South America: By the Numbers

The following is an accounting of some of the facts from my journey. They are in no particular order and may be counting activities only completed by myself, only by Rebecca, or by both of us combined.

• 9: Plane flights
• 6: Intercity bus trips
  
• 11: Boat trips
• 7: Most caipirinhas consumed in a single evening
• 8: Nights spent in a hammock
• 55: Hammocks on the boat from Manaus to Tabatinga
• 575,400: Seconds spent on the boat from Manaus to Tabatinga
• 2: Cameras stolen
• 5: Immodium pills taken
• 4: Monkey species observed in the wild
  
• 1: Cups of juice spilled on laps on plane flights
• 8: Number of times Rebecca's hair was touched to see if it was real
• 3: Number of dominoes lost over the side of the boat
• 12: Days spent mourning the loss of the dominoes
• 6: Bikinis bought
• 5: Days spent on package tours
• 4: Days of package tours actually paid for
• 1: Bridges created on the fly just for us by chopping down a tree
  
• 2: Days on package tours where activities were disrupted by the rain
• 59: Pounds of laundry submitted for washing over the course of the trip
• 33: Days with cold showers or none at all
• 1: Baths in a river
• 8: Books read
• 3: Number of times I was asked if I wanted to buy marijuana
• 345: Minutes spent waiting on the banks of the Amazon River for a boat back to Leticia