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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 ($): 30,100
  • Skip says: Invented sadism...Andy thanks them
Belgium
  • Capital: Brussels
  • Languages: Dutch, French, German
  • Population: 10,379,067
  • Area (km2): 30,528
  • Population density (people/km2): 340
  • GDP per capita ($): 31,800
  • Skip says: I'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 ($): 31,700
  • Skip says: Andy + Amsterdam = +/- 100 lives
Germany
  • Capital: Berlin
  • Languages: German
  • Population: 82,422,299
  • Area (km2): 357,021
  • Population density (people/km2): 231
  • GDP per capita ($): 31,400
  • Skip says: We'll wear our Dirk NBA Champs jerseys...
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: Andy's poison-blood is safe in Transylvania...
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...
Georgia
  • Capital: T'bilisi
  • Languages: Georgian, Russian, Armenian, Azeria
  • Population: 4,661,473
  • Area (km2): 69,700
  • Population density (people/km2): 67
  • GDP per capita ($): 3,800
  • Skip says: "Just an old sweet song..."
Azerbaijan
  • Capital: Baku
  • Languages: Azerbaijani (Azeri), Russian, Armenian
  • Population: 7,961,619
  • Area (km2): 86,600
  • Population density (people/km2): 92
  • GDP per capita ($): 7,300
  • Skip says: 1 day drive...0-4 day wait for the ferry...
Turkmenistan
  • Capital: Ashgabat
  • Languages: Turkmen, Russian, Uzbek
  • Population: 5,042,920
  • Area (km2): 488,100
  • Population density (people/km2): 10
  • GDP per capita ($): 8,900
  • Skip says: Recently deceased dictator's ego even beat Andy
Uzbekistan
  • Capital: Tashkent
  • Languages: Uzbek, Russian, Tajik
  • Population: 27,307,134
  • Area (km2): 447,400
  • Population density (people/km2): 61
  • GDP per capita ($): 2,000
  • Skip says: Heartland of the Silk Road...trading time!
Tajikistan
  • Capital: Dushanbe
  • Languages: Tajik, Russian
  • Population: 7,320,815
  • Area (km2): 143,100
  • Population density (people/km2): 51
  • GDP per capita ($): 1,300
  • Skip says: Don't look down...
Kyrgyzstan
  • Capital: Bishkek
  • Languages: Krygyz, Russian
  • Population: 5,213,898
  • Area (km2): 198,500
  • Population density (people/km2): 26
  • GDP per capita ($): 2,000
  • Skip says: More melting pot than Texas!
Kazakhstan
  • Capital: Astana
  • Languages: Kazakh, Russian
  • Population: 15,233,244
  • Area (km2): 2,717,300
  • Population density (people/km2): 6
  • GDP per capita ($): 9,100
  • Skip says: They gave us Borat, we give them Andy...
Russia
  • Capital: Moscow
  • Languages: Russian
  • Population: 142,893,540
  • Area (km2): 17,075,200
  • Population density (people/km2): 8
  • GDP per capita ($): 12,100
  • Skip says: Vodka straight with a pickle-brine back please...
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 ($): 2,000
  • Skip says: Bodes, Chinggis, and livin' the dream baby!!
China
  • Capital: Beijing
  • Languages: Chinese (you count the dialects)
  • Population: 1,313,973,713
  • Area (km2): 9,596,960
  • Population density (peple/km2): 137
  • GDP per capita ($): 7,600
  • Skip says: Start the longest ride home ever...