One year.
It's hard to believe it's been exactly one year since I left America to embark on the World Race. It's been a year of adventure, growth, faith, community, and love. I have loved sharing my journey with all of you. It's meant the world to me that y'all have faithfully read my blog and prayed for me. This will be one of the last posts (I have two more coming!) to this blog, as the season of the World Race is now over for me. Be sure to check out my new blog at The Mouse Who Roars! And enjoy the list of travel info I've compiled of my Race!
Total travel time:
I dutifully kept track of travel time on every travel day from the day I left Raleigh to the day I landed back in Raleigh. I would start the clock when we would leave a place of residence and stop it when we arrived at our next place of residence (minus any nights/days spent in a city for debriefs). So the total travel time for all 11 months was 413.25 hours. That's a little over 17 days of travel!
Modes of Transportation:
-Plane
-Train
-City bus
-Subway
-Songtao
-Elephant
-Tuk-tuk
-Moto
-VIP Bus
-Bus with no A/C (that we rode for 8 hours through the hot Cambodian countryside)
-Car
-Taxi
-Feet
-Ferry
-Speedboat
-Minivan
-Trolley
-Cable car
-Truck
-Overnight bus that got robbed (we were safe!)
-Horse
Where I've Slept on the Race:
CHINA:
-Bunk bed in hostel in Beijing
-Sleeping pad on the floor of Harbin apartment
Traveling sleep: Plane and train
THAILAND:
-Bunk bed in YWAM base in Bangkok
-Bunk bed at Mike and Margie's in Chiang Mai
Traveling sleep: VIP bus
CAMBODIA:
-Double bed in hotel in Siem Reap
-Sleeping pad on the floor at Benz house in Phnom Penh
-Queen-sized bed shared with Amanda in hotel in Phnom Penh
Traveling sleep: VIP bus
MALAYSIA:
-Bunk bed in hostel in Kuala Lumpur
-Sleeping pad on the floor at team house in Changlun
Traveling sleep: VIP bus
JAPAN:
-Japanese blankets and pads on tatami mat floor at retreat center in Nishinomiya
-Japanese blankets and pads on tatami mat floor at Yoshii Sensei's apartment
Traveling sleep: Plane
ALBANIA/KOSOVO:
-Bunk bed in hostel in Tirana
-Foam pad on the floor of the church in Vlore
-Twin-sized bed shared with Kayla in mission house in Memaliaj
-Queen-sized bed shared with Amanda in hotel in Pogradec
-Bunk bed in missionaries' house in Gjilan, Kosovo
-Bunk bed at the Hub in Tirana
Traveling sleep: Plane and bus (lots and lots of buses!)
BULGARIA:
-Twin-sized bed at hostel in Sofia
-Twin-sized bed at apartment in Vidin
Traveling sleep: Bus and train
ROMANIA:
-Twin-sized bed at hostel in Bucharest
-Shared a mattress on the floor with Bethany at the mission house in Draganesti
-Twin-sized bed (so comfy!) in attic at church in Stoenesti
-Bunk bed at mission house in Draganesti
-Twin-sized bed at Kevin and Michelle's (one night completely alone, the only night on the entire Race!)
-Bunk bed at hostel in Bucharest
-Bunk bed at hostel in Brasov
Traveling sleep: Bus
UKRAINE:
-Twin-sized bed in dorm at church
-Fold-out couch shared with Alysa in Tania's apartment
-Bunk bed at retreat center outside of Rivne
-Bunk bed at hostel in Krakow
-Bunk beds at two different hostels in Warsaw
Traveling sleep: Plane
SWAZILAND:
-Bunk bed in bunkhouse at El Shaddai
SOUTH AFRICA:
-Bunk bed in hostel in Durban
-Full-sized bed shared with Alysa in house in Jeffreys Bay
-Bunk bed at hostel in Port St. John
Traveling sleep: Bus
*You will note that I NEVER used my tent. I'm still slightly sad about the fact that I carted that thing around the world and never once used it. Good thing I enjoy camping and will use it here in the States!
