How many countries have you been to?

Originally posted by Ponderable
in order of visit (and my recollection of same 😉 )

1 Germany
2 Austria
3 Switzerland
4 Hungary
5 France
6 Belgium
7 UK
8 Ireland
9 (German Democratic Republic, does that count??)
9* Netherlands
10 Luxembourg
11 Italy
12 USA
13 Denmark
14 Poland
15 Spain (actually Catalunya as I was advised, if so I should add Spain directly after))
16 Czeck Republik
17 Andorra
18 Portugal
19 Russia
20 Slovakia

Let's see: USA, Canada, Mexico, Bahama's, Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Thailand, 3 years working there, 2 years working on Andros Island (AUTEC), 4 years working in Israel; Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Sweden, UK, Ireland, Belgium

So it looks like 16 for me.

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How can you forget that you've been to New York?

While we're naming them...

UK
Ireland
Spain
Holland
USA
Peru
Colombia
Ecuador
Paraguay
Chile
Argentina
Brazil
India
Kuwait

Originally posted by Trev33
While we're naming them...

UK
Ireland
Spain
Holland
USA
Peru
Colombia
Ecuador
Paraguay
Chile
Argentina
Brazil
India
Kuwait

Pooh sticks. Do i have to name and shame?

UK
Ireland
Germany
Czech republic
USA
China (and Hong Kong, but they're the same place really)
The Canary Islands (technically Spain, but not really)

So that's 7 not including the aforementioned stop over.

Originally posted by huckleberryhound
Pooh sticks. Do i have to name and shame?

UK
Ireland
Germany
Czech republic
USA
China (and Hong Kong, but they're the same place really)
The Canary Islands (technically Spain, but not really)

So that's 7 not including the aforementioned stop over.

If the Canaries count as a country my number goes up still.

Originally posted by Ponderable
If the Canaries count as a country my number goes up still.

Well it has to count as something. If i had been to the Spanish mainland also, i would not've counted it.

Originally posted by JS357
About 33.

OK it's really 36, 37 or 38.

1. Australia
2. Austria
3. Bahamas, The
4. Belgium
5. Bulgaria
6. Canada
7. Cayman Islands (if it counts, it's a British overseas territory)
8. China (or actually Taiwan)
9. Colombia
10. Costa Rica
11. Croatia
12. Czech Republic
13. Denmark
14. England
15. Estonia
16. Finland
17. France
18. Germany
19. Guatamala
20. Holy See (Vatican)
21. Hungary
22. Ireland (Republic of)
23. Italy
24. Latvia
25. Mexico
26. Monte Carlo
27. New Zealand
28. Panama
29. Poland
30. Romania
31. Russia
32. Serbia
33. Slovakia
34. Spain
35. Sweden
36. Switzerland
37. Turkey
38. USA if it counts.

Originally posted by Trev33
Does Scotland and America count? 😛

Deep South and Glaswegian certainly do.

1. USA, that's it 🙂

Originally posted by ChessPraxis
1. USA, that's it 🙂

If you have lived your entire life in the USA, you have had a chance to be exposed to the cultural influences of more countries than anyone who has lived their entire life in any other one country.

Originally posted by huckleberryhound
Pooh sticks. Do i have to name and shame?

UK
Ireland
Germany
Czech republic
USA
China (and Hong Kong, but they're the same place really)
The Canary Islands (technically Spain, but not really)

So that's 7 not including the aforementioned stop over.

I'd count Hong Kong as a different country...

Also, was your stopover between fights when you had checked in or did you have to wait to check in? Had an overnight in Schiphol as well but it was between flights and had already checked in, airport was totally dead until about 5am, there most to houses nearby as they don;t fly from 10pm to 6am (ish). Have never been in an airport so quiet.

Originally posted by JS357
If you have lived your entire life in the USA, you have had a chance to be exposed to the cultural influences of more countries than anyone who has lived their entire life in any other one country.

Only in a select few number of cities though. Heard New York has more languages spoken than any other city in the world, around 80 I think.

England (born there)
Scotland (some Scots would tell you it's a different country)
Wales (ditto above)
France (great cheese)
Germany
Holland
Belgium
Italy (great country, love Italians)
Portugal
Spain
Sweden
Denmark
Caribbean (Kaymans, Tobago, Antigua)
Malaysia (got stuck going to Borneo for about a decade, amazing place)
Thailand
Burma
Singapore
Hongkong
Luxemburg (nearly forgot that one)
Malta (why?)
Kenya (animals!)
Egypt (blew me away in an historical sense)
Maldives (fish fish fish)
United Arab thingies
Sri Lanka (nearly got killed)
Switzerland (not as dangerous as Sri Lanka)
Greece (history again...)
Turkey
Cook Islands (don't)
America
And now Indonesia for ten years (Sulawesi)

Think that's about it, haven't counted them but it looks like about thirty.

11:

Canada
USA
Mexico
Cuba
Northern Ireland
England
France
Germany
Czech Republic
Switzerland
Thailand

I'm not much of a traveler. I haven't been anywhere new in many years. When I graduated University I did my share of travels but always found coming home to be the best part. I guess that's the advantage of living in such a great city/country/continent. I have more of an urge to visit the East Coast of Canada/US then to travel afar. However, next time I travel with the family, we will be going to one of those lazy kid-friendly all-inclusives. I do look forward to that.

Originally posted by Indonesia Phil
England (born there)
Scotland (some Scots would tell you it's a different country)
Wales (ditto above)
France (great cheese)
Germany
Holland
Belgium
Italy (great country, love Italians)
Portugal
Spain
Sweden
Denmark
Caribbean (Kaymans, Tobago, Antigua)
Malaysia (got stuck going to Borneo for about a decade, amazing place)
Thailand
Burma ...[text shortened]... years (Sulawesi)

Think that's about it, haven't counted them but it looks like about thirty.

What happened in Sri Lanka? I can't say I ever had any trouble in any country I worked in. Did have one time in Thailand up country on a motorcycle trip with my gf, was set upon by a Thai gang slamming chains against the side of their car. Fortunately my bike was a lot faster than their car and we got far enough ahead that we found a little shack and hid out in back and saw them zoom by, unaware we were watching them quickly disappear down the road. That was near Chiang Mai, a really beautiful part of Thailand.

I was working on microwave communications systems at the time at NKP air force base as a civilian.

The thing about Chiang Mai was the King's palace was there and the USAF wanted to put up a communications antenna on a local hill but there was this law that you could not have any structure higher altitude than the King's palace so they had to build one about ten times bigger on ground level to pass local laws. It was about the size of a football field on end🙂

My gf went to Ta Kek in Laos and was robbed by a taxi driver, but he didn't get much, she had this backpack loaded with books and at the bottom a nice camera but all he saw was the books so she got off pretty lightly.

I went to Laos also, which was supposedly forbidden to Americans. I didn't let that stop me either, so I went to a border guard on the Thai side, explained my desire to go to Laos, he said, ok, give me 5 dollars, which I did.

He then took off his epaulates (now he was a civilian🙂 and my passport, we took a little power boat across the Mekong and met a guard over there, a friend of his, gave him a couple of dollars, the guard kept my passport, I went in to Ta Kek, did the sights for about 6 hours, had a ball, came back and the guard was still there, gave me my passport, took me back across the Mekong and back home at NKP. It was a great day! I was kind of surprised both guards were on the up and up, both very friendly!