Sunday 3/8/09 Gulu, Uganda
Week 72, 73, and 74 Stats
Start city: Buenos Aires, Argentina
End city: Gulu, Uganda
Total distance traveled by bicycle: 0 miles
Days on the bike: N/A
Average miles per day of riding: N/A
Longest day: N/A
Shortest day: N/A
Total money spent: $384.15 U.S.
Average spent per day: $18.29 U.S.
Total nights spent at Veronica’s apartment in Buenos Aires: 7
Total nights spent CouchSurfing: 11
Nights spent in hostels: 3
Countries visited: 4…Argentina, South Africa, Swaziland, and Uganda
Dips in the Indian Ocean: 1
Times South Africans warned me about being careful in South Africa: Many many many
Barbecues attended with Dean, my Couchsurfing host in South Africa: 5
Lions, giraffes, elephants, leopards, warthogs, and impala spotted in Kruger National Park in South Africa: 2 bazillion
Screws left over after I reassembled my bike in Uganda: 1
Number of times in the last week children in Uganda have stopped me to say hello as I was walking home from work: 10 or so
Number of bats I was able to shoot with the slingshot I borrowed: 0
Number of bats a boy bragged about killing the day before: 1…but it was ‘a big one!’
Drumming concerts attended in Buenos Aires: 1
Hours spent dancing at the drumming concert: Enough to have made my feet sore the following day
Number of times I wished I had more time to spend at Veronica’s place: Lots
Length of my plane ride from Argentina to South Africa: 11 hours
Haircuts: 1
Cost of a pair of used pants in Gulu’s central market: $3 U.S.
Cost of a lunch at a local restaurant here in Gulu: $1 U.S.
Number of times I described my bicycle as my ‘baby’ when I was pleading with the airline baggage handlers to handle my bike box with care: 7
