In a message dated 99-02-06 11:36:47 EST, you write:

There's a scene in the anime (from Ryouga's flashback of his attempts to 
 find the vacant lot where he was to fight Ranma) that shows him having 
 no clue where he is and the Eiffel Tower in the background....  And, of 
 course, he did make it there, to lots of places in Japan, and back to 
 his starting point in four days.  So much for a limited travel rate.  
 Yes it's ridiculous.  But, it's also apparently cannon.  Other planets?  
 I doubt it.  But, without that scene, I would have doubted his ability 
 to cross oceans without knowing it, and agreed with the person saying 
 it's just a stupid fanfic legend.

I wouldnt be so sure about that.  The Tokylo tower looks a lot like the Eiffel
tower..  just look at all of us SM NA dubbies who wondered just where it was
that Serena was supposed to live because of all the shots with what looked
like the Eiffel tower (but was actually the TOKYO tower).....

For further consideration...  go take a look at TM: Tenchi in love, and youll
get a better look at the tokyo tower, and see how unless the artwork was very
specific it could be confiused for the eiffel tower.....