7 continents - which ones have you stepped on?
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Confined to North America so far.
I've been to all of them!
Finally made it to Antarctica this past January. Been to Africa, Australia and Asia once each, South America twice, Europe seven times and I live in North America.
How long were you there? What did you do while you were there? Is Antarctica weather in January much more tolerable than in June?
fixed your post.
I'm not entirely sure I share your somewhat hostile sentiments. Is Greenland part of North America? How about Cuba? Is Japan truly a part of Asia? How about Africa and Madagascar? It really depends on how you look at it.
North America, Europe, Asia, Africa.
Can't say I really want to go to either Antarctica (not particularly interesting to me) or Australia (at least not until I can fly there first class, because the flight time is ridiculous, and the only thing I can think of that I'd really want to see is Ayers Rock).
PS. is Oceania the new word for Australasia these days? Is there a difference? I'm feeling lazy to google.
Can't say I really want to go to either Antarctica (not particularly interesting to me) or Australia (at least not until I can fly there first class, because the flight time is ridiculous, and the only thing I can think of that I'd really want to see is Ayers Rock).
PS. is Oceania the new word for Australasia these days? Is there a difference? I'm feeling lazy to google.
North America (U.S. and Canada)
Europe (France, and a layover at the airport in Germany)
Asia (Israel)
Europe (France, and a layover at the airport in Germany)
Asia (Israel)
Unfortunately I have never left Australia.
I was stupid enough to get married at 18 and had 3 children by the age of 24. At 25 I was deserted by my ex-husband and eaised the children alone. This meant I couldn't afford to travel.
I could afford to travel now. However illnesses make it difficulty for me to travel now. Maybe in the future things will improve.
I was stupid enough to get married at 18 and had 3 children by the age of 24. At 25 I was deserted by my ex-husband and eaised the children alone. This meant I couldn't afford to travel.
I could afford to travel now. However illnesses make it difficulty for me to travel now. Maybe in the future things will improve.
I've been to all of them!
Finally made it to Antarctica this past January. Been to Africa, Australia and Asia once each, South America twice, Europe seven times and I live in North America.
Nice one! You are now the Michael Palin of the TrekBBS. 
I'm not sure I agree. This discussion about continents, like the discussion about the "southern ocean" in the other similar thread, isn't a matter of pure science when it comes to common usage. The terms we use, while ostensibly having definitions approved by independent scientific organisations, get used much more widely in a highly geopoliticised manner.
I don't think this is necessarily a bad thing, nor that the only "correct" definition should be the scientific one. After all, for most people and certainly to national governments, the sociopolitical definitions are far more important albeit more malleable/indistinct.
How do you figure? What makes it such an absolute?
Been in Europe (about all over the place) and South America.
Next step will probably be Asia, I've long wanted to visit Japan and I'm sure I will do in a few years.
Next step will probably be Asia, I've long wanted to visit Japan and I'm sure I will do in a few years.
Just Oceania. Never left here.
I don't need to remember. The telescreens tell me about it every day.
I've been to all of them!
Finally made it to Antarctica this past January. Been to Africa, Australia and Asia once each, South America twice, Europe seven times and I live in North America.
How long were you there? What did you do while you were there? Is Antarctica weather in January much more tolerable than in June?
I spent 4 days visiting the Antarctic Peninsula and South Shetland Islands as part of a longer cruise. Just being a tourist... sorry, no cooler reason (no pun intended). Mostly saw lots of penguins, icebergs and other breathtaking scenery. We also visited the Arctowski Polish research station at Admiralty Bay for a couple of hours which I think was as big a thrill for us as for the Poles who came onboard for food and supplies.
Confession/Clarification: I didn't actually step on Antarctica as the thread title states but I had already voted in the poll when I realized that. With the increase in tourism in Antarctica, sightseeing cruises that don't land passengers are considered the more environmentally friendly approach. Then again, a lot of environmentalists says there shouldn't be any tourists.
Weather was pretty good for the area. Temperature hovered right about freezing, maybe a degree or two above. Some fog but often exceptionally clear. As long as you dressed warmly in standard cold weather gear, you could stay outside indefinitely. I actually never even wore the thermal underwear I brought. My flannel lined pants and wool-blend socks kept my lower body warm enough. The only bad weather on the Antarctic portion of the cruise was the southern crossing of Drake's Passage... sustained 110+ mph winds and 40+ foot seas for about an 8 hour period! I honestly wasn't sure we were going to live through the night.
Aw shucks. I'm too big of a wimp to go to some of the places he's been and do some of the things he's done.
