Google Earth.

Try finding where you live!

This is my home location: 1°19'57.10"N , 103°54'20.90"E (copy paste to google earth)

Click for pic of my home

NOW, if I play god and decided to build a bridge from my house to my dear house, it will be a short trip of 5.84KM


But I'm not god and I have to drive. A short trip from my house and back takes around 16.26KM


Amazing.
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