The furthest you've ever been from home?

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03-18-2006, 12:08 PM
Cz

The furthest you've ever been from home?

This Tuesday, I'm flying out to New York for a few days. It's something that I've been looking forward to for months (or years, if you count a childish desire to drop a penny off the Empire State Building). It's also the furthest I've ever been from my home in London, and the first time I've ever set foot on another continent, so it's a kind of milestone for me, I suppose. It's really weird to think that once I set foot in the US, every step Westwards is a step further from home than I've ever been before. For some reason, it almost feels like an adventure, albeit an adventure with regular stops for cappucino. :D

Anyway, enough rambling. Time for the actual question: What's the furthest you've ever been from home?
03-18-2006, 12:09 PM
Alive-Cat

I went to Paris one time. That's the furthest.
03-18-2006, 12:15 PM
Spiffing Cheese

The furthest I've been is Paris.
03-18-2006, 12:18 PM
Jess

I'm not sure what's the furthest as I'm terrible with geography, but I've been to Cyprus, Crete, Tunisia & Egypt.
03-18-2006, 12:19 PM
Alive-Cat

I went on this train under the sea!
03-18-2006, 12:28 PM
Chris

Well, since I have two homes (Denmark and the Philippines) I've traveled a lot between the two. The two countries are pretty much as far away from each other as possible.
03-18-2006, 12:31 PM
Meat Puppet

There are chemicals to digest that can take you further away from home than Dorothy can dream of.
03-18-2006, 12:33 PM
Chris

"We're not in Kansas anymore" syndrom? :eep:
03-18-2006, 12:33 PM
~SapphireStar~

Orlando Florida is the most far Ive been.
03-18-2006, 12:53 PM
Zeldy

Spain/Majorca is the furthest Ive been, and to be honest, I hated it.
Oh, Ive been London too. I hated that too xD London is so boring.
03-18-2006, 12:59 PM
McLovin'

From US the furthest I've been is Vienna.
03-18-2006, 01:00 PM
Captain Maxx Power

Probably the majorca. I haven't been outside of Europe my entire life.
03-18-2006, 02:04 PM
Rusty

I've lived all over Australia, I've had lots of different homes. But everywhere I've been the furthest I've gone is Western Australia as from Tasmania, Queensland and Victoria the furthest you can go is the other side of the country xD And from Western Australia, the furthest would be Tasmania.
03-18-2006, 02:06 PM
Dreddz

When I went on holiday in America.
03-18-2006, 02:11 PM
Rye

Enjoy NYC! :D NYC is so awesomesauce, you'll love it.

Italy would be the farthest I've been from home. I was there for two weeks. :)
03-18-2006, 02:12 PM
rubah

Today I'm headed for London. I've never been outside the country (unless you count puerto rico as a stopover) before. scary scary.
03-18-2006, 02:23 PM
Zante

China is the farthest I have been.
03-18-2006, 02:27 PM
Bart's Friend Milhouse

NYC
03-18-2006, 03:08 PM
faster skating penguin

Florida :/
03-18-2006, 04:03 PM
chrs229

ohio... but i live in ohio, still thats the furthest i've been
03-18-2006, 04:35 PM
theundeadhero

From Missouri to Iraq or Korea, depending on which one is farther. I spent a year in both.
03-18-2006, 05:40 PM
escobert

Austrslia/New Zealand. Other side of the planet.
03-18-2006, 05:44 PM
Ouch!

When I lived in Indonesia I would come back to the United States for the summer. The U.S. wasn't home then, so that's the farthest I've ever been from home.
03-18-2006, 05:45 PM
Dreddz

I noticed that BM121 is doing the same as I did, The furthest Ive been from home ( London ) was NYC. Its all good down there. Century 21 was probably the highlight ( sooo good ). Oh, and the ferris wheel in Toyz r Us. Well, I only got to spectate that one, they said I was too old. Jackasses :mad:
EDIT : hey wow, mobiletype too !
03-18-2006, 06:08 PM
Denmark

Hawaii, most definitely.

