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Steve Holcroft
Us, The World, and 3 Burnt Rucksacks
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Travel By Numbers
Tuesday - 1 Apr 2003
Bowness on Windermere
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The Lake District
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England
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Travel by Numbers
2 adults 2 children 4 rucksacks 16 countries 4 continents 14 languages 16 flights 19 airports 72 airline meals 6 airlines 150 hostesses 10 ugly ones 16 hotels 7 apartments 8 motels 2 villas 1 backpackers 3 tents - 1 big, 2 small 34 campsites 4 cabins 25 cockroaches 16 aeroplanes 8 pleasure boats 3 ferries 25 trains 7 trams 55 busses 45 taxis 1 motorbike 2 cable cars 2 motorhomes 4 hire cars no bicycles 6 theme parks 12 museums 11 cinemas 601 tickets 12 beaches 7 islands 4 coral reefs 5000 palm trees 35 dolphins 24 swimming pools 38 Internet Cafes 4 elephants 3 cameras 1 swiss army knife 18 projectile vomits 47 insect bites 10 bad stomachs 2 scars 1 chipped tooth half a dozen falls Single currency 100s of toll booths 1 World Cup England 1 Brazil 2 1 Great Wall 5000 miles 1 Forbidden City half a million vending machines Tokyo - 1 clean city Hiroshima - World War 2 1 bomb 140,000 dead 1000s of tailors all your best mate 1 island 100s of tower blocks 1 River Kwai 1 bridge 4 elephants dozens of malls 1 chinatown 1 little Italy 1 little India 1 tiny hotel 0 windows 2 cockroaches millions of ants no chance 1 bridge 1 opera house 20 million friendly people dozens of beaches 1000s of surfboards 1 Surfers’ Paradise 1 plastic Elvis Thank you very much 1 Didjeridu 5 Koalas 50 Kangaroos 40 dead ones “don’t drive at night” 2 islands 1 fjord 100s of mountains 1000s of motorhomes dozens of empty roads no motorbike bugger. 2 cultures 2 volcanoes 1 Bay of Islands 1 Disneyland 5 rollercoasters 4 log flumes 1 famous beach Hawaii 5 0 24 casinos 10000 fruit machines $45 in $25 out 1 winner
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