This was more difficult than I expected and it took me a while to find books set in all the continents.
Quarterly Challenge
October 1 - December 31, 2015
I personally do a lot of business travel by air...there are some airports I know by their aiport code (SAN = San Diego,CA; DFW=Dallas/Fort Worth, TX; LAX=Los Angeles, CA). But there are others I would have no clue about just by the code (HPN=Westchester County, NY, where I flew into recently!)
This challenge will have you use Airport Codes, matching with Author Initials, to take a trip around the world. Since Airport Codes are all 3 character codes, you may ignore one of the letters if needed to get the author's initials (can ignore any of the 3 letters, but the initials must be in order
Example
☯Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone - J.K. Rowling - Janakpur, Nepal (JKR)
☯Born in Fire - Nora Roberts - Nadar, Morocco (NDR) [ignoring the D]
☯Still Alice - Lisa Genova - Algiers, Algeria (ALG) [ignoring the A]
☯The Martian - Andy Weir - Ahwaz, Iran (AWZ) [ignoring the Z]
The Following is NOT acceptable
☯First Grave on the Right - Darynda Jones - Jodhpur, India (JDH) [Should be DJ, not JD]
You may only use an airport once, but you may end up using an author more than once based on using a different airport that has similar alpha codes.
Link to Airport Codes
Link to Antarctica Airport Codes
☯NOTE: for Antarctica, you may use the ICAO column to find your author
Scoring
☯ You have three months to complete your level for 10 points.
CR Level = 5 airports
RR Level = 10 airports
PR Level = 15 airports
☯ +1 bonus per airport if using all 3 airport/author initials (max of 5 bonus points)
(NOTE: For Antarctica airports, you may use 3 of 4 initials from list)
☯ +5 bonus if 7 books read, each from an airport on a different continent
☯ +1 bonus per book if book takes place on the same continent as airport is located (max 7 books/points; once per continent)
☯ +1 bonus - Tell us a story of the first plane trip you took (what were the aiport codes of the path you took?). If you have never been on a plane trip, have you taken a trip by other mass public transportation (train, boat, etc)? If you haven't taken a trip, where WOULD you go?!
☯ Maximum Points if all bonuses are met = 28 points
Continents:
Asia
Africa
North America
South America
Antarctica
Europe
Australia
Using all 3 airport codes (5)
I'll Be Watching You by Charles de Lint
Candle 2 Airport, Candle, United States (CDL) (using all 3 initial from author and airport code)
The Menagerie by Tui T. Sutherland
Tsaratanana Airport, Madagascar(TTS) (using all 3 initial from author and airport code)
Prophecy of the Female Warrior by K.A. Young
Wakaya Island Airport, Fiji (KAY) (using all 3 initial from author and airport code)
Life's a Witch by Amanda M. Lee
Puerto Armuelles Airport (AML) (using all 3 initial from author and airport code)
Deathly Still by Elizabeth A. Reeves
Kearney Regional Airport (EAR) (using all 3 initial from author and airport code)
Different continents (7)
Don't Waste a Minute - A Story of Africa by Marilyn Randall
Lime Acres Finsch Mine Airport (LMR) (both book and airport is on the African Continent)
Poisoned by Elaine Macko
Embarkadero Airport, San Francisco (EMB) (both book and airport is on the North American Continent)
A man called Ove by Fredrik Backman
Oslo, Fornebu Airport, Norway (FBU) (both book and airport is on the European Continent)
Terra Incognita: Travels In Antarctica by Sara Wheeler
Seymour Island (SAWB) (both book and airport is on the Antarctica Continent)
Mattie: The Story of an Australian Convict Child by Sheila Hunter
(both book and airport is on the Australian Continent)
Lost & Found in India by Braja Sorensen
(both book and airport is on the Asian Continent)
STRANGERS by Chirag Upadhyay
(both book and airport is on the South American Continent)
Continent and airport code from same continent (7):
Don't Waste a Minute - A Story of Africa by Marilyn Randall
Lime Acres Finsch Mine Airport (LMR) (both book and airport is on the African Continent)
Poisoned by Elaine Macko
Embarkadero Airport, San Francisco (EMB) (both book and airport is on the North American Continent)
A man called Ove by Fredrik Backman
Oslo, Fornebu Airport, Norway (FBU) (both book and airport is on the European Continent)
Terra Incognita: Travels In Antarctica by Sara Wheeler
Seymour Island (SAWB) (both book and airport is on the Antarctica Continent)
Mattie: The Story of an Australian Convict Child by Sheila Hunter
(both book and airport is on the Australian Continent)
Lost & Found in India by Braja Sorensen
(both book and airport is on the Asian Continent)
STRANGERS by Chirag Upadhyay
(both book and airport is on the South American Continent)
List of book:
Don't Waste a Minute - A Story of Africa by Marilyn Randall
Lime Acres Finsch Mine Airport (LMR) (both book and airport is on the African Continent)
Poisoned by Elaine Macko
Embarkadero Airport, San Francisco (EMB) (both book and airport is on the North American Continent)
I'll Be Watching You by Charles de Lint
Candle 2 Airport, Candle, United States (CDL) (using all 3 initial from author and airport code)
A man called Ove by Fredrik Backman
Oslo, Fornebu Airport, Norway (FBU) (both book and airport is on the European Continent)
The Menagerie by Tui T. Sutherland
Tsaratanana Airport, Madagascar(TTS) (using all 3 initial from author and airport code)
Prophecy of the Female Warrior by K.A. Young
Wakaya Island Airport, Fiji (KAY) (using all 3 initial from author and airport code)
Life's a Witch by Amanda M. Lee
Puerto Armuelles Airport (AML) (using all 3 initial from author and airport code)
Terra Incognita: Travels In Antarctica by Sara Wheeler
Seymour Island (SAWB) (both book and airport is on the Antarctica Continent)
Mattie: The Story of an Australian Convict Child by Sheila Hunter
(both book and airport is on the Australian Continent)
Deathly Still by Elizabeth A. Reeves
Kearney Regional Airport (EAR) (using all 3 initial from author and airport code)
Lost & Found in India by Braja Sorensen
(both book and airport is on the Asian Continent)
STRANGERS by Chirag Upadhyay
(both book and airport is on the South American Continent)
My travel adventure (1 point)
I don't quite remember if this was my very first travel but it was my first long trip. It was back in 1989.
Copenhagen (CPH) to London Heathrow (LHR)
London Heathrow (LHR) to Maiquetía (Simón Bolívar Internacional) (Venezuela) (CCS)
and back again and as far as I remember we had a flight from Isla Margarita back to Caracas to go home.
Del Caribe Santiago Mariño International (PMV) to Maiquetía (Simón Bolívar Internacional) (Venezuela) (CCS)
Maiquetía (Simón Bolívar Internacional) (Venezuela) (CCS) to London Heathrow (LHR)
London Heathrow (LHR) to Copenhagen (CPH)
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