So looking back on our time here on the World Race, and knowing that most of you will want to know the answers to some of these. we wanted to post a blog letting you know what our favorite or the best things of this year were. So here you go, the BEST OF: World Race:


Favorite ministrySouth Africa, Thailand, Cambodia, Malaysia 

Best sceneryEcuador, South Africa, Swaziland 

Best activitiesSouth Africa, Thailand, Cambodia 

Favorite TEAM monthBolivia (1st team) Albania (2nd team) 

Best Living Conditions – Albania, Mozambique, Malaysia 

Favorite ContinentASIA! 

Most “World Race-y Month”Cambodia 

Best Travel/TransportationTurkish Airlines, Qatar Airways 

Best Off DaySouth Africa (Safari) Thailand (Elephant Camp) 

Best FoodPeru (Contacts cooked for us) Romania and Albania (Cooked for ourselves) Thailand (street food)  

Favorite ClimatePeru, Albania, South Africa, Swaziland 

Best Local Transportation Bolivia (Driving the big bus to pick up our kids from school)

Favorite CulturePeru, Albania, Thailand 

Favorite Cultural ExperiencesMozambique, Thailand, Cambodia 

Best Married MonthRomania, Thailand, Malaysia

Favorite LanguageSpanish and Albanian 

Best Church ServicesMozambique 

Favorite Major Cities Bucharest, Romania; Siem Reap, Cambodia  

Craziest Food ExperiencesEcuador, Thailand, Cambodia

Craziest Travel DaysGoing to waterfall in Ecuador, Peru to Bolivia, South Africa to Mozambique, Mozambique to Swaziland 

Best Local Cities Cochabamba, Bolivia; Shkodra, Albania; Plettenburg Bay, South Africa; Chiang Mai, Thailand; Penang, Malaysia 

Things I would do again with family and friendsLake Titicaca in Peru; Safari, bungee jumping, and the beach in South Africa; Elephant Camp in Thailand; Angkor Wat in Cambodia, beaches in Malaysia 

Favorite over all country – Thailand