THAILAND!!!! I'm very excited for Thailand, as I having been dying for a leg in a heavy-populated Asian city for a while now! They could do a great job or a ****ty job in Bangkok, but I'm hopeful for the first.
I like how there was some sort of task in LA before going to the airport, and it wasn't at the starting line location. I feel it actually makes the starting line city have some sort of use. Looking at the flights that departed LAX last night, I'm guessing the flight was LA --> Seoul --> Bangkok, as the Seoul flight at 11:00pm was the only flight that had Thai Airlines listed, but that's just a guess. I hope they had at least two different flights or had the starting line task give you a departure time in Bangkok because I hate when all the times jump on one flight for the first leg.
After I went crazy seeing Bangkok is the first leg, I'm kinda shocked Oceania is just being skipped? I mean there is a possibility for them to do a TAR 7 style route with first heading to Asia then Europe, Africa, and Oceania before heading to the US. I hope that will happen, as I think all of us are hoping for an Australian visit.
Very excited for these next few weeks of racing! Good luck everybody including a huge thank you to Peach, Leafs, oval, and the other mods that are making sure this is done in a safe way!
