How many countries have you visited?

[Matt Harper]

I went to the Isle of Wight once - does that count?

[jamoor]

70 but cba to list.

[anomie]

Not much traveling in the last few years... but up to age 30:

1. Canada
2. USA (35 of 50 states)
3. Mexico
4. Belize
5. Ecuador
6. Peru
7. UK (Eng+Scot+Wales)
8. Ireland
9. Netherlands
10. Spain
11. Turkey
12. Israel
13. Egypt
14. Jordan
15. Thailand
16. Myanmar
17. Malaysia
18. Singapore
19. Indonesia
20. India

I need to tick a bit more Europe off my to-do list. Not well-travelled in comparison, but not bad for a Yank.

[Robertj21a]

anomie said:

Not much traveling in the last few years... but up to age 30:

1. Canada
2. USA (35 of 50 states)
3. Mexico
4. Belize
5. Ecuador
6. Peru
7. UK (Eng+Scot+Wales)
8. Ireland
9. Netherlands
10. Spain
11. Turkey
12. Israel
13. Egypt
14. Jordan
15. Thailand
16. Myanmar
17. Malaysia
18. Singapore
19. Indonesia
20. India

I need to tick a bit more Europe off my to-do list. Not well-travelled in comparison, but not bad for a Yank.

Correction - Blinking amazing for a Yank.

Do you go back home and try to explain that there are other countries, and people, outside the USA ?



[apologies for British sense of humour!]

[kennydies]

By my rough count it is about 27 give or take a couple of countries.

My wife and I decided five years ago that we would visit a new country every year. The new one for this year is China.

[anomie]

Robertj21a said:

Correction - Blinking amazing for a Yank.

Do you go back home and try to explain that there are other countries, and people, outside the USA ?



[apologies for British sense of humour!]

Please don't apologise for British humour. Considering the weather, the food, and the teeth, its pretty much the only thing ya'll have going for you.

...but No. I moved to Yorkshire instead and haven't traveled nearly as much ever since. To be fair to my ex-people, A lot of Americans do go to a lot of different states and they are fairly culturally/geographically diverse so not really much different to someone from the UK who has mainly traveled in Europe. I've also met my fair share of inward sort over here. My favourite was a fellow at a dog trial in the Dales..His last "foreign" holiday was when his wife made him go to the Lake District 30 year ago. Hasn't been out of Yorkshire since. (Proposition: Yorkshire is to the UK as Texas is to USA?)

[anonymous-user]

Never counted before so here goes...

UK (Eng/Sco/Wal)
France
Germany
Netherlands
Belgium
Spain
Switzerland
Austria
Italy
Czech republic
Slovenia
Slovakia
Poland
Hungary
USA
Canada
Australia
Thailand
Laos
Burma
Cambodia
Vietnam
Hong Kong
Singapore
UAE
Iraq
India
Mauritius

28

Lived and worked in a few of those also. 2 were work postings, the rest was independent travel.

Central/South America and Africa are high up on the list of places to explore next.

[gtidriver]

France
Belgium
Holland
Germany
Denmark
Sweden
Luxembourg
Austria
Liechtenstein
Switzerland
Hungary
Slovenia
Croatia
Serbia
Macedonia
Bulgaria
Greece
Italy
Monaco
Spain
Gibraltar
Portugal
South Africa (capetown)
Florida
Las Vegas
San Francisco

Not as many as a few of you but not bad.

[schmalex]

Florida, Las Vegas and San Fran are all in the one country. Unless Mr Trump has built walls round them as well over the weekend

[anomie]

schmalex said:

Florida, Las Vegas and San Fran are all in the one country. Unless Mr Trump has built walls round them as well over the weekend

One country technically, but further apart than most states in Europe and equally culturally diverse....except Vegas, which is diverse only its complete absence of anything that could be described as "culture".

[tankplanker]

I've been to most of Western Europe, but not much else, bit of liberal interpretation of Country on my part:

1) Scotland
2) Wales
3) Northern Ireland
4) Southern Ireland
5) France
6) Belgium
7) Luxembourg
8) Austria
9) Germany
10) Norway
11) Sweden
12) Denmark
13) Spain
14) Italy
15) Portugal
16) Greece
17) Corfu
18) Cyprus
19) Turkey
20) US (only East Coast, Florida, New York, Washington)
21) Canada
22) Japan

Last year I did 7 capitals, Tokyo, Edinburgh, London, Paris, Vienna, Berlin, Dublin.

[nonsequitur]

Ninety Three. (sorry for the lower case,easier for my atrocious typing.)

american samoa, angola antigua argentina australia bahamas bahrain bangladesh barbados belgium bermuda botswana brazil brunai canada chile china columbia cook islands, cyprus denmark egypt fiji finland france french polynesia, germany gibraltar greece guyana india indonesia iran ireland israel italy jamaica japan jordan kazakstan kenya korea kuwait lebanon libya malawi malaysia malta mauritius mexico monaco morocco myanmar netherlands netherlands antilles, new zealand nigeria norway oman Pakistan panama peru philippines portugal qatar russia st lucia samoa saudi arabia, seychelles singapore south africa spain sri lanka sudan sweden switzerland syria taiwan tanzania thailand tonga trinidad turkey uae turkey usa venezuala virgin islands, yemen zambia zimbabwe.

