Random stats from my 6 week trip around South East Asia

As a final post in regards to my fabulous trip, I thought i would break it all down for you by numbers and pictures. Enjoy.

(The above photos are: Pigs on a motorcycle in Vietnam; On top of Mount Batur, Bali at sunrise; Muslim girls who wanted a photo with me in Malaysia; Buddah at Borobudor, Java; the monkey at Penang, Malaysia's botanical gardens doing a "stupid human trick"; me at Angkor Wat, Cambodia.

Number of times:

I flew instead of taking a bus or train: 15
I actually took a bus: 7
I actually took a train: 2
I took a ferry: 3
I hired a driver: 10 (not counting taxis, trishaws, rickshaws, motorcycles, tuktuks, etc.)
Rode on the back of a motorcycle with my mom: 4 very scary times (all in Vietnam)

My travelers' cheques were rejected: 5 times
My money was called dirty and therefore rejected: 3 times (it had a crease, i don't think that makes it dirty)
I was told that my small headed bills were less then the big headed bills (old and new $50): 10 times
I was told that my travelers cheques were worth less because they were not Amex (thank you Japanese banks): 4 times

My mother was almost pickpocketed: once (in Saigon, I caught the bastard and called him many names he's probably grateful he can't translate.)

I told people I was Canadian (from Windsor, Ontario): Countless (I even had a Canadian Flag luggage tag, supplied by one of my dearest Canadian friends)

AB or I told people we were married: 6 times
AB or I was propositioned by a gigolo: Countless

I was asked if I were Thai: 3 times
I was asked if I were Cambodian: 12 times (in 2 days!!)
I was asked if I were Vietnamese: 8 times (most people just stared)
I was asked if I were Balinese: (30 times)
I was asked if I were Javanese: 4 times
I was asked if I were Chinese: once
I was asked if I were "Japanese or something": once
I was asked if I were Malay: 2 times
(I think I should be the face for some ad campaign in South East Asia, as it seems everyone wants to claim me as their own.)

AB and I were almost kidnapped: (e.g. hustled & yelled at by strangers into a waiting van against our will): once (Java)
I went to MacDonalds or KFC (all with Kiwi-boy): 6 times...sadly all in one country
I ate tuna and crackers for dinner because I was sick of street food: 4 times

AB and I were offered an illegal substance on the street: 6 times
AB and I saw signs for "mushroom" soup: 4 times
I had to sleep inside my sleep sack, because I was afraid of aquiring a disease from the sheets: 6 times

AB and I were hit on while sitting on Khao San Road: 3 times (in an hour).
AB or I had to use Japanese in Bali: countless

Number of Bemos to gigolos: approx 1.18 gigolos to every Bemo (version of transportation in Bali...basically a kidnapper van with an open door.)

I was asked by a stranger to pose with them in a picture: 8 times (I must look like a S.E. Asian celebrity, because old ladies wanted to pose with me, as well as teenage girls and strange Japanese businessmen).

Lastly, number of times i was told by an Australian woman that she had, "Never seen such a beautiful Balinese girl in a western outfit before. Why don't more Balinese girls wear western style dresses?": Once (The "balinese girl was me of course)