Belize 18,200 Benin 81,306 Bermuda - Bhutan - Birma (Myanmar) - Boliivia 376,294 Bonaire, Sint Eustatius ja Saba 59,879 Bosnia ja Hertsegoviina 588,853 Botswana 9,584 Bouvet' saar - Brasiilia 13,979,364 Briti India ookeani ala -
I never ever thought I'd say this but: I love swimming. This is RIDICULOUS, as I have always HATED swimming. Now, whenever possible, I make time to do laps. It's like moving meditation. I'll swim for two hours and sneak out later to get in an extra session. I still can't believe it. What about the one-kilometer open-water race? Oh, I didn't forget about that. I wasn't able to nd a practical race scheduled near me in the last quarter of 2008 (as much as I would have loved to visit Bonaire, it was a bit out of the way), but my friend excused it. For good reason. Four months before my December deadline, I had gone home to Long Island to spend my birthday with my family and closest friends. One morning, I woke up early and went to the ocean. I was calm, despite the waves, and I stood on the damp sand at the edge of the whitewash looking out for a long time. Then I approached the lifeguard stand. "How far away is that house