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    How many countries?

    As of May 1, 2008, the United Nations has 192 official members (including Montenegro and Serbia - the two newest nations). That number does not include the Vatican, and it doesn't (yet) include Kosovo.

    How many countries have you visited?

    ( England, Scotland, NI and Wales are not officially recognised countries, The UK is the official country. You can add refuelling stops in the middle east, even though you don't pass their border controls and get a stamp, so you aren't technically in the country.)

    Although I've travelled a lot, I haven't actually been to that many countries, as I have a tendency to keep going back to the same countries and keep exploring in the until I get bored. Consequently I've been to The Netherlands 20+ times, and Greece, Spain, France more than a dozen times each.

    I'm guessing that Terpe, Ricky, Tawi, AlanmF1 and Subseastu are are most widely travelled members

    Where have I been?
    Europe:
    UK
    Rep of Ireland
    Belgium
    France
    Spain
    Portugal
    Italy
    Greece
    Austria
    The Netherlands
    Denmark
    Germany

    North America
    USA
    The Bahamas

    Oceania
    Australia

    Asia
    Bahrain
    UAE
    Qatar
    Oman
    India
    Turkey
    Singapore
    Malaysia
    Thailand
    Brunei
    Vietnam
    Philippines
    Hong Kong
    Macau

    29 in total, so there's still a lot more of the world to see
    Last edited by Englishman2010; 19th January 2012 at 18:07. Reason: forgot about Ireland and Belgium


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    This is going to be a long thread!

    Ive been to the following places:-
    Europe:
    UK
    Rep of Ireland
    France
    Spain
    Portugal
    Italy
    The Netherlands
    Denmark
    Germany

    North America
    USA
    Barbados
    Antigua
    St Kitts
    British Virgin Islands
    US Virgin Islands
    Tobago

    Asia
    Bahrain
    UAE
    India
    Singapore
    Malaysia
    Philippines
    Hong Kong
    Maldives
    Mauritius
    South Africa

    SOooo many more places to go!


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    UK
    Sweden
    Netherlands
    Denmark
    Norway
    France
    Spain
    Portugal
    Switzerland

    USA

    Libya
    Angola
    Canaries

    Indonesia
    Thailand
    Philippines

    Kuwait

    And of course the Isle of Man.....separate country...

    Can we count those we have been in transit in?


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    Quote Originally Posted by tone View Post
    SOooo many more places to go!
    Not a bad list Tone Agreed though, lots more places I want to visit too. Japan is top of my list


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    Quote Originally Posted by Englishman2010 View Post
    Not a bad list Tone Agreed though, lots more places I want to visit too. Japan is top of my list
    I knew Id forget some !!

    Indonesia
    Sweden!
    Bali is Indonesia - so wont count that as 2
    Canaries - isnt that Spain? if not theres another

    Looking at it yeah I am quite well travelled.

    Cheers Mate


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    ireland
    belgium
    france
    spain
    canaries
    malta
    portugal
    usa
    mexico
    jamaica
    australia
    dubai
    hong kong
    thailand
    philippines


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    Quote Originally Posted by tone View Post
    Looking at it yeah I am quite well travelled.

    Cheers Mate
    Long may it continue


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    I do hope so - I love travelling and with Rina - she is so much fun, but with Baby on the way its going to stop plus I have run out of money! Booo


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    Quote Originally Posted by lastlid View Post
    And of course the Isle of Man.....separate country...

    Can we count those we have been in transit in?
    IOM Don't IOM and the CI's official count as UK at the UN

    You can add transit countries, I have Although I've passed through Dubai and Abu Dhabi (Both UAE), Bahrain, Qatar and Oman dozens of times I've never actually been to any of them. On my last flight back from HK, the plane stopped in Bangkok, so I've added Thailand too


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    UK
    Rep of Ireland
    France
    Spain
    Italy
    Greece
    The Netherlands
    Germany
    Sweden
    Finland
    Czech Republic

    USA
    Canada
    Mexico
    St. Lucia

    UEA

    The Philippines
    Japan


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    26 for me, and I've lived for stays of more than 3 years in 5 different countries.


