Here are some stats for our trip to date:
Distance travelled: 9,201 km (5,689 miles)
Total Fuel Burned: 1,414 L (363 USgal)
Avg Fuel Economy: 15.5 L/100 km (15.7 mpg)
Total Cost of Fuel to Date: $1,435 USD
Avg Fuel Cost/km: $0.145 USD/km
Avg Tank Range (90 L Tank): 585 km (365 miles)
Max Tank Range: 685 km (428 miles)
Trip Cost/Day for USA, MX, C.A. not including pre-trip prep costs: $135 USD
Trip Cost/Day for C.A. only: $97 USD
Both of the above trip costs are travel heavy and we’ve spent more time than usual in hotels due to long driving days. The trip budget is for $100/day average, which we will just be able to meet especially factoring in shipping to Colombia and home to Vancouver from (likely) Chile.
We’ve stayed in 13 hotels, 10 camp spots, and been housed with 2 different friends.
We’ve repaired:
- a broken wiper
- a broken window
- a broken fuel filler pipe
- a broken shock cross member
- a broken driver side mirror
We’ve lost/had stolen:
- video camera (poor judgement with door locks…)
- a pair of Raenelle’s capri pants (bad laundromat service)
- $500 taken by an ATM in Panama City (records indicate that the machine gave us the money, but it didn’t)
- $230 taken by an ATM in Cartagena, Colombia (identical situation as above)
We have 450 photos on our hard drive. Robin has taken 8 of them, Raenelle has taken 442 of them.
We’ve been stopped by 8 police, and paid 1 bribe.
We’ve had 1 fight, 5 spats, and there have been about 4 silent treatments.
Raenelle tries to make Robin smile at least once per daylight hour, and he tries to keep a stone face an equal number of times.
It rains about 100 to 300 mm per night, especially here in Panama.