geographical deficiencies

tonight, chris was talking on the phone with america.  he had to explain to america that he was abroad, so the connection was a bit scratchy.

"where?" america asked.

"cambodia?" chris answered.

"where?" america asked.

"southeast asia." chris answered.

"oh. right." america let it go.

i would hedge a bet that the majority of america, likely even some of my most favorite, amazing friends and family, are not exactly sure where exactly chris and i are living for two years exactly.

you know, somewhere over in asia?

i have my own deficiencies when it comes to geography.  i mean, we can just throw out all the 'stans- i'd fail any exam asking me to write those on a map.

in school, i grew up memorizing and taking tests on where all the states are, the names and places of the lakes and rivers, and even the capitals. you know you did too.

and then in college i took an african history course which entailed also memorizing and being tested on all of the countries, mountains and rivers in africa.

and then during and after college, i traveled through europe and had to learn my way around that area in order to plan a logical euro trip.

but asia?  unless i'd lived here, i'm pretty sure i'd still be wondering about those countries over yonder, near vietnam and china and japan and such.

though i'd have to say that if i was going to most afraid of any geography exam, it'd be a central and south america one. i'm pretty much crap there.

and just to clear things up, here's where chris and i have been living for nearly a year, and it's neighboring countries:

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which geography test would you most likely fail?