Travel Extremes
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@kate_frankie Hi everyone! #PTTravel
The furthest Norrh would be Greenland and I absolutely loved it!
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@kate_frankie #pttravel A2: lowest place: the shores of the Dead Sea, Jordan.
Highest place: an unnamed mountain ridge overlooking a small village (possibly in Songpan region) in Sichuan province, China, at just under 4000m.
replying to @kate_frankie @kate_frankie A1. I went to Syktyvkar in Russia’s Komi Republic a good few winters ago. It felt like the end of the world. #PTTravel
A1 #pttravel Ok North is off the coast of Husavik in Iceland - it was really quite horrible weather for a boat trip!
South is a toss up between Durban in S Africa and Buenos Aires in Argentina - bit I don't have any photos of Durban.
A2 Man-made but the views from the viewing floors (note I didn't say top) of the Burj Khalifa are pretty spectacular and a little disconcerting - the tower you can see is the Address Hotel which in itself is 63 storeys #PTTravel
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@kate_frankie A2: #pttravel Probably Rainbow Mountain for me as my highest point (real name: Mount Winikunka) Waking up at 3am to hike it I kept thinking ‘why am I doing this?’
This is why:
replying to @kate_frankie @kate_frankie A2. Hiking Mt Whitney in California was not only reeeeally tough (22 miles in one go) but also reeeeeeeally high (14,500 feet!) #PTTravel
A1- I'm going to have to double-check, but I think #Sapporo is the farthest North I've been
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replying to @kate_frankie @kate_frankie A2. I visited the top of Mount Kosciusko while living in Australia as a kid. #PTTravel
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A2 I have no idea where the lowest point of my travels has been so far.
The highest was Everest Base camp
A2 #pttravel It took a little working out, but the prize for the highest goes to Cuzco. At any rate, it's the only place I ever suffered from altitude sickness
replying to @DawnCorleone @DawnCorleone @kate_frankie You have to visit, #Greenland is amazing! #PTTravel
Bull Sharks encounter while #scubadiving is one of my favourite adventures @TourismFiji #PTTravel A3
A3 #pttravel For most smog, China. Hottest, this was Melbourne, Australia in the summer. Farthest South, Robben Island looking back at the coast & longest mosaic in the world, Hanoi, Vietnam.
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@kate_frankie I'm not sure I've ever had an extreme trip? #pttravel I mean, maybe that depends on your definition of 'extreme' of course ...
I've been to Rhyl. And Luton.
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@kate_frankie #pttravel Foggiest place I've been to? Winter Hill, England. Although most hills qualify.
Close runner up - western Scotland for its rain.
A3 Struggling with extreme trips per se...but a number of Bilbao visits have included extreme if friendly tipsyness #PTTravel