The Numbers Game – New Zealand
50 000 000
Number of possums in NZ that love to kill the native bird population. Viewed as a serious pest and actively trapped and killed to try and control the population.
42 000 000
Number of sheep in NZ!
7738
Kilometers added to rental car during 7 week road trip. Hoah!
371
Kilometers hiked on official NZ trails
150
Dollars made from working at the hostel doing renovations and painting for 4 days (but also got food, accommodations and a sweet $90 meal at a really nice restaurant)
68
Number of peanut butter-nutella-banana sandwiches I had during the 7 weeks with the car
36
Grams of protein in Tomato & Basil flavoured cans of tuna which are the best thing in the world after a hard days hike (usually accompanied with instant noodle or just devoured right out of the can)
28
Longest number of days I went without a real shower hahah
13
Is a prime number!
10
The smallest cent piece they have. Yet they still mark stuff for $6.99 and such but just don’t give you the change…if they’re going to use proven psychological capitalistic tricks on my brain the least they can do is give me that 1cent back!
8
Minimum hours of sleep a night I got the entire NZ trip pretty much!
7
How many times I was really thankful for not being able to smell myself!
5
Number of overnight hiking trips I did
4.5
The time in the morning returning home from partying in Auckland upon arrival
4
Weeks it took me to finally consistently look right instead of left before crossing the street
3
How many times the hairdresser washed my hair before giving me a haircut at the end of my trip…lol
1.89
Average dollar cost for a litre of gasoline
1
How many people j-walk in Auckland (including me!)
0.621
The exact proportion of nutella to peanut butter in a tortilla combined with sliced banana on top that is confirmed to be heaven (in a tortilla)
0
- Booger count throughout time in NZ (presumably from the incredibly clean air resulting in a lack of particulates to be trapped). Quite disturbing to those nose pickers and booger eaters out there…not that I’d know anything about that…
How many days before you come home?
Mom
Ummm not sure but I fly home on the 12th of may so however many days that is!
No much of mathematician when it counts.
Mom
meh…i’m on vacation! hahaha