THE CHEAPEST GAS: $1.60/GALLON IN CHINA

THE MOST EXPENSIVE GAS: $8/GALLON IN ATACAMA DESERT, WHERE WE HAD TO GO DOOR-TO-DOOR SOLICITING GASOLINE.

WORST PLACE TO RUN OUT OF GAS: THE ATACAMA DESERT IN SOUTH AMERICA, OR THE ROAD OF BONES IN RUSSIA.

THE GAS STATION THAT WASN’T A GAS STATION: IN CAMBODIA, THE KIDS SELL FUEL ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, USING ONE-LITER JOHNNY WALKER BOTTLES.

FUNNIEST ROAD SIGN: “DON’T GOSSIP, LET HIM DRIVE.” -SEEN IN INDIA.

SCARIEST DAY: GETTING A MILITARY ESCORT THROUGH IMPHAL, INDIA.

NUMBER OF TIMES WE WERE SHOT AT: ONCE IN PHUKET, THAILAND

THE HAPPIEST PEOPLE: LAOS AND MYANMAR (They smiled ear to ear.)

WORST DRIVERS: CHINA AND ARGENTINA

WORST CAB DRIVERS: BANGKOK. THEY DON’T KNOW WHERE ANYTHING IS.

THE BEST CAB DRIVERS: ARGENTINA. THEY KNOW WHERE EVERYTHING IS.

NUMBER OF REPLACED WINDSHIELDS: 5

NUMBER OF OIL CHANGES: 1

THE BIGGEST BRIBE AT A BORDER CROSSING: $400 Russia

THE LONGEST BORDER CROSSING: CHINA. IT TOOK 10 DAYS. (They impounded our vehicles!)

SHORTEST BORDER CROSSING: USA. IT TOOK FIVE MINUTES!

I CAN’T BELIVE WE SAW THE WORLD’S BIGGEST MANGO.

I CAN’T BELIEVE WE MET THE DALAI LAMA.

CANS OF RED BULL CONSUMED: 2,125

INTERESTING FOOD CONSUMED: GUINEA PIG (CALLED CUYEA), RAW HORSE MEAT, SEA SNAILS, CRICKETS, SILK WORMS AND MAGGOTS.

NUMBER OF DOCTOR’S VISITS: 15 (No connection with the interesting food, we think.)

SPICIEST FOOD: THAI FOOD IN SINGAPORE, THAILAND

HOTTEST DAY: 128°F (53°C) Mojave Desert, California USA

COLDEST DAY: -58°F (-50°C) Yakutka, Russia near Oimyakon, aka ‘The Pole of Cold’

HIGHEST ALTITUDE DRIVEN: 18,640 feet (5682 meters) OVER KHARDUNG LA PASS IN LEH, INDIA (Himachal Pradesh)

LOWEST ALTITUDE DRIVEN: -505 FEET IN TURPAN, CHINA (Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region)

OUR TOP OF THE WORLD/HIGHEST LATITUDE: WE CROSSED THE ARTIC CIRCLE IN PRUDHOE BAY, ALASKA. (USA- North 70° 19’ West 148° 18’)

OUR LOWEST LATITUDE: 100kms SE OF USHUAIA, TIERRA DEL FUEGO, ARGENTINA, (South 54° 58’ West 66° 44’)

I CAN’T BELIEVE IT TOOK SO LONG: ONE DAY IN MYANMAR, IT TOOK US 15 HOURS TO DRIVE 75 MILES. (Monywa to Kalewa)

THE MOST DESERTED: WE DROVE THREE DAYS IN AUSTRALIA WITHOUT SEEING ANOTHER MOVING CAR. (Gun barrel Highway)

ARE WE THERE YET? LONGEST DRIVING DAY: 40.5 HOURS. (FROM ARICA, CHILE TO SANTIAGO, CHILE.)

NUMBER OF TRAFFIC TICKETS: 3