In Summary: trip facts & figures
In Summary: trip facts & figures
Friday, 18 June 2010
If you like figures, the following might make interesting reading. If not, look away...
Highlights
17,710 Overall distance covered in miles (28,336 km)
19 Number of countries visited (France, Switzerland, Italy, Greece, Turkey,
Syria, Jordan, Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Malawi,
Zambia, Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, Lesotho)
152 Trip length in days (2nd January to 2nd June 2010)
3,400 Highest point, in metres, above sea level (11,150 feet) reached in the
Ethiopian Highlands
41 Hottest point in ° Centigrade (106° Fahrenheit) in the Galgalu Desert,
Northern Kenya
-9 Coldest point in ° Centigrade (16° Fahrenheit) at the southern exit of the
Gotthard Tunnel, Switzerland
816 Diesel consumed in Imperial gallons (3,705 litres)
21.7 Average fuel consumption in MPG (13.0 litres/100km)
nil total number of breakdowns
nil number of bribes paid
1 number of punctures
nil oil consumed by Rangie’s engine over the entire trip distance
nil total number of muggings
4 ferries taken en route (plus the Eurotunnel to France)
6 times stopped speeding in Africa
2 number of times speeding fines were actually paid
Cheapest, Most expensive etc...
Cheapest hotel: Hotel Defintoad, Wadi Halfa, Sudan. $4 per night. No en-suite
facilities, no hot water, no flushing toilet and definitely no
breakfast!
Most expensive hotel: Mount Kenya Safari Club. $500 per night.
Cheapest diesel: 13 pence per litre, Egypt (regulated price throughout the country.
Possibly the cheapest diesel in the World)
Most expensive diesel: 140 pence per litre, Turkey
Worst fuel consumption: 14.0mpg (20.1 litres/100km) – on the Marsabit Road in Northern
Kenya, 500km of tricky terrain
Best fuel consumption: 27.0mpg (10.5 litres/100km) – from Windhoek to Swakopmund,
downhill and a tail wind all the way for 400km!
Most Northerly point: 52° North - London, UK
-in Africa: 30° North - Cairo, Egypt
Most Easterly point: 40° East - Zanzibar
Most Southerly point: 35° South - Cape Agulhas, South Africa
Most Westerly point: 0° - London on the Greenwich Meridian
- in Africa: 14° East - Swakopmund, Namibia
Currencies
£1 bought you:
Europe: 1.15 Euros
Turkey: 2.4 Lira
Syria: 72.5 Pounds
Jordan: 1.13 Dinar
Egypt: 8.6 Pounds
Sudan: 3.5 Pounds
Ethiopia: 20 Birr
Kenya: 120 Shillings
Uganda: 3,000 Shillings
Tanzania: 2,100 Shillings
Malawi: 230 Kwacha
Zambia: 7,400 Kwacha
Botswana: 10 Pula
Namibia: 11 Dollars
South Africa: 11 Rand
Average fuel prices
per litre, translated back into pence:
UK: 110p
Europe: 110p
Turkey: 140p
Syria: 20p (but $100 fuel tax at the border)
Jordan: didn’t buy any fuel in Jordan!
Egypt: 13p
Sudan: 25p
Ethiopia: 50p
Kenya: 65p
Tanzania: 60p
Malawi: 90p
Zambia: 100p (plus $30 ‘carbon tax’ at the border)
Botswana: 65p
Namibia: 70p
South Africa: 75p
And finally, two thought provoking statistics:
15 average age, in years, of the population of Botswana
40 alleged percentage of the population of Lesotho infected with HIV