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Remotest place you have been

Ubbquittious

I'm obsessed with remote places. Someday I hope to have my own TV show where I'd be showcasing very remote locations in the world where I'd claim to be camping out but in fact I'd be sleeping in a luxury prefab hotel-style accommodation with complete with jaccuzi, king size bed, minimalist modern bathroom and fully stocked drinks cabinet which would be set up at huge expense before my arrival. The film crew would film me pretending to drink my own piddle inside in my tent to stay warm before retreating to my luxury accommodation to chill and smoke dope with my film crew buddies while a few shipping container-sized diesel generators hum away in the background.

So far I reckon the remotest place I've been is the shortcut road from Egilsstaðir to Hofn. Not a sinner or a house to be seen for absolutely miles and signs up before you enter the road reminding you of the exorbitant cost of being rescued here if you break down.

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hairyslug

The closest thing to remote would be Blacksod bay which is a piss-poor attempt compared to some replies here

2forjoy

I drove to Lettermullen in Co Galway. Now thats remote.

Gravelly

I got lost and ended up in Louth once, but I don't like to talk about it.

[Deleted User]

uch wrote: »

Dursey Island, by cable car with a hole in the floor

If you walk to the far end of the island, it's like the edge of the world.

Barry Badrinath

Goz Beida in south east Chad, mud hut central near the Chad/Sudan border.

Voinjama or ZorZor near the Liberia/Guinea border.

Not a Supermacs to be seen anywhere.

Badly Drunk Boy

Somebody, I think jokingly said 'Mayo', but Mayo in the bleak winter can seem like...something else. The first place to come to mind when I saw the thread title was Iceland, but Iceland's remoteness is the reason for going there.

magentis

hairyslug wrote: »

The closest thing to remote would be Blacksod bay which is a piss-poor attempt compared to some replies here

I know.Blacksod bay is like time square compared to Leitrim.

BopNiblets

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.

Poochie05

Denali National Park Alaska

Poochie05

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.

I hear it's a magical place

[Deleted User]

About 90 miles north of Yamoussoukro at the northern tip of Lake Kossou, though I've been in other remote places in Africa that struck me as the most isolated.

endofrainbow

Gander, Newfoundland and Nobber, Co. Meath.

dusty207

Darjeeling in the Himalayas. Pretty remote but on a tea estate on top of a mountain I met an assistant manager who had a brother teaching in a Dublin school who taught the brother of my bosses wife. Feckin' small world isn't in it.

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dusty207 wrote: »

Darjeeling in the Himalayas. Pretty remote but on a tea estate on top of a mountain I met an assistant manager who had a brother teaching in a Dublin school who taught the brother of my bosses wife. Feckin' small world isn't in it.

My auntie recently sent me some tea she'd bought from a Darjeeling plantation, another visitor there was another British woman who had just moved into a house about five streets away from hers.

Capt'n Midnight

BopNiblets wrote: »

Raratonga in Cook Islands, was a stop on one of those round the world trip years ago.

I saw a film about that
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Another_Shore

LirW

Ushguli in Georgia. Absolutely stunning place and a pain to get to.

mzungu

Desert in northern Sudan.

Nomis21

Addu atoll in the Maldives in 1970's before it became a resort. Took 8 days in a fishing boat to get there and no electricity, phone or any way of getting back until a fisherman felt like taking me a few weeks later

Ubbquittious

Senor Fancy Pants wrote: »

Goz Beida in south east Chad, mud hut central near the Chad/Sudan border.

Voinjama or ZorZor near the Liberia/Guinea border.

Not a Supermacs to be seen anywhere.

Were you wishing for a supermacs?

Pity so many of these places have become unvisitable due to Al Qaeda kidnappings

The Backwards Man

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

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.