On Thu, Apr 21, 2016 at 3:13 PM, Yoav Nir <ynir.ietf@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On 21 Apr 2016, at 4:54 PM, Ted Lemon <mellon@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> And like you, I found this trip much easier than going to Asia, although I know our colleagues from Asia found it just the opposite. :) > > Not necessarily. Asia’s a big place. Travel to Japan and Taipei was for me more difficult than Buenos Aires, and significantly more difficult than anywhere in North America. > > Yoav In which we discover the importance of 'great circle routes'. And the fact that 'Asia' crosses almost 180 degrees of longitude making it not very useful as a geographical locale.