Remotest place you have been

Ubbquittious

The Backwards Man wrote: »

When you're as far out as Fanad lighthouse you're well out.

Ah Jaysus I thought you'd be going up past the Tor rocks on a regular basis, stopping off in St. Kilda for a pint before heading to North Rona for a bit of peace and quiet

uck51js9zml2yt

Gondola in Mozambique. A 3 hour drive from the airport on roads that are made of holes held together by tar!

greenttc

BopNiblets wrote: »

Raratonga in Cook Islands, was a stop on one of those round the world trip years ago.
I guess Tahiti too but that was only the airport.

Me too, only one hostel, did you stay on the beach or hillside? Great place

greenttc

Poochie05 wrote: »

Denali National Park Alaska

Ive been a few places in alaska, most remote remote is probably its capital juneau, only accessible by boat or sea plane. Weird town

The Backwards Man

Ubbquittious wrote: »

Ah Jaysus I thought you'd be going up past the Tor rocks on a regular basis, stopping off in St. Kilda for a pint before heading to North Rona for a bit of peace and quiet

Love to go to St Kilda sometime, supposed to be great stone houses on it.

Spent two nights in Barra in a Hino fridge once, that was far enough out!

retalivity

The shetland islands after a 13hr boat ride from aberdeen. Lerwick is a biggish kinda town, the rest of the island is just scattered houses and windswept cliffs.
Also the similan islands in thailand, a protected national park in the Indian islands, a 1hr drive and 90min boat ride from phuket. Was pretty beautiful

Annasopra

Had a police escort halfway across Azerbaijan.

Drove between Baku and Gabala. The bits in between were very remote.

Grandeeod

Antartica. Flew in from New Zealand. Met some guys who were doing a winter over in our Summer. Brave fookers. Fabulous place. I only went for the money. It doesn't get more remote than down there.

Ubbquittious

Grandeeod wrote: »

Antartica. Flew in from New Zealand. Met some guys who were doing a winter over in our Summer. Brave fookers. Fabulous place. I only went for the money. It doesn't get more remote than down there.

Was it for the NZ Govt? Hard to get work there?

I applied recently enough to go Antarctica with the Brexit crowd but they sent me a PFO

old_aussie

I've been to Dapto.

prinzeugen

Ascension Island, RAF Mount Alice on the Falklands (stuck on top of a mountain).

Would loved to have gone to the South Georgian Islands to see if the urban myth about the penguins was true but the weather was too bad.

JohnCleary

Chernobyl

(Not really... the nuclear site was busy with workers... people still live in Chernobyl, but Pripyat was pretty ghostly)

Aristotle145

Svalbard,Norway
Jan Mayen,Norway
Ascension Island,Atlantic ocean
Bouvet island near Antartica
Greenland

Witchie

Been in some hard to reach and remote parts of the Rockies in Canada as teenager, camping in an RV in the middle of nowhere.

Recently was in the wilds of Sri Lanka and the Gili Islands in Indonesia but neither of them were really empty of people and Gili T had a fierce bar and restaurant culture. Still no motorised vehicles allowed on the island except a few electric motor bikes so it feels calm and peaceful.

But the most remote was when a jeep abandoned me to sit on a bed on a sand dune in the desert near the Pakistan Border in Rajasthan, India, where I sat alone watching the sun go down for an hour or so before 2 Canadian girls came over the dunes on camels with their guides and we all had dinner together. There were moments I was sure buzzards were gonna start circling and decide I was dinner.

Gravelly

Witchie wrote: »

Been in some hard to reach and remote parts of the Rockies in Canada as teenager, camping in an RV in the middle of nowhere.

Recently was in the wilds of Sri Lanka and the Gili Islands in Indonesia but neither of them were really empty of people and Gili T had a fierce bar and restaurant culture. Still no motorised vehicles allowed on the island except a few electric motor bikes so it feels calm and peaceful.

But the most remote was when a jeep abandoned me to sit on a bed on a sand dune in the desert near the Pakistan Border in Rajasthan, India, where I sat alone watching the sun go down for an hour or so before 2 Canadian girls came over the dunes on camels with their guides and we all had dinner together. There were moments I was sure buzzards were gonna start circling and decide I was dinner.

Back seat driver?

Witchie

Gravelly wrote: »

Back seat driver?

