Sunday, July 18, 2010

Kilometers Traveled

I began to wonder how many air miles we would travel if we actually ate breakfast in each country. So the table below is our hypothetical trip so far starting in Boston, MA and flying a great circle between the capitals of each nation. This is clearly not the most efficient way to order this journey from a financial perspective, but we chose our order and are sticking with it. The longest trip would have been from Indonesia to Brazil and the shortest was from Pakistan to Bangladesh. So far we could have circled the circumference of the Earth 2.85 times. Tune in next week for Egypt.

Departure Arrival Distance (Km) Total Distance (Km)
United States China 10863.7 10863.7
China India 3785.79 14649.5
India Indonesia 4989.48 19639
Indonesia Brazil 16327.7 35966.7
Brazil Pakistan 13821.3 49787.9
Pakistan Bangladesh 2020.3 51808.2
Bangladesh Nigeria 8924.33 60732.6
Nigeria Russia 5812.19 66544.7
Russia Japan 7502.95 74047.7
Japan Mexico 11318.9 85366.6
Mexico Philippines 14235.6 99602.2
Philippines Vietnam 1754.37 101357
Vietnam Ethiopia 7289.24 108646
Ethiopia Germany 5340.59 113986

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