Our travel from December 11, 1999 to March 2, 2010 totals 3,732 days and 405,204 miles exploring three continents and numerous remote islands. Miles are statute.

176,776..... Commercial airlines
105,002..... Gypsy Wagon One (retired)
 30,172...... Gypsy Wagon Two (retired)
 22,300.......Gypsy Wagon Three (retired) 
 15,061 ......Other private vehicles 
 10,500.......Gypsy Wagon Four (Don’s Land Cruiser)
 10,007.......Our Sailboat PIONEER
  6,876........Buses
  5,737........Rental cars
  4,700........Gypsy Wagon Five (Becky’s Miata)
  3,472........Rental Trucks 
  2,730........Trains 
  2,490 .......Walking
  1,147........Taxis
  1,222........Mini-busses & Tuk Tuks   
  1,116........Motorcycles (self drive) 
   663........Powerboats (local/ferries/tour)
   610........Charter aircraft
   603........Powerboats (super fast)  
   447........Motorized Dinghy (“Scout”)
   382........Mekong style river boats
   352........Skiing   
   295........Other sailboats      
   200........Bicycles
   156........Powerboats (passenger/slow)
   150........Ships (large transports)
   146........Small private airplanes      
    72.........River raft
    70.........Trekking on Nepal’s Annapurna Circuit (Becky)
    65.........Ski Run Lift
    61.........Motorcycles driven by others
    32.........Subways
    28.........Rickshaw (motorized)
    23..... ..Parade floats
    22.........Towed (our boat by another)
    20.........Ski run chair lift
    13.........Airport moving walkways
    10.........Two-wheeled push scooter   
    10 ........Airport shuttle to plane
     8.........Elephant
     8.........1925 Chevrolet convertible (last miles before it broke)
     8.........Rickshaw (peddled)
     7.........Electric scooter
     6.........Swimming
     6.........Kayak        
     4.........4x4 Kawasaki cross-country “mule
     4.........Farm tractor  
     3.........Don on a walker, after surgery (aggh)
     2.........Go cart
     2.........Water taxi    
     1.........Mekong ferry
     1.........Rowboat
     1.........Inflatable sailing dingy (didn’t really sail that well)
       
Since December 1999, average miles per day: 108.5.

Too bad Don’s miles at the controls of a B-52 Bomber, and F-18 and F-15 fighter jets were before this adventure began. We’d love to include them here, especially the one above the speed of sound.

Now in its tenth year, this 155 MB, 307 page web site features thousands of photos and graphics throughout the 69 trip logs, 1,500 photos in 83 photo galleries, one video gallery, Q&A’s covering 10 years, 18 essays and 180 internal and external links.

We have made innumerable new friends through this site. An impressive number of people have helped us assist other people who, through no fault of their own, struggle against difficult circumstances in the world’s nooks and crannies.