Ha ha....no....not on the way into the desert but when we were leaving, I jokingly said to the guy driving to slow down as he was flying along. He did and we ended up getting stuck in the sand and it took 20 minutes for us to get out again. Ooops! If he didn't throw me out then, he never would.

seachto7

Anyone see the doco on Netflix about the Argentinian surfers who go to the Mitre Peninsula. Worth a watch, and pretty remote. WOuld love to go there.

Jawgap

Kerguelen - was supposed to be there for only a week or so, but the weather turned it into a month long stay!!

osarusan

Either Tsugaru peninsula or Shiretoko peninsula in Northern Japan.

But neither that remote by international standards.

Glenster

I was outside the m50 once.

I couldn't get data on 3.

I felt so alone......

Ubbquittious

Jawgap wrote: »

Kerguelen - was supposed to be there for only a week or so, but the weather turned it into a month long stay!!

Was there a pub?

MarkR

The corner cabinet in my kitchen. LOADS of remotes in there. For stuff you don't even need a remote for. Who needs a remote for a portable dvd player? It's RIGHT THERE ffs.

Testament1

old_aussie wrote: »

I've been to Dapto.

Ha I stayed there for a few months while working on the Gerringong highway upgrade. It was a kip but never had any trouble there. Heard stories about the place though!

tayto lover

Inisturk Island and no boat out until 7.30pm.

Ubbquittious

tayto lover wrote: »

Inisturk Island and no boat out until 7.30pm.

Lovely spot I have been there meself.
They seem to be crying out for people to take up residence

Harambe

It's not very remote as there is a hotel and holiday homes there but Rottnest Island off the coast of Perth, Australia would be mine.
I don't think anyone actually lives on the island there is one ferry that brings people to and from the island and when you get there its great.
We rented bikes and cycled around the island on a scorching hot day, we had white sand beaches with crystal clear water all to ourselves, then cycle another few meters up the road to the next one. There was a lot of snakes around the roads which I didn't like but there were also these cool animals called quokkas which only exist on this island. They're like a cross between a rat and a squirrel and are huge and we were able to hand feed them. I love it there!

ILikeBoats

The quokkas are very happy animals!

eisenberg1

seachto7 wrote: »

Anyone see the doco on Netflix about the Argentinian surfers who go to the Mitre Peninsula. Worth a watch, and pretty remote. WOuld love to go there.

Name of the programme?

BrokenArrows

Lived on a farm in Australia for a few months.
Nearest neighbour was 10 minute drive. Closest small town was 40 minute drive. No shops between the house and town.
No TV and dog slow dial up internet.

Grandeeod

Ubbquittious wrote: »

Was it for the NZ Govt? Hard to get work there?

I applied recently enough to go Antarctica with the Brexit crowd but they sent me a PFO

I was with a private company in a non-scientific role. A short stay.

Gravelly

Ubbquittious wrote: »

They seem to be crying out for people to take up residence

If they stopped sacrificing them to that giant wicker effigy they wouldn't have that problem.

eisenberg1

seachto7 wrote: »

Anyone see the doco on Netflix about the Argentinian surfers who go to the Mitre Peninsula. Worth a watch, and pretty remote. WOuld love to go there.

eisenberg1 wrote: »

Name of the programme?

Found it, Peninsula Mitre. Pretty good so far.

Hector Bellend

Los Angeles

Jawgap

Ubbquittious wrote: »

Was there a pub?

Nope......but it's a French possession so there was decent wine and a fair bit of it 😁

PirateShampoo

Cobourg Peninsula, Arnham Land, Northern Australia


https://goo.gl/maps/ke1m797yjwt

A Battered Mars Bar

The moon.

PukkaStukka

I climbed this place on the Isle of Skye Scotland last year. It's called the old Man of Storr.

Heaven on Earth and beautiful beyond description.:)

nice_guy80

hiked into Olympic National Park wilderness in Washington for a few days during the government shutdown a few years back
there was nobody in there for weeks. not even park rangers.
absolutely beautiful spot.

vancouver island is another place that is quite remote once you go up along the west coast.

nothing like camping and having to hang up your food and cosmetics in a bear hang bag

jacksie66

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cnocbui

On the Nullabore, SA, just short of the WA border, waiting for a Perth - Adelaide bus to drop off a new waterpump and a tube of silastic the next morning so I could fix the semi so we could complete the trip to Perth.

