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[asian sensation]

Letem, Guyana. It's on the border with Brazil. 20+ bus ride from the capital Georgetown.

[travel zen]

The outer reaches of the Thar desert, India on camel with guides.

[chris_J2]

* Bamaga, Cape York, Australia
* Tynda, Siberia; & Komsommolsk Na Amur, Russian Far East
* Janakpur, Nepal
* Mesa Verde, CO USA
* Mae Hong Song, Thailand
* Geiji, Yunnan, China; & Putuoshan Island off Shanghai, China
* Pulau Nias, Indonesia
* Camiguin, Philippines
* Khongorin Els Sandhills in the south Gobi Desert, Mongolia
* Lake Hovsgol, Mongolia
* Samosir Island, Lake Toba, North Sumatra, Indonesia
* Baengnyeongdo / Ulleungdo, South Korea

[D.D.]

[hellakitty]

Vagator Beach in Goa, India.

My heart belongs there ... dying to go back.

[SL8R]

Dalom, New Ireland, Papua New Guinea.

[asylum seeker]

Stayed on a small island off Korea called Saseunbongdo. Just a couple of guest houses and a few people camping. The toilets were long drops and the power was turned off at 5pm. There was a nice enough beach there. I would recommend it to those who want to get away from it without having to leave Korea.

It's not easy to find info on it but you can access it from the larger neighboring island of Seungbongdo which is easier to find info on.

[asylum seeker]

Oh, and also the next most remote was probably the Aran Islands off the west coast of Ireland. Lots of old rock walls, cliffs and windswept grass.

I had a great view of the Haley-Bopp comet from there (it was 1997) though unfortunately my memory of it is a bit blurred due to guinness.

[rocket_scientist]

700 miles out in the Pacific Ocean. Aleutian Chain Alaska

[banjois]

[Vimfuego]

I love that this thread starts with Lanzarote as a remote destination. My nan goes to Lanzarote every few months!

Anyway, for me the most remote place I've been is either Villa O'Higgins, Chile (at the end of the Carretera Austral) or Easter Island.

[monkeyteacher]

OMG, Wonju! Ha! Yes, in 2004 they had one cinema screen (for a population of 300,000)and folks were sooo happy to get a movie ticket! That was also my first year in K-land, so I can relate. Hard to compare with North & South Dakota,though; depends on how you define "remote."

[BoholDiver]

A bit remote for a North American. Europeans go there a lot, I know.

[VanIslander]

Cape Scott on the northernmost tip of huge Vancouver Island is hours away from any city and has the most fantastic wild scenery and wildlife: deer, elk, bears, cougars, wolves, geese, swans, seals, sea lions, otters, mink, not to mention orca and grey whales offshore.

I never felt more a part of the natural world than I did there. The thriving plentitude of big mammals was overwhelming. At the same time, I was constantly careful not to become some animal's lunch.

[travel zen]

Flying over the Arctic Circle getting to Beijing on United Airlines. When did they start doing that?