List countries you have visited

Quoting socalexplorer

dude, you're killing me! i count 75, that's quite impressive, i have 43, (would be 44 if i count hong kong but that's not a country). planning on picking up turkey and a bunch of the balkans this summer so i should be at 50 but 75 is quite the accomplishment.

Heh. I was up to 80 so I've forgotten somewhere. :-)

I realised that the numbers don't matter, that's just ticking. If you're going to say "Well, I've been to 120 countries and I think..." - surely you'd get just as much impact saying "Well, I've been to 48 countries and I think...".

Ticking is also unfair - Scotland deserves to be a tick as it is, to me, quite a distinct experience from England. But lots of people wouldn't count it. Similarly HK, Macau. Not Wales. ;-) But then Novosibirsk is going to be very different to St Petersburg, or a cruise touching at Flåm is a very different day to one in Oslo, so a country count only means so much. Travel is hard to measure.

I have friends who won't take a trip if they've already been to a country, as they want "new". Okay you may want to visit some new towns but every travel experience is new and different.

The balkans are on my to-do list. But I still feel there are so many obvious places I've not found time to visit. Australia. South America proper. Moscow! (Remedying that at Easter.) India. Japan. ... Ah well, I'd better get off to the day job...

Well said Andyf.

It's still fun to check the count, and we can check our own here on TP as well, if properly naming all trips you took. Mine is here: travel stats. Seems like 93 countries, but it's a matter of what you consider countries. Whole discussions on the web, but I usually also check wikipedia for lists, which has lists for independent countries, list for non-independent countries and overseas territories (I mean French Polynesia is not really France is it...) and even lists with countries which are almost not recognized by any other country (Nagorno Karakabh, Abkhazia, Transdnjestria etc).

It's just about border and that's why I think you said it well. Europe is as big as the USA or Australia and of course with over 50 countries it's pretty diverse regarding cultures, people, languages, food etc. But regarding nature, I might even say that the USA is more diverse and that's just one country.

I tend to like the idea of Cyberia, as it depends hugely if you really experienced countries by doing nothing or travelling around. But even visiting just one places for a long time might give you more perception of the country than visiting 10 in a rush. And tours are a bit of a discussion: I used one for North Korea (no other option really lol), but you keep travelling with all those other travellers really limiting perspectives.
And finally there is that discussion about what is the reall....fill in accordingly. Is Amsterdam the real Netherlands? It might not be the way the Netherlands is as a whole but it is definately the real Netherlands, just like any small village in the rural north.

Cheers and happy travels!
Michael.

[ Edit: Edited on 27-Nov-2012, at 06:40 by Utrecht ]

Hey

My list isn't something spectacular:

Switzerland
Denmark
Austria
Thailand
USA
Germany
Belgium
France

Above all, I'm totally in love with Switzerland .

Saudia Arabia
UAE
Iraq
Singapore
Malaysia
Thailand
Srilanka
UK
India
and Whole of Pakistan my Country by road number of times.

United Kingdom
France
Germany
Austria
Spain
Portugal
Russia
Belgium
Greece
Turkey
Bulgaria
United States
Switzerland

USA (I live here, but have lived in or visited many places throughout the country)
West Germany (yes, I am that old )
Germany
Belgium
France
Canada
Mexico
Bahamas
Puerto Rico
Hong Kong
Taiwan
Thailand
South Korea
China
Tibet
Bhutan
Nepal

I have spent most of my time in the China/Nepal/Tibet area. I love that region.

I recently visited Maldives the best place for travelling,I also want to visit Singapore, Switzerland.

Wow, a little show-off-thread

So, let's go:

Canada
USA
Germany
Italy
Switzerland
Austria
France
Great Britain
Denmark
The Netherlands
Belgium

In brackets, times visited (for personal reasons, not for work)

USA (9 times) 6 months in total (23 states)
Canada (3 times)
Mexico (twice)
France (8)
Germany (7)
Croatia (4)
Slovenia (1)
Italy (2)
Luxembourg (2)
Belgium (2)
Spain (8) - Whole summer in Tenerife as Whale Researcher, Gran Canaria, La Gomera
Autonomous regions:
Majorca
Ibiza
Tenerife
Gran Canaria
La Gomera
Fuereventura
Lanzarote
La Palma