Hey BlackieBabyOneHundredAndTwentyOne, visit me when you're in NYC, I'm only a couple hours' train ride north! DO IT >:O
03-18-2006, 06:09 PM
Shoden

Espagne!
2 times I went, both times I returned.
03-18-2006, 06:10 PM
Luther X-Rated

I go to Mexico to visit my relatives in Monterrey, that is the furthest I've
been from Texas.
03-18-2006, 06:14 PM
Resha

Uhm...NZ? Or The Hague. Or Zimbabwe. But I think NZ. The flight was longer.
03-18-2006, 06:33 PM
ScottNUMBERS

Paris, it's a craphole might I add.
03-18-2006, 06:35 PM
Dreddz

Quote:

Originally Posted by ScottNUMBERS

Paris, it's a craphole might I add.

It suuuurrrre is...
03-18-2006, 06:38 PM
Madame Adequate

From Leicester, England to St. Louis, Missouri. Though strictly speaking the furthest would be Six Flags Saint Louis.
03-18-2006, 06:39 PM
theundeadhero

My home is twenty minutes from that six flags :)
03-18-2006, 06:46 PM
Maxico

The Seychells.

It was nice.
03-18-2006, 06:51 PM
Cz

Quote:

Originally Posted by Denmark

Hawaii, most definitely.

Hey BlackieBabyOneHundredAndTwentyOne, visit me when you're in NYC, I'm only a couple hours' train ride north! DO IT >:O

Why don't you visit me, I'm only a couple of hours' train ride south! :)
03-18-2006, 06:52 PM
kikimm

Quote:

Originally Posted by ~SapphireStar~

Orlando Florida is the most far Ive been.

Same here. ;D Farher for you than it was for me, I think.

But that will all change in another...year and a half! Come on Sweden. :superexcited:
03-18-2006, 06:54 PM
starseeker

The furthest I've been from London is Antigua in the Caribbean.
03-18-2006, 08:16 PM
Anaisa

I think I'm going to win the prize for being the least traveled person here. The furthest Ive ever been, from a small place in England, in Cheshire, that none of you will have ever heard of, is London. Ive never even had a passport! :sad:
03-18-2006, 10:30 PM
IceAngel

Is Australia further than Orlando? Anyway Australia is half way round the world. I don't remember going because I was only a baby but I did go! :)
03-18-2006, 11:48 PM
escobert

Quote:

Originally Posted by starseeker

The furthest I've been from London is Antigua in the Caribbean.

I went there, it's a nice place ^_^
03-19-2006, 12:56 AM
Psychotic

Switzerland. Yeah, I'm lame.
03-19-2006, 12:59 AM
ff7+ff10 gurl 100

The furthest Ive been from Lawrence, Ma was Dominican Republic.

Really fun in Dominican Republic. Nice and hot instead of being cold :p
03-19-2006, 12:59 AM
abrojtm

I went to Italy and Greece from Alabama, USA. There was also a layover in Frankfurt.
03-19-2006, 01:54 AM
Hawkeye

Wisconsin, but this October I plan to go to Germany.
03-19-2006, 02:31 AM
RSL

I live in Iowa. The furthest from here I've ever been is Calgary, Alberta, Canada. It was pretty cool.
03-19-2006, 02:38 AM
eestlinc

the furthest from Atlanta I've ever been is Seattle.
03-19-2006, 02:42 AM
Del Murder

South Korea.
03-19-2006, 02:43 AM
Rase

From my current home, probably Middleton, Conneticut, but since I was less than two years old at the ime, I'm no sure if that counts. If not, than from here Sitka, Alaska, where I used to live.
03-19-2006, 05:12 AM
Yuffie514

in Asia, the place i was born and lived for the first two years of my life (which i can barely remember). home away from home...
03-19-2006, 05:31 AM
K-chan

I've lived a lot of places, but the furthest distance I've ever gone from home was when I lived in England and went to the US to visit some relatives.
03-19-2006, 05:34 AM
Acid Raine

