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What is the furthest you've travelled on land (in one hit)?
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skinhead



Joined: 11 Jun 2004

PostPosted: Sat Oct 29, 2005 1:05 am    Post subject: What is the furthest you've travelled on land (in one hit)? Reply with quote

I've gone from Alice up to Darwin and down to Adelaide in three weeks. That was about 4700 kms (1 km = 0.6 miles). And what is the furthest you've walked in one hit?
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krats1976



Joined: 14 May 2003

PostPosted: Sat Oct 29, 2005 2:54 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I've done a lot of long trips--it's kind of a given when you go to school 3000 miles away from home. I fley it most of the time, but I drove twice between Fairbanks, Alaska & Provo, Utah. I also drove cross-country from Utah to Washington, DC & back solo. I didn't check the distance but I'm guessing it's about 2000 miles or so each way.

Can't say I've ever really walked any great distance with the exception of some 2-4 day hikes back in high school.
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skinhead



Joined: 11 Jun 2004

PostPosted: Sat Oct 29, 2005 3:09 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

krats1976 wrote:
2-4 day hikes back in high school.

Sorry to black your text like this, but wheeeere did you go for 4-day hikes? When I get to the USA I want to Drive and Hike. Give me your recommendations for places to experience walking (and spliffing, at the same time if relevant) in the USA. And you otherwordly people, what are the best places to hikesmoke where you're from?
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desultude



Joined: 15 Jan 2003
Location: Dangling my toes in the Persian Gulf

PostPosted: Sat Oct 29, 2005 6:55 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I've driven Seattle to Miami several times, and Seattle to Fairbanks a few, also. I am also driven I-5 from Seattle to Los Cabos.

Seattle to Miami- 5322 kilometers, or 3300 miles.
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Hobophobic



Joined: 16 Aug 2004
Location: Sinjeong negorie mokdong oh ga ri samgyup sal fighting

PostPosted: Sat Oct 29, 2005 7:04 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Halifax to Edmonton...never never never never ever again..... Shocked
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bignate



Joined: 30 Apr 2003
Location: Hell's Ditch

PostPosted: Sat Oct 29, 2005 8:44 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I drove from Toronto to Victoria and back again - works out to about 4500km one way 9000km round trip took about 9 days....
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The Man known as The Man



Joined: 29 Mar 2003
Location: 3 cheers for Ted Haggard oh yeah!

PostPosted: Sat Oct 29, 2005 8:53 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Ottawa to NYC

Fredericton to Ottawa-staying witha crazy neurotic Chinese female will do that
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The evil penguin



Joined: 24 May 2003
Location: Doing something naughty near you.....

PostPosted: Sat Oct 29, 2005 10:30 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Sunshine coast , Queensland, to Melbourne via Broken Hill and on to Hobart. 3 days (not including ferry time).....
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Tiger Beer



Joined: 07 Feb 2003

PostPosted: Sat Oct 29, 2005 11:37 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

On land.

Santiago to Buenos Aires to Sao Paulo to Salvador Brazil to Bolivia to Peru to Ecuador.. all buses etc. with an extended teaching stay in Brazil.

Also took TONS of U.S. road trips across the country. Mostly Michigan to Oregon, Michigan to California, Michigan to Arizona, etc.. in short, lived all over the West Coast and always drove from Michigan and back (my home base).. even once Michigan to Seattle via Toronto and Vancouver.
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jlb



Joined: 18 Sep 2003

PostPosted: Sat Oct 29, 2005 3:00 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Never been on any epic road trips but I did walk 3/4 of the Appalachian Trail on the East Coast of the USA. (1500 miles/2400 km) in 119 days.
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schwa



Joined: 18 Jan 2003
Location: Yap

PostPosted: Sat Oct 29, 2005 3:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

6201 miles (9978 km). Thats as the crow flies but my ground route I'm sure was considerably more convoluted.

I was in northern Argentina in 1975 & down to $35 & part of me wanted to push on for Tierra del Fuego but a more sensible inner voice told me it was time to head home. So I did. Hitchhiked from Argentina to Victoria BC, which took me just under 3 months.

One cheat -- I had an airline credit I used to get from Cartagena, Colombia to Tegucigalpa, Honduras. Otherwise, it was an exercise in trusting in the kindness of strangers & I learned theres a lot of nice people out there.

(The distance calculation courtesy of this site: http://www.geobytes.com/CityDistanceTool.htm )
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Mr. Pink



Joined: 21 Oct 2003
Location: China

PostPosted: Sat Oct 29, 2005 3:56 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

One summer I went from Toronto to Vancouver. Vancouver back to Toronto, but through the states. Then after a week break, I went from Toronto to St. John, NB, then to Halifax, NS, then after a week or so in those places, back to Toronto.

The most land travelling I have done in my whole life was that summer.

All this travelling ate up pretty much 2 months, as we took our time and visted family along the way.
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just because



Joined: 01 Aug 2003
Location: Changwon - 4964

PostPosted: Sun Oct 30, 2005 12:36 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Twice a year I would drive from Brisbane to Townsville and back a week later..i think about 2800 km return so that was a good drive...the kangaroos at night would scare the crap out of me on the highway between Rockhampton and Mackay...

The longest drive in one go...stopping for 1 nights sleep was Sydney to Townsville which was about 2500 km long...i hated cars after that
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