It frightening to think that in the 10 years since I have left school I have travelled more than my grandparents did in their entire lifetime. Nicked a cool site off Neil’s blog where you can paint the parts of the world red that you’ve been to (great for all those members of the socialist workers party out there). Here’s mine. Make your own here
Of course you may not know where half those places are but best way to learn is via competition, and here I unashamedly steal from zoomtard. See how many countries you can name – great way to while away the hours when you’re supposed to be trying to understand John Hick’s influence on religious pluralism. I have a high of 69 (after starting on 34) and obviously have no clue about asia, lets get some competition going…
While we’re on the subject of maps, always good to check out the Peters Projection for a less Europe/America-centric and more accurate view of the world.
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