How many countries have you visited?

[stevensdrs]

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.

Since then I can add

St Lucia
Aruba
Curacao
Grenada
Cuba
Vietnam
Cambodia
Malaysia

So that's 55 now. It would have been more if Covid and failing health hadn't got in the way the last 3 years.

[flight147z]

flight147z said:

Thought it would be a good time to revisit this at the start of a new year!

Obviously COVID got in the way a bit but since I last posted at the end of 2019 I've been to the following:

Zimbabwe
Bulgaria
United Arab Emirates
Portugal
Italy
Greece
Germany
Cape Verde
Kenya
Ireland

New ones are in bold

By my count that takes me to 34 in total

Last day of the year is as good a day as any to update my list. This year I've been to the below, new ones in bold. Up to 36

I have definitely now reached the point where this will slow down a lot as there are a few places I keep going back to rather than going somewhere new

No plans for 2024 yet

Italy
Switzerland
Italy
Morocco
Thailand
Spain

[toasty]

This year, Ireland and Romania added to the list.

[Suspicious_user]

onlynik said:

33

Angola
Austira
Australia
Belgium
Brunei
Bulgaria
Canada
China
Denmark
Egypt
Faroes
Finland
France
Gibraltar
Hungary
Indonesia
Iraq
Ireland
Italy
Japan
Kazakhstan
Libya
Malaysia
Namibia
Netherlands
Norway
Qatar
Singapre
South Africa
Spain
Sweden
Uk
USA


Eta - forgot China and Japan somehow.

Edited by onlynik on Monday 2nd January 19:49

Add

UAE
Germany
Thailand
Switzerland

[K50 DEL]

K50 DEL said:

29 for me, though skewed slightly by the fact I lived in West Africa for 3 years and the Middle East for 5 so plenty of work travel.
Private travel has almost always been to the USA (I've toured extensively through 47 states) so other countries have taken a bit of a backseat.

UK
EIRE
France
Germany
Belgium
Switzerland
Austria
Solvakia
Netherlands
Italy
Portugal
Spain (Canaries)
Finland

USA
Canada

UAE
Bahrain
Qatar
Oman
Jordan
Iraq
Kurdistan

Singapore
Malaysia
Thailand

Tunisia
Angola
South Africa
Seychelles

Planning to add at least 2 more in 2020 with trips planned to Kuwait and Russia, hopefully might squeeze a Euro trip in there as well.

Well Covid nixed both Kuwait and Russia, in fact it killed all my planned travel for a couple of years in the end so the only addition in 2023 was Luxembourg, though I did manage to tick off the 48th contiguous state, having been stuck on 47 for 8 years!

I'm not sure what 2024 will bring, though I'm hopeful of plenty more travel

[Lefty]

Some well travelled people here!

I’m 43 but have nowhere near the list of many on here.

Lived:
UK
Eire

Worked:
NL
Norway
Italy (just an airport)
Libya
Nigeria
Gabon
Mozambique
South Africa (just an airport)
US
Canada
Russia
Japan (just an airport)
UAE
Qatar
Jordan
Iraq
Kazakhstan
Azerbaijan

Holiday:
France
Spain
Mauritius
Greece

Edited by Lefty on Monday 1st January 10:12

[daqinggregg]

A mere 24 for me, some visited multiple times.

UK
Netherlands
West Germany
East Germany
France
Switzerland
Yugoslavia
Malta
Turkey
Greece
Italy
Portugal
Spain
Andorra

Hong Kong
Macau
Taiwan
Philippines
Thailand
Bangladesh
Indonesia
Vietnam
China
Singapore

However, all at my own expense, too dim to get anyone else to pay.

[djc206]

K50 DEL said:

Well Covid nixed both Kuwait and Russia, in fact it killed all my planned travel for a couple of years in the end so the only addition in 2023 was Luxembourg, though I did manage to tick off the 48th contiguous state, having been stuck on 47 for 8 years!

I'm not sure what 2024 will bring, though I'm hopeful of plenty more travel

I added 2, Thailand and Chile. I’m pretty happy with that, Chile was an incredible addition, a beautiful country full of wonderful people and exceptionally good wine. 2024 promises another visit to South America so let’s see what happens but I fear my number has stalled somewhat.

[Jim on the hill]

12 this year including 6 new ones

China - Best Asian food I've ever experienced, people were so friendly

Denmark

Taiwan

Norway

Costa Rica - One of my favorite countries ever, did two weeks touring East to West then North to South.

Latvia

Total just above 50 now, going to have a quieter travel year this year focusing on European Road trips.

[Lefty]

Jim on the hill said:

12 this year including 6 new ones

China - Best Asian food I've ever experienced, people were so friendly

Denmark

Taiwan

Norway

Costa Rica - One of my favorite countries ever, did two weeks touring East to West then North to South.

Latvia

Total just above 50 now, going to have a quieter travel year this year focusing on European Road trips.

