Dubai	United Arab Emirates
18		Dubai	to	Addis Abba	Ethiopia
19		Lalibela	to	Colombo	Sri Lanka
20		Mirissa	to	Male	Maldives
21		Male	to	Chennai	India
22		Trivandrum	to	Delhi	India
23		Delhi	to	Jaiselmeer	India
24		Jaiselmeer	to	Delhi	India
25		Delhi	to	Chennai	India
26		Paro	to	Kathmandu	Nepal
27		Kathmandu	to	Lhasa	Tibet
28		Lhasa	to	Kathmandu	Nepal
29		Kathmandu	to	Bangkok	Thailand
30		Bangkok	to	Islands	Thailand
31		Islands	to	Bangkok	Thailand
32		Bangkok	to	Yangoon	Myanmar
33		Yangoon	to	Mandalay	Myanmar
34		Inle Lake	to	Yangoon	Myanmar
35		Yangoon	to	Kuala Lumpur	Indonesia
36		Kuala Lumpur	to	Denpasar	Indonesia
37		Denpasar	to	Labuan Bajo	Indonesia
38		Labuan Bajo	to	Kuala Lumpur	Indonesia
39		Kuala Lumpur	to	Kota Kinabula	Malaysia
40		Kota Kinabula	to	Lauban	Malaysia
41		Lauban	to	Miri	Malaysia
42		Miri	to	Mulu	Malaysia
43		Kota Kinabula	to	Kuching	Malaysia
44		Kuching	to	Seoul	South Korea
45		Seoul	to	Ulaanbaatar	Mongolia
46		Ulaanbaatar	to	Beijing	China
47		Beijing	to	Toronto	Canada

Plus there were innumerable buses, mini-vans, trains, boats, scooters, taxis, cars, horses, camels, and miles and miles on my own two feet!

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For fun here are the different currencies and their value as of July 25, 2018.

Currencies	VALUE OF $1 CAN
Country	Name	Value
Iceland	Krona	80.89
UK	Pound	0.58
Spain	Euro	0.65
Morocco	Dirham	7.18
Kenya	Shilling	76.45
South Africa	Rand	10.27
Botswana	Pula	7.85
Zimbabwe	Dollar	274.88
Lesotho	Loti	10.33
Swaziland	Lilangeni	10.26
Madagascar	Ariary	2559.03
Ethiopia	Birr	20.95
Sri Lanka	Rupee	121.26
Maldives	Rufiyaa	11.71
India	Rupee	52.43
Nepal	Rupee	83.7
Tibet/China	Yuan	5.16
Thailand	Bhat	25.44
Myanmar	Kyat	1099.64
Indonesia	Rupiah	11032.73
Malaysia	Ringgit	3.09
South Korea	Won	864
Mongolia	Tughrik	1873.5