Interesting. The city replacements are cool. What's the point though? Climate doesn't exactly align with latitude, and has other factors. Lifestyle, food, culture would also not depend on latitude.
I think that's what makes this interesting. For many people it does and this challenges that assumption.
The climate was similar, temperatures were similar, even the type of vegetation that showed up were similar. Trekking through South African veldt felt much the same as walking through Australian bush