Half way.
I’m half way into this race.
Five and a half months of really cool, encouraging, stretching, hard, and unexpected moments.
My new team and I have developed a list of questions we never asked until the world race to celebrate mile marker 5.5.
Enjoy:
Do monks wear underwear?
Does the coffee shop have a public bathroom?
How much does the bathroom cost?
Squatty or western?
Can I borrow your converter?
Will you remind me to shave my armpits?
Did I just eat paint?
Can I get this without fish sauce?
Can you measure my shorts with your iPhone 6?
Can I borrow like 1,000 kyat?
Is nodding your head yes or no in this country?
Is the left had unclean in this country?
Do I take off my shoes for this restaurant or no?
Ok, but how spicy is spicy?
How do you eat around the eye of the fish?
Do you chop the head off first?
Have you ever killed a chicken?
How much is your pack in kilograms?
How much is 50 kilometers in miles?
When is team time?
Can I show my ankles in this country?
Can I have that shirt if you drop it?
Do you have any anti fungal cream?
Are you using your airporter for this bus?
Can you pray for my poop?
Do rats even like bananas?
Will you put tea tree oil on my mosquito bites?
Can I borrow your lice comb?
What tattoo did you get in this country?
Do you think we’ll have beds next month?
Where do baby monks come from?
Is this this month’s currency?
Why is USD all the same color?
Do you want another quail egg?
Does your rice have ants in it too?
Can you check me for lice?
Do you think they took my tent inside?
Did you see the riot today?
Do we still have water left for today?
Did you see the turtle in the bathroom? (Answer: I thought it was an eggplant)
Do I just jump off the elephant?
Where did you get your dreads done?
Can you brush your teeth with this water?
How many sleeping pads fit in this room?
Will you take eight people in this taxi?
Can we buy rat traps on team money?
Did you blog this week?
Can you make mac and cheese in a rice cooker? What about banana bread? (Answer: Yes)
Can we run here? (Answer: We don’t run anywhere here)
Why are the men wearing skirts?
What’s the gold stuff on their face? (Answer: Tree bark used as sunscreen)
Wait, that’s dog meat?
What essential oil kills sugar ants?
Do they sell non liquid deodorant in this country?
Is touching someone’s head offensive in this country?
Americans have a smell???
What airline are you taking? (Answer: Scoot) ((P.S. consider another if you like to eat, drink water, or watch movies on 11 hour flights))
Do I keep the shirt with two small holes or one big hole?
Wait a kid bit a hole in your shirt?
Did you get stuck in the monsoon, too?
Does this car run on propane?
Did you loose anything in the windstorm?
Did the guys chase the pigs out of the back yard yet?
What animal bit you? (Answer: A mule)
What time are we harvesting the potatoes?
Where’s the anaconda? (Answer: In the pineapple field)
What flight did you get that blanket from?
Do you think they speak Arabic or Farsi?
Does this face wash have bleach in it?
How many months of Malaria meds should I get?
Why are Dracula’s ceilings so low?
Jenn, why does your sleeping pad have a tumor?
How do you know if you have a parasite?
What country did that happen in?
I hope a few of these questions made you chuckle!!
-Alexis Sills
