Calgary man becomes world's most travelled

Re:Calgary man becomes world's most travelled by seszett on Thursday October 17, 2013 @02:31AM (#6563945)

I have seen people come to Kerguelen island, which involves a four-week trip by ship in rough waters (and seven thousand euros or so) and not even set foot on the island once there, because all they wanted was the stamp on their passport. Or disembark but not leave their room once on the base, to at least say they had set foot on the island. These people usually had no idea and didn't care about learning anything about the place they had come to.

People like this are some of the least interesting persons I have met, and they clearly aren't "well travelled" indeed.

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Re:Calgary man becomes world's most travelled by fusiongyro on Thursday October 17, 2013 @03:19AM (#6564049)

That's an especially sad and wasteful example. What a beautiful place and what a privilege to get to see it, to squander by not even going out and touching it is such a travesty. I hope someday to have the kind of free time, money and connections that might afford a trip there, but it doesn't look likely. What a sad waste.

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Re:Calgary man becomes world's most travelled by seszett on Thursday October 17, 2013 @05:14AM (#6564308)

If you have the free time but don't have the money (connections aren't really that useful unless maybe you are a scientist), a few people have learned how to sail in order to go back there on their own (like Antarctica, people often become obsessed with the place once they have stayed there for a while)... that would be quite an adventure. (The mooring tax is cheap and a visa or authorization can't be refused once there).

I'd like to go back there this way, one day.

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Re:Calgary man becomes world's most travelled by fusiongyro on Friday October 18, 2013 @03:00PM (#6573310)

Take me with you. :)

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