How many countries/cities have you travelled?

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Re: How many countries/cities have you travelled?

Postby JayRS152 » Sat Aug 19, 2017 6:37 am

I've been to (not including the United States): Canada, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, and Japan
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Re: How many countries/cities have you travelled?

Postby tarvos » Sat Aug 19, 2017 9:16 am

A slightly updated list with a few new countries:

Europe:

Netherlands*
Belgium*
Spain*
Romania*
Greece*
France
Germany
Luxembourg
Sweden
Denmark
Norway
Iceland
Austria
Switzerland
Italy
United Kingdom (but only England)
Czech Republic
Andorra
Vatican City
Hungary
Russia
Poland
Slovakia
(Belarus) - I spent all this time on a train. But it was ~24 hours.


North America:
Canada*
United States (quite a few states, about 10 or so I think?)

Asia:
China PR*
South Korea
(and technically North Korea as I stepped over the border at Panmunjeom)


This is by far not enough to satisfy my tastes, so I plan to add a lot more countries to this list (and add a lot more languages in order to speak to people from those countries). I've studied most of the languages of these countries though.
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Re: How many countries/cities have you travelled?

Postby Gomorrita » Sat Aug 19, 2017 1:18 pm

I haven't been to any new country in quite a few years now. Maybe my best chance for increasing the number is Scotland or Catalonia becoming independent. :D
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Re: How many countries/cities have you travelled?

Postby IronMike » Sat Aug 19, 2017 5:17 pm

IronMike wrote:Most states in the U.S.
Canada
Russia
Germany
Denmark
Norway
UK
Ireland
Spain
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
Japan
France
Romania
Bulgaria
Cyprus
Bosnia
Croatia
Italy
Iraq
Afghanistan
Saudi Arabia

I think that's it.


I can now add Finland and Montenegro.
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Re: How many countries/cities have you travelled?

Postby Xenops » Sat Aug 19, 2017 7:35 pm

U.S. states (not including airports):
Idaho
Washington
Oregon
Utah
Wyoming
Montana
California
Arkansas
Texas
Alaska
Louisiana
Massachusetts
Connecticut

Countries:
China
Japan
Guatemala
Mexico
Canada

Hopefully once I'm moved to the East Coast, Europe will be in easy reach. ;)
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Re: How many countries/cities have you travelled?

Postby overscore » Sat Oct 14, 2017 7:16 pm

Canada
USA
UK
Germany
Hungary
France
Czech Republic
Austria
Belgium
Slovakia
Poland

Singapore
China
Cambodia
Thailand
Japan
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Re: How many countries/cities have you travelled?

Postby peter » Sat Oct 14, 2017 10:30 pm

Rhian wrote: Half the time I'm filling out forms abroad I want to end up screaming that England is not the UK.

In India people only seem to understand England. I was interviewing some potential students in Delhi once, and at another table one candidate was being told about Glasgow: "Is it in England?", "Yes, yes, England" she was assured... I've yet to have problems with forms though.

Most of my holiday travel has been around various parts of Britain and India. I've not got a great desire to travel elsewhere, but somehow academic conferences and other persuasions have taken me away from this island to more places than I thought: Austria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Malta, Sweden, the Netherlands, USA.

(Israel proved to be "unlucky 13" - we were all booked to go this summer, but illness scuppered the whole plan.)
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Re: How many countries/cities have you travelled?

Postby sfuqua » Mon Oct 16, 2017 5:32 pm

sfuqua wrote: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


I guess I can add a star to Ireland* and if I can count "Northern Ireland" I can add a mention of that... Or UK if that is what I should call it.

I can't wait for summer; I want to add Scotland, England, Wales, and France to the list.
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Re: How many countries/cities have you travelled?

Postby zenmonkey » Mon Oct 16, 2017 6:00 pm

I don't think I've answered...

  • Mexico
  • USA
  • Canada
  • Guatemala
  • Barbados
  • Costa Rica
  • Dominican Republic
  • Panama
  • Saint Kitts and Nevis
  • Argentina
  • Brazil
  • Venezuela
  • Austria
  • Belgium
  • France
  • Spain
  • Portugal
  • Luxembourg
  • Croatia
  • Ireland
  • UK
  • Czech Rep
  • Slovakia
  • Denmark
  • Germany
  • Hungary
  • Netherlands
  • Norway
  • Poland
  • Switzerland
  • Turkey
  • Vatican
  • China
  • India
  • Jordan
  • UAE
  • Singapore
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Re: How many countries/cities have you travelled?

Postby Bluepaint » Mon Oct 16, 2017 7:13 pm

zenmonkey wrote:I don't think I've answered...

  • Mexico
  • USA
  • Canada
  • Guatemala
  • Barbados
  • Costa Rica
  • Dominican Republic
  • Panama
  • Saint Kitts and Nevis
  • Argentina
  • Brazil
  • Venezuela
  • Austria
  • Belgium
  • France
  • Spain
  • Portugal
  • Luxembourg
  • Croatia
  • Ireland
  • UK
  • Czech Rep
  • Slovakia
  • Denmark
  • Germany
  • Hungary
  • Netherlands
  • Norway
  • Poland
  • Switzerland
  • Turkey
  • Vatican
  • China
  • India
  • Jordan
  • UAE
  • Singapore


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