Considering i have lived on this planet for 35 years..

[Guy Incognito]

the amount of countries of the world i have visited is astoundingly low:

England (obviously)
Wales (obviously)
Holland..well Amsterdam (pretty obviously)
France (once with school for a week)

Err, thats it.

never been to scotland even!

I blame the fact that my parents had a little caravan and we used to go to wales or the lake district for holidays and then when i got older i spent my time going to festivals a lot. I first went on a plane when i was 30! Its never bothered me before but now i think i need to go abroad more and give my kids more of a chance to go abroad.

Anybody been to less countries?
How many countries have you been to?

[Matt]

More than I have, considering I'll be 23 on Saturday.

I've been to Ohio and Chicago, IL in the states. I've been to Canada, but never farther than Stratford. And that's it!

[YoungRemy]

I've been to Hawaii twice, PR, Cancun, and a border town called Ciudad Acuña.

lots of travel within the States. two or three cross country road trips, if not more.

would like to see Europe in my life?

[b-grrrlie]

When I was young inter-rail was the shit!
I think I travelled that way at least half a dozen times (a few times just to get to the other side of Europe, there weren't any cheap flights then).
By the time I was 35 I'd lived in Finland, Sweden and Britain (London), been to Denmark, Norway, Germany, Spain, Holland, Belgium, France,
Greece, Scotland, Ireland, Northern Ireland (thanks to Beastie Boys), New York, Florida, Maldives and Turkey.
Since then I've been to Italy, too.

[Drederick Tatum]

Guy, coming from a European that's pretty surprising. you can get on a plane and be in about 10 different countries within an hour and a half. as a Kiwi that still blows my mind, despite having come here so often. from NZ you fly for an hour and a half and land in the Pacific ocean. three and a half hours and one can get to Australia, but that place is like Lord of the Flies.

I'm 28 and have been lucky to have travel as a major feature for most of my life. not sure how many countries I've been to. the number is probably near my age.

[rirv]

Why would you ever want to leave the sunshine state of Lancashire Guy?

[rirv]

Also, I think I have been to:

Ireland, France, Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg, Poland, Germany, Austria, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Oman, United Arab Emirates and China.

I have only been to Scotland twice, and that was on consecutive weekends a few summers back and I didn't want to go.

[trailerprincess]

All of the British isles (inc Northern Ireland)
Ireland
Sweden
Finland
Germany
France
Bulgaria
Yugoslavia (when it was Yugoslavia)
Italy
Spain
Holland
Belgium
Portugual
UAE
India
Nepal
Japan
Hong Kong
Taiwan
Thailand
Malaysia
Singapore
Australia
New Zealand
South Africa
Mexico
Canada
USA


been pretty lucky really

[ericlee]

I'm more than certain that I've eaten dog and cat without even knowing.

It's factual that there's actually food chains of mcdonalds, burger king, taco bell and pizzza hut around of every popular strip of country that I've been to.

[Lex Diamonds]

Wales
USA
Canada
Spain
France
Germany
Italy
Portugal
Malta
Greece
Egypt
Namibia

Just a lot of Europe really, although I am keen to visit Oceana and Asia so I can tick them off the continent list. South America would be nice too.

I've never been to Scotland cuz I heard it was shit.

[Pres Zount]

Straya
Papua New Guinea
Scotland
England.

Do airports count?

[Guy Incognito]

Guy, coming from a European that's pretty surprising. you can get on a plane and be in about 10 different countries within an hour and a half.
I'm 28 and have been lucky to have travel as a major feature for most of my life. not sure how many countries I've been to. the number is probably near my age.

Its not like I have a fear of flying or the ambition to go to places its just been circumstances and money. I've never fancied going to resorts anywhere, i'm with bill hicks on that one "the beach is where dirt meets water". I'm just a point in my life where i feel like i should have experienced more cultures but if i am honest i would be quite happy going to florida or wherever to all the water parks etc with my kids once a year. I suppose i have always been a bit wary of the language barrier. I dunno. But i will be doing something to rectify it soon.

Why would you ever want to leave the sunshine state of Lancashire Guy?

haha - cos it rains too much



Do airports count?

No

[trailerprincess]

I think you should explore a bit more when your kids are sort of old enough to appreciate it. Travelling all over when I was younger was one of the best things ever.

[paul jones]

Chad

[Pres Zount]

I forgot I went to Afghanistan.

