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Leg 1Home (Basel) - S - Corsica (Ajaccio) - 633 km
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
1 pt for book + 2 pts for location (5 tags/title)
Leg 2Corsica (Ajaccio) - SE - Sicily (Palermo) - 575 km
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
"A lot of the best things in Sicily have lasted since Arab days, and fried slices of chick pea flour must have been around since the ninth century. I've never seen Panelle outside Palermo, and hardly ever outside the Vucciria market." p.2
1 pt for book + 2 pts for location (19 tags/title)
Leg 3: Sicily (Palermo) - S - Cameroon 3808 km (2366 mi)https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Location is the tribal lands of the Mulongo which are some days walking distance from the ocean - I used Douala for reference
1 pt for book + 2 pts for location (21 tags/author)
Total: 5016 km (3117 mi) / 9 pts
Leg 4: Cameroon - NE - Siberia (Tugur) - 11'951 km (7'426 mi)https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Precise location is mentioned in the first chapter:
"The only flight of the week for the little village of Tugur, a remote spot on the Pacific coast."
1 pt for book + 2 pts for location (quote / siberian author)
Total: 16'967 km (10'543 mi) / 12 pts
Leg 5: Siberia (Tugur) - SE - Hawai'i - 6'515 km ( 4'048 mi)https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Location is the islands of Hawai'i - I used Pearl Harbor for reference
1 pt for book + 2 pts for location (10 tags / hawaian author)
Total: 23'482 km (14'591 mi) / 15 pts
(using my first ticket to swap direction from SE to SW)Leg 6: Hawai'i - SW - Australia (ref: Beulah, Victoria) - 8'938 km (5'554 mi)
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Location is Kiewarra in Australia (using Beulah as reference for calculation as I believe it is a fictional town)
1 pt for book + 2 pts for location (755 tags / australian author) + 3 pts for monthly tag (16x family drama)
Total: 32'420 km (20'145 mi) / 21 pts
Goal: New discoveries, anchored on Earth
I'll try to read books that are heavy on local culture and/or history
Feb 4 - Basel - S - Corsica - 633 km - 3 pts
Feb 18 - Corsica - SE - Sicily - 575 km - 3 pts
Jun 15 - Sicily - S - Cameroon - 3'808 km - 3 pts
Jun 21 - Cameroon - NE - Siberia - 11'951 km - 3 pts
Jul 24 - Siberia - SE - Hawai'i - 6'515 km - 3 pts
Total 23'482 km - 15 pts
Note:
6. Participants will have 3 free tickets to choose the direction of their choice.
9. Extra points will be given for matching the tag of the month, as well as tag for location.. Points are as follows:
1 point - per book or location
2 points - tag for location
3 points - matching tag of the month.*
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