Stats

Last updated: Cape Town, South Africa. 23 December 2011

• Days on the road: 311
• Countries visited: 26
• Distance travelled: 28,845 miles,  46,422 km
• Diesel used:  5189 L
• Fuel economy: 25.05 mpg, 11.28 L/100km
• Current cost of diesel/L: £0.88/L (South Africa)
• Average cost of diesel/L: 0.8/L
• £ spent on diesel: £4,111
• £ spent on vehicle excl diesel (insurance, road tax, border crossings, ferrys, , maintenance, repairs, parking etc): £4126
• Nights in the tent: 194 (62%)
• Nights wild camped: 54 (17%)
• £ spent on accommodation: £1482
• £ spent on food and drink: £3214
• £ spent on entertainment: £2847
• £ spent on trip in total: £17,620 -
• % of trip completed (timewise): 100%
• % of budget spent: 104%
• Bribes paid: 1 – bribe negociated by another traveller and we had to pay as well!
• Vehicle problems: 6. High beam relay stopped working in Western Desert, Egypt. In Sudan we got the bushes replaced (preventative rather than breakdown). In Kenya we snapped off a wee thing from the wheel hub. In Tanzania the handbrake broke. In Tanzania we replaced a wheel bearing. In Malawi a bit broke off the radiator and spun around for a bit, but no major damage. In Zambia, uh oh, we cracked our diff housing…
• Strangest animal seen to date: Spring hare – An African kangaroo!!
• Scariest animal: Giant camel spiders on speed in the desert in Sudan
• Number of lions spotted: about 120!
• Number of leopards: 6
• Animal encounters too close for comfort: Ness attacked by baboon – Kenya. Ness’s breakfast stolen by a Vervet Monkey – Kenya. Ness bitten by scorpion, twice, in Vic Falls. Brett chasing a suspected baby black mamba and pulling it’s tail. In Hermanus a ginger cat climbed the ladder and invaded the rooftent – bloody gingas!