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How many countries have you been to?

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout' started by 3814, Mar 8, 2005.

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How many countries have you been to?

  1. One and only one.

    6 vote(s)
    4.5%
  2. 2-5

    55 vote(s)
    41.0%
  3. 6-10

    41 vote(s)
    30.6%
  4. 11-20

    22 vote(s)
    16.4%
  5. 20? psssh...i've been to _________!

    10 vote(s)
    7.5%
  1. Batman Jones

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    I'm an idiot. I meant Holland.
     
  2. Agent27

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    USA
    Mexico
    Japan
    Taiwan
    Singapore(lived there for 6 months)
    Malaysia
    China
     
  3. FranchiseBlade

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    Netherlands
    Germany
    France
    Spain
    Portugal
    U.S.
    Mexico
    Australia
    New Zealand
    Italy
    Morocco
    Belgium
    England
    Fiji(not sure if that is a country or not.)
     
  4. basso

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    had a good time there too.
     
  5. AroundTheWorld

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    Europe

    Germany
    Former East Germany
    Poland
    Czech Republic
    Hungary
    Croatia
    Serbia
    Turkey
    Greece
    Liechtenstein
    Austria
    Switzerland
    Vatican
    Italy
    France
    Spain
    France
    Belgium
    Netherlands
    Luxemburg
    England
    Scotland
    Denmark
    Sweden
    Norway


    (In Europe, not yet been to:
    Andorra
    Finland
    Ireland
    Wales
    Portugal
    Slovakia
    Slovenia
    Albania
    Belarus
    Ukraine
    Latvia
    Estonia
    Lithuania
    Romania
    Bulgaria
    Cyprus
    Malta
    Färo Islands
    Iceland
    Greenland
    Russia)


    Africa:
    Tunisia
    Egypt
    United Arab Emirates (Dubai)
    South Africa

    Asia:
    South Korea
    Japan
    Thailand
    Sri Lanka
    Maldives
    Singapore
    Hong Kong

    South America:
    Venezuela
    Brazil
    Argentina

    Central America/Caribbean:
    Mexico
    Cuba
    Virgin Islands
    St. Maarten (France/Netherlands)
    Bahamas (yeah I know they are not really Caribbean...)
    Puerto Rico (since it was listed separately here...)

    North America:
    Canada
    United States (incl. Hawaii and Alaska)
    TEXAS ;)

    Never been to Australia/New Zealand/South Pacific.

    (So I guess it's close to 50 now.

    But there are still a lot of places on my list...

    Some of the next places I would really love to see...

    Easter Islands
    Galapagos Islands
    Chile
    Uruguay
    Panama
    Costa Rica
    Bora Bora
    China
    Tibet
    Seychelles
    Namibia

    More realistic in the short term:
    Portugal
    Estonia
    Ireland
    Finland
    Malta
    Cyprus

    By the way, I am going back to Dubai the day after tomorrow...for five days.)
     
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  6. AroundTheWorld

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    By the way...I think we all cannot hold a candle to my fellow alum here:

    http://www.eptours.com/whois1.htm

    Ted's profession/hobby is travel, and he lives and breathes it. In fact, Ted may be the only person you know who has traveled to every country in the world!

    As of January 2004 Ted had traveled to 307 of the 317 countries and destinations on the official list of the Travelers' Century Club ("TCC") of Los Angeles. For example:

    1) He has visited every country/TCC destination in Europe (67).

    2) Ted has visited every country/TCC destination in Africa (52).

    3) He has visited every country/TCC destination in Asia (48).

    4) He has visited every country/TCC destination in the Pacific Ocean (40) except Wake Island.

    5) He has visited every country/TCC destination in the Caribbean Sea (27).

    6) He has visited every country/TCC destination in the Near and Middle East (21).

    7) He has visited every country/TCC destination in the Indian Ocean (14).

    8) He has visited every country/TCC destination in South America (13).

    9) He has visited every country/TCC destination in the Atlantic Ocean (13).

    10) He has visited every country/TCC destination in Central America (8).

    11) He has visited every country/TCC destination in North America (5).

    12) But he has NOT yet visited the 9 TCC destinations in Antarctica. Of these destinations, 8 converge at the South Pole. The ninth destination is a Russian Antarctic base.

    :eek: :eek: :eek:
     
  7. Deckard

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    Hey, I'm a large % Scottish, and my wife is half Dutch, so I'll bow to your opinion, having immense fondness for the Netherlands. BTW, does Friesland consider themselves a separate country under the Queen?? ;)
     
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    [​IMG]

    That's the real world traveler ;).
     
  9. danielf

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    Off the top of my head..

    france
    spain
    italy
    germany
    hungary
    belgium
    holland
    denmark
    sweden
    England
    Scotland
    Wales
    Turkey
    Portugal
    Russia
    Czech Republic
    Austria
    Switzerland
    Greece

    South Africa
    Kenya

    Japan
    Korea
    Phillipines
    Taiwan

    Australia

    USA
    Canada

    not including airport stopovers.
     
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  10. TECH

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    It's a joke.

    It's a huge state. Having driven across the whole thing, I know.


    It's the only state that became part of the US via Treaty, and the only one that can fly the state flag at the same level as the US flag.

    No big deal.
     
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    Is there anyone here who hasnt left Texas?

    :)
     
  12. serious black

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    Stepped on land in the United States, Mexico, England, France, Scotland, Australia, Austria, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Belgium, Vatican City and Thailand

    Been in the airports of,
    Tahiti
    New Zealand
    Japan
     
  13. micah1j

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    Well I don't give up that Scotland is a country. From the CIA world factbook

    "England has existed as a unified entity since the 10th century; the union between England and Wales, begun in 1284 with the Statute of Rhuddlan, was not formalized until 1536 with an Act of Union; in another Act of Union in 1707, England and Scotland agreed to permanently join as Great Britain; the legislative union of Great Britain and Ireland was implemented in 1801, with the adoption of the name the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland"

    If Scotland is a country then so are all the states in the United States of America.
     
  14. KaiSeR SoZe

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    dude what the hell do you do? :D
     
  15. KaiSeR SoZe

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    "Great Britain includes the countries of England, Scotland, and Wales"

    from the CIA book as well:p
     
  16. chuichuitrain

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    USA
    Canada
    Hong Kong
    China
    Japan
    Macau
    Thailand
    Philippines
    Brasil
    Great Britain
    France
     
  17. arno_ed

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    ok apperently i was wrong, i did some research(wich means ask a somebody who studied history) and he said that legaly schotland is not a country:( . But i would not say that to schottish people, because they do see themselves as a country.(IMO they are a country)

    I think Friesland would like to think as themselves as a different country, I cannot understand a word they say:D. But they are part of the netherlands:D
     
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  18. AroundTheWorld

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    Actually, part of it is Dutch, part of it is German...
     
  19. glad_ken

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    USA
    Canada
    Russia
     
  20. davo

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    I've been to :-
    Australia, New Zealand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, China (HK)
    USA, Mexico, Canada
    England, Ireland, Scotland
    Nigeria
    Germany, France, Monaco, Denmark, Sweden, Austria, Italy, Belgium, The Netherlands

    One year British Airways sent me set of Concorde cufflinks because I had travelled to 5 continents with them in 12 months.
     

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