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WHERE IS THE BORDER BETWEEN EUROPE AND ASIA? - 1996

WHERE IS THE BORDER BETWEEN EUROPE AND ASIA? - 1996

Jacek Pałkiewicz
2006-06-18 21:52:37

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We all know from school that the border between Europe and Asia runs down the Ural Mountains and the Ural River. The Big Soviet Encyclopedia defines the Western border of Asia as conditional and insists that it partially goes along the Ural Watershed, and partially through the foothills of the Urals. In the South, the River Emba forms the natural border.

Jacek Palkiewicz is a profession-al traveler, he participated in at least twenty expeditions all of which were extremely bold and resulted in obtaining remarkably complete scientific results. Jacek was crossing the major deserts, climbing the highest mountains, rafting down the white rivers. Recently he traveled to the Amazon riverhead. But he was always tortured by this question — Where is the border between the familiar Europe and the mysterious Asia?

Finally he decided to discover the truth, so he traveled to the northern parts of Russia where the Ural mountains give way to the flat tundra that stretches as far as the Karsk Sea.

Along with his Russian friends, Jacek traveled in lands that lie in the remote parts of Europe, at the gateway to Asia. The locals shrugged their shoulders when Jacek asked them whether they lived in Europe or in Asia.

People who live there don't bother themselves with this question. «Why would it matter?» — they exclaim. «We live poorly and there is not difference whatsoever where we live.» Nevertheless, most of the respondents agreed that mentally they are connected to Europe.

Jacek Palkiewicz and his friends came across a bunch of curious situations. For instance, a little village Ust-Kara right on the Karsk Sea shore is located in Europe. And a little airport from which the air-craft takes off for the civilized world, is located in Asia.

Further down, a hundred kilometers to the South-East, are the foothills of the Ural Mountains. The mountains disappointed the travelers. The highest peak is only 2,000 ...

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This article is okay. There are a few things that are missing though. One example is that you should have an easy to read map with the border line visible so that people know exactly where the border line is. Another example is that a lot of this information is not important and you should really think about making it more interesting like not only talking about the border but talking about the early civilizations in Europe and Asia. I hope you end up changing this article from an article that people are so bored out of their witts they just have to take a 3 hour nap before they could possibly return to reading the horrendous article to an article so exciting you just can't stop reading. I hope you take this comment seriously, that is if you want a bunch of people reading your article.

Juliette F., 2008-10-05 22:38:59