NYC is the kind of place you can go for a weekend from the UK - especially if you knock-off at Friday lunch. With timezones as well, NZ takes 36 hours. But bo

NYC is the kind of place you can go for a weekend from the UK - especially if you knock-off at Friday lunch. With timezones as well, NZ takes 36 hours. But both of those are intercontinental trips 2 hours from London will put you in a dozen different countries 4 hours will get you anywhere in Europe, as well as Cairo, Morocco, Turkey, Jerusalem 8 hours will get you to East Coast US, middle east, India, and even the north parts of sub-saharan africa (Kenya, Nigeria, The Gambia) 12 hours will get you to the Carribean, the West Coast US, and much of the Far East 2 hours from Aukland will get you to other parts of NZ 4 hours will get you to Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, and the Great Barrier reef 8 hours will give you a choice of a few pacific islands 12 hours will get you to Singapore, maybe Hong Kong There's a lot more choice to see the world out of Europe.