The end of the challenge
So, the global corporate challenge had ended - thank goodness, because I was heartily sick of my pedometer. The Thomson Thunder Thighs have not done so well, and here I am going to be totally disloyal and anti-team-spirited and so forth and declare to the world that my team really let me down! I have made distances of up to 22,424 steps a day, and what is our team average? 10,537 steps. Admittedly that is over the target of 10,000 steps, which is perhaps all that matters, but, do the maths - someone in my team was NOT MOVING! I actually think we lost one member somewhere along the way (who swiftly left the company rather suspiciously) and two others have just never participated in anything, such that I don't even know who they are. So, the moral of the story is this: there is no point having someone performing exceptionally on your team - in this case that would be me :) - if there are others who are missing, have run out of enthusiasm, are just plain lazy etc. You'll still lose in the end.
But, I know, it's being in the game that counts (though it's debatable that everyone was actually in the game). Here are the locations I visited, just for my own posterity's sake. It was actually really quite fascinating to see the photos and read about these places along the way (especially when it said that Australian tropical waters were full of deadly cone snails that actively pursue, then kill, people in wetsuits - has anyone EVER heard of someone dying from the harpoon of a cone snail?? - I did some research and found out that someone did once, in 1935) so I was happy to be taking my time to smell the roses.
1. Valparaiso - Chil
2. Vina Del Mar - Chile
3. Lo Campo - Chile
4. Los Vilos - Chile
5. Combarbala - Chile
6. Ejido - Venezuala
7. Merida - Venezuala
8. Bobures - Venezuala
9. Aqua Viva - Venezuala
10. Maracaibo - Venezuala
11. Puerto Lempira - Honduras
12. Sirsirtara - Honduras
13. Ahuas - Honduras
14. Rio Platano - Honduras
15. Icacos Point - Trinidad and Tobago
16. Siparia - Trinidad and Tobago
17. St Joseph - Trinidad and Tobago
18. Port of Spain - Trinidad and Tobago
19. Bridgetown - Barbados
20. Nesfield - Barbados
21. Vieux Fort - St Lucia
22. Gros Islet - St Lucia
23. St Anne - Martinique
24. Le Vauclin - Martinique
25. Basse-Pointe - Martinique
26. San Juan - Puerto Rico
27. Mayaguez - Puerto Rico
28. Paraiso - Dominican Republic
29. Port-au Prince- Haiti
30. Hinche - Haiti
31. St Marc - Haiti
32. Kingston - Jamaica
33. Montego Bay - Jamaica
34. East End - Cayman Islands
35. Boatswain Point - Cayman Islands
36. Santa Clara - Cuba
37. Havana - Cuba
38. Las Vegas - USA
39. Boulder City - USA
40. Grand Canyon- USA
41. Grand Canyon - USA
42. Grand Canyon - USA
43. Salt Lake City - USA
44. Sandy - USA
45. American Fork - USA
46. Orem - USA
47. Mirror Lake - USA
48. Milwaukee - USA
49. Waukegan- USA
50. Chicago - USA
51. Buffalo - USA
52. Niagara Falls - Canada
53. St Catharines - Canada
54. Hamilton - Canada
55. Toronto - Canada
56. Laval - Canada
57. Montreal - Canada
58. Sherbrooke - Canada
59. Seydisfjordur - Iceland
60. Eskifjordur - Iceland
61. Galway - Ireland
62. Ballinasloe - Ireland
63. Edenderry - Ireland
64. Dublin - Ireland
65. Bristol - UK
66. Bath - UK
67. Basingstoke - UK
68. London - UK
69. Naestved - Denmark
70. Copenhagen - Denmark
71. Orebro - Sweden
72. Eskilstuna - Sweden
73. Stockholm - Sweden
74. Espoo - Finland
75. Helsinki - Finland
76. Porvoo - Finland
77. Hamina - Finland
78. St Petersburg - Russia
79. Volosovo - Russia
80. Kingisepp - Russia
81. Johvi - Estonia
82. Smiltene - Latvia
83. Gulbene - Latvia
84. Madona - Latvia
85. Koknese - Latvia
86. Aizkraukle - Latvia
87. Birzai - Lithuania
88. Astravyets - Belarus
89. Ashmyany - Belarus
90. Augustow - Poland
91. Monki - Poland
92. Gornji Vakuf - Bosnia and Herzegovina
93. Sarajevo - Bosnia and Herzegovina
94. Lac - Albania
95. Kruje - Albania
96. Durres - Albania
97. Bari - Italy
98. Monopoli - Italy
99. Brindisi - Italy
100. Lecce - Italy
101. Gagliano Del Capo - Italy
102. Tororo - Uganda
103. Iganga - Uganda
104. Linia - Uganda
105. Kampala - Uganda
106. Mubende - Uganda
107. Karonga - Malawi
108. Lake Nyasa - Malawi
109. Lake Nyasa - Malawi
110. Lake Nyasa - Malawi
111. Analalava - Madagascar
112. Antsohihy - Madagascar
113. Befandriana Avaratra - Madagascar
114. Mandritsara - Madagascar
115. Maroantsetra - Madagascar
116. Galle - Sri Lanka
117. Moratuwa - Sri Lanka
118. Sri Jayawardanpura - Sri Lanka
119. Kandy - Sri Lanka
120. Trincomalee - Sri Lanka
121. Mawson Base - Antarctica
122. Antarctica - Antarctica
123. Antarctica - Antarctica
124. Invercargill - New Zealand
125. Orepuki - New Zealand
126. Tautapere - New Zealand
127. Lake Hauroko - New Zealand
128. Cairns - Australia
129. Port Douglas - Australia
130. Daintree Forest - Australia
131. Cape Tribulation - Australia
132. Abau - Papua New Guinea
133. Kwiklia - Papua New Guinea
134. Port Moresby - Papua New Guinea
135. Bereina - Papua New Guinea
136. Kota Kinabalu - Malaysia