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Some rules:

* The list of countries can be found here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries . Note that Greenland, Bermuda, etc. count as separate countries, even though they may be under another country's jurisdiction.
* If you've stepped on a country's soil, you've been to it, no matter how short of a time you were there.
* If you've driven through a country, but haven't gotten out of the car, it counts.
* If you've rode a train through a country, but haven't gotten out of it, it doesn't count.
* Merely having been in airport doesn't count; however, if you leave the airport zone for more than one second, you can count it.

Me:

So far, only Canada, U.S., and Costa Rica (3). I have a ticket for Barcelona next month, so that will add 2 to 5(almost surely Morocco and Spain, and maybe France, Gibraltar, or even Portugal).

Question:
How many countries have you been to (see rules in post)

Choices:
One
2 - 5 Countries
6 - 10 Countries
11 - 15 Countries
16 - 20 Countries
21 - 30 Countries
31 - 40 Countries
41 - 50 Countries
51 - 74 Countries
75 - 99 Countries
Over 100 Countries

 

Less than I've wanted to visit, and enough to know that the number of countries one has visited is immateriel to the KNOWLEDGE gained about oneself while travelling.

The United States, Canada, Australia, Ecuador, Peru, Senegal, Morocco, Egypt, Japan, Thailand, Singapore, India, England, France, Italy, Greece, Spain, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Vatican City.

21. So I juuust made the 21-30 category. Within two months, I'll be adding three more- Argentina, Bolivia, and New Zealand. I'm hoping to always keep the number of countries I've been in higher than my age (right now it's 21 and 19, so I'm doing well).

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Originally posted by Arre:
I'm hoping to always keep the number of countries I've been in higher than my age (right now it's 21 and 19, so I'm doing well).

That's a rule of thumb! I like it.

I've been to 16, just enough to bump me to the next category. I'm going to add another three this year, maybe four.

(US, Canada, England, France, Switzerland, Italy, Spain, Andorra, Monaco, Denmark, Belgium, Australia, New Zealand, Taiwan, Thailand, Burma + Fiji, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and maybe Ireland later on this year)

That'll put me eight short of my age. Well, it's good to have goals!

Fifty-six.

North America:
-Canada
-USA
-Mexico
-Cuba
-Belize
-Guatemala
-Honduras
-El Salvador
-Nicaragua
-Costa Rica
-Panama

South America:
-Colombia
-Brazil
-Argentina
-Paraguay
-Uruguay

Europe:
-Ireland
-Iceland
-Spain
-France
-Netherlands
-Belgium
-Luxembourg
-Monaco
-Andorra
-Italy
-Vatican City
-San Marino
-Germany
-Denmark
-Sweden
-Czech Republic
-Poland
-Hungary
-Russia
-Slovakia
-Slovenia
-Bosnia and Hercegovina
-Croatia
-Romania
-Bulgaria
-Austria
-Switzerland
-Malta
-UK (Gibraltar and Northern Ireland)

Africa:
-Morocco
-Mauritania
-Tunisia

Asia:
-South Korea
-Japan
-Indonesia
-Singapore
-Malaysia
-Thailand
-Burma
-Cambodia
-Taiwan

I for one love to visit the country where the search function is my friend.

I really have no idea. I'll count them up here.

North America:
Canada
United States
Mexico

Central America:
Guatemala
Honduras
Nicaragua
Costa Rica
Panama

South America:
Colombia
Ecuador
Peru
Bolivia

Europe:
UK
France
Holland
Switzerland
Germany
Belgium
Turkey
Greece

Middle East:
Israel
Jordan
Egypt
Yemen

Africa:
Ethiopia
Tanzania
Kenya
Uganda
Zaire
Zambia
Malawi
Zimbabwe
Mali

Asia:
India
Pakistan
nepal
China
Bangladesh
Vietnam
Thailand
Malaysia
Singapore
Bali
Burma
Taiwan


That's all I can remember - there might a couple others, but I think it's statistically significant. So that makes 46 give or take a few.

Depending on how you view political units, I've been to between about 65-73.

North America: Canada, USA, Mexico

Central America: Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras,
Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama

South America: French Guiana, Suriname, Guyana, Venezuela,
Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Chile, Argentina,
Uruguay, Brazil, Paraguay, Bolivia

West Indies: US Virgin Islands (St. Croix, St. Thomas,
St. John’s), Puerto Rico, Cuba, Jamaica,
Dominican Republic, Haiti, Bahamas, Barbados,
Trinidad & Tobago (both), Grenada, Martinique,
St. Lucia, Dominica, Guateloupe

Africa: Morocco, Egypt

Europe: U.K (England, Scotland, Northern Ireland), Ireland,
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, France,
Spain, Portugal, Italy, Switzerland, Austria,
Greece, Malta, Gibraltar, Andorra, Monaco,
San Marino,Vatican City, Leichtenstein, Luxembourg

Asia: Japan, Indonesia (Flores, Bali, Java, Sumatra,
Lombok, Komodo), Singapore, Brunei, Malaysia, India,
Thailand, Cambodia, Israel

This summer adding: Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka

I've been to 52. The girlfriend has been to 53. She's always one or two ahead of me. Between us, it's around 80 different countries.

quote:

Originally posted by anniebanannie:
I for one love to visit the country where the search function is my friend.

That was my first tought, too. But, my dear serious banana, he did make it a vote thread and qualify the hell out of "country", which the other thread does not. So much so that I made the effort to vote and follow along with it. Get in the spirit! (Or hand a protest banner on the GG bridge. Haha?)

42. Very inclusive criteria, JGN. But, if you were to ask me in person, I'd drop ten for not being 'real' visits or actual separate countries.

Nationhood is the eye of the beholder.

Viaggero = travel slut

I stand by it. Search function. Use it. Live it. Love it.

stoo,

You've been to over half as many as I have. Does that make you a halfho travel slut?

Anniebannie,

I followed your link and found out that I'd already posted there - but have no recollection. It's funny how we remember certain things, but not others.

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Originally posted by anniebanannie:
I stand by it. Search function. Use it. Live it. Love it.

The thread you linked to didn't have a poll.

quote:

Originally posted by Tortuga_traveller:
Less than I've wanted to visit, and enough to know that the number of countries one has visited is immateriel to the KNOWLEDGE gained about oneself while travelling.

This thread isn't about self-knowledge. It's about how many countries you've visited. Yeah, it's a right-brain activity, but it's fun to keep track of. Not only countries, but states, provinces, and counties as well. But we'll stick to countries for now.

what if you've been to the airport of one specific country for hours at a time, twice a year, for every year that you've lived?

quote:

The thread you linked to didn't have a poll.

It is virtually the same thread, poll or not. It is repeating the same info, pretty much, that is in that thread.

This is a serious human rights violation.

quote:

Originally posted by Felix:
This is a serious human rights violation.

Yes, it is. My right to create as many semi-redundant polls as I like, a subset of the supreme right to free speech, with which all human beings are endowed, is being threatened by Anniebananie's complaints. Read the Decl. of Ind. and the UDHR why don't you!

quote:

Originally posted by Viaggero:
You've been to over half as many as I have. Does that make you a halfho travel slut?

It makes me frustrated, desperate and jealous. I hate you.

boards.bootsnall.com ≠ bootabpedia.com, there is not need to absolute, puritanical topic threading. Some, yes. Absolute, no.

I'll get you a ladder if you'd like.