That’s bloody good going for 2 days

[Suspicious_user]

Lefty said:

Jim on the hill said:

12 this year including 6 new ones

China - Best Asian food I've ever experienced, people were so friendly

Denmark

Taiwan

Norway

Costa Rica - One of my favorite countries ever, did two weeks touring East to West then North to South.

Latvia

Total just above 50 now, going to have a quieter travel year this year focusing on European Road trips.

That’s bloody good going for 2 days

[brickwall]

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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.

One year on, and this year I can add to the list:
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
- Saudi Arabia

Up to 32.

Slightly disappointed that it's only 3 new countries, despite 95 flights. Theoretically could add Qatar and Bahrain, but that was only transiting through. I didn't even make it to the USA once this year.

Another year, another 2 new countries, so now up to 34.
- Malta
- Egypt

Have one more new one planned for 2019 already (Singapore)

In 2019 I added Singapore to the list, and in 2022 I added Morocco, so now up to 36. No new countries in 2020 and 2021.

I should be adding at least one more to the list in 2023, but I suspect it’ll be 2024 before I hit 40 countries.

2023 I added Thailand to the list, and also realised I’d forgotten Lichtenstein from and earlier year.

So now up to 38.

[RustyMX5]

A rather pathetic list

1 Andorra
2 Austria
3 Belgium
4 Estonia
5 France
6 Germany
7 Guernsey
8 Hungary
9 Ireland
10 Italy
11 Jersey
12 Liechtenstein
13 Luxembourg
14 Netherlands
15 Seychelles
16 Singapore
17 Slovakia
18 Spain
19 Switzerland
20 United Kingdom
21 USSR
22 Vatican City
23 Vietnam

I really do need to get out more

[Lefty]

USSR whilst it was USSR? Interesting!

[RustyMX5]

Lefty said:

USSR whilst it was USSR? Interesting!

Only just as it was in February 1991. A school trip to Moscow and Leningrad. Quite an amazing trip and it did feel as though things were bubbling away under the surface.

[shirt]

updated as i wanted to know if i'd breached the 60 barrier, 63 to date!

afghanistan
aruba
austria
azerbaijan
bahamas
barbados
belarus
belgium
brazil
burkina faso
cameroon
chad
croatia
curacao
cyprus
czech republic
denmark
estonia
finland
france
germany
greece
guinea
hungary
india
indonesia
israel
italy
jamaica
kenya
latvia
liechtenstein
lithuania
luxembourg
madagascar
malaysia
mali
malta
mauritania
morocco
myanmar
netherlands
nigeria
oman
panama
poland
qatar
russia
senegal
sierra leone
singapore
slovakia
slovenia
spain
sri lanka
sweden
switzerland
tanzania
thailand
uganda
ukraine
united arab emirates
united states

still so many places i want to visit. recent years has been a mix of business and leisure. just been made redundant so hopefully the next career phase brings less of the latter but pays for more of the former!

Edited by shirt on Wednesday 3rd January 13:04

[RC1807]

37 for me

CBA to list them all, let alone alphabetically!

[unrepentant]

Italy
France
Cyprus
Greece
Ireland
Portugal
Germany
Belgium
Sweden
Gibraltar
Monaco
Spain
Holland
UK

USA (also live there now)
Canada
Jamaica
Dominican Republic

Australia
Singapore
Hong Kong
China
Philippines
Taiwan
Malaysia
Thailand

I'd like to visit India one day, never had a reason to go there but one day I'd like to.

[shirt]

i'm looking forward to the james may india travelogue. deffo recommend india but makes a massive difference if you have friends there to arrange things. i had an awesome time, can't wait to go back. i have a standing invite to go volunteer at the Gurdwara Bangla Sahib! if i had one of these digital nomad jobs i'd be in jaipur already though, wonderful.

as for listing them alphabetically, there are various apps you just check the box where you've been and it spits out the list.

[nvubu]

UK
Ireland
France - many
Andorra
Spain - many
Portugal
Italy - many
Switzerland - many
Germany - many
Austria - many
Slovenia - many
Yugoslavia
Belgium
Netherlands
Mexico
Egypt - many
Cape Verde
Ghana
Nigeria
Sudan
Ethiopia
Kenya - many
Uganda (Lived there)
Tanzania - many
Zanzibar (I got a stamp in my passport)
Malawi
Zaire - many
Zambia - many
Zimbabwe - many
Botswana - many
South Africa - many

Forgot:
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Singapore
Australia

For 2024:

Back to Zimbabwe and Zambia again next week, USA for the first in April - visiting universities with my daughter. Argentina in July, USA again in August.

As I'm 60 now, I don't think I'll be adding a many more to this list - maybe in S America. One country that I have really wanted to visit for a few years now is Somaliland - I think I may have to go and ask forgiveness afterwards rather than ask permission before - I was checking flights/accommodation there earlier today.

My daughter is determined to visit as many countries as possible - I think she will get over 100 by the time she is 30.

Edited by nvubu on Saturday 6th January 13:32

Edited by nvubu on Sunday 7th January 21:06