How many countries have you visited?

[StevieBee]

lockhart flawse said:

Latest new place was Macedonia two years ago

Did you get to Ohrid? Lovely place!

[Rosscow]

stevensdrs said:

England
Northern Ireland
Scotland
Wales
Eire
Canada
Usa
Mexico
Bahamas
Jamaica
Barbados
Dominican Republic
St Vincent
Dominica
British Virgin Islands
Cape Verde
The Gambia
Canaries (all of them)
Morocco
Gibraltar
Portugal
Spain
Majorca
Tunisia
Corsica
Italy
Malta
Sicily
Rhodes
Crete
Cyprus
Israel
Egypt
Kenya
Bali
Singapore
Arab Emirates
Thailand
Australia
Turkey
Croatia
Slovenia
Netherlands
Germany
Belgium
Austria
Norway
Bulgaria

That's 47 I can remember and some of these have been visited several times.

Come on, Steve. I think you're pushing the boat with Sciliy, Corsica, Gibraltar, Crete and Rhodes!!

[soad]

Neilski got this one bagged, surely?

MY ROUND THE WORLD RIDE (INC TOP BLAGGING AT SPA & THE RING)

[anonymous-user]

I got 33, the std Western Europe stuff, and S E Asia, but includes
a few no one has mentioned;
Sudan
South Sudan
Ethiopia

Sudan has incredible pyramids that you buy a ticket and a torch and go in on your own, feels really creepy 'tomb raider' stuff,

[AJS-]

Not as well travelled as some on here...

France
Ireland
Spain
Holland
Germany
Belgium
Italy
Greece
Croatia
Serbia
Hungary
Slovenia
Austria
Switzerland
Luxembourg
Andorra

Australia
New Zealand

Canada
US

China
Hong Kong
Macau
S Korea
Thailand
Laos
Malaysia
Singapore
Cambodia
Burma

Kuwait
Qatar
UAE

33 in 37 years

[monamimate]

A cursory glance through these lists suggests that South America is the lonely cousin out there, getting relatively few visits.

Wonder why that is...

Too far?
Too vast to decide where to go?
Not known enough?
Poor image (drugs or whatever)?

Any thoughts?

[tezzer]

My tripadvisor map..........

[AJS-]

monamimate said:

A cursory glance through these lists suggests that South America is the lonely cousin out there, getting relatively few visits.

Wonder why that is...

Too far?
Too vast to decide where to go?
Not known enough?
Poor image (drugs or whatever)?

Any thoughts?

True enough! Always been on my 'one day' list and by the flip of a coin I ended up coming to Asia instead. Other times it's been a bit of a combination of all of the above.

[acer12]

32 y/o
52 countries including 26 US states
Travel is my passion, so any excuse to hit the road

[NRS]

monamimate said:

A cursory glance through these lists suggests that South America is the lonely cousin out there, getting relatively few visits.

Wonder why that is...

Too far?
Too vast to decide where to go?
Not known enough?
Poor image (drugs or whatever)?

Any thoughts?

Just back from Patagonia where I added Chile and Argentina. Think it's the distance and cost of flights. Far East and USA are often a lot cheaper on sale despite being long distance too.

13 countries for me at 28, but didn't leave the UK until 20 I think. Will be adding Japan in a month or so.

USA
Argentina
Chile
UK (Scotland, Wales, England)
Norway
Sweden
Denmark
Estonia
Latvia
Spain
Monaco
France
Italy

[blindswelledrat]

NRS said:

monamimate said:

A cursory glance through these lists suggests that South America is the lonely cousin out there, getting relatively few visits.

Wonder why that is...

Too far?
Too vast to decide where to go?
Not known enough?
Poor image (drugs or whatever)?

Any thoughts?

Unfamiliarity with the people, lack of any kind of comfort and knowledge that very few people speak English combined with the distance, I would guess.I went to Peru and I think it took almost 20 hours to get there and during our time there we only encountered a handful of people who spoke English.
Also, whether we admit it or not, we all find comfort in being somewhere where other British people are. Not in the Benidorm sense, but just in the sense that if other British people are there you know it's okay

[toasty]

I'm getting around...


...but so many places left to go.

[blindswelledrat]

Where are those west African pins toasty? Namibia or Angola?

[toasty]

blindswelledrat said:

Where are those west African pins toasty? Namibia or Angola?

Namibia and Botswana camping trip with Explore. Quite possibly the best trip I've been on, especially the Namibian part. One of the few places I'd like to go back and see again.

A few pics if you're interested. https://www.flickr.com/photos/jcross/albums/721576...

[blindswelledrat]

toasty said:

Namibia and Botswana camping trip with Explore. Quite possibly the best trip I've been on, especially the Namibian part. One of the few places I'd like to go back and see again.

A few pics if you're interested. https://www.flickr.com/photos/jcross/albums/721576...

Looks like an amazing trip. FUll marks for photography too. I didn't notice any pics from the Skeleton Coast- did you reach as far as there?

[toasty]

blindswelledrat said:

Looks like an amazing trip. FUll marks for photography too. I didn't notice any pics from the Skeleton Coast- did you reach as far as there?

Thanks, Swakopmund and Warvis Bay was as close as we got and the Skeleton Coast runs for a few hundred miles to the North from there. It was quite chilly there compared to inland. I've heard the best way to view the Skeleton Coast is by plane as there's very little there but desert.

[InnocentShadows]

All UK
Jersey
France
Germany
Luxembourg
Holland
Italy
Spain
Gibraltar
Israel
Cyprus
Iraq
Saudi
Dubai
Tunisia
Egypt
Morocco
Ascension
Falklands
South Georgia
Argentina
Peru
Chile
Easter island
Afghanistan
New Zealand
Australia
Japan
China
Thailand
Canada
USA
Quebec
St. Lucia
Grenadines
Antigua
Turks & Caicos

That's what's in the last couple of passports, can't find my first couple....

[SimonTheSailor]

UK
France
Germany
Holland
Belgium
Switzerland
Sweden
Italy
Spain
Portugal
Greece
Czech Republic
Iceland
Russia
Burma
Thailand
Cambodia
Vietnam
Malaysia
Singapore
Indonesia
New Caledonia
Vanuatu
Australia
New Zealand
Guatemala
Belize
Mexico
USA
Algeria
Morocco

Recently added -

Solomon Islands
Papua New Guinea

Whats 35/36 ? Must try harder.........so many more places to go !!

[creampuff]

EUROPE/SCANDANAVIA:
UK
France
Spain
Gibraltar
Germany
Austria
Switzerland
Lichtenstein
Luxembourg
Netherlands
Belgium
Denmark
Norway
Sweden
Finland
Estonia
Ireland
Greece

MIDDLE EAST:
Turkey
Israel
Syria
Jordan
Qatar
United Arab Emirates

AFRICA:
Morocco
Egypt
Ethiopia
South Africa

AMERICAS:
Canada
USA
Guatemala
Mexico
Belize
Venezuela
Ecuador, including Galapagos Is.
Peru
Bolivia
Chile, including Easter Is.
Brazil
Uruguay
Argentina
Cuba

OCEANIA:
Australia
New Zealand

ASIA:
P.R. China
Taiwan
Hong Kong
Macau
Japan
Vietnam
Laos
Cambodia
Burma
Philippines
Indonesia
Brunei
Singapore
Malaysia
India
Sri Lanka
Thailand


On the wish list are North Korea, Madagascar, Sierra Leone, Iran, some of the 'Stans.

We should do a thread on which countries you have err, tried out, one of the locals

Edited by creampuff on Saturday 5th December 16:06

[brickwall]

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...