We thought it might be fun to do a high school yearbook style superlatives post. A lot of these numbers and rankings are purely for our own benefit, but they may be entertaining to others. 
While we were traveling, we considered it would be entertaining to rate the countries, food, etc. at the end of our trip. I kept incredibly detailed notes on what we were spending and where we stayed. I carried around a little notebook everywhere we went and wrote down every single cent that we spent.
I’m not kidding, there are entries that say “$0.42- homeless person.” For this reason, I can confidently say we spent exactly $4.10 on water in Gibraltar. And that we spent more on food than accommodation while in Europe. These detailed notes have made it possible to tally up what we spent where, and our opinions on issues such as food and beer.
Statistics
Total days traveling: 254
Total countries: 33
# of continents: 4
Cities visited: 90
# of completely free nights from credit cards/rewards: 47. There were additionally several very cheap nights because of reward points.
# of overnight buses and flights: 14. That’s 13 too many. Although, they saved us money on accommodation.
# nights we crashed with family/friends: 28
# of times we got scammed: 2
# of times we got food poisoning: Paul- 3, Casey- 1
Total # of flight segments: 32
What our flights SHOULD have cost: $25,939
What we ACTUALLY spent on flights: $1,382
Total hours spent on planes train and automobiles: 743. That’s 31 full days.
Superlatives
Best train ride: Kandy to Ella, Sri Lanka
Best food: Lithuania
Worst food: England, but it made up for it with a beautiful countryside!
Best wine: France
Nicest hotel: Conrad Koh Samui, Thailand
Worst hotel: Toss up between a guesthouse in Kandy, Sri Lanka vs Urbany Hostel BCN Go!, Barcelona
Best AirBNB: Paris. Thanks Mom!
Best beach: Coconut Beach, Cambodia
Worst bus ride: Laos to Hanoi
Favorite event: La Tomatina
Most Imodium worthy country: Spain
Worst hangover: Gallipoli, Turkey
Most spectacular sight: Northern Lights, Finland
Most peculiar experience: Polar Night , Norway
Most exhilarating experience: zip lining over jungles in the morning listening to gibbons in Laos
Hottest place: Manila
Coldest place: Finland
Friendliest people: Sri Lanka
Scariest moment: crashing our bike in Laos
Top 5 favorite countries:
Paul- Spain, Montenegro, Norway, Laos, Albania
Casey- Russia, Spain, Yap, Norway, Laos
Worst beer: Andaman, Myanmar
And the most important superlative of all………Beer
Beer of choice- dark category: Morngenstemning (Tromsø, Norway)
Beer of choice- lager category: Eggenberg (Cesky Krumlov, Czech Republic)
Beer of choice- IPA category: Hophead IPA (Moscow, Russia)
Beer of choice- wheat beer category: Die Weisse Ruperti Special (Salzburg, Austria)
Beer of choice- Best in show: Aegir Bryggeri IPA (Flam, Norway)
