As of today, 4 June 2019, I have set foot on all 7 continents 🌏🌍🌎
- North America (Born)
- Europe (1988)
- Asia (2012)
- South America (2013)
- Africa (2014)
- Antarctica (2018)
- Australia (2019)
Fun Facts …
- Africa is the only continent that is crossed by both the Prime Meridian and the Equator ~ It lies in all four hemispheres of the earth (Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western)
- Countries that span 2 continents are: Russia, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Turkey, Egypt and Greenland (I have been to the bold countries!)
- There are five main oceans in the world: The Arctic, The Atlantic, The Pacific, The Indian and The Southern
- The deepest known point is Challenger Deep (nearly 7 miles deep) located in the Pacific Ocean
- Asia has the highest point on earth (Mount Everest) which is 29,028 ft 8,848 m tall
- Asia has the 10 highest peaks in the world
- Africa has the world’s longest river (the Nile) and the world’s largest desert (the Sahara)
- Africa is the place where Homo Sapiens originated and then migrated to all the other continents of the world
- Australia has the world’s largest coral reef (the Great Barrier Reef) which is around 2000 km long
- There are no time zones in Antarctica and nothing can rot away in the icy waters
- North America has the largest fresh water lake in the world (Lake Superior)
- South America has the largest salt lake in the world (Uyuni salt flats)
- Europe and Asia are parts of the same major land mass ~ Europe is separated from Asia by the Ural Mountains and the Caspian Sea
- You can dive between the Continental plates in Iceland: Iceland: Diving Silfra
After connecting through Sydney, Australia, I’m on my way to Melbourne and spending a few days with Linda and Barb ~ lovely women I met on the Antarctica 🇦🇶 trip and part of our ship gang!
What next? My friend Michele suggested travel to all the oceans and seas. I may need to map out where I’ve been and where I still need to go! 💦
Happy Travels 💕
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Safe travels, my friend. Love reading your posts daily and travelling along with in words and pictures. Miss you 🙂
Miss you too. Having a great time and looking forward to what I have planned. Also looking forward to whatever is coming after for me! August will be here before we know it! Love you 😘
Aaah …. our final group photo on the zodiac. Great memories. Suns out … fingers x’d it stays that way☀️
Lots of memories! Just waiting for my flight to you. The Sydney domestic terminal is the most over priced place I’ve ever been!!