How many countries/cities have you travelled?

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Re: How many countries/cities have you travelled?

Postby kujichagulia » Tue Jul 19, 2016 3:38 am

OK, I'll chime in.

  • United States (my country of birth; been to most states, plus Guam)
  • Canada (Toronto/Niagara Falls and Windsor)
  • Mexico (Tijuana only)
  • Japan (where I live; been to a lot of cities and prefectures)
  • Korea (Seoul)
  • Northern Mariana Islands (Saipan)
  • Singapore
  • Malaysia
  • Indonesia (Bali)
  • Australia
  • The Maldives (honeymoon)
  • United Kingdom (England and Scotland)
  • France
  • Germany (only Frankfurt)
  • The Netherlands
  • Belgium
  • Italy
  • Spain
  • Malta
  • Czech Republic
  • Austria
  • Turkey (several hours in Istanbul)
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Re: How many countries/cities have you travelled?

Postby CMJ » Wed Jul 20, 2016 6:08 pm

Ok, I'll bite ;) Countries with an asterix are those I have lived in for at least six months.

North America
Canada*
USA

South America
Brazil

Europe
UK*
France*
Switzerland*
Germany*
Belgium*
Austria
Spain
Portugal
Italy
Czech Republic
Hungary
Netherlands
Romania
Turkey

Middle East & Africa
United Arab Emirates*
Oman
Egypt
Kenya
Tanzania

Asia
China
Japan
Thailand
Indonesia
Malaysia
Hong Kong (pre-reunification)
Nepal
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Re: How many countries/cities have you travelled?

Postby Dagane » Fri Aug 26, 2016 5:28 pm

I discovered the passion for travelling abroad fairly late. I had by then visited 15 of the 17 regions of my own country already. Since a few years ago I travel as much as I can across Europe and have lived in 5 cities of 3 different countries. Also, I have travelled quite a lot across some of the countries I've visited during several trips. For instance, I visited many places in 10 of the 12 Dutch provinces when I used to live there. May I consider myself a slow-pace traveller? I think I am, since during the last few years I've been moving countries and discovering the lands spread around my base points through a number of regular short trips.

So far I've been in:

Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, The Netherlands, United Kingdom (England, Wales and Scotland) and Vatican City.

ALthough it isn't that much, it keeps growing!
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Re: How many countries/cities have you travelled?

Postby Jimjam » Sat Aug 27, 2016 3:20 am

So far I have a huge list consisting of:
-Australia (lived here for my whole 21 years)
-Japan (visited twice for a total of 5 weeks)

Though as I will be going on exchange to Germany for a year from February, I plan to take full advantage of the travel opportunities Europe has to offer.
I would also love to see more of Australia as I have lived here my whole life but have only stuck to the east coast. It's such a huge country that I feel I would need a month or so and just drive around the country and see what it has to offer. I work in a tourist park in a coastal town and constantly meet travellers, both Australian and not, who tell me all about their travels and it makes me very jealous (As a side note, this job is amazing for speaking European languages as in the warmer months, I meet at least 1 new german speaker per day and a fair few french speakers as well so this is even better motivation to study). Unfortunately for my bank account, I have a very long list of places I want to visit so I hope that in 1 years time, I will be able to add a fair few more countries to my list, especially since Mannheim is only a stones throw away from other countries (at least to an Australian it is haha)
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Re: How many countries/cities have you travelled?

Postby RamblingMan » Tue Aug 30, 2016 4:37 am

Stealing the system above, countries marked with an asterisk are ones I've spent at least three months in.

USA*
Canada*
Mexico*
Panama*
Colombia
The Bahamas
England*
Scotland
Germany*
Norway
Poland
Czech Republic
Spain
Bulgaria*
Hungary*
Malta
Cyprus*
Jordan
Vietnam*
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Re: How many countries/cities have you travelled?

