Apolyton Travelling Records

Ecthy · July 1, 2003, 11:00

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 · July 1, 2003, 11:18

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

Also been to the UK.

JohnT · July 1, 2003, 11:20

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

Never left the continent.

Cruddy · July 1, 2003, 11:28

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 · July 1, 2003, 11:30

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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 · July 1, 2003, 12:09

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

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

Tolls · July 1, 2003, 12:14

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 · July 1, 2003, 12:16

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

GePap · July 1, 2003, 12:27

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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 · July 1, 2003, 12:27

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 · July 1, 2003, 12:33

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 · July 1, 2003, 12:35

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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 · July 1, 2003, 13:03

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

Neutrino · July 1, 2003, 13:08

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 · July 1, 2003, 13:20

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

Hueij · July 1, 2003, 13:38

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West- Dingle, Eire. That's about as far wast as Europe gets.

Wrong, the last time I was in Reykjavik, Iceland was still part of Europe...

Provost Harrison · July 1, 2003, 14:02

Northmost: Newcastle, Tyne and Weir...quite sad really as it is only about 200km north of where I live already...and that is only once, the only time I have been north of Yorkshire, and that was to drop Scabrous Birdseed at the ferry terminal

Southmost: Giza, Egypt...yeah, where the pyramids are...that is the furthest south I have been.

Eastmost: Famagusta, Cyprus...well, not into it as it is Turkish occupied but right up to the border...I don't think I have been further west than that...

Westmost: Lisbon, Portugal...and what a nice city too I thought...I've never crossed the Atlantic, but in terms of anywhere inhabited in Europe, this is pretty much as far west as you can get...

So there you have it. I was almost going to have Israel as my eastmost as I was going to go on holiday once there as a kid but had to withdraw at the last moment...

Ecthy · July 1, 2003, 14:06

Israel is still an option for me, too. My will to go there has decreased dramatically in the past 1-2 years, and that's not for political reasons

Makeo · July 1, 2003, 15:35

Australia:

North - Brisbane
Sourth - Hobart
East - Sydney?
West - Alice Springs

New Zealand:
North - Auckland
South - Canterbury

Canada:
North/East: Calgary
South/West: Vancouver

U.S
North: San Francisco
West/South: L.A
East: Denver

England:
North: London

South: Isle of Wight.

Oerdin · July 1, 2003, 15:42

I live in North America so the northern & western most was Anchorage, AK the southern most was Panama City (Are we considering Central America to be in North America?) and the eastern most (again in North America) was Gander, Newfoundland.

Edit: I noticed some people were putting world wide and not just contental information so the furthest west (east for you Euros

) was the Burmese-Thai border while the furthest east Thessaloniki in Greece. The north and south info remains the same.

Adalbertus · July 1, 2003, 15:48

Europe:
North: Edinburgh
West: Carnac (Hi, Big Crunch. Saw the Monoliths also), or Blackpool
East: Sounion (Greece, east Attica)
South: Pylos (Greece)
Of course, in the air, I went further down south, north and west, as you can see:
North America:
North: San Francisco
South: San Diego
East/West: Not worth to mention, except you accept changing planes at Chicago...

Africa: No extension worth to mention, I've been in Luxor.
Except: Karnak

(a village 3 km north of Luxor, and still the old Thebes you all know from Civ. Haven't been in Thebes, Greece, yet.)

Brundlefly · July 1, 2003, 15:52

North America:

North: Lake Placid, NY

East: Provincetown, MA

West and South: Cabo San Lucas, Mexico

South America:

Aruba.

Been all through the Carribbean. Not sure which continent that falls under.

*End Is Forever* · July 1, 2003, 15:57

North: Inverness (UK)
West: Newquay, Cornwall (UK)
South: Venice (Italy)
East: Zell-am-See (Austria)

DRoseDARs · July 1, 2003, 17:23

North: Seattle, WA
South: Honolulu, HI (hey, it's a State of the Union too

)
West: Honolulu, HI
East: Orlando, FL

Been to Sydney, New South Wales and Cairns, Queensland. Aussies, did you know your night-sky is all messed up?

Mercator · July 1, 2003, 18:05

North: This one's kinda vague (it's been a very long time). Somewhere in the region of Auttoinen (between Lahti and Tampere) in Finland.

East: Moscow

South: Rome

West: Merthyr Tydfil, Wales...

or Guingamp or Carnac, France.

Never been outside of Europe.

Pekka · July 1, 2003, 18:24

North, I've been to Utsjoki in Lappland, I think it's the as north as finland goes. But have crossed the border to Norway from Lappland and went to some location, I'm was too young to remember what it was called, so it's either that or Utsjoki. Pretty north.

South.. I guess it would be Malta. Now that I think of it, I've been pretty much as north as you can go, and as south as you can go..

lightblue · July 1, 2003, 18:34

In Europe:

North: Reykjavik, Iceland
South: Barcelona, Spain
West: Aberystwyth, Wales
East: Nizhni Novgorod, Russia

In the Americas:

North: Edmonton, Alberta
South: Guayaquil, Ecuador
West: Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
East: Portland, Maine

Oerdin · July 1, 2003, 18:37

The funny thing is many Americans have traveled much more widely then the supposedly "well-traveled" Europeans. Is another stereo type bitting the dust?

Buck Birdseed · July 1, 2003, 18:38

On this continent:
North: Umeå, Sweden (will go futher this summer)
South: Capri, Italy
East: Moscow, Russia
West: Bristol, UK or if it counts Keflavik, Iceland

Worldwode:
North: still Umeå
South: Somewhere on the road between Cape Town and Port Elisabeth, South Africa
East: Pemba, Tanzania
West: New York City, USA

Skanky Burns · July 1, 2003, 18:41

I haven't even been overseas.