Sunday, May 13, 2007

Summary by Numbers

Since we are both scientists we thought it would be more suited to summarise our Malaysia leg of the journey with a statistical summary instead of a more "wordy" version.

Kota Bharu to Kuala Lumpur: Down the east coast and up the west

Total Distance: 1084km
Average Distance: 72km
Mean Average or Average Average: 19km/h
Number of riding days: 15
Number of rest days: 14
Hours Riding: 57.5
Average Hours in saddle per riding day: 4hrs

Number of curry stains on Nicks shorts: 18
Average accomodation cost: RM25 (NZ$10)
Number of roti consumed: 122
Number of crashes witnessed: 2
Number of punctures: 1
Distance on expressways: 15km
Number of other cycle tourers we met: 7 (1 tandem!!)
Number of times spat on: 1
Number of friendly people we met: countless
Number of times we handwashed clothes: 24

1 comment:

Unknown said...

We hope you enjoy KL it is an interesting city with plenty to see. All getting organisedat this end for the Italian part of your travels! Hope the bikes get there , Chopsticks may be more difficult to souce, don't think pasta and pizza are much fun to eat that way!!