Passport

Monday, November 30, 2009

I got bored today and decided to count the stamps in my passport. I know, I know...yesterday I liked cleaning and today I'm counting things...I'm a dork...

Anyway, so far in 2009 I have added 44 stamps & 2 full page visas. This does not include two trips to the US (NC in June and Hawaii in September) where they didn't stamp my passport.

You've likely read about most of the trips here but in case you forgot, here is a recap:
Jan 3 – Arrived – Singapore
Jan 26 – Departed – Singapore
Jan 26 – Arrived, Mumbai, India
Jan 30 – Departed, Mumbai, India
Jan 31 – Arrived – Singapore
Feb 8 – Departed – Singapore
Feb 8 – Arrived – USA
Mar 8 – Arrived – Singapore
Mar 17 – Singapore Employment Pass
Mar 22 – Arrived – Sydney, Australia
Mar 28 – Departed – Sydney, Australia
Mar 28 – Arrived – Auckland, New Zealand
Mar 31 – Arrived – Sydney, Australia
Apr 3 – Departed – Sydney, Australia
Apr 27 – Arrived - USA
May 17 – Arrived – Sydney, Australia
May 22 – Departed – Sydney, Australia
Jun 15 – Arrived – Auckland, New Zealand
Jun 16 – Arrived – Sydney, Australia
Jun 20 – Departed – Sydney, Australia
Jul 7 – Arrived – Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Jul 10 – Departed – Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Aug 7 – Arrived – Bangkok, Thailand
Aug 9 – Departed – Bangkok, Thailand
Aug 11 – Arrived – Sydney, Australia
Aug 14 – Departed – Sydney, Australia
Aug 17 – Arrived – Mumbai, India
Aug 19 – Departed – Mumbai, India
Sep 2 – Arrived – Sydney, Australia
Sep 12 – Departed – Adelaide, Australia
Sep 14 – Arrived – Sydney, Australia
Sep 18 – Departed – Sydney, Australia
Oct 11 – Arrived – Sydney, Australia
Oct 13 – Departed – Sydney, Australia
Oct 21 – Arrived – Seoul, South Korea
Oct 25 – Departed – Seoul, South Korea
Oct 29 – Arrived – Jakarta, Indonesia
Oct 30 – Departed – Jakarta, Indonesia
Nov 14 – Arrived – Taipei, Taiwan
Nov 17 – Departed – Taipei, Taiwan
Nov 18 – Arrived – Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Nov 20 – Departed – Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Nov 24 – Arrived – Bangkok, Thailand
Nov 27 – Departed – Bangkok, Thailand

When I get back from my US trip I will need to head up to the US Embassy to get more pages added to my passport. In addition, I need to get a new visa for entry to India and another for China.

All of the travel has been great but looking at it all listed out makes me realize just how busy I've been. I haven't been in Singapore for longer than three consecutive weeks yet...I may be in Singapore for most of January but already have two trips on the books for the end of January and early February....

What do you think the magic number of passport stamps will be for 2010?

1 comments:

Alan December 1, 2009 at 5:43 AM  

So, according to my rough calculations using straight line paths not including layover stops (like Tokyo between SIN and HNL) you have traveled about 142,667 miles by air this year. Neato.

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