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

1. -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