At night - the stars, my god, the stars!

Tonga, a weird and surreal experience for sure. People swim fully clothed. And I don't mean wearing a vest or something, I mean jeans, long trousers, shirt, in some cases leaving the footwear on and all.

Rented an apartment facing the ocean by the king's palace. The woman who owned it asked me if I was renting a car.

Me: No, I'm not.
Her: Do you want me to help you sort something out?
Me: No thanks, actually I haven't got a licence.
Her: Ha ha ha! There's no need to worry about that around here, I can arrange something for you by tomorrow, OK?
Me: Ahm, the reason I don't have a licence is because I don't know how to drive.
Her: (thinks about this for a few seconds and rolls her eyes) Well, if you change your mind anyway you have my mobile number.

massdebater

Most remote place I've been is the Door to Hell in the Karakum desert in Turkmenistan. Had to drive off road about 10kms across sand dunes to get to it. One of the most spectacular sights I've ever witnessed. Even got to drive a golf ball across the crater!

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darvaza_gas_crater

cnocbui

cnocbui wrote: »

...to drop off a new waterpump and a tube of silastic the next morning so I could fix the semi...

Dunno what silastic is...but did the pump sort out the semi?

cnocbui

Deleted User wrote: »

Dunno what silastic is...but did the pump sort out the semi?

Dow Corning 732 RTV silicone. Yes, it was fine. Got us back to Perth without a problem or so much as a drip when we checked later. The Austrian guy, Frank, who owned and operated the semi was planning on taking it to MAN when we got back to Perth to have it checked - my roadside repairs - my guess is they probably left it alone apart from maybe tensioning the bolts with a tension wrench. I had been driving at the time and noticed the temp guage light had come on and asked frank if it was a problem ;-). He nearly had a heart attack and had me slow down and pull over and kept asking me how long it had been like that. I don't think it had been very long. There was still coolant coming out when we had pulled over so I though it likely it was Ok.

Frank hitched a ride with another semi that pulled up to check if we were OK. I told him I thought I could swap the pump out with the tools he had and a tube of 732 silicone/silastic. This was pre-mobile phones so he had to get to the nearest habitation and use a land-line. He was gone several hours before another semi pulled up that was headed east and he climbed out with news, (and some food) that luckily MAN had the pump to hand. This was also prior to the accounting geniuses and their just (actually, not even close) in time inventory ideas.

I think the world was possibly a better place prior to mobile phones, just not in time, PCs, Facebook and the Internet. Certainly the stars at night were brighter and you did things where you actually got to see them.

Grayson

massdebater wrote: »

Most remote place I've been is the Door to Hell in the Karakum desert in Turkmenistan. Had to drive off road about 10kms across sand dunes to get to it. One of the most spectacular sights I've ever witnessed. Even got to drive a golf ball across the crater!

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darvaza_gas_crater

Always wanted to see that. I think the remotest I've been is in the top of some mountains in the Andes, or in the desert in the altiplano in Bolivia. Maybe in the jungle in Colombia.

nice_guy80

jacksie66 wrote: »

An abandoned mine on the west coast of the south island of New Zealand.

near mount aspiring NP?

Andrewf20

Lake fagnano, north of Ushuaia. Bits of Iceland felt remote like hellnar or the summit of christianartindar.

Also bits of Bhutan in Asia or sitting on the summit of illiniza nord in Ecuador took ages to get to.

Subcomandante Marcos

I've been to a few villages in the Amazon and Andes that are so small and remote that they don't appear on any maps. Once spent three days in a a hilux and canoe with another few lads driving into the jungle to deliver vaccines to a health clinic. Fun times. Except for the snakes and mosquitoes.

Gravelly

Subcomandante Marcos wrote: »

I've been to a few villages in the Amazon and Andes that are so small and remote that they don't appear on any maps. Once spent three days in a a hulix and canoe with another few lads driving into the jungle to deliver vaccines to a health clinic. Fun times. Except for the snakes and mosquitoes.

Ah the Hulix - Toyota's lower and less luxurious version of the Hilux.

Subcomandante Marcos

Gravelly wrote: »

Ah the Hulix - Toyota's lower and less luxurious version of the Hilux.

Sketchy Andean knockoffs.