Μάιος 5, 2026 Live from the road

Mobile - Hattiesburg

Reported by Devashishu Torpy 98.0 mi

Running along the beach in Alabama

Arpan makes friend with a chicken that is wandering around the Parking lot outside our hotel.

Sarankhuu is preparing a sushi lunch for the team.

Lee Wilson holds the torch.

Monica at the Pick-Up Window.

Roger and Joy

Crossing the State line into Mississippi

Chris and Catherine

Brian from Wilmer

Tammy Oldenquist, the City Clerk of Lucedale, meets us on the steps of Lucedale City Hall.

Our next visit is to the Salvation Army Youth Services Boys and Girls Club in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. Sammy from the local TV network is there to interview us.

The team visit the City Hall in Hattiesburg and present themselves to the City Council.

Thank you to Hotel Indigo Hattiesburg by IHG for accommodating us for the night in their beautiful hotel.

Thank you to Amy and everyone at Fuzzy's for spontaneously offering us delicious Mexican food for dinner.

Ice Cream time.

We also make the pilgrimage to DQ (Dairy Queen) for the all-American experience of a Mud Slide Brownie Blizzard!

Torch carried by
Akbota Jumabayeva (Kazakhstan), Arpan DeAngelo (United States), Devashishu Torpy (Great Britain), Harita Davies (New Zealand), Homagni Baptista (Australia), Luiza Hariton (Romania), Manini Nguyen (United States), Rupasi Young (United States), Salil Wilson (Australia), Santiva Morrison (United States), Sarankhuu Jargal (Mongolia).  
Photographers
Akbota Jumabayeva, Devashishu Torpy, Harita Davies, Homagni Baptista, Rupasi Young, Santiva Morrison, Sarankhuu Jargal
The torch has travelled 98.0 mi from Mobile to Hattiesburg.

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