How many countries have you visited?

[jmsgld]

1. UK
2. Ireland
3. France
4. Belgium
5. Netherlands
6. Germany
7. Austria
8. Switzerland
9. Hungary
10. Denmark
11. Sweden
12. Spain
13. Greece
14. Italy
15 Malta
16. Portugal
17. Turkey
18. USA
19 Argentina
20. Brasil
21. Paraguay
22. Uraguay
23. Australia
24. Vietnam
25. Thailand
26. Indonesia
27. China (Tibet)
28. Oman
29. UAE
30. Pakistan
31. Sri Lanka
32. India
33. Morocco
34. Kenya
35. Tanzania
36. Rwanda
37. Uganda
38. Malaysia

Age 34, off to Costa Rica in 3 weeks too.

[jmsgld]

Actually I'm 33, not 34..

[caiss4]

caiss4 said:

UK, Ireland, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Lithuania, Poland, Russia,Germany (West and East before unification), Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, France, Spain, Portugal, Switzerland,Italy, Malta, Cyprus, Turkey, Lichtenstein, Austria, Hungary, Yugoslavia, Slovenia, Croatia, Greece,UAE, Quatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Oman, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, China, Hong Kong (Pre Handover), Australia, USA (inc. Hawaii), Canada, Venezuela, Brazil,Congo, Zimbabwe, Cameroun, Togo, Benin, Nigeria.

Around 48 - I thought it was about 50 or so but I can't think of any I've missed. They were all done in about a 20 year period. haven't added many new ones recently.

I'd forgotten I'd contributed to this thread back in 2009!

I don't think I've added any new countries since but I've revisited quite a few. Also I realised that I missed off Cote d'Ivoire, Romania and Bulgaria from the original list so my tally of 50 was about right.

Should be adding Czech Republic this year!

As for an unusual experience - well there are quite a few, but after adding Bulgaria it reminded me that I once flew back from Sofia in the Bulgarian government's private jet to Luton. The bizarre part was that I was enjoying champagne and canapes in the Sheraton hotel in Sofia one Friday evening at about 7pm but was back home in the UK feet up watching the 10 o'clock news that same evening! The benefits of GA flying

[gl20]

Uk, Spain, France, Italy, Vatican, Austria, Germany, Switzerland, Belgium, Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Estonia, Czech Republic, Croatia, Greece, Turkey, Egypt, Nigeria, South Africa, Mauritius, UAE, India, Mauritius, China, South Korea, Japan, Canada, US (approx 30 states), Barbados, Antigua, Argentina, Brazil, Chile

35 in 42 years. 3 favourite cities - Rio, Hong Kong and Tokyo. I'd not bother with Belgium again.

Only place I've really unsafe. Well, I've been to Jo'berg, Beunos Aires and Lagos. All felt ok... By contrast I couldn't wait to get out of Miami but May be that's more down to the hostel I was in and simply not setting expectations before I arrived.

[MBBlat]

Did the first three when I was 2 - to be honest I don't remember much
Lebanon
Jordan
Israel

France
Portugal
Spain
Germany
Switzerland
Luxembourg
Monaco
Andorra
Belgium
Netherlands
Austria
Greece
Italy
Turkey

Morocco
Algeria
Niger
Nigeria
Cameroon
Central African Republic

Russia
Mongolia
China
Thailand
Malaysia
Indonesia
South Korea

Australia
New Zealand

USA
Canada
Brazil

So 35 in 46 years, still some way to go.

