<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by irishflyboy:
Also I thought that I could do a DONE3 not four continent as I am cannot stay in Asia (time comment) and want to only transit through HKG to get back to LAX and then on.
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You cannot go to Oz from Europe without going through either Asia or Africa. Transits count as a stop in the continent for the purpose of determining how many continents are included in your trip. Thus, it is not possible to do a RTW from anywhere that includes Oz for less than four continents.