[kaiser soze]

I've had the chance to visit

Jamaica :)
Italy :cool:
Germany :(
Saudi Arabia :eek:
Canada ;)

[adam_f]

Ohio

[kaiser soze]

ah yes Ohio - I had the honor of living there for 5 years

actually not a bad place, made tons of great friends

[destructo]

My first an last plane ride was six years ago when I was 26. That bastard of a pilot slammed the plane down on the runway so hard that stuff fell out of the overhead compartments. I got off that plane and never looked back.

Destinations
Canada
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Michigan
Illinois
Iowa
Indiana
Nebraska
Colorado

[Guy Incognito]

i think for americans its ok to have visited a few states and not travelled out of the us as its such a large place.

america is probably the number one destination i would like to go.

one of the problems i have with travelling is that the wife went to a lot of places when she was younger with her globetrotting parents and she doesnt have the same desire to travel now, she just wants to go to glastonbury festival every year. I should sell it to her by saying we need to give the kids the same opportunities she had i suppose.

[Drederick Tatum]

I've heard that only about 20% of Americans have passports. frightening.

[hpdrifter]

France
Russia
Thailand
China
Fiji
Canada (I don't know if that counts)

I love traveling and wish I'd had the chance to do more of it before I got married, bought a house, and settled down with a stepson.

If you have the wherewithal to take your children traveling I'd say do it do it do it.

[Echewta]

Holy smokes. Tatum is right, all of those countries so close and you haven't been?

Canada
Mexico
Caribbean
Panama (oh oh oh ohhh ohh)
U.K.
Holland
Germany
Belgium
Czech Republic
U.S. - Arizona, Arkasas, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Minnisota, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oklahoma, Oregan, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, and Washington.

[saz]

three and a half hours and one can get to Australia, but that place is like Lord of the Flies.

no it's pretty awesome.

[Kid Presentable]

three and a half hours and one can get to Australia, but that place is like Lord of the Flies.

Probably because it's full of New Zealanders.

[Drederick Tatum]

pretty awesome is not how I'd describe Australia. having been there about eight times I can safely say that not only is the place full of Australians, but it's also a death trap. spiders, snakes, crocodiles, sharks, sting-rays, imminent desertification. Mad Max 2 is right round the corner.

[rirv]

There seems to be some kind of exchange program with Australia going on here in West London where I am at the moment. 25-30 yr old Australians come and live here and tell everyone how great Australia is and how the weather here is terrible. Meanwhile we send over fresh-out-of-school gap year kids who come back without any money, an STI and a whole load of shit stories.

[hpdrifter]

I was at a club a couple of weeks ago and met these dudes, one from England, one from Ireland, and one from Scotland. I told them I thought they were all supposed to hate each other and they just shrugged. They also had a friend from Australia but he wasn't in evidence that night.

If they can get along why can't you?

[YoungRemy]

US States I have traveled through and stayed at least a night

California, Hawaii, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Utah, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, New York, New Jersey, Missouri, Washington, Oklahoma, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Maryland, South Carolina

States I know I've been through on road trips

Connecticut, Ohio, Arkansas, Georgia, Virginia, Delaware, West Virginia

[saz]

pretty awesome is not how I'd describe Australia. having been there about eight times I can safely say that not only is the place full of Australians, but it's also a death trap. spiders, snakes, crocodiles, sharks, sting-rays, imminent desertification. Mad Max 2 is right round the corner.

sorry but i can't see how sydney, melbourne, and brisbane/surfer's paradise are deathtraps. they kick ass. unless of course you were pulling mick dundee styles and were out in the outback.

[MC Moot]

hmmmmm...I wonder what places Guy made it to before his current tenure on planet earth...

me?

I've been blessed...

U.S.A
Mexico
Costa Rica
Great Britain
Netherlands
France
Espana
Morocco
Israel
Egypt
Italia
Turkey
India
Nepal
Japan
Thailand

Ireland that's where I need to get to,pronto...cause it's a shame that I have yet to see the land and culture where 1/2 my heritage came from...

[funk63]

Man I feel like a morlock compared to you all. Only foreign country I've been to was Mexico City, Mexico where there was scorpions in our adobe. Never again, I'd rather have to take down a bear with a spear than sleep with scorpions.
Come to think of it I really haven't seen much of my own country, probably only a dozen or so states, most of which were driven through.

[Guy Incognito]

I was at a club a couple of weeks ago and met these dudes, one from England, one from Ireland, and one from Scotland.



Is this some sort of joke;)

[Guy Incognito]

hmmmmm...I wonder what places Guy made it to before his current tenure on planet earth...


if i didn't puff so much over