Miles

Today is my first day without visiting an airport or being on an airplane in 5 days. I woke up this morning and realized I didn't have to repack my suitcase and had a huge smile on my face. It has been an exhausting week of travel and in case you have forgotten, here is where I've been:

Sat, 6/13
Durham, NC to Detroit, MI - 494 miles
Detroit, MI to Tokyo, Japan - 6,409 miles
Sun, 6/14
Tokyo, Japan to Singapore - 3,311 miles
Mon, 6/15
Singapore to Auckland, New Zealand - 5,231 miles
Tues, 6/16
Auckland, New Zealand to Sydney, Australia - 1,340 miles
Sydney, Australia to Adelaide, Australia - 723 miles
Wed, 6/17
Adelaide, Australia to Sydney, Australia - 723 miles

That is a grand total of 18,231 miles in 5 days. (To give you a little perspective, the US is approximately 3,000 miles between the Atlantic and the Pacific Oceans.)

Thankfully I have 2 days on the ground here in Sydney and am not due back at the airport until Saturday morning. The return flight to Singapore will log in at 3,918 miles. When my feet hit the ground in Singapore I will have traveled just over 22,000 miles in 8 days time. I think I should get a trophy or something for that.