User:Martinvl

en-N	This user has a native understanding of English.

af-4	Hierdie gebruiker het kennis van Afrikaans op byna-moedertaalvlak.

nl-3	Deze gebruiker heeft gevorderde kennis van het Nederlands.

de-1	Dieser Benutzer beherrscht Deutsch auf grundlegendem Niveau.

fr-0	Cette personne n’a aucune connaissance en français (ou le comprend avec de grandes difficultés).

Travel records

(Idea purloined from User:ThunderingTyphoons! who shamelessly stole it from Andrewssi2)

My records	Place^{[Note 1]}	Figure
Northernmost	Akureyri	65.74° N
Southernmost	Great Otway National Park	38.81° S
Easternmost	Bondi Beach	151.28° E
Westernmost	Reykjavík	59.50° W
Closest to the equator	(Crossed equator by sea 3 times and by air at least 25 times)
	Jomo Kenyatta Airport, Nairobi (transit)	1.32° S
	Changi Airport, Singapore (transit)	1.34° N
	Accra	5.33° N
Closest to the Tropic of Cancer	Tanezrouft - 250 km north of Bordj Badji Mokhtar	0 km (0 mi)
Closest to the Tropic of Capricorn	30 km North of Pietersburg (now Polokwane)	0 km (0 mi)
Highest	St Gotthard Pass	2,106 m (6,909 ft) above sea level
Highest home	Yeoville, Johannesburg	1,774 m (5,820 ft) above sea level
Lowest home	Bridport, Dorset	7 m (23 ft) above sea level
Lowest	— ERPM Gold Mine	3,200 m (10,500 ft) below ground level / 1,600 m (5,200 ft) below sea level
Furthest inland	Bordj Moktar	1,600 km (990 mi) from Mediterranean Sea and Atlantic Ocean
Furthest from land	MV Arundel Castle: South Atlantic Ocean	1,330 km (830 mi) from Angola while travelling Southampton to Cape Town by sea

My record journeys	Place^{[Note 1]}	Figure
Longest flight	Heathrow Airport (LHR^IATA) — Singapore (SGP^IATA) - Sydney Airport (SYD^IATA) — Heathrow Airport (LHR^IATA)	10,877 km (6,759 mi) (Single sector) 17,018 km (10,574 mi) (Multiple sectors)
Longest sea voyage	Southampton — Durban	12,765 km (7,932 mi)
Longest rail journey	Cape Town — Johannesburg (distance) Colenso — Cape Town (time)	1,397 km (868 mi) 55 hrs
Longest road journey	Accra — Tunis	4,500 km (2,800 mi)
Longest border crossing	Tessalit / Bordj Moktar	24 hrs / 120 km (75 mi)
Age first border crossing	Harwich - Hoek of Holland	about 6 weeks (less than 7weeks 2 days)
First crossed the Equator	MV Arundel Castle: Southampton - Cape Town	about 12 weeks old

1 2 The flags and place names shown here are the flags and place names in use at the time I made the trip in question.