Thursday, October 17, 2013

Route for Queens Baton Relayed to change after Withdrawl of Gambia

As mentioned in the previous post, Gambia has withdrawn from the Commonwealth Games 2014 and no longer wish to be part of the Commonwealth Nations. Since now only 70 nations would be participating the queens batons will cover journey to 70 nations only. The launch of The Queen's Baton Relay took place on 9th Oct where the hidden message of queen was placed in the baton, then Baton begin the Journey to previous host country India and spend around 3 days before heading to Bangladesh.  From Bangladesh it will head to Pakistan.

Here is the complete route of Queens Baton relay (Revised after Gambia withdrawal)

  1. India
  2. Bangladesh
  3. Pakistan
  4. Sri Lanka
  5. Maldives
  6. Singapore
  7. Malaysia
  8. Brunei
  9. Australia
  10. New Guinea
  11. Solomon Islands
  12. Nauru
  13. Tuvalu
  14. Samoa
  15. New Zealand
  16. Kiribati
  17. Cook Islands
  18. Tonga
  19. Niue
  20. Norfolk Islands
  21. Vanuatu
  22. Sierra Leone
  23. Ghana
  24. Nigeria
  25. Cameroon
  26. Kenya
  27. Uganda
  28. Rwanda
  29. Tanzania
  30.  Seychelles
  31. Malawi
  32. Zambia (Please note that its Gambia that withdraw from the games not Zambia)
  33. Namibia
  34. Botswana
  35. Mauritius - This is the only country apart from my home nation India that I've visited. A beautiful nation, with lots of natural beauty, crystal clear waters. Read my experience with Maurituis holidays here.
  36. Mozambique
  37. Swaziland
  38. Lesotho
  39. South Africa
  40. St Helena
  41. Falkland Islands
  42. Guyana
  43. Barbados
  44. Grenada
  45. Trinidad & Tobago
  46. St Vincent & The Grenadines
  47. St Lucia
  48. Dominica
  49. Antigua & Barbuda
  50. Montserrat
  51. St Kitts & Nevis
  52. Anguilla
  53. British Virgin Islands
  54. Jamaica
  55. Cayman Islands
  56. Turks and Caicos Islands
  57. Bahmas
  58. Belize
  59. Bermuda
  60. Canada
  61. Cyprus
  62. Malta
  63. Gibraltar
  64. Jersey
  65. Guernsey
  66. Isle of Man
  67. Northern Island
  68. Wales
  69. England
  70. Scotland
Will try to keep you update about the queens baton relay. 

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