WE KNOW THE TENTATIVE ROUTE!
I was immediately excited. However for those who know me, I don’t show my excitement regularly. This time when I opened the post marked “July 2008 Race Route Announcement” after coming from work, I did a little screaming and jumping — and I’m not a jumper. Maybe a clapper or hand waver, but it takes a lot to get me to jump over something. Needless to say, my roommates were disappointed they missed that moment.
So here it is (note: this is subject to change) —
July – Central America – Mexico (Palenque)
August – Central America – Guatemala/Nicaragua
September – South East Asia – Thailand
October – South East Asia – Cambodia
November – South East Asia – Vietnam
December – Southern Africa – South Africa
January – Southern Africa – Swaziland/Mozambique
February – Southern Africa – Swaziland/ Mozambique
March – Eastern Europe – Romania
April – Eastern Europe – Moldova
May – Eastern Europe – Ukraine
Soon after, I began looking up basic phrases in each country’s national language, or lingua franca. I consider it super important to put effort forth toward learning at least a little bit of each before leaving, because I know how much it means to the people. Granted I won’t be fluent in Thai by any means before I leave, but it makes a difference.