[IanOE]

These are the foreign countries that I've visited:

1. Republic of Ireland
2. France
3. Belgium
4. Luxembourg
5. Netherlands
6. Germany
7. Switzerland
8. Austria
9. Liechtenstein
10. Spain
11. Portugal
12. Sweden
13. Norway
14. Finland
15. Estonia
16. Poland
17. Hungary
18. Romania
19. Czech Republic
20. Slovakia
21. Slovenia
22. Serbia
23. Bosnia and Herzegovina
24. Croatia
25. Greece
26. Turkey
27. Singapore
28. Indonesia
29. Brunei
30. Malaysia
31. Thailand
32. Cambodia
33. Vietnam
34. China
35. Japan
36. Australia
37. Sri Lanka
38. United Arab Emirates
39. United States of America
40. Brazil
41. Argentina
42. Madagascar
43. Kenya
44. Tunisia

I go by member states of the United Nations, so unfortunately I can't count Hong Kong, Macau or Taiwan.

There's only one country that I've visited solely for work and that's Norway, the rest have been holidays.

[tuffer]

tuffer said:

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.

62. Japan (and its ace).

[LimaDelta]

LimaDelta said:

Let's see, this is like a visa application...

England, Scotland, Wales, IoM, NI, Eire
from the top, Spitzbergen, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Russia, Estonia, Latvia, Denmark, Germany, The Netherlands, Guernsey, Jersey, France, Spain, Portugal, Gibraltar, Monaco, Italy, Malta, Croatia, Greece, Cyprus, Egypt, Morocco, Madeira, Canary's, Azores, Cape Verde, Bermuda, USA (Florida, Alaska, California, Washington, Oregon, Hawaii), Canada, Mexico, Belize, Costa Rico, Panama, Jamaica, Cayman Islands, Haiti, Turks & Caicos, Puerto Rico, USVI, BVI, St Maarten, St Barth's, Guadeloupe, Antigua, Dominica, St Lucia, Barbados, St Vincent & Grenadines, Trinidad, Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina, Falkland Islands, Chile, Galapagos Islands, Easter Island, French Polynesia (Tuamotos, Marquesas, Rangiroa, Tahiti, Moorea, Bora Bora), Tonga, Fiji, New Zealand, Australia, Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, Hong Kong, Taiwan, China, South Korea, Japan, and Russia, the other end.

81 or something. Includes some territories and dependancies. Probably forgotten a few islands (they all look the same after a while ). Helps that I have a ten-foot map of the world with them all marked right behind me now.

Aged 33, but if you counted the ones I've actually paid to go to by choice, the list would be considerably shorter.

Oh, and they are all sh it. There is nowhere I would settle other than Northumberland (maybe Scotland at a push, or the US, but no where else. Maybe Canada)

Good thread resurrection,

In the last five years I have only added Libya, Tunisia, Austria and Montenegro. Noticed Turkey is missing from my original list, been there since too.

So 86 ish.

[MockingJay]

France
Germany
Belgium
Netherlands
Spain
Canary Islands
Greece
Cyprus
USA

Not all that many.

[GT03ROB]

Updated:

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

Gambia
Senegal
Equatorial Guinea
Zimbabwe
Zambia
Kenya
Mauritius
Algeria
Tunisia
Egypt

Saudi Arabia
Oman
Bahrain
Kuwait
Qatar
UAE

India
China
Nepal
Thailand
Cambodia
Phillipines
Singapore

Australia

Canada
USA
Mexico
Grenada
Jamaica
Antigua

Edited by GT03ROB on Tuesday 26th December 11:55

[tim0409]

Iran
US
Canada
Rwanda
Malta
France
Belgium
Poland
France
Spain
Italy
Ireland
Norway

[al1991]

al1991 said:

United Kingdom
France
Germany
Poland
Holland
Spain (including Majorca & Menorca)
Luxembourg
Belgium
Norway
Greece (including Corfu)
Cyprus

Edited by al1991 on Wednesday 11th November 16:07

Since then I can now add:-

Montenegro
Japan
China (Hong Kong)
Slovenia
Croatia
Italy
Denmark
Switzerland
Ireland

[Fluffsri]

Fluffsri said:

Thats about it for me, I think. I knows one is a bit dodgy but I did try for weeks to convince the wife that she needed a passport to to enter

Scotland
Wales
England
Ireland
N Ireland
Isle Of Wight
France
Spain
Switzerland
Leichtenstein
Austria
Germany
Belgium
Norway
Hungary
Italy
Spain
Portugal
Cyprus
Greece
Turkey
Eygypt
Austrailia
Fiji
Belize
Venezuela
Nepal
India
Saudi
Oman
Afghanistan
Malaysia
USA (28 states visited)
Cuba
Canada

I can add Czech Republic and Poland.

