Looking back at our whole trip

Here are some statistics:

• Distance travelled: 9600 km
• Gasoline used: approx. 950 litters
• Money spend on gasoline: don't wish to know
• Countries crossed: 12 (Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Iran, Turkey, Bulgaria, Serbia, Hungary, Austria, Czech Republic, Germany, Netherlands).
• Onno watched 212 episodes of Top Gear at the back of the car.
• Noelle listened to 3 books and read 4 Dutch books on my e-reader while travelling.
• Average Kabab-dishes per day while in Iran: 2
• Flat tires: 0
• window cracks (due to asphalting technique on Turkish roads) 1
• Damage to car: 1 street pole in Istanbul
• GPS-navigators trown out of the window: 0
• Fights and arguments: not to be mentioned, peaceful trip
• Worst hotel: Hotel Ghods in Bandar Abbas
• Nicest hotel: Hotel Silk Road in Yazd (back packers hotel but atmosphere is great)
• Worst beds: Hotel Ishfahan (in Eshfahan)
• Best beds: Prague
• Nicest cappucino: Internet cafe in Hotel Ishfahan
• Best restaurant: Van (East Turkey)
• Worst border crossing: Bandar Abbas (getting in Iran with our own car, please read more here and practical info here.)
• Most amazing ride: from Shiraz to Yazd (Iran).
• Most amazing site visited: Persepolis
• Most beautiful city: Prague
• Biggest disappointment: Mount Nemrut Dagi (interesting place but not worth the detour).
• Person producing worst gas: Thijs (Mary, second).
• Most astonishing moments: border crossing Bazargan (from Iran to Turkey where Mary, Onno and Noelle witnessed the beating of a cigarette smuggler while taking all our luggage out of the car to pass through a x-ray machine).
• Most boring part of the trip: the boat (arriving at 3 pm, departing harbour at 10 pm, 12 hour ride on the boat).
• Most friendly person we came across: Ishmael from Bandar Abbas, who offered to put the 1 month insurance of our car on his and Mary's name so we could obtain our transit plates.
• Most unfriendly person: the officer at the Serbian/Hungarian border.
• Biggest tourist trap: Goreme (Turkey)
• Happiest moment: when we were given the transit plate in Bandar Abbas by the traffic police.
• Scariest moment: when some bureaucrat in Bazargan came up with the idea we had to drive back 2000 km in Iran to return the transit plates.
• Most impressive country travelled: Iran
• Most stupid moment: driving in a speeding trap in Austria (becoming a tradition).
• Most annoying: (teenage- and child Gipsy beggars at the Serbian-Hungarian border)
• Happy moments: a good meal, a nice bed, a clean shower, a glass of beer (in Turkey), crossing borders, a good cup of coffee, coming home...