Most popular continent for overland travel
I regularly visit the forum and use the most recent posts facility to see what people have been asking about and have noticed that most questions seem to be about South America. This is quite anicdotal and totally unscientific but based on questions asked I get the impression that the most popular continents for travellers on here are as follows.
South America
Asia
North America
Europe
Africa
Australia
Does this look about right? If this is something like correct I wonder what makes these destinations as popular as they are and what affects people's choices, ease of travel regarding paperwork such as visas, carnet etc, perceptions about security, cost of living or just a greater interest in that part of the world?
Something that does surprise me is how few people now make the overland trip from Europe to India, in the last 3 months of travel in Pakistan, India and Nepal I have only seen 4 foreign registered bikes and a couple of 4WD, when I first came here 25 years ago there seemed to be many more, the only travellers I have seen more of are the intrepid cyclists who were very few and far between back then.
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