A friend of mine tracked a lot of stats for her Race and I thought I might do the same. Honestly it was quite fun seeing all that I did!

Travel Days:

  • Hours spent on a plane: 47
  • Hours spent in a bus/van/car: 122.5
  • Hours spent on trains: 62.5
  • Number of beds I’ve slept in: 31
  • Number of cities I’ve been in: 26
  • Number of passport stamps: 17
  • Months with hosts: 3
  • Months with a dryer: 1

Total miles traveled: 25,742 miles! That’s over a lap around the Earth! (Imagine how far I would have gotten after three more months)

 

Country Superlatives:

Best Food: India (No spice please! Lots of flavor)

Best Ice Cream: Turkey (and a show!)

Worst Traffic: India

Strangest Smells: India

Hottest month: India

Coldest Month: Georgia

Weirdest things I ate: Intestines (China), Camel (Oman)

Most beautiful beaches: Oman

Most Beautiful mountains: Nepal

Worst sickness: Stomach bug (Nepal)

 

 

Countries I set foot in this year:

  1. China
  2. Nepal
  3. India
  4. Ethiopia
  5. Oman
  6. United Arab Emirates (UAE) (9 hour layover)
  7. Turkey
  8. Georgia
  9. Azerbaijan
  10. United States

 

Names I’ve been called this year. Never really had a nickname until this Race!

Laura

Lora

Nora

Mora

Dora

Lele

Leahlou

Loaloo

Loreea

Little League

Larry

Small Hands

Skirt Lady

Madame Teacher

 

Every month, God gave me a new word to ponder over and practice in my own life:

  1. August: Boldness
  2. September: Testimony
  3. October: Friendships
  4. November: Dreams
  5. December: Joyfulness
  6. January: Hope
  7. February: Dance
  8. March: Prayer

Out of all these, God has continued to speak Boldness into me.