Postby arthaey » Sat Sep 03, 2016 4:15 pm

USA*
Spain (4 weeks: Madrid, Barcelona, central/southern areas)
Canada (British Columbia)
Mexico*
Switzerland (Zurich)
Germany (Munich)
Costa Rica (capital to northwestern area)
Peru (Lima, Cusco, Maccu Picchu)
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Re: How many countries/cities have you travelled?

Postby sfuqua » Sat Sep 10, 2016 3:22 pm

US* (Michigan**,Ohio**,Massachusetts**,Minnesota**,Virginia**,California**,Hawaii**,Kentucky**)
Canada
Mexico
Samoa**
American Samoa**
Fiji
Philippines**
Singapore
Japan
China
Thailand*
Northern Mariana Islands**
Ireland

I haven't really travelled very much, but I have lived for several years in several places.
** more than a year
* more than 3 months
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Re: How many countries/cities have you travelled?

Postby tolgylop » Thu Sep 15, 2016 4:07 am

OK, here goes. Single asterisks indicate total time in a given place of 3 months or more. Double asterisks for places I've lived for a year or more.

NORTH AMERICA:

USA (Kentucky**, Virginia**, Michigan**, Oklahoma**, Ohio**, California*, all other states except Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, North Dakota, Montana, Idaho, and Alaska)
Canada
Mexico

Australia

AFRICA:
South Africa

ASIA:
Japan*
China*
Taiwan**
Philippines
Hong Kong
Macau
South Korea*
Thailand*
Singapore
Malaysia
Indonesia
India*
Israel

EUROPE:
France
Germany
Netherlands
Belgium
Spain
Andorra
Monaco
Italy
San Marino
Vatican
Switzerland
Lichtenstein
Austria
Finland
Lithuania
Russia
Czech Republic


Airport only (Poland, Portugal, UK, Qatar)
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Re: How many countries/cities have you travelled?

Postby Spoonary » Fri Sep 16, 2016 11:30 pm

Yeah, my list isn't very impressive but I guess I'll share it here finally. After all, I don't have anything else I could be doing with my friday evening, like, I dunno, language learning or anything like that. :?

England - I am being specific because I have never been to any other part of the UK. This is my country of origin, where I have lived for all but one year of my life. I haven't seen nearly as much of this country as I would like to yet.

France - Disneyland Paris, when I was wee - hardly remember a thing.

Turkey - One family holiday yeeeeears ago - can't remember anything.

Germany - Coach trip down the Rhine river - I just remember it being beautiful.

Portugal - Week long trip to O Porto and Lisbon on my year abroad. I liked the former city more than the latter, it has to be said.

Spain - I spent 11 months living in Santiago de Compostela (university year abroad) and visited all of the major cities in Galicia, along with a few other little places. I spent a day and night in Asturias, (in Oviedo and Gijón) where I fell in love with asturian cider. I went to Madrid (and Toledo and Segovia) for New Year's which was amazing, then took a trip down the east coast later in the year, visiting Valencia, Murcia and, of course, the great Barcelona, which I much preferred over Madrid, if I'm honest.

Edit: I just remembered that I also went on holiday to Tenerife a number of years ago, and I'm going to Lanzarote in October, so that's something. ;)

Edit #2: Italy - In December 2016, I finally made it to the country I have wanted to visit for as long as I can remember. :) I spent the majority of my week exploring Florence which was one of the most marvellous places I have ever visited, but I also popped over to Pisa for a few hours one day.
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Re: How many countries/cities have you travelled?

Postby brilliantyears » Mon Sep 19, 2016 6:29 pm

Asia
China
Japan - lived here for a year plus spend a lot more time here
South Korea

Europe
Austria
Belgium
Canary Island
Croatia
Czech Republic
France
Germany
Greece
Ireland
Italy
Netherlands - live here :)
Slovenia
Switzerland
United Kingdom
Vatican City

North America
Canada
US (California & Arizona)

I've got a trip to Budapest planned, so I'm adding Hungary to the list soon :D
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