[oyster]

tim0409 said:

Iran
US
Canada
Rwanda
Malta
France
Belgium
Poland
France
Spain
Italy
Ireland
Norway

How did you get to Rwanda?

[tim0409]

oyster said:

How did you get to Rwanda?

We hosted the Rwandan Commonwealth Games team for the Glasgow games pre training, and adopted them as part of the "support a second team" programme that each Local Authority area signed up to. We got on really well with them and they subsequently invited us over to meet their committee and government minister in charge of sport, with a view to helping them put the structures in place to develop sport. We managed to get a load of sports equipment from sponsors and took that over to distribute; one of the many highlights was giving a child a football (he had been using old rags rolled up into a ball shape), and his reaction was very moving.

It's a fascinating country and the people were extremely welcoming.

[Yipper]

Recently joined the 100 Club.

Top 3 places so far:

1. Greenland (icy wonderland).
2. India (organised chaos).
3. New York (the city's city).

Top 3 places on the radar:

1. Tristan da Cunha (remotest village on Earth).
2. Falkland Islands (what Britain fought for).
3. Antarctica (the last true wilderness).

[Fluffsri]

Yipper said:

Recently joined the 100 Club.

Top 3 places so far:

1. Greenland (icy wonderland).
2. India (organised chaos).
3. New York (the city's city).

Top 3 places on the radar:

1. Tristan da Cunha (remotest village on Earth).
2. Falkland Islands (what Britain fought for).
3. Antarctica (the last true wilderness).

I loved the Falklands. Been a few times with work . I took my mountainbike with me so got to see a bit more than some would. Wild life is amazing and the scenery is brilliant.

[shirt]

shirt said:

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

43

ones i forgot in bold, new ones as below.

azerbaijan
barbados
guinea
morocco
nigeria
siera leone

53 total

[Corpulent Tosser]

Not as many as a lot here but when I see it written more than I thought. I need to visit South America and Oceania though.
Europe:
Austria
Belgium
Cyprus
France
Germany
Gibraltar
Greece
Holy See (Vatican)
Ireland
Isle of Man
Italy
Netherlands
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Spain
UK

Africa:
Angola
Egypt
Nigeria

Asia:
Azerbaijan
Thailand
UAE

North America
Mexico
USA

[schmalex]

schmalex said:

France
Belgium
Holland
Germany
Switzerland
Austria
Italy
Spain
Portugal
Luxembourg
Lichenstein
Hungary
Cz Republic
Romania
Bulgaria
Republic of Ireland
Cyprus
Slovenia
Denmark
Russia
Iceland
Sweden
Morocco
The Gambia
Kenya
South Africa
Grand Cayman
Mexico
Bolivia
Guatemala
Chile
USA
Canada
Brazil
Australia
New Zealand
Malaysia
Philipines
China
Thailand
Vietnam
Taiwan
Laos
Cambodia
Dubai
Abu Dhabi
Saudi Arabia
Israel
Lebanon (trying to get in there straight from Tel Aviv was fun!)
Greece
Egypt
Turkey
Iran
Syria
Iraq
S. Korea
Croatia
Colombia
Belize
Montenegro
Bosnia



51 in total. Most of then have been whilst on business, so I haven't really seen that much of them

Only 7 more to add from 2016, but many repeat trips to others. I managed to take 56 Long Haul flights and spend 92 nights abroad last year This year will be busier..!