The statistics show that...

I love stats. How far? How long? How many? So I took the time to look at some of the stats for the Serengeti Trip 2011 and the figures are impressive to say the least! I'm not going to share all of the numbers with you, because I have to leave some of the good stuff for the WegRY articles, but here are a few statistics that I thought you might find interesting:

According to Google Analytics, which constantly monitored the website's activity, the blog received 4260 visits by 1301 unique visitors, resulting in 11000 page views! This includes followers from 61 different countries! The majority of visitors were from South Africa - 2833 to be exact - followed by the USA (389 visitors), UK (173 visitors), Denmark (144 visitors) and Australia (110 visitors). 

The blog had 135 official "Followers" who registered. I must apologise to everyone who struggled to register or to post. I didn't realise that this was such a difficult process and I'll keep that in mind in the future. Despite this little issue we still received comments from 74 different people! In first place was Ji's mother, Almarie, with 58 comments. Dankie Tannie! Spots 2 to 5 go to Talita (47), Rayno (45), Tabby (39) and my Aunt Annie (35). Thank you so much for lifting our spirits with your comments, jokes, inspiration and love. Thank you to every single person who commented on the blog!

The stats as shown in Google Analytics

When it comes to animal sighting the stats were astounding! Who would have ever guessed that we would see 178 lions in 70 days!!! And who will forget the 40 lions in one afternoon in Ruaha!!?? You'll remember that a lot of you guessed numbers for certain species on day two or three. Well, no one guessed right for any species! The closest guess has to go to Almarie for guessing that we'll see 1794 elephants when we ended us seeing 1852! Ji's guess of 17 cheetahs was also very close (we saw 18) and my guess of 10 leopards was also pretty good (we saw 9).

Two other stats that will blow your mind are both Hyena stats: First, we drove 15354 km in 70 days! More impressive, however, is the total number of hours spent in the Hyena. Wait for it...321.04 hours!! That's 13 days!!...or enough time to watch 240 rugby matches! Thank goodness for Ji's iPod! :)

Wild, powerful, stamina, bum always lower than its head - it can only be a...

a Hyena!!!

I'll share a few our (and your) favourites with you tomorrow. As I've said, I'll try my best to keep posting until the end of the week, because I know there are a few of you who will suffer from withdrawal symptoms once we stop.

Enjoy your Friday!

Villiers

PS: Please note that the itinerary is still a rough one. I will update this soon to show the actual camps we stayed at.

Braai relings:

Vir die van julle wat die braai gaan bywoon, hier volg die reeling weer:

Tyd: 18:30 vir 19:00

Plek: Oulandsloop 449, Die Wilgers. Onthou die buurt is toe en julle moet vanuit Rubida Straat ingaan. Wanneer julle by die hek stop, sal julle 'n klein ogie langs die motorvenster sien. Waai eenvoudig jou hand naby voor dit verby en die hek sal oopgaan. Geen kode is nodig nie. Bel my op 0827988817 as jy probleme het.

Bring: Jou eie drinkgoed, vleisie en eetgerei.

Wie? As jy vreeslik lus is om saam te kom braai, KOM ASSEBLIEF! (Dit sluit julle in Rayno!) :)

Onthou: As julle vroeg gaan waai, parkeer asseblief buite, anders sit ons met 'n verkeersknoop!

Dankie!