around the world in 89 days

From London to Suez via Mont Cenis and Brindisi, 
by rail and steamboats.............................. 7  days 
From Suez to Bombay, by steamer .................... 13 "  
From Bombay to Calcutta, by rail ................... 3  " 
From Calcutta to Hong Kong, by steamer ............. 13 "
From Hong Kong to Yokohama (Japan), by steamer ..... 6  "
From Yokohama to San Francisco, by steamer ......... 22 "
From San Francisco to New York, by rail ............ 7  "
From New York to London, by steamer and rail ....... 9  "
Total .............................................. 80 days

OK, not quite. The package left the Netherlands on March 17, to Arrive in Toronto today, 89 days later. Yes, it did get stuck in customs, as I expected, not in Canada, but in Kobe, Japan. It contained books, of course, and among them was a new translation of Jules Verne's Le tour du monde en quatre-vingt jours. We lost the bet.