I cant call it "away from home" because it IS my home, but the farthest I have travelled is from England (where I lived until I was 10) to Nebraska (2001-present).
03-19-2006, 05:49 AM
Samuraid

I've been to Russia, Israel, and a very short time in Germany. That about covers ½ way round the world either way you look at it.
03-19-2006, 09:45 AM
Kaspian K

Furthest I've been is Japan.
03-19-2006, 11:13 AM
Casey

Try a million light years away, on a planet called K-pax. Now who am I?

about 2500 miles... Fort Knox, Kentucky. Hated that place.
03-19-2006, 05:57 PM
Acid Raine

Quote:

Originally Posted by noname

Try a million light years away, on a planet called K-pax. Now who am I?.

You are Kevin Spacey!
03-19-2006, 07:27 PM
VorpalCyberWolf

I've only been out of the country once, and that was to Cozumel, Mexico. Otherwise I've been from one end of the US to the other. BTW, Albuquerque, NM - Newton, NH is a long ass drive.
03-19-2006, 07:32 PM
Ki Ki

The furthest I've been was from South Africa(my old home) to Singapore(my new home!) It was an 11 hour flight and I almost died. :choc2:
03-19-2006, 07:32 PM
Trulove Requiem

The farthest I've been is from NYC to Sydney, Australia.
03-19-2006, 08:14 PM
XxSephirothxX

I've gone from Northeast Georgia to Maui, Hawaii. The flight was long, but it was worth it.
03-19-2006, 09:01 PM
Levian

Koh Chang. It's an island in eastern Thailand. It was pwnesome, two weeks with friends in Thailand and having fun and trying to spot what females are actually males.
03-19-2006, 09:06 PM
Shoeberto

From Ohio to Florida.
03-19-2006, 09:08 PM
SoulTaker*

I lived on an Air Force base in the UK for awhile when I was younger, that is the farthest I've been away from my current home.
03-19-2006, 09:14 PM
Anaisa

Quote:

Originally Posted by Levian

Koh Chang. It's an island in eastern Thailand. It was pwnesome, two weeks with friends in Thailand and having fun and trying to spot what females are actually males.

You want to try playing that game in Britain. It's difficult. There are so many manly women here, its hard to tell which ones are genuine women.
03-20-2006, 12:35 PM
Mirage

I went to New Orleands in 2000, that's the furthest away from home I have been. I live in Norway, for those who don't know.
03-20-2006, 01:00 PM
Reine

I went to Noumea, New Caledonia once , when I was really little

It was like a paradise for me (And extremely hot)

The sunsets were awesome
03-20-2006, 01:25 PM
Fonzie

I went from Texas to Canada. It was cold as hell(oxy-moron).
03-20-2006, 01:45 PM
Loony BoB

My two 'homes' are at the other end of the world from each other, so with the exception of space travel etc, I've probably gone about as far from home as I could be. Well, I'd have to go to spain to hit the exact spot to be "as far from NZ as possible", I think, but people usually just say the UK & NZ are at other ends of the world anyway.
03-21-2006, 11:36 AM
Despotus

Where I am now. Daegu, South Korea. 14 time zones away from Michigan.
03-21-2006, 11:45 AM
-N-

Quote:

Originally Posted by Black Mage 121

It's something that I've been looking forward to for months (or years, if you count a childish desire to drop a penny off the Empire State Building).

That's not childish! :mad2:

New Zealand is pretty freaking far from just about anywhere else. Yeah, what BoB said.

India and the United States are as far apart as I can possibly imagine - about 12 timezones apart literally means as far away from each other as possible (at least, longitude wise). Yeah, I've been away from "home" before. The fact that I've never really defined "home" makes the issue less significant, though.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Despotus

Where I am now. Daegu, South Korea. 14 time zones away from Michigan.

Or 10 time zones the other way. :p
03-22-2006, 09:05 PM
Vincent, Thunder God

I'm from Canada, and I went to England twice when I was young.

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