Middle East Travel by the Numbers
All photos: Rob Gain
Matador Community member Rob Gain has been traveling throughout the Middle East for the last several months. Here’s his trip so far by the numbers:
- Days in the Middle East: 76
- Days without a haircut: 85
- Countries: 6
- Friends made: 59
- Homes invited into: 5
- Times: robbed: 0
- …sick: 0
- …food poisoned: 0
- Ripped off by cabbies: 3
- …with help of Israeli border patrol: 1
- Dates with Muslim girls: 3
- Marriage proposals by Muslim girls: 1
- Hours spent on buses circling Turkey: 81
- Obama sightings in İstanbul: 2
- Times stopped by Egyptians just to be insulted: 2
- Candy bars per dollar in Jordan: 7
- …in Israel:
- Days passed before I realized it might be a good idea to learn the local language: 1
- …for reasons other than meeting girls: 37
- Days to go: 934
Please check out Rob’s blog at Matador for more on his incredible travels + incredible photos.
