The most remote destination you've been at...
Oct 15, 2011, 9:19 pm
#1
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The most remote destination you've been at...
...and the priceless reaction of the AC (or other) agents checking you in.
For me:
YEV/YZF - Feb. '12
EVN - '12
Also had an invitation to UUD, couldn't make it though.
Frequently it occurs that the agent forgets the code for YYC, lastly it was in TXL at the F check-in counters... ROFL!
jlisi984
For me:
YEV/YZF - Feb. '12
EVN - '12
Also had an invitation to UUD, couldn't make it though.
Frequently it occurs that the agent forgets the code for YYC, lastly it was in TXL at the F check-in counters... ROFL!
jlisi984
Oct 15, 2011, 9:26 pm
#2
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I've spent lots of time in YZF.
Most remote was a 4 day split between YEV and YVQ. Not extreme remote...but it certainly felt like I was in the middle of nowhere.
Most remote was a 4 day split between YEV and YVQ. Not extreme remote...but it certainly felt like I was in the middle of nowhere.
Last edited by j_the_p; Oct 15, 2011 at 9:29 pm Reason: Meant YVQ, not YQV... Norman Wells, NT; not Yorkton, SK
Oct 15, 2011, 9:39 pm
#3
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Twice I've been in China while my family was in Argentina, exactly the antipodes: 20,000km away. We joked over the phone with my wife that we were literally "upside-down" with respect to each other
Regarding airports, outside of Canada no one knows YQR; and usually the words "Regina" and "Saskatchewan" don't really help
Regarding airports, outside of Canada no one knows YQR; and usually the words "Regina" and "Saskatchewan" don't really help
Oct 15, 2011, 9:57 pm
#4
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I guess that all depends on your definition of remote, which to me means a combination of being a long way from one's home base, and also in a place with rather primative facilities/surroundings.
I would say MOQ, while not the furthest distance I've ventured from home, it is still over 14,000 km straight line distance from my home base of YYZ, and it was definately on the primative side.
I would say MOQ, while not the furthest distance I've ventured from home, it is still over 14,000 km straight line distance from my home base of YYZ, and it was definately on the primative side.
Oct 15, 2011, 10:04 pm
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Easy answer for me. Lukla Airport (LUA). No agents, so no priceless looks from them.
This is what it looked like when I was there in the early 80s. It has since been paved.
This is what it looked like when I was there in the early 80s. It has since been paved.
Last edited by Materdei; Oct 15, 2011 at 10:28 pm
Oct 16, 2011, 4:45 am
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Been to a few interesting places in the North... YGH, YXP, YFS plus others including a few of the bigger ones, YEV, YFB, YVQ, etc. Having lived in YZF, those aren't really that remote from that perspective.
Furthest from the minds of Canadians for me would be probably have been visits to KPB, SJJ, LJU and BUD.
Furthest from the minds of Canadians for me would be probably have been visits to KPB, SJJ, LJU and BUD.
Oct 16, 2011, 5:47 am
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midway island is sorta remote as well as flyout fishing camps in alaska.... christmas il [s of hawaii, not the 1 east of oz]....rabaul & a bunch of other pacific isles.....
Oct 16, 2011, 6:15 am
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Bhutan, Alaska's Dalton Highway above Arctic Circle, central Paraguay, Lake Malawi, villages in central Myanmar, staying with nomads in mountains of Iran, Georgia/Azerbaijan mountain border, southern New Caledonia, Red Sand desert of Oman, Caprivi Strip in Namibia, camping in southern Bolivia, driving the length of Stewart Highway in Australia, desert in Turkmenistan, all the islands of the Continental Island Hopper - although didnt stay on any, and Hamilton, Ontario.