Apolyton Travelling Records

[Ecthy]

On your home continent, what was the northmost, southmost, westmost and eastmost you've ever travelled to? Ever left your hoem continent? Where to? Also tell us second and third ranks! For me:

Northmost: Bodö (where's that letter in ascii?) in the north of Norway. Crossed the polar circle, saw elks, polar plains (like tundra, 1,000m above sea, way cool!) and fjords. Didn't get as far north as Narvik or the Lofotes (sp?) though, would have liked that record. Apart from that, Hirtshals in Denmark on another holiday.

Southmost: Naples, the sh!ttiest city of Europe. Italy is bad with waste, but that city tops it all. Climbed the Vesuv, saw a sunset over the sea with Naples in nice blue light. That was on a school trip to Rome with an extra tour to the Vesuv. Aaprt from that, been to the Côte d'Azur (Nice, Antibes, Cannes, Monaco) as well as Lake Garda and the Adriatic, seen Venice and Padua too.

Westmost: Paris. Not much too say, a bit overrated methinks, I was only 14 or 15 though, might be because we lived in la Défense. Been to Disneyland as well . Apart from that, said Côte d'Azur trip was quite far in the west, as well as 2 Amsterdam visits, one of which was a polymeet.
I intend to top this with London and, if possible, Manchester

Eastmost: Kosice, Slovakia. Was a student exchange programm in school, quite nice town (German founded anyway) and landscape. Apart from that, Budapest, Danzig. Hungary is filthy, the Polish baltic coast a dream.

Share your touristic climaxes!

PS: Never left the continent.

[David Floyd]

North: Washington, DC
South: Orlando, FL
West: San Francisco, CA
East: Washington, DC

Also been to the UK.

[JohnT]

North: Glens Falls, NY
West: LA
East: Maine coast
South: Miami.

Never left the continent.

[Cruddy]

North: The Grapes Inn Pub, Yorkshire.

West: Land's End

East/South: Sinai... Is Sharm El Sheikh Africa or Asia?

Mind you, I reckon MtG, Lornestar or maybe Dissident are going to have the records by a long way... Lord Merciless is a definate contender too.

[Urban Ranger]

Re: Apolyton Travelling Records

Originally posted by Ecthelion
On your home continent, what was the northmost, southmost, westmost and eastmost you've ever travelled to? Ever left your hoem continent? Where to? Also tell us second and third ranks!

Northmost - Haieben, something like that. A city in Northern Manchuria, China.

Westmost - Paris

Eastmost - Tokyo

Southmost - Singapore


The other continent I have been to is North America.

Northmost - Anchorage

Westmost - Honolulu

Eastmost - Boston

Southmost - Miami

[Harry Seldon]

North: Alaska
West: Alaska
East: Vermont
South: Key West, FL

I've been to Scotland and England as well, from Edinburgh to London.

[Tolls]

Northernmost would be some place north of the arctic circle in Finland we were at once about 25 years ago.

Southernmost would probably be Naples, also in the 70s.

Westernmost is Dublin.

Easternmost would likely be Kotka in Finland...hang on...is Cyprus part of Europe?

Other continents:

North America:

Northernmost, I'm not too sure, probably LA.

Southernmost, probably some ruin in the Yucatan, but possibly Hawaii (OK, that's not part of the continent).

West - LA (or Hawaii ).

East - Atlanta

Asia:

North - Goa.

South/East - Singapore.

West - Maldives.

Africa:

North - Luxor

South/West - Lagos

East - Aswan

Oceania:

North - Fiji

South - Christchurch, NZ

West - Perth

East - Tahiti (might also be the most northerly, not sure).

[Tolls]

Oooh.. I've been through the Panama Canal as well...is that part of North or South America?

[GePap]

Originally posted by Tolls
Oooh.. I've been through the Panama Canal as well...is that part of North or South America?

North.

Northernmost?hmmm? Prague.
Westmost? San Francisco.
Eastmost? Budapest
Southmost? Bogota (airport), Panama otherwise.

[Alinestra Covelia]

I've been as far north as Cold Lake, Canada, and as far south as LA in USA (eastwards limit New York City).

In Europe I've been as far north as Durham, UK and as far south as Rome, Italy. I've been to France, Germany, and Switzerland as well.

In Asia I've been as far north as Hohhot in Inner Mongolia, and as far south as Indonesia. Within China, I've been to Harbin (extreme northeast, nearly on the border with Russia - very cold!) down to Hong Kong (the armpit of China - wet and smelly), along to Lijiang in the west (beautiful scenery - we stepped off the plane and the airstrip seemed suspended in a sea of mists between two breathtaking mountain ranges).

I've never been to South America, Africa, or Australia.

[Az]

Asia:

North: the border between Europe and Asia in the caucasus.
South: Eilat, Israel.
West: Istanbul, Turkey ( Sailing through).
East: Poti, Georgia. (It's only slightly to the west of my town of birth).

Europe:
South: Limassol, Cyprus.
North/East: Moscow, USSR.
West: Paris, France.

Africa:
West/North: Alexandria, Egypt.
East/South: Cairo, Egypt.

[Dauphin]

Re: Apolyton Travelling Records

Originally posted by Ecthelion
On your home continent, what was the northmost, southmost, westmost and eastmost you've ever travelled to? Ever left your hoem continent? Where to? Also tell us second and third ranks! For me:

Europe:

Northmost: Durham, UK. Saw the university and the Cathedral, and a few other local delights.

Southmost: Malta. Damned hot when I went. Everyday was +40C. After being dragged on that holiday I vowed never to go to a hot country in the height of summer again.

Westmost: Aberystwyth Wales, or Carnac, France. There isn't much in it. I got to see the monoliths in Carnac before they got cordoned off.

Eastmost: Ignoring Malta again, probably Venice. Nice place but very expensive from what I recall.




Outside of Europe.

Northmost: Alaska somewhere. Stopped off overnight on a flight to Hawaii.

Westmost: Hawaii.

Eastmost: Tokyo. Lived there for a couple of years when I was a nipper.

Southmost: To date, Singapore. Will be Oz or NZ in the near future.

[Bugs ****ing Bunny]

North- Cape Wrath, Scotland
South- Menorca
East- Menorca, again
West- Dingle, Eire. That's about as far wast as Europe gets.

[Neutrino]

North America:
N: Vancouver, Canada
E: New York City
West: Hawaii
South: the Mexican town just across the border by Del Rio, TX

Asia:
N: Seoul, South Korea
E: Tokyo, Japan
S: Kaohsiung, Taiwan
W: Xi'An, China

Australia:
Sydney

[Eli]

Eurasia :
North - Moscow
West - London
East - The Dead Sea
South - Eilat