If you are wondering how we chose 24K Travels in our name, please allow us to explain. We hope you like our name as much as we do.....
The Nobel-prize-winning physicist, Enrico Fermi, came up with this simple and intuitive way to deduce the circumference of the earth:
1. How many time zones do you pass through when you fly from New York to Los Angeles?
Answer, 3
2. How many miles is it, about, over that same distance?
Answer, about 3000.
3. How many miles per time zone, on average?
Answer, about 1000
4. How many time zones must there be around the world?
Answer, 24 because there are 24 hours in a day
5. How many miles around the world?
Answer, 24 time zones x 1000 miles per time zone = 24000 miles
Yes, it is about 24000 miles or 24K miles around the world
From Asia to Antarctica, we plan to take you around the world……..