Statistic Details 2011

You most likely found your way here because you saw my little list of statistics to the left hand side on the main page. Below you will find out just how I calculated some of these figures.

All of the figures that I have included are as accurate as my memory serves, or the meathod I have used to calculate them. Also details are included below to support the numbers.

If you are interested in knowing the number of Miles rather than Kilometers, the conversion of 1.6 KM = 1.0 Miles, will give you a fairly good idea.

Flights
To calculate the distance of the flights below I used a calculator on the Travel Math website. Their calculator can calculate a few different things for flights between airports, however I just used the distance portion. If you want to calculate a distance just visit their website http://www.travelmath.com/flights/

International Flights
I class an international flight as a flight where I cross the border of a country. This year I have been on three such flights.

Brisbane (BNE) -> Los Angeles (LAX) – 30 March 2011 – V Australia – 11559 KM
Los Angeles (LAX) -> Brisbane (BNE) – 30 May 2011 – V Australia – 11559 KM
Brisbane (BNE) -> Los Angeles (LAX) – 17 August 2011 – V Australia – 11559 KM
Brisbane (BNE) -> Auckland (AKL) – 4 December 2011 – China Airlines – 2285 KM
Auckalnd (AKL) -> Brisbane (BNE) – 16 December 2011 – Qantas – 2285 KM

Domestic Flights
I class a domestic flight as a flight between cities within a single country. This year I have taken ten such flights

Los Angeles (LAX) -> Seattle (SEA) – 17 August 2011 – Virgin America – 1544 KM
Seattle (SEA) -> San Francisco (SFO) – 5 April 2011 – Virgin America – 1092 KM
San Francisco (SFO) -> San Deigo (SAN) – 11 April 2011 – Virgin America – 738 KM
San Diego (SAN) -> San Francisco (SFO) – 16 May 2011 – Virgin America – 738 KM
San Francisco (SFO) -> Dallas Fort Worth (DFW) – 16 May 2011 – Virgin America – 2387 KM
Dallas Fort Worth (DFW) -> San Francisco (SFO) – 22 May 2011 – Virgin America – 2387 KM
San Francisco (SFO) -> Los Angeles (LAX) – 25 May 2011 – Virgin America – 559 KM
Los Angeles (LAX) -> Las Vegas (LAS) – 17 August 2011 – Southwest – 380 KM
Las Vegas (LAS) -> San Francisco (SFO) – 20 August 2011 – Virgin America – 666 KM
San Francisco (SFO) -> Seattle (SEA) – 20 August 2011 – Virgin America – 1092 KM
Sydney (SYD) -> Brisbane (BNE) – 6 October 2011 – Virgin Australia – 728 KM
Brisbane (BNE) -> Melbourne (MEL) – 6 November 2011 – Virgin Australia – 1379KM
Melbourne (MEL) -> Brisbane (BNE) – 11 November 2011 – Virgin Australia -1379KM

Train Trips
A train trip, is a train trip. However the only ones that I count are between cities. For example Seattle to Portland. I do not count or include local public transport like light rail services.

Seattle -> Portland – 21 August 2011 – Amtrak – 233 KM
Portland -> Seattle – 25 August 2011 – Amtrak – 233 KM
Seattle -> Vancouver – 4 September 2011 – Amtrak – 225 KM

Ferry Transfers
I will class a ferry transfer as a ferry trip that is actually a part of my travel plans. For example Seattle to Victoria. While a short trip on a ferry as public transport won’t be counted.

Seattle -> Victoria – 25 August 2011 – Victoria Clipper
Victoria -> Seattle – 29 August 2011 – Victoria Clipper

Cruise Nights
A Cruisenight is a night that is stayed in accomadation on board a Cruise Ship. Distance is calculated based on the cruise log from the cruise line.

Panama Canal Cruise – Holland America – MS Statendam – 15 April 2011 – 13 May 2011 – 16811 KM
Transpacific Crossing – Holland America – MS Volendam – 7 September 2011 – 4 October – 15984 KM

Hotel Nights
The number of nights that I have spent staying in Hotel Rooms during my travelling. No Limitations here a hotel room is a hotel room.

Seattle – Hampton Inn & Suites Downtown – 1 Night
Sean Francisco – Raddisson Fishermans Wharf – 6 Nights
San Diego – Hampton Inn & Suites – 4 Nights
San Deigo – Hampton Inn & Suites – 3 Nights
Dallas – Hyatt Summerfield Suites – 6 Nights
San Francisco – Hampton Inn & Suites – 1 Night
San Francisco – Homewood Suites by Hilton – 2 Nights
Los Angeles – Hilton LAX – 5 Nights
Las Vegas – New York New York – 3 Nights
Seattle – Doubletree By Hilton – 1 Night
Portland – Doubletree by Hilton – 4 Nights
Sydney – The Menzies – 2 Nights
Melbourne – Jasper Hotel – 5 Nights
Auckland – Jet Park Airport Hotel – 12 Nights

Nights with Friends
Nights that I stay with friends are still nights that I am travelling just that I am not in a hotel room these nights.

Seattle – 6 Nights
Seattle – 6 Nights

Distances Travelled
The last three parts of the statistics are the distance by plane, by train and by ship. These are for the above travels.

Distance Planes – Total International and Domestic Flights – 54315 KM
Distance Trains – Total Train travel – 691 KM
Distance Ships – Total Distance Cruised – 32795 KM
Distance Ferry – Total Distance by Ferry – 407 KM

Counties Visited
This is a list of the countries that I have visited, this year. I will list these as individual locations for example, Aruba is part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, however I will list it as Aruba and not Netherlands.

United States* | Mexico | Guatamala | Panama | Columbia | Aruba | Costa Rica | Canada* | American Samoa | Samoa | Fiji | New Caledonia | New Zealand

* I have visted this country previously