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    Going back to my first foreign venture as a child (Holland) in no particular order

    EUROPE
    UK (all + Jersey & Guernsey)
    Holland
    France
    Belgium
    Luxembourg
    Andorra
    Spain
    Portugal
    Greece
    Romania
    Czech Republic
    Former Yugoslavia
    Former East Germany
    Former West Germany
    Denmark
    Norway
    Sweden
    Irish Republic

    ASIA
    Singapore
    Indonesia
    Malaysia
    Thailand
    Philippines

    Americas
    Canada
    USA
    Mexico

    I think thats about it I've not counted airport stops/plane changes (Bahrain, Hong Kong, Pakistan) only places I've at least overnighted in


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    Quote Originally Posted by Dedworth View Post
    Romania
    That made me chuckle given your love of thieving Roma scum


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    What a well travelled bunch we are

    Is the fact we love travelling one of the reason's we ended up with Filipina partners


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    Aha thats another I should add - went to Poina Brasov for my first skiing holiday when I was 20 - such a good laugh the skiing was good too!


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    Quote Originally Posted by Englishman2010 View Post
    That made me chuckle given your love of thieving Roma scum
    Bad memories of that cesspit.

    I got frostbite on one of my fingers (Predeal near Brasov where Tone went)was paraded and photographed in front of all the medical students at local hospital here when I got back - probably never seen a frost bite case since then. Also got held by the Police for a few hours.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Englishman2010 View Post
    What a well travelled bunch we are

    Is the fact we love travelling one of the reason's we ended up with Filipina partners
    Partly, but mostly my dislike of fat wrinkly women with bad teeth and even worse attitudes.


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    Also got held by the Police for a few hours.
    That would make an interesting list,countries we have been arrested or detained for short periods in,even a few hours would count



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    Got something you want to share with us Tawi ?


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    Quote Originally Posted by Dedworth View Post
    Bad memories of that cesspit.

    I got frostbite on one of my fingers (Predeal near Brasov where Tone went)was paraded and photographed in front of all the medical students at local hospital here when I got back - probably never seen a frost bite case since then. Also got held by the Police for a few hours.
    I hope you didn't try the Sir Rannulph Fiennes approach to DIY frostbite surgery


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    I really did get detained by immigration in Japan.
    "Why do you keep visiting every few months"?
    They held me for a good 4 or 5 hours until they had checked out both my company and also telephoned Carina (we were not married at that time)
    They asked her so many questions, even asked for her medicare policy number.

    Eventually let me go, but only after making sure I had completed the residence permit application (because they said I could then stay as long as I wanted without any questions) and the Chief immigration officer at Narita airport signed it for me....

    I was really so tired and fed up, just kept thinking I cannot face being sent home on another 10+ hour flight.


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    Quote Originally Posted by lastlid View Post
    UK
    Sweden
    Netherlands
    Denmark
    Norway
    France
    Spain
    Portugal
    Switzerland

    USA

    Libya
    Angola
    Canaries

    Indonesia
    Thailand
    Philippines

    Kuwait

    And of course the Isle of Man.....separate country...

    Can we count those we have been in transit in?
    Need to add:

    Rep of Ireland
    Andorra
    Congo

    Visited in transit :

    Dubai
    Saudi
    Singapore
    Alaska (on the way to New York)
    Greece
    Malta
    Zaire

    Isle of Man is a "Crown Dependency" and is not part of the United Kingdom

    Much of my travel has been work related. I have been to the USA about 5 times now but all on business. And spent 3 years in Libya, again work related. I had never been to South East Asia until I spent 5 weeks working in Indonesia (Irian Jaya) about 14 years ago, which opened my eyes to that part of the world.

    I turned down a trip or two to Nigeria and I am not sad about that, but I regret not taking the opportunity I had to go to Egypt. I would love to see the pyramids etc.


