Gallery - Where's the remotest place on Earth? - Image 2 - New Scientist: "It's official, the world's most remote place is on the Tibetan plateau (34.7�N, 85.7�E).
From here, says Andy Nelson, a former researcher at the European Commission, it is a three-week trip to the cities of Lhasa or Korla - one day by car and the remaining 20 on foot.
Rough terrain and an altitude of 5200 metres also lend it a perfect air of 'Do Not Disturb'."
Comment -- This article says that today there are very few places left in the world where you cannot travel to a city of at least 50,000 people within two days (by land or water, not airplane.) The article says that the Amazon seems remote, but its extensive river system lets you travel by boat to a city pretty quick. Likewise, the Sahara is crisscrossed with a good road network.
I guess Tibet is the last place (excluding Antarctica) where you can really get away from it all.
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