Step 1: Pick a random latitude and longitude on the
globe (using a formula ensuring a uniform distribution on a sphere).
Step 2: If it is in the water, throw it out and go back to Step 1.
Step 3: If it is on land, find the nearest major city (large enough to
have an airport with regularly scheduled commercial flights) to the spot.
Find the price of a round trip airfare from Newark, NJ to that major city
using an Internet travel site. If the roundtrip airfare (specifying ÒI
donÕt care about the dates, what is the cheapest possible fareÓ) is more than
500$, throw out the point and go back to step 1.
Step 4: If the roundtrip price is under 500$ to that city, then this will
be my random spot for the 2002 Q1 vacation.
#1: 13¡25.46431ÕS, 176¡6.958008ÕE
--> Pacific Ocean
#2: 9¡24.63633ÕN, 8¡22.52592ÕE --> Near Kano,
Nigeria --> 1878$
#3: 26¡57.15157ÕN, 44¡37.97836ÕE --> Near
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia --> 1079$
#4: 63¡0.1750946ÕN, 113¡19.03061ÕW --> Near Yellowknife, Canada --> 1161$
#5: 55¡34.36935ÕS, 105¡52.69501ÕW
--> South Pacific Ocean
#6: 18¡7.713432ÕN, 144¡6.979065ÕW --> Pacific
Ocean
#7: 28¡41.36501ÕN, 173¡2.886658ÕW --> Pacific
Ocean
#8: 60¡9.563828ÕS, 71¡49.81522ÕW --> Drake
Passage
#9: 1¡59.80786ÕS, 102¡19.52637ÕE --> Near
Palembang, Indonesia --> 1275$
#10: 6¡49.74094ÕN, 162¡45.44678ÕE
--> Pacific Ocean
#11: 10¡35.51102ÕS,
46¡56.69746ÕW
--> Near Brasilia, Brazil --> 608$
#12: 69¡29.21814ÕN,
1¡59.35698ÕE
--> Norwegian Sea
#13: 62¡42.6725ÕS,
27¡19.77413ÕW
--> South Atlantic Ocean
#14: 64¡2.55237ÕN,
14¡5.159569ÕE
--> Near Ostersund, Sweden --> 605$
#15: 16¡53.46634ÕN,
158¡22.64008ÕW
--> Pacific Ocean
#16: 19¡47.70435ÕS,
176¡37.2464ÕE
--> Pacific Ocean
#17: 53¡31.10184ÕN,
131¡40.37292ÕW
--> Hecate Strait
#18: 26¡49.62307ÕS,
61¡30.75188ÕW
--> Near Tucuman, Argentina --> 691$
#19: 76¡33.59756ÕS, 52¡24.83803ÕW
--> Ronne Ice Shelf, Antarctica --> No Flights
#20: 59¡29.72237ÕN,
156¡8.986816ÕE
--> Sea of Okhotsk
#21: 7¡40.45998ÕN,
51¡16.24649ÕW
--> Atlantic Ocean
#22: 76¡49.70627ÕS,
7¡33.71719ÕE
--> Near Coats Land, Antarctica --> No Flights
#23: 70¡31.91345ÕN,
24¡35.83191ÕW
--> Near Mesters Vig, Greenland --> No Flights
#24: 51¡49.46251ÕN,
0¡44.9946ÕW
--> Near London, UK --> 198$
Point #24 is just to the Northeast of the town of Aylesbury in Bucks County, England, UK. The round trip airfare is within my budget for this trip. This is where I will go.