In preparation for this crazy, haphazardly planned, seven-month adventure through Central and South America that I'm about to take off on, I began creating a list of things likely to occur so I could prepare and equip myself properly. I figured that instead of just posting a laundry list of all the things I might need or possible calamities that could befall me, it would be a lot more fun to take bets on these things. Plus I like the idea of being able to collect a few dollars when I return to the US flat broke!
For all of you unfamiliar with the betting process, this type of betting is called over/under. I'll post a possible event, like getting sick, being eaten by a shark or (more pleasantly) falling in love. Then I'll post a number afterwards the represents my fair guess at how many times this even is likely to occur. You simply pick "over" if you think this even will occur to me more than that number, or "under" if you think that it will will occur less that that number. If you guess over or under correctly, then you win! I'll be betting against whatever you pick, and I'll try to pay up as best I can when I get home.
Feel free to be creative in your bets and methods of payment, and feel free to post any events or items that I leave out. Good luck! And most importantly, have fun with this :o)
For all of you unfamiliar with the betting process, this type of betting is called over/under. I'll post a possible event, like getting sick, being eaten by a shark or (more pleasantly) falling in love. Then I'll post a number afterwards the represents my fair guess at how many times this even is likely to occur. You simply pick "over" if you think this even will occur to me more than that number, or "under" if you think that it will will occur less that that number. If you guess over or under correctly, then you win! I'll be betting against whatever you pick, and I'll try to pay up as best I can when I get home.
Feel free to be creative in your bets and methods of payment, and feel free to post any events or items that I leave out. Good luck! And most importantly, have fun with this :o)
- Countries Visited - 16
- Meals Served With Insects - 2
- Pounds Lost - 15
- Bizarre, Smelly Hostel Roommates - 1000
- Bus Rides With Insane Drivers on One Lane Mountain Roads - 18
- Beaches slept on - 5
- Mountains Summited by Foot- 4
- Liters of Alcohol Consumed - 40 (I pray the locals don't drink as much as the Russians do!)
- Couches Slept on Through Couchsurfing.com - 20
- Ridiculous, Jaw-dropping Vistas - 300
- Eaten by a Shark - let's not go there...
- Times Sick - 3
- Waking Up in a Tent With Three Inches of Water Underneath You, and Then Running Through the Rain for Miles With a 45 lb Backpack to Catch a Bus that Leaves at 8am - oh wait, already did this one...
- Miles Hitchhiked - 500
- Crazy Border Guards Who Demand Bribes...or Else... - 4
- Pickpocketed - 2
- Bus Terminals Slept in With Other Homeless People- 6
- Blog Posts - 15
- Everything Stolen - 1
- Calling to Beg For a Parent Subsidized Plane Ticket Back Home - .5
- Falling in Love (why not?) - .5
