Where have you been?

Post by **Chas** » Sun Oct 05, 2008 8:59 pm

I came up with 42.

Some I "know well" and have either lived in for a time or visited often. . .others were the airport stopover type. Interesting!

Post by **migrant** » Sun Oct 05, 2008 9:05 pm

23 but not done yet

Post by **MrPlum** » Sun Oct 05, 2008 9:06 pm

Cowtown Comedy wrote:I'm surprised people from UK/Europe haven't seen more, considering continent Europe has atleast 50 countries.

You are right. Of the 50-ish countries I've ticked, Europe's rank highly. One trip I wrote about called 'Man in A Van' took me through 12 alone. Portugal to Moscow in 5 months.

Spitfire · Post by **Spitfire** » Sun Oct 05, 2008 9:14 pm

15, but still have lots of time, Thailand is the base-of-operations/hub. Just that work gets in the way of the better things.

Post by **redzonerocker** » Sun Oct 05, 2008 9:20 pm

Cowtown Comedy wrote:I'm surprised people from UK/Europe haven't seen more, considering continent Europe has atleast 50 countries.

yes but a lot of countries are new.
i have been to two that are not on the list, ussr & yugoslavia which have been replaced by 20 plus new countries now

Post by **Cowtown Comedy** » Sun Oct 05, 2008 9:33 pm

My goal is travel from HH to UK overland

Post by **seasidesurfer** » Sun Oct 05, 2008 9:52 pm

A total of 57 and still going. Ex navy and then service engineer in the Oil and Gas Industry pushed up my total.

Post by **Wanderlust** » Sun Oct 05, 2008 10:14 pm

27 for me, but I don't think anybody can count airport stopovers as you are not physically entering the country - so a few of you will have to revise your totals I think! Also Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland should really be counted as separate countries shouldn't they (given that the Channel Islands are listed as separate countries (Jersey and Guernsey))? In which case I have been to 30

Post by **buksida** » Sun Oct 05, 2008 11:35 pm

20 here, which is well over half my age so I'm happy with that!

There is a fine balance between working and having money to go places, not working and having time to go places ... and somewhere between it all.

Super Joe · Post by **Super Joe** » Mon Oct 06, 2008 12:19 am

25'ish, but I'm hoping to go to Koh Tao soon too.

SJ

Post by **johnnyk** » Mon Oct 06, 2008 1:19 am

Does Pattaya count as another country? I know its another planet.

Post by **Jaime** » Mon Oct 06, 2008 7:08 am

Post by **Guess** » Mon Oct 06, 2008 7:09 am

Wanderlust wrote:........................ I think! Also Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland should really be counted as separate countries shouldn't they (given that the Channel Islands are listed as separate countries (Jersey and Guernsey))? In which case I have been to 30

No, England, Wales, Scotland & Northern Ireland are the constituents of the country know as "The United Kingdom of Great Britain & Northern Ireland". By no stretch of the rules could you call Wales or Scotland another country by international standards. Gibraltar, The Channel Islands, The Isle of Man, The Falkland Islands, Canary Islands, (not listed for some reason), The Marshall Islands, Macao, Hong Kong, etc. etc. are all semi autonomous protectorates or dependencies and are recognized internationally as different countries.

E.g. A US citizen could cross the border between England and Scotland without showing a passport but he could not travel from Heathrow to Jersey without one and immigration in Jersey would want to see it.

I had to read the list three times before coming up with any figure. I have 49 definites. I also have some in the Middle East that I visited before I was 5 years old so haven't got a clue what they were or what they are now. I have just counted Egypt and the countries I have been to more recently. Also I toured Slovenia and Yugoslavia in the seventies and I do not have a clue as to what those are now although I must have visited Slovenia itself, Croatia, Bosnia (Sarajevo) and maybe two others.

I have been to Czechoslovakia which is now two countries and the Canary Islands which would add another 2.

So I reckon it is between 52 & 58 and I have never ever crossed the equator. Quite a few would be one day only which I have counted and I have done airport transfers in Kuwait & Russia which I have not counted.

The other country missed off the list that I have been to is Yorkshire although I think that is a protectorate of Jersey.

It's and eye opener. Without the list I would have said 25 - 30.

OOps. I forgot White Hart Lane. I don't like to mention it as some of the middle eastern airlines will refuse to carry you.

Post by **Wanderlust** » Mon Oct 06, 2008 8:57 am

Guess,
I was joking by the way! However I find it strange that the list has Guernsey and Jersey separately.

Post by **hhfarang** » Mon Oct 06, 2008 9:14 am

Guess wrote:

I have never ever crossed the equator.

Pollywog!