CAA's Amazing Race - Checkpoint 1!!!

[Godly Paladin]

Welcome to the first checkpoint, racers! You know the rules, and if you don't, then just consult the sign up thread in this subforum. Let's not beat around the bush, shall we?

Here's your country, racers!

Nicaragua!!!

Our mascot cheers you on:

GOGOGOGOGOGOGOGOGOGOGOGOGOGO!!!!!!!

[Nate]

The Pacific Coast of Nicaragua was settled as a Spanish colony from Panama in the early 16th century. Independence from Spain was declared in 1821 and the country became an independent republic in 1838.

http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/nu.html

[Locke]

Largest country in Central America with 129,494 square kilometers. Land area 120,254 square kilometers.

http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?frd/cstdy:@field(DOCID+ni0005)

[dragonsleeping]

Cities: Capital--Managua (pop. 1 million). Other cities--Leon, Granada, Jinotega, Matagalpa, Chinandega, Masaya.

http://web.ask.com/fr?u=http%3A%2F%2Fww ... 20(02%2F05)&mb=80d62156cf999973b0e251daaceedfe6

[Alice]

Nicaragua's natural resources are gold, silver, copper, tungsten, lead, zinc, timber, and fish.

http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/nu.html

[Jman]

Nicaragua, which gets its name from the chief of the area's dominating Indian tribe at the time of the Spanish Destruction,

http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0107839.html

First Paragraph on History!

[Godly Paladin]

All legal.

[mastersquirrel]

The population growth rate of Nicaragua is 1.92%. The Birth Rate is 24.88 births/1,000 population. The Death rate is 4.49 deaths/1,000 population.

http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/nu.html#Govt

I'm surprised that more people haven't signed in already...

[Galant]

This is the flag -

The link is in the code.

I also used to know a nice girl from Nicaragua, and her sister. Tried to teach me to dance, but alas, to no avail.

I also have a feeling I wont be in the race long.

[termyt]

Probably because it is one of the poorest countries (50% of the country lives below the poverty line), Nicaragua has a rather unimpressive literacy rate (just over 67%)

http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/nu.html#Govt

[Godly Paladin]

Y'all are legal. Those yet to check in:

Steelbeliever
SteelTemplar
Kura Ookami
Icarus
Jaltus-Bot
Batosai

[Kura Ookami]

Nicaragua has 910 km of coastline and it's lowest point is the pacific ocean at 0m above sea level and its highest point is Mogoton at 2,438 m.

http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/nu.html#Military

[Godly Paladin]

So far so smoothly.

[Syaoran]

I am just a friendly by stander saying.....GO TEAMS GO.....YOU CAN DO IT.

[Locke]

Soo.... this is going to take forever u.u

[mastersquirrel]

How long does everyone else have to check in?

[Locke]

This is my first one ( MSP says other wise -_-) so I dont know.

[Godly Paladin]

Steelbeliever
SteelTemplar
Icarus
Jaltus-Bot
Batosai

If these racers don't check in by Wednesday at 5:00 PM, then they're all eliminated. Every single one. That's 48 hours to check in, which should be adequate.

EDIT: Whoops, forgot what day it was. So, uh... Yeah. All of the above are eliminated. Sorry, guys! For all of you still in, the next round starts tomorrow.

[mastersquirrel]

So.... is it going to start at the same time again? Or is that super-secret information?

[Kura Ookami]

So I was the last to check in on the first checkpoint? Oh, this doesn't look too good for me. Oh well. I'm still in for now. Good luck to everyone anyway.