On Monday we found out that you can’t drive from New York to Rio.
When taking the longest possible drive on Earth, what countries would you start & finish in?
The rules are you can’t take ferries, and you must take the shortest possible distance (so no detours or circling roundabouts infinite times.)
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I assume the rules also suggest you can’t make it a return trip (even with a loop).
So my guess would be start in South Africa, head up through east Africa into Egypt, and then head east to farthest Kamchatka in Russia.
Russia is one of the countries, but to get all the way to Kamchatka you need to take a ferry over the Aldan River, so the furthest you can get is the border with North Korea at Khasan.
Also, going through Egypt requires a ferry on Lake Nasser. Going through West Africa requires ferries in Kinshasa & the Mediterranean.
Alaska to the Southern tip of Argentina seems like a long trip.
It would be, but you can’t do it.
Where Panama meets Colombia, you have the Darien Gap. It’s full of jungle, drug lords, and paramilitaries, but not roads.
Gibraltar and Russia
Close. But you can get slightly further than Gibraltar.
Yes, that is true, the SW tip of Portugal is slightly further.
Sagres in Portugal.