Day 319/320 Mon 27 and Tues 28 August Broadhempston to London to Sydney

An early start to drive up to London where I2 catches a midday flight to Sydney. I1 has a brief visit to Kew Gardens, our last world heritage site before catching up on the latest news from Dubai from a colleague arriving at Heathrow. Then its a visit to cousin Roger and Julie at Hampton where various members of the clan gather for dinner and a look at some of the photos.

Finally its the last day, the hire car is abandoned at Heathrow and whilst I2 is arriving in Sydney I1 boards an uneventful series of flights to Sydney via Istanbul, Dubai and Thailand.

So for those who may be interested here are a few stats from the journey:
• Total Distance: 51,521km
• No of countries visited: 29
• No of ferries/ships: 16
• No of world heritage sites visited: 98
• Amount of petrol: 6412li
• Average cost per li: $1.67/li
• Most expensive petrol: Turkey ($2.61/li)
• Cheapest petrol: Malaysia ($0.70/li)
• Av fuel consumption: 12.6li/100km
• Av speed: 53.6km/hr
• Total driving time: 961 hrs
• No of hotels: 185
• Average total cost per day $287 (excl pre-departure costs)
• Most expensive country: Norway ($539/day)
• Least expensive country: Laos ($165/day)
• Longest stay in a country: India (42 nights)
• Shortest stay in a country: Brunei, Montenegro, Bosnia/Herzgovina (1 night)
• No of speeding fines: 0
• No of parking fines: 1
• No of times stopped by police: 2 (China and India)
• Max elevation reached: 5205m (Tibet)
• Min elevation reached: -212m (Norwegian under-sea tunnel)
• Number of rainy days (excluding UK): 11