Plate I · eight things
Far from home
Distance, time away and firsts. The Far from home chapter is plate I of Globestamp’s bucket list: eight things to do, 6 of which tick themselves from your photos. Tick all eight and its plate is pressed in gold.
- Be in both hemispheresBeing in both hemispheres means standing on the ground north of the equator and south of it, whether on one trip or years apart.Ticks itself from your photos · Takes some planning
- Go north of the Arctic CircleGoing north of the Arctic Circle means standing on land above about 66.5° N, the line beyond which the sun stays up for at least one full day around the June solstice and stays down for at least one in December.Ticks itself from your photos · A rare one: gold when ticked
- Travel more than 8,000 km in one hopTraveling more than 8,000 km (about 5,000 miles) in one hop means crossing a fifth of the way around the planet in a single go: London to Singapore, New York to Tokyo, Los Angeles to Sydney.Ticks itself from your photos · Takes some planning
- See in a new year abroadSeeing in a new year abroad means being in a country that isn’t your own when the clock passes midnight on 31 December.Ticks itself from your photos · Takes some planning
- Be away for a whole monthBeing away for a whole month means thirty days in a row outside your home country.Ticks itself from your photos · A rare one: gold when ticked
- Visit somewhere with another alphabetVisiting somewhere with another alphabet means traveling to a country whose signs, menus and station names are written in a script you didn’t grow up reading: Greek, Cyrillic, Arabic, Thai, Japanese, Korean Hangul and more, most of them across Asia.Ticks itself from your photos · Easy to start
- Cross a border by train or on footCrossing a border by train or on foot means leaving one country and walking or rolling into the next at ground level, instead of skipping the line at 10,000 m.Yours to tick · Takes some planning
- Take a night trainTaking a night train means boarding in the evening, sleeping in a bunk while the country slides past, and waking up somewhere new.Yours to tick · Takes some planning