RTW Notables

From departure September 19, 2013 to completion November 12, 2014:



Hours Spent in Transit*

  • Plane - 169.5 hours
  • Bus - 474.5 hours (plus countless hours on a tourist bus in India)
  • Train - 68.6 hours
  • Boat/Ferry - 29.25 hours
  • Collectivo/Car/Taxi/Minivan- 33.75 hours


Books Completed

  • A Breath of Snow and Ashes - Diana Gabaldon
  • An Echo in the Bone - Diana Gabaldon
  • Bossypants - Tina Fey
  • Let's Pretend This Never Happened - Jenny Larson
  • Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls - David Sedaris
  • The Motorcycle Diaries - Ernesto Che Guevara
  • Marching Powder - Rusty Young
  • A Feast for Crows - George R. R. Martin
  • A Dance with Dragons - George R. R. Martin
  • Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns) - Mindy Kaling
  • Inferno - Dan Brown
  • Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption - Laura Hillenbrand
  • Gone Girl - Gillian Flynn
  • Wild (From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail) - Cheryl Strayed
  • The God of Small Things - Arundhati Roy
  • The Hundred-Foot Journey - Richard C. Morais
  • The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared - Jonas Jonasson
  • Oryx and Crake - Margaret Atwood
  • The Year of the Flood - Margaret Atwood
  • MaddAddam - Margaret Atwood
  • Burmese Days - George Orwell
  • The Glass Palace - Amitav Ghosh
  • Lone Survivor - Marcus Luttrell
  • Animal Farm - George Orwell
  • 1984 - George Orwell
  • Southeast Asia: An Introductory History - Milton Osborne
  • Written in My Own Heart's Blood - Diana Gabaldon
  • The Goldfinch - Donna Tartt
  • First They Killed My Father - Loung Ung
  • The Fault in Our Stars - John Green
  • David and Goliath - Malcolm Gladwell
  • Wild Swans - Jung Chang
  • Norwegian Wood - Haruki Murakami
  • Hotel Kerobokan - Katheryn Bonella
  • Shantaram - Gregory David Roberts


CrossFit Boxes Visited

  • CrossFit Miraflores - Lima, Peru
  • Briskbox Crossfit - Cordoba, Argentina
  • CrossFit Andino - Mendoza, Argentina
  • Alianza CrossFit - Santiago, Chile
  • CrossFit Unidos - Buenos Aires, Argentina
  • CrossFit Aveiro - Aveiro, Portugal
  • CrossFit Bangkok - Bangkok, Thailand
  • CrossFit Chiang Mai - Chiang Mai, Thailand
  • CrossFit Typhoon - Hong Kong, Hong Kong
  • CrossFit MeWellness - Shanghai, China
  • CrossFit Mobilus - Singapore


Dive Shops Visited

  • Mike Rapu - Easter Island, Chile
  • Barakuda - Phi Phi, Thailand
  • Rainbow Divers - Nha Trang, Vietnam
  • Crystal Divers - Sanur, Bali, Indonesia


Airports Visited

  • Huntsville, AL, USA - (HSV)
  • Atlanta, GA, USA - (ATL)
  • Lima, Peru - (LIM)
  • Santiago, Chile - (SCL)
  • Easter Island, Chile - Mataveri (IPC)
  • Ushuaia, Argentina - (USH)
  • Buenos Aires, Argentina - Ministro Pistarini (EZE)
  • Buenos Aires, Argentina - Jorge Newbery (AEP)
  • São Paulo, Brazil - Guarulhos (GRU)
  • Istanbul, Turkey - Ataturk (IST)
  • Lisbon, Portugal - Portela (LIS)
  • Porto, Portugal - (OPO)
  • Barcelona, Spain - El Prat (BCN)
  • Edinburgh, Scotland - (EDI)
  • Paris, France - Charles de Gaulle (CDG)
  • Abu Dabi, UAE - (AUH)
  • Delhi, India - Indira Gandhi (DEL)
  • Kathmandu, Nepal - Tribhuvan (KTM)
  • Mumbai, India - Chhatrapati Shivaji (BOM)
  • Bangkok, Thailand - Suvarnabhumi (BKK)
  • Yangon, Myanmar - (RGN)
  • Bangkok, Thailand - Don Muang (DMK)
  • Chiang Mai, Thailand - (CNX)
  • Vientiane, Laos - Wattay (VTE)
  • Hanoi, Vietnam - Noi Bai (HAN)
  • Hong Kong, Hong Kong - (HKG)
  • Guilin, China - Guilin Liangjiang (KWL)
  • Chengdu, China - Chengdu Shuangliu (CTU)
  • Xi'an, China - Xi'an Xianyang (XIY)
  • Zhangye, China - Zhangye Ganzhou (YZY)
  • Shanghai, China - Hongqiao (SHA)
  • Beijing, China - (PEK)
  • Manila, Philippines - Ninoy Aquino (MNL)
  • Bali (Denpasar), Indonesia - Ngurah Rai (DPS)
  • Yogyakarta, Indonesia - Adiscucipto International Airport (JOG)
  • Singapore - Changi Airport (SIN)
  • Seoul, Korea - Incheon International Airport (ICN)
  • Osaka, Japan - (ITM)
  • Tokyo, Japan - Haneda Airport (HND)


*Includes layovers. Does not include transit within cities, i.e. city bus/taxi/metro/etc. 




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