Yoonkyoung & Camilo Roman

Golfo de Vizcaya or Golfe de Gascogne -- almost landing in CDG!

BH - Capital of Minas Gerais, the home of Brazilian mining

Home of NATO and capital of the EU!

Contrary to what the name sounds in English, 'Islas Canarias' means "Island of the dogs" --

Paris International Airport is named after France's 18th president and leader during WWII. We'll hopefully be able to at least change clothes before the second leg of the trip.

It is considered one of the world's most environmentally friendly cities with the water in the inner harbor being so clean that it can be used for swimming and 36% of all citizens commuting to work by bicycle. Interesting factoid.

Over the Rhine river, just 9 hours left to go!

Fernando de Noronha - home of dolphins and one of the most exclusive islands in Brazil

Harbin is originally a Manchu word meaning "a place for drying fishing nets". Harbin bears the nicknames "The Pearl on the swan's neck" because the shape of Heilongjiang resembles a swan, and "Ice City" for its long and cold winter

Finland's capital's neoclassical buildings were often used as a backdrop for scenes set to take place in the Soviet Union in many Cold War era Hollywood movies.

One of the largest cities in Siberia, Irkutsk has been linked to Moscow by road since 1760 and served as a trading hub for many imports from China. The record low temperature in this city was -49.7 C

Capital of Portugal was under Roman rule over 2000 years ago. We'll be flying over just a couple of hours before making a pitstop in Paris.

This young town (founded in 1975) is home of two world renown athletes: Women's World Bench Press champion - Irina Naskripnyak and World Powerlifting champion - Alexey Pankov

The Portuguese settled this place in 1615. Today it's Cape Verde's capital city serving as a hub for commodities trade including coffee and sugar.

While we won't actually be flying over the DPRK capital, Google Earth puts Pyongyang on the most efficient flight path from Paris.

Recife - known for some of the best beaches in Brazil

Salvador - the cradle of Carnival

Sao Paulo - South America's largest city (and our home) -- Our journey begins

The final part of the trip -- landing in Seoul. It was a long trip, but totally worth it. Thanks!

Actually - this is the longest stretch of the trip between cities. Hey, 71% of the earth is covered by ocean, so you figure we'll have a good part of airtime over the ocean.

Arquipelago de Sao Pedro & Sao Paulo - home of tuna fishing and patrolled by Brazil's Navy. Still over the Atlantic, but heading for continental Europe

The capital of the Komi Republic of Russia. Calls Los Altos, CA a sister city. Who'da thunk it?

Iin 2006, Mongolia's capital celebrated 800 years since the rise of Genghis Khan's empire.