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    I still have a lot on my to-go list

    Philippines
    Malaysia
    Taiwan
    United Arab Emirates
    Qatar
    Kuwait
    Germany
    Switzerland
    France
    Austria
    Greece
    Turkey
    Spain
    Italy
    United Kingdom



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    UK
    France
    Ireland
    Italy
    Greece
    Canaries
    UAE
    Spain
    Portugal
    Austria
    Germany
    Sweden
    Dominican Republic
    Cuba
    Seychelles
    Philippines
    China
    S Korea
    Hongkong
    Indonesia
    Thailand

    Still lot of places to discover, for the meantime relax, sit back and have a tea cup


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    Europe
    Austria
    Belgium
    Bulgaria
    Czech Republic
    East Germany
    Eire
    Finland
    France
    Greece
    Italy
    Luxemburg
    Netherlands
    Norway
    Poland
    Portugal
    Romania
    Spain
    Sweden
    Turkey
    West Germany

    Africa
    Algeria
    Egypt
    Tunisia

    Middle East
    Abu Dhabi
    Kuwait

    Asia
    Hong Kong
    India
    Indonesia
    Japan
    Laos
    Malaysia
    Philippines
    Singapore
    Thailand

    Americas
    USA

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    Interestingly very few here have sampled the delights of Africa.


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    I have been to South Yemen and Egypt...well a day out in each during the 21 day voyage home from Malaya on this ship.

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    Also had a pleasant day day out in Sri Lanka...watching the 'Elephant Dance'.
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    3 years earlier my mother and us 3 kids had flown out to Singapore on this (75 seater 'Hermes') :

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    - Took 3 days including 2 overnight stops and several for refuelling.

    That's why I don't complain much about the 18 hours or so to the Phils.


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    Quote Originally Posted by grahamw48 View Post
    I have been to South Yemen and Egypt...well a day out in each during the 21 day voyage home from Malaya on this ship.

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    Also had a pleasant day day out in Sri Lanka...watching the 'Elephant Dance'.
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    3 years earlier my mother and us 3 kids had flown out to Singapore on this (75 seater 'Hermes') :

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    - Took 3 days including 2 overnight stops and several for refuelling.

    That's why I don't complain much about the 18 hours or so to the Phils.
    OMG you have been on some ropey old transport, reminds me of my trips on a DC3 out in Libya.


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    It was NEW then ....and very comfy I might add...better than a blinkin Jumbo Jet in fact.

    We could of course have been lucky enough to get a flight on the new De Havilland Comet Jet....and ended up in the drink.


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    For countries visited, I'm presently at 83 countries, a mere 43% of the world. I'd like to visit Oceania in the coming years on vacations and increase that a little more. One place I wasn't sure where to add was Antartica, went there in 2006 and 2007.
    I have an excel sheet going back more than 10 years with everyday of my life and the town/country i'm in each day, and I still continue to update that.


    Africa 11/54

    Algeria
    Angola
    Cameroon
    Congo
    Egypt
    Equatorial Guinea
    Libya
    Morocco
    South Africa
    Sudan
    Tunisia

    Asia 18/44

    China
    India
    Indonesia
    Iran
    Israel
    Korea, South
    Kuwait
    Malaysia
    Oman
    Philippines
    Qatar
    Russian Federation
    Saudi Arabia
    Singapore
    Syria
    Thailand
    Turkey
    United Arab Emirates

    Europe 32/47

    Austria
    Belgium
    Bulgaria
    Croatia
    Cyprus
    Czech Republic
    Denmark
    Estonia
    Finland
    France
    Georgia
    Germany
    Greece
    Italy
    Latvia
    Luxembourg
    Malta
    Monaco
    Netherlands
    Norway
    Poland
    Portugal
    Romania
    San Marino
    Slovakia
    Slovenia
    Spain
    Sweden
    Switzerland
    Ukraine
    United Kingdom
    Vatican City

    North America 15/23

    Antigua and Barbuda
    Bahamas
    Barbados
    Canada
    Costa Rica
    Dominica
    Dominican Republic
    Greneda
    Jamaica
    Panama
    Saint Kitts and Nevis
    Saint Lucia
    Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
    Trinidad and Tobago
    United States

    Oceania 0/14

    None

    South America 7/12

    Argentina
    Brazil
    Chile
    Columbia
    Ecuador
    Peru
    Uruguay


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