Contact, Destinations

Are the Galapagos Islands, Svalbard or Yakutsk not exotic enough? Perhaps then you should try to reach destinations you can be quite sure nobody you know has ever visited – places that are almost impossible to reach.


== Understand ==

In the 21st century you can get to pretty much anywhere on the planet within a matter of days – if the destination has an airport you can usually get there within 36 hours. Usually you can find some kind of lodging, restaurants and other services there and there's someone to help you if something bad happens. There's also a basic assumption that you are reachable at any time.
Historical explorers like Leif Erikson or Ferdinand Magellan did not have that luxury, or even reliable maps. In fact they had really no idea what would await them once and if they arrived.
Magellan's expedition in the early 16th century was the first round-the-world trip; it took three years and only one of his five ships made it all the way. By the late 19th century, a trip around the world in 80 days was possible on passenger trains and steamships. Today, you could do it in a couple of days with a round-the-world flight (if your trip consists of just flying and changing planes...