All these over a period of 44 years. Blighty only holidays now.

Edited by nonsequitur on Monday 30th January 18:26

[brickwall]

brickwall said:

brickwall said:

I clearly have some catching up to do.

UK
France
Italy
Spain
Switzerland
Germany
Austria
Greece
Turkey
Croatia
Slovenia
Ireland
Russia
The Netherlands
Trinidad and Tobago
Canada
USA (New York, Seattle, California)

That's 17, and I'm 22.

Well in the 3.5 years since I wrote that I can add 6 more to the list:
St Lucia
Barbados
Grenada
UAE (Dubai)
Hong Kong
Jordan

So up to 23, but I've got a bit older too...

Another year, and I can add:
- Kenya
- South Africa
- Vietnam
- Malaysia
- Belgium
- Portugal

Up to 29.

[Pete102]

Wow, some of these lists put me to shame!

Aged 31:

1) England
2) Scotland
3) Wales
4) N.Ireland
5) Ireland x2
6) France
7) Gran Canaria x2
8) Majorca x2
8) Cuba
9) Mexico
10) Switzerland x2
11) America x4
12) Canada
13) Germany x2
14) China
15) Fiji

This year I have the following planned in:

Switzerland
Ireland
China
Slovenia

Although I'm also hoping to get a couple of family holidays away, somewhere hot!. On my bucket list I have Hawaii, Canada (again), and Thailand / China (as a tourist, not work!)

[Steve Campbell]

Never thought of this before but just counted up and got to 51, more than half in Europe. Surprised myself at how many it is.

[Wolff]

Before the age of 35:
Germany
Denmark
Norway
Netherlands
Belgium
France
Monaco
Spain (plus Canary Islands)
Austria
Switzerland
Liechtenstein
Luxembourg
Czechoslovakia (Before they split)
Czech Republic
Greece
Italy
Turkey
Canada
Ireland
Wales/Scotland/Northern Ireland (can we include these?!!!)

After 35:
USA
Mexico
Belize
Guatemala
Nicaragua
Costa Rica
Panama
Cuba
Thailand
Cambodia
Malaysia
Singapore
Indonesia
Australia
Philippines
Morocco
Hong Kong
China
India

"only" 38ish with multiple visits to lots of European ones and a few in Central American, but can you tell when I started backpacking? lol! South America next up on my list, and then some real parts of Africa, and eastern Europe. Then I might be happy (or not....!)

[NAS]

Netherlands
Belgium
Luxemburg
Germany
Denmark
Norway
Sweden
Finland
Russia
Estonia
Poland
Slovakia
Czech Republic
Hungary
Romania
Bulgaria
Croatia (and Yugoslavia)
Slovenia
Greece
Spain
Italy
Portugal
France
Switzerland
Austria
Monaco
San Marino
Liechtenstein
USA
Bonaire (part of NL tbh)
Curacao (part of NL tbh)
Iceland (stopover)
England
Wales
Andorra
China
Malaysia
Thailand
Singapore
Indonesia
Qatar
Tanzania
South Africa
Tunesia
Hong Kong (part of China)
Macau (part of China)

48. Expected more tbh. Planning to add either Japan or Canada to the list this year. South America and/or Australia next year.

[anonymous-user]

DoubleTime said:

Never counted before so here goes...

UK (Eng/Sco/Wal)
France
Germany
Netherlands
Belgium
Spain
Switzerland
Austria
Italy
Czech republic
Slovenia
Slovakia
Poland
Hungary
USA
Canada
Australia
Thailand
Laos
Burma
Cambodia
Vietnam
Hong Kong
Singapore
UAE
Iraq
India
Mauritius

28

Lived and worked in a few of those also. 2 were work postings, the rest was independent travel.

Central/South America and Africa are high up on the list of places to explore next.

Forgot Monaco and corfu/Greece

The big 30!

Edit to add I've just seen Andora as well FFS. Forgot about that.... 31!!!

So being PH and all, who else forgot Monaco?

Edited by anonymous-user on Tuesday 31st January 18:41

[Iva Barchetta]

I'm over 50yo and have never left Europe.......not sure I'm that bothered about that.

UK
France
Italy
Germany
Belgium
The Netherlands
Austria
Switzerland
Luxembourg
Denmark
Sweden
Norway
Finland

Think that's it.....not even Spain.

[nonsequitur]

Iva Barchetta said:

I'm over 50yo and have never left Europe.......not sure I'm that bothered about that.

UK
France
Italy
Germany
Belgium
The Netherlands
Austria
Switzerland
Luxembourg
Denmark
Sweden
Norway
Finland

Think that's it.....not even Spain.

You're right, stay within Europe. Think of all that jet lag, nights out of bed etc. of us world travellers.