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This ought to give you an idea of what we're getting ourselves into. It's a list of countries that we will travel through. The European countries won't see much more of us than the blur as we "speed" through...but we'll wear out the "Stans" for sure...

Texas
  • Capital: Austin
  • Languages: English, Spanish
  • Population: 22,859,968
  • Area (km2): 695,622
  • Population density (people/km2): 33
  • GSP per capita ($): 43,283
  • Skip says: Home sweet home...long live the Republic of Texas

United Kingdom
  • Capital: London
  • Languages: English, Welsh, Scottish Gailic
  • Population: 60,609,153
  • Area (km2): 244,820
  • Population density (people/km2): 248
  • GDP per capita ($): 31,400
  • Skip says: The word "piss" can mean anything, like "Smurf"

France
  • Capital: Paris
  • Languages: French
  • Population: 62,752,136
  • Area (km2): 643,427
  • Population density (people/km2): 98
  • GDP per capita ($): 30,100
  • Skip says: Things get sexy, but say no to sadism...

Belgium
  • Capital: Brussels
  • Languages: Dutch, French, German
  • Population: 10,379,067
  • Area (km2): 30,528
  • Population density (people/km2): 340
  • GDP per capita ($): 31,800
  • Skip says: We'll put Lonestar against their beer any day...

Netherlands
  • Capital: Amsterdam
  • Languages: Dutch, Frisian
  • Population: 16,491,461
  • Area (km2): 41,526
  • Population density (people/km2): 397
  • GDP per capita ($): 31,700
  • Skip says: Only here for ~20 miles, or we might not leave...

Germany
  • Capital: Berlin
  • Languages: German
  • Population: 82,422,299
  • Area (km2): 357,021
  • Population density (people/km2): 231
  • GDP per capita ($): 31,400
  • Skip says: Stay awake with Kraftwerk...Hobos rule...

Czech Republic
  • Capital: Prague
  • Languages: Czech
  • Population: 10,235,455
  • Area (km2): 78,866
  • Population density (people/km2): 130
  • GDP per capita ($): 21,600
  • Skip says: Can we buy a vowel?

Slovakia
  • Capital: Bratislava
  • Languages: Slovak, Hungarian, Roma, Ukrainian
  • Population: 5,439,488
  • Area (km2): 48,845
  • Population density (people/km2): 111
  • GDP per capita ($): 17,700
  • Skip says: Time to class up with some Brandy...

Hungary
  • Capital: Budapest
  • Languages: Hungarian
  • Population: 9,981,334
  • Area (km2): 93,030
  • Population density (people/km2): 107
  • GDP per capita ($): 17,300
  • Skip says: Hungary? Eat Turkey!

Romania
  • Capital: Bucharest
  • Languages: Romanian, Hungarian, German
  • Population: 22,303,552
  • Area (km2): 237,500
  • Population density (people/km2): 94
  • GDP per capita ($): 8,800
  • Skip says: Camp in Transylvania...and drink blood...

Bulgaria
  • Capital: Sofia
  • Languages: Bulgarian, Turkish, Roma
  • Population: 7,385,367
  • Area (km2): 110,910
  • Population density (people/km2): 67
  • GDP per capita ($): 10,400
  • Skip says: Birthplace of the cyrillic alphabet (fist shaking...)

Turkey
  • Capital: Ankara
  • Languages: Turkish, Kurdish, Dimli, Azeri, Kabardian
  • Population: 70,413,958
  • Area (km2): 780,580
  • Population density (people/km2): 90
  • GDP per capita ($): 8,900
  • Skip says: Camel wrestling might be our true calling...

Iran
  • Capital: Tehran
  • Languages: Persian, Turkic, Kurdish, Luri, Balochi, Arabic
  • Population: 65,397,521
  • Area (km2): 1,648,000
  • Population density (people/km2): 40
  • GDP per capita ($): 8,700
  • Skip says: SkipLizard proves itself...

Turkmenistan
  • Capital: Ashgabat
  • Languages: Turkmen, Russian, Uzbek
  • Population: 5,042,920
  • Area (km2): 488,100
  • Population density (people/km2): 10
  • GDP per capita ($): 8,900
  • Skip says: Turkmenbashi rules from the grave...

Uzbekistan
  • Capital: Tashkent
  • Languages: Uzbek, Russian, Tajik
  • Population: 27,307,134
  • Area (km2): 447,400
  • Population density (people/km2): 61
  • GDP per capita ($): 2,000
  • Skip says: Heartland of the Silk Road...trading time!

Kyrgyzstan
  • Capital: Bishkek
  • Languages: Krygyz, Russian
  • Population: 5,213,898
  • Area (km2): 198,500
  • Population density (people/km2): 26
  • GDP per capita ($): 2,000
  • Skip says: Fresh mountain honey...on stale English muffins...

Kazakhstan
  • Capital: Astana
  • Languages: Kazakh, Russian
  • Population: 15,233,244
  • Area (km2): 2,717,300
  • Population density (people/km2): 6
  • GDP per capita ($): 9,100
  • Skip says: Go see '07 savior Danebeck...very nice!!!

Russia
  • Capital: Moscow
  • Languages: Russian
  • Population: 142,893,540
  • Area (km2): 17,075,200
  • Population density (people/km2): 8
  • GDP per capita ($): 12,100
  • Skip says: In & out like vodka straight with pickle brine back

Mongolia!!!
  • Capital: Ulaanbaatar
  • Languages: Khalkha Mongol, Turkic, Russian
  • Population: 2,832,224
  • Area (km2): 1,564,116
  • Population density (people/km2): 2
  • GDP per capita ($): 2,000
  • Skip says: SkipLizard becomes the 'Arkhni Masheen'

China??
  • Capital: Beijing
  • Languages: Chinese (you count the dialects)
  • Population: 1,313,973,713
  • Area (km2): 9,596,960
  • Population density (peple/km2): 137
  • GDP per capita ($): 7,600
  • Skip says: If we can get in and catch some Olympic action...