Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Mexico* By the Numbers**

No. of People: 4

No. of Days: 15
- In Mexico: 13

No. of Nights: 15
- In Mexico: 12

Total km driven: 4237
- No. of drivers: 2
- longest driving day: 961km (Playa Buenaventuras to Ensenada)
- shortest driving day: 0km (Playa Buenaventuras)

Places So Good We Returned For a Second Visit: 2 (Playa Buenaventuras and Hotel California at Todos Santos)

Cinnamon-Scented Vehicle Sanitising Sprays: 1

Police Encounters: 2
- Legitimate driving offences not charged: 1
- Trumped-up charges incurring fines: 1

Military Checkpoints: 14
- Vehicle searched: 9
- Large plastic bins in vehicle searched: 1
- Waved through with no inspection: 5
- Southbound: 4
- Northbound: 1
- Soldiers referencing World Cup: 4
- Inappropriate comments made to soldiers with guns: 2
- Inappropriate comments made to soldiers with guns: Janine/Anoushka/Nick: 0

World Cup Football Games Watched in Full: 5
- NZ games watched in full: 2
- Mexico games watched in full: 1

Scrabble Games Started: 4
- Scrabble games abandoned: 1
- People with one Scrabble victory: 3
- People with no Scrabble victories but tied for the lead when Game 4 abandoned: 1

500 Games Started: 4
- 500 games abandoned: 1
- People who were part of two winning combinations: 1
- People who were part of one winning combination: 2
- People with no 500 victories part of combination in lead when Game 2 abandoned: 1

Drinks drunk***: 266
- Bottles of wine by the bottle: 5
- Bottles of wine by the glass: 2
- Bottles or cans of beer: 202****
- Growlers of beer: 1
- Bottles of tequila by the bottle: 3
- Margaritas: 35
- Mojitos: 6
- Pina coladas: 12

Items for which numbers are not available:
- Meals Eaten (lots, of which lots were delicious, some were OK, few were disappointing)
- Digestive Health (don't ask, don't touch, don't tell)
- Dead Dogs Seen (many)
- Trucks Scarily Close to Reaper on Highway (many)
- Cows on Road (some)






* = Includes some non-Mexico ie everything south of and including LA

** = May not be entirely accurate

*** = Possibly wildly inccurate

**** = Almost certainly completely inaccurate

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