How many countries have you visited?

[GT03ROB]

GT03ROB said:

Well lets see:

UK
Eire
Sweden
Denmark
Holland
Germany
Belgium
Luxemborg
Switzerland
Hungary
Romania
France
Spain
Portugal
Italy
Vatican
Croatia
Greece
Turkey
Malta
Cyprus
Kazakhstan
Azerbaijan

Gambia
Senegal
Equatorial Guinea
Zimbabwe
Zambia
Kenya
Mauritius
Algeria
Tunisia
Egypt

Saudi Arabia
Oman
Bahrain
Kuwait
Qatar
UAE

India
China
Nepal
Thailand
Cambodia

Canada
USA
Mexico

Edited by GT03ROB on Monday 19th October 10:15

Well since then I can add :
Czech Republic
Australia
Singapore
Phillipines
Antigua
St Lucia
Grenada

So up to 54 now

[NordicCrankShaft]

Wow, some very impressive lists here!

UK (Wales, Scotland, England, N.Ireland)
USA (Florida, New York, Vegas, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco)
Cambodia
Vietnam
Laos
Egypt
Turkey
Tunisia
Burma
China
India
Nepal
Bangladesh
Singapore
Philippines
Spain
Sweden
Germany
Norway (currently live here)
Latvia
Denmark
Slovenia
Poland
France
Iceland

Can add Japan to the list next year!

Edited by NordicCrankShaft on Sunday 6th December 16:58

[schmalex]

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?

I shot over to Bogota for 31/2 days last week. It's not too bad to get to - 10 hours, direct overnight flight from LHR on Avianca means you're pretty rested going each way. The city felt very safe (albeit we didn't really go to the stty areas), the costs were very reasonable and the food was incredible. It looks like we are going to be doing a fair amount of business over there next year, so I'd better get used to the trip pdq.

Off to Rome tomorrow for a couple of days and I bet I'm going to see more crime there!

Edited by schmalex on Sunday 6th December 15:22

[v15ben]

I've always wanted to visit South America, but never quite got round to it due to circumstances, chances to visit other places and really that I want to do South America properly and actually spend a few weeks enjoying various countries rather than just a quick trip to say Buenos Aries or Rio. It'll happen one day though.

[snabzter]

A list that I need to extend and add more states further west in the U.S.:

U.K.
Republic of Ireland
France
Spain
Portugal
Netherlands
Belgium
Germany
Switzerland
Norway
Italy
Yugoslavia (in 1990)
Greece
Malta
Czech Republic
USA (Maine, Virginia, Delaware, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Maryland, New York, D.C and Pennsylvania)
Cuba
Canada
Dominican Republic
Mexico
Kenya
South Africa
Mauritius
Egypt
New Zealand

[neilski]

Lazily copied from my Couchsurfing profile. I count 57 excluding the UK.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, France, Georgia, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Mauritius, Mexico, Monaco, Montenegro, Morocco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Peru, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Thailand, Turkey, United States, Uzbekistan

Countries I’ve Lived In

Jordan, Nigeria, Oman, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom

[5potTurbo]

Well there's a surprise, Neil!


My last Passport had visa stamps in for:

Apr-07 Singapore
Apr-07 Hong Kong
Apr-07 Xiamen, China
Oct-08 Ha Noi, Vietnam
Aug-09 Seychelles
Jul-10 Chicago, USA
Jul-10 Sarnia, Canada
Apr-11 Singapore
Apr-11 Hong Kong
Jul-11 Chicago, USA
Aug-11 Sarnia, Canada
May-12 Chicago, USA
Dec-12 Vancouver, Canada
Jun-13 Toronto, Canada (for U.S.)
Jun-13 NY, USA
Oct-13 NY, USA
Nov-13 Singapore
Nov-13 Hong Kong
Mar-14 Toronto, Canada
Mar-14 NY, USA
May-14 Chicago, USA
Jul-14 Chicago, USA
Oct-14 Miami, USA
Mar-15 Toronto, Canada (for U.S.)

Most of the Chicago entries are visiting my brother when I'm travelling on business, using O'Hare as my U.S entry hub.


Given I drive all over Europe, and live in a country neighbouring Belgium, France & Germany, we cross borders a lot. I've lost count of the places visited.

[rob0r]

34 countries, 30 years

UK (England, Wales, Scotland, N. Ireland)
Eire
France
Belgium
Germany
Italy
Switzerland
Spain
Portugal
Majorca
Tenerife
Gran Caneria
Crete
Greece
Cyprus North
Cyprus South
Turkey
Israel
Egypt
Saudi Arabia
USA
Puerto Rico
British Virgin Islands
US Virgin Islands
Dominica
Martinique
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent
Barbados
Grenada
Bonaire
Aruba
Antigua
St Maarten

[schmalex]

rob0r said:

34 countries, 30 years

UK (England, Wales, Scotland, N. Ireland)
Eire
France
Belgium
Germany
Italy
Switzerland
Spain
Portugal
Majorca
Tenerife
Gran Caneria
Crete
Greece
Cyprus North
Cyprus South
Turkey
Israel
Egypt
Saudi Arabia
USA
Puerto Rico
British Virgin Islands
US Virgin Islands
Dominica
Martinique
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent
Barbados
Grenada
Bonaire
Aruba
Antigua
St Maarten

Mallorca, Tenerife and Gran Canaria are all parts of Spain

[Flying Penguin]

1. Andorra
2. Argentina
3. Aruba
4. Austria
5. Barbados
6. Belarus
7. Belgium
8. Bonaire
9. Brazil
10. Bulgaria
11. Chile & Isla Carlos III
12. Colombia & San Andres & Providencia
13. Cuba
14. Cyprus
15. Czech Republic
16. Dominican Republic
17. Egypt
18. France & Corsica
19. The Gambia
20. Germany
21. Italy & Sardinia
22. Jamaica
23. Kazakhstan
24. Maldives
25. Mauritius
26. Monaco
27. Morocco
28. Namibia
29. Netherlands
30. Norway
31. Poland
32. Portugal
33. Qatar
34. Romania
35. Russia
36. Slovakia
37. South Africa
38. Spain & Lanzarote
39. Switzerland
40. Tanzania
41. Tunisia
42. Turkey
43. Ukraine
44. United Kingdom
45. Uruguay
46. Vatican City

Almost 50 years old...

[tuffer]

1. Denmark
2. Greece
3. France
4. Germany
5. Belgium
6. Holland
7. Norway
8. Sweden
9. Finland
10. Estonia
11. Latvia
12. Russia
13. Italy
14. Spain
15. Portugal
16. Croatia
17. Bosnia
18. Serbia
19. Hungary
20. Czech Republic
21. Egypt
22. Jordan
23. Israel
24. Lebanon
25. Morocco
26. Switzerland
27. Belize
28. Mexico
29. USA
30. Canada
31. Jamaica
32. Barbados
33. Dominican Republic
34. Oman
36. UAE
37. Kuwait
38. Qatar
39. KSA
40. Bahrain
41. New Zealand
42. Australia
43. Thailand
44. China
45. Hong Kong
46. Malaysia
47. Singapore
48. India
49. Luxembourg
50. Ireland
51. Iceland
52. Lithuania
53. Poland
54. Austria
55. Slovenia
56. Romania
57. Turkey
58. Cyprus
59. South Africa
60. Mauritius


I think that's it.

61. Indonesia, how could I forget the stunning Ria Bintan golf course.

Edited by tuffer on Tuesday 15th December 17:22

[tuffer]

schmalex said:

rob0r said:

34 countries, 30 years

UK (England, Wales, Scotland, N. Ireland)
Eire
France
Belgium
Germany
Italy
Switzerland
Spain
Portugal
Majorca
Tenerife
Gran Caneria
Crete
Greece
Cyprus North
Cyprus South
Turkey
Israel
Egypt
Saudi Arabia
USA
Puerto Rico
British Virgin Islands
US Virgin Islands
Dominica
Martinique
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent
Barbados
Grenada
Bonaire
Aruba
Antigua
St Maarten

Mallorca, Tenerife and Gran Canaria are all parts of Spain

And Crete is a Greek Island.

[Flying Penguin]

tuffer said:

schmalex said:

rob0r said:

34 countries, 30 years

UK (England, Wales, Scotland, N. Ireland)
Eire
France
Belgium
Germany
Italy
Switzerland
Spain
Portugal
Majorca
Tenerife
Gran Caneria
Crete
Greece
Cyprus North
Cyprus South
Turkey
Israel
Egypt
Saudi Arabia
USA
Puerto Rico
British Virgin Islands
US Virgin Islands
Dominica
Martinique
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent
Barbados
Grenada
Bonaire
Aruba
Antigua
St Maarten

Mallorca, Tenerife and Gran Canaria are all parts of Spain

And Crete is a Greek Island.

... and Puerto Rico unincorporated US territory

[Amateurish]

Flying Penguin said:

tuffer said:

schmalex said:

rob0r said:

34 countries, 30 years

UK (England, Wales, Scotland, N. Ireland)
Eire
France
Belgium
Germany
Italy
Switzerland
Spain
Portugal
Majorca
Tenerife
Gran Caneria
Crete
Greece
Cyprus North
Cyprus South
Turkey
Israel
Egypt
Saudi Arabia
USA
Puerto Rico
British Virgin Islands
US Virgin Islands
Dominica
Martinique
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent
Barbados
Grenada
Bonaire
Aruba
Antigua
St Maarten

Mallorca, Tenerife and Gran Canaria are all parts of Spain

And Crete is a Greek Island.

... and Puerto Rico unincorporated US territory

Ooh, can I have a go as well.

It's Ireland, not Eire.
North Cyprus is not a recognised country distinct from (South) Cyprus.
Martinique is part of France (a DOM).
Bonaire, Aruba and St Maarten are all part of the Netherlands.

[Dr Slotter]

UK
France
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Germany
Denmark
Sweden
Finland
Spain
Italy
Austria
Switzerland
Canada
Barbados
St. Vincent & The Grenadines
USA (Mass., Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Pennsylvania, Maryland, D.C., Virginia, Georgia, Florida, Michigan, Illinois, Oklahoma, Colorado, Utah, Nevada, Arizona, California, Oregon, Washington).

Hmmm... must get out of Western Europe/North America!

[Flying Penguin]

Amateurish said:

Ooh, can I have a go as well.

It's Ireland, not Eire.
North Cyprus is not a recognised country distinct from (South) Cyprus.
Martinique is part of France (a DOM).
Bonaire, Aruba and St Maarten are all part of the Netherlands.

Sweet! And don't forget Curacao

[lockhart flawse]

North Cyprus is definitely a separate country and qualifies as for years the only way to get there was via Istanbul - you could not cross from the south.

[Rostfritt]

At 30 years old:

Asia:
Cambodia
China
Hong Kong
Japan
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
Laos
Mongolia
Singapore
South Korea
Thailand
Vietnam

Africa:
Burkina Faso
Egypt
Ghana
Kenya
Mali
Mauritania
Morocco
Namibia
Senegal
South Africa
Tanzania
The Gambia
Tunisia
Western Sahara
Zambia

Europe:
Austria
Belgium
Croatia
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Iceland
Ireland
Italy
Jersey
Latvia
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Montenegro
Netherlands
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Russia
Serbia
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Ukraine
United Kingdom

Middle East:
Georgia
Qatar (Airport, which doesn't really count)
Turkey
United Arab Emirates

Americas:
Canada
USA

Pacific:
Australia

That makes 67, well 66 if you take off Qatar airport. Technically I have been to a small bit of Bosnia on the train from Serbia to Montenegro but it doesn't even stop there also stepped into North Korea in the Joint Security Area on the border but that doesn't exactly count. I had to send my last passport back as it was full, so now have a fat one which I have 5 more years to fill up, which I need to get to work on as the last few years have not involved that many stamps.

To pick one weird event, maybe getting drunk with the border guards in Laos while waiting for the Vietnamese side to finish their lunch break, while a newly found travel companion tried to use their computers to forge 'onward flight tickets' to be allowed through. We ended up hammered, then hitched a ride in a corn truck to some random place at 3am.

[shirt]

afghanistan
aruba
austria
the bahamas
belarus
belgium
cameroon
chad
cyprus
czech republic
estonia
finland
france
germany
greece
hungary
indonesia
israel
italy
jamaica
kenya
latvia
lithuania
luxembourg
malaysia
malta
mauritania
myanmar
netherlands
oman
panama
qatar
russia
singapore
slovakia
spain
sri lanka
sweden
tanzania
thailand
uganda
united arab emirates
united states

43

[smithyithy]

I've got some catching to do! But at 25 with some disposable income I'm trying to holiday at least twice a year now, there's just so many places to see

UK (England, Wales)
Isle of Man
France
Spain
Germany
Poland
Czech Republic
Greece
Turkey
USA (Florida)

Never been to Scotland somehow will change that in the new year, maybe a weekend break to Edinburgh.

And the big one for 2016 is Japan