Australia (3) 6 months
New Zealand (2) 3 months
Fiji (1)
Hong Kong (3)
Singapore (5)
Macau (1)
Thailand (3) (4 months)
Laos (1)
Myanmar (1) offshore
Malaysia (1)
Viet Nam (1) 1 month
Cambodia
Egypt - Red Sea
Ireland
Scotland
Wales
England
Vatican
Portugal
Serbia
Bosnia and Herzegovena
Indonesia
Latvia
Lithuania
Finland
Poland
Ukraine
UAE
Estonia
In detail:

England (Barnsley, Leeds, Worksop, Rugby, Sheffield, Doncaster, Rotherham, Bolsover, Maltby, Dinnington, Wakefield, Guildford, Reading, London, Bath, Bristol, Birmingham, Coventry, Loughborough, Nottingham, Northampton, Southampton, Leicester, Swansea, Tenby, Peterborough, Farnham, Basingstoke, Bournemouth, Lymington, Milton Keynes, Fort William, Manchester, Brighton, Hove, Cambridge, Oxford, Derby, Gloucester, Cirencester, Cheltenham, Lincoln, Plymouth, Portsmouth, St. Albans, York, Wakefield, Fleet, Weymouth, Bognar Regis, Lyme Regis, Stroud, Stratford-Upon-Avon, Tewkesbury, Tetbury, Malmesbury)

1. Ireland (Dublin)

Scotland (Fort William)
Wales (Swansea, Tenby, Pembroke)
France (Le Beach, Paris, St Malo, Calais, La Rochelle, Nantes, Chamonix, Les Praz, Passy, Les Bois, Argentière)
Holland (Amsterdam, Zwolle)
Germany (Cologne, Aachen, Dusseldorf, Hamburg, Bremen, Hannover (3 times), Minden (10 times), Loh hof, Bockeburg, Osten, Nendorf, Dortmund, Essen, Berlin, Potsdam, Dresden, Saxon Switzerland National Park [Bastei, Konigstein])
Spain (5 Canary Islands - Tenerife, Gran Canaria, La Gomera, Fuereventura, Lanzarote, 2 Balarics - Ibiza, Majorca, Madrid, Barcelona, Girona, Andulucia (Marbella, Puerto Banos, Ronda, Malaga, Granada [Alhambra], Almeria, Tabernas [Mini Hollywood], Murcia, Alicante, Benidorm, Valencia)
Portugal (Lisbon, Caracas)

1. Turkey (Istanbul)

Croatia (Pula, Porac, Dubrovnik [Rector's Palace, Pile Gate, Ploce Gate, City Walls, St John's Fort, Maritime Museum, Dominican Monastery Stradun {alley}], Ploce, Kolocep, Lopud, Sipan, KOrluca, Lok Rum, Zagreb, Plitvice Lakes, Zadar, Sibernik, Trogir, Split, Brac (Supertar, Bol), Hvar (Hvar Town, Stari Grad, Jelsa), Vis (Vis, Komiza))

1. Slovenia (Lake Bled, Ljubjana)

Austria (Vienna, Linz)
Italy (Venice, Rome, Milan, Pisa, Sardinia - Alghero, Sassaria)
Belgium (Brussels (4 times), Waterloo, Bruges, Macenenken, Ghent, Antwerp)
Denmark (Skagen, Freidschafen, Allborg, Arhus, Copenhagen)
Sweden (Stockholm, Gothenberg)

1. Slovakia (Bratislava)

The Vatican (Vatican City)
China (Hong Kong, Macau)
Egypt (Marsa Alam, Sharm El Sheikh, Cairo, Giza)
United States of America (23 States: Cites: Orlando, Key West, Bush, Tampa, Seattle, Washington D.C., L.A., Las Vegas, San Diego, Grand Canyon, Hoover Dam, Chicago, New Orleans, Jacksonville, Savannah, Boston, New York, Memphis, Buffalo, Hawaii, San Fran, Colorado - Denver, Boulder, Colorado Springs, Salt Lake City, Archers National Park - Utah, Cheyenne - Wyoming, Idaho, South Dakota, Deadwood, Mouth Rushmore, Crazy Horse - Custer, Red Rock, Morrison)
Canada (Vancouver, Niagara Falls)
Mexico (Tijuana)
Fiji (4 islands)
Australia (Darwin, Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Cairns, Port Douglas, Canberra, Alice Springs)
New Zealand (Milford Sound, Auckland, Wellington, River Valley, Christchurch, Queenstown, Pahia, Abel Tasman, Dunedin, Kaikoura, Wanaka, Lake Taupo, Waitomo, Whitianga, Rotorua, Picton, Arrowtown, Whangarei, Franz Josef, Seacliff)
Singapore
Malaysia (Butterworth, Melaka, KL, Penang, Lumpar, Paulo Pankur)
Thailand (Bangkok, Chang Mai, Chang Rai, Phuket, Pattaya, Krabi, Koh Lanta, Koh Phi Phi, Koh Tao, Poh Pha Ngan, Koh Samui)
Cambodia (Pheom Phen, Angkor Wat, Siem Reap)
Laos (Puc Beng, Luang Prabang, Vientiene)
Vietnam (Hanoi, Saigon, Nra Trang, Hue, Hoi An, Da Long, Mue Ne, Ha Long Bay, Mekong Delta)

1. India (Andaman Islands)
2. Finland (Helsinki)

Estonia (Tallinn, Parnu)

1. Latvia (Riga)

Lithuania (Kaunas, Vilnius, Klaipeda, Nida, Trakei)
Poland (Warsaw, Krakow, Bialystok, Berkenau, Auschwitz)

1. Switzerland (Geneva)

Bosnia and Hercegovina (Mostar [Stari Most, Crooked Bridge, Muslibegovic House, Kujundziluk {alley}, Koski Mehmed Pasa Mosque], Blagaj, Pocitelj, Kravice Waterfalls, Capljina, Neum, Sarajevo [Tunel Museum, Olympics Museum, and Bobsled track, 1914-1918 Museum/Assassination sight/Latin Bridge, Post Office, Catholic Church, Fortress Wall, National Museum])
Serbia (Belgrade [Kalemegdan Citadel, Tesla Museum, Titos Grave, Parliament, Pornirski Park, Trg Republike, Zemun, Zoo, Alexander Nevski Church, Oskars Restaurant], Novi Sad)

Hungary (Budapest [Botantical Gardens, State Opera House, National Museum, Royal Palace, Citdadel, Cave Church, Gellert Htel and Baths, Hungarian Parliment, Chain BridgeSt, St Stephen's Basilica, Matyas Church)
Czech Republic (Prague, Brno)
Ukraine (Kiev) (2)
United Arab Emirates (Dubai [Hatta], Abu Dhabi, Sharjah)
Oman
Indonesia (Bali - Despansar, Kuta, Pandang Bai, Ubud;Lombok - Kuta, Senuru, Lembar; Java - Jakarta; Komodo, 4 islands)
Tunisia
Brazil
Uruguay
Paraguay
Argentina

To come:

Southern Balkans: Tirane, Obsiz lake, Nis, Sofia
More Egypt: Hurgarda, Eilat, Petra, Taba
Rhodes, Falaraki, Kos, Aiya Napa, Athens, Santorini, Myokonos, Crete, Corfu, Ios [Milopita Beach])
Romania: Bucharest
More Germany: Munich, Frankfurt (again)
More Switzerland: Interlocken, Zurich, Bonn
More France: Nice, Lyon, Paris (more)
Faro, Huelva
Seville, Andulucia (Cadiz, Cordoba, Donana National Park), Bilbao
Morocco, Tunisia
S.A Itinerary
Luxembourg
Silicy: Palermo - Naples
Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia
More of England: Norwich, Newcastle, Farne Islands, Snowdon, Kent, Isle of Man, Canterbury, Hereford, Cardiff

2012 June Eastern Balkans (Montenegro, Macedonia, Bulgaria, Albania).
2012 September Morocco
2012 Greece (Island hopping)

2013 Madeira/Azores/Malta

2014 Tonga/South Pacific/Cook Islands

2015 South Africa

India
More of Arabia
Plus see more of Poland.

[ Previous last edit: Edited on 05-Apr-2012, at 07:06 by boulderman ]

Think this is all... :

Iceland - Lived
Denmark - Lived
Portugal -Lived
Spain
France
Germany
Holland
Belgium
San Marino
Italy
Greece
Croatia
Hungary
England
Ireland
Sweden
Norway
China
Vietnam
Cambodia
Laos
Thailand
Australia
New Zealand
Cook Islands
USA