From Detroit to Sydney - 15,720 miles (55 days 23 hours) :-)

In 2008 I wrote this blogpost on Google Maps Driving Directions from Detroit to Sydney, Australia which included 7906 miles of Kayaking across Pacific Ocean.

Not sure when Google Maps changed the driving directions. When I checked last night the driving directions had one kayaking first to Hawaii (2756 miles) from NW United States:

and then kayak from Hawaii to Japan (3879 miles):


and then kayak from Japan to Australia (3358 miles):


Here's the full screen grab of Driving directions from Detroit, MI to Sydney, Australia from Google Maps:

Google Maps Directions from Detroit, MI to Sydney Australia (includes 7906 miles of Kayaking across Pacific Ocean)

Imagine Kayaking 7906 miles across the pacific ocean. This is part of Google's driving directions from Detroit, MI to Sydney, Australia. The way the GAS prices are skyrocketing, kayaking might not be such a bad idea :-)