| CATEGORY |
WINNER |
HONORABLE MENTION |
| Best Restaurant |
Rae's at Wategos - Byron Bay, AU |
Four Seasons - Agra, India |
| Nastiest Thing We Ate |
Live ants feeding off lemon "pods" inside
a branch - Amazon, Ecuador |
A colorless, odorless, tasteless, gelatinous
substance encasing an unknown meat resembling Alpo. Served on most
airplanes in Latin America. |
| Nastiest Thing We
Drank |
Kava - (Ceremonial Fijian drink. Tastes like
dirty socks) |
Chicha - This would easily be the nastiest but
we couldn't bring ourselves to actually drink any. We just held it
while meeting with the Achuar in the Amazon. |
| Best View from a Hotel Window |
Mitre Peak Lodge - Milford Sound, NZ |
The Lodge at Matapouri
- Tutukaka, NZ |
| Best View from a
Toilet |
The
train from Aguas Caliente to Cuzco, Peru |
Cafe in Raglan, NZ |
| Best Sunset |
Tamarindo, Costa Rica (we watched
it from our surfboards) |
Taveuni, Fiji |
| Best Sunrise |
Poon
Hill - Himalayas, Nepal |
Uluru - Ayers Rock, NZ |
| Worst Insect Threat |
Mosquitoes that burrow into your skin - Amazon,
Ecuador |
Sandflies on Milford Track - NZ |
| Best Animal Encounter |
All the animals of the Galapagos Islands |
Swimming with Bottlenose Dolphins - Perth, AU |
| Most Peculiar
Animal |
The Thorny Devil -
AU |
Blue
Footed Booby - Galapagos Islands |
| Favorite Small Town |
Buzios, Brazil |
Byron Bay, AU |
| Favorite Small City |
Cuzco, Peru |
|
| Favorite Big City |
Sydney, AU |
Buenos Aires, AR |
| Favorite Beach |
Geriba - Buzios, Brazil |
Watego Beach - Byron Bay, AU |
| Most Expensive
Country |
New Zealand |
Chile |
| Least Expensive
Country |
Tibet |
India |
| Dirtiest Place |
Varanasi, India |
All the rest of India |
| Most Impressive Natural
Attraction |
Galapagos Islands, Ecuador |
Milford Sound - NZ |
| Most Impressive Man-Made Attraction |
Machu Picchu - Peru |
The Moai statues on Easter Island
/ Taj Mahal, India |
| Best Scuba Diving |
Great Barrier Reef - AU |
Rainbow Reef - Taveuni, Fiji |
| Best Surfing |
Watego Beach - Byron Bay, AU |
|
| Coldest Water
Submerged In |
Canyoning, 5 degrees Celsius - Queenstown, NZ |
|
| Best Hike/Walk/Trek |
Milford Track - NZ |
Annapurna Sanctuary Trek - Himalayas, Nepal |
| Most Grueling
Physical Activity |
Annapurna Sanctuary Trek - Himalayas, Nepal |
Inka Trail - Peru |
| Scariest Moment |
Rolling out airplane at 12,000 feet -
Queenstown, NZ |
Stepping off abseil platform at 330 feet -
Waitomo, NZ |
| Highest Altitude |
17,200
feet on the Friendship HWY from Tibet to Nepal |
About 14,000 feet - Inka Trail, Ecuador |
| Best Massage |
Wat Po - Bangkok, Thailand |
Tabacon Spa - Arenal, Costa Rica |
| Best Deal |
Massages at Wat Po. 1 hour for 300 baht
($7 U.S.) - Bangkok, TH |
|
| Worst Deal |
Charcoal rubbings at Wat Po. Paid 600
baht, then saw on street for 35 baht (less than $1 U.S.). - Bangkok, TH |
Postcards we bought from some kid in Cuzco.
Later learned to be three times the price the hotels charge. Cuzco,
Peru |
| Most days without
showering |
Four days while hiking the Inka Trail |
Three days many times. |
| Worst Airline |
Indian Airlines |
All Nippon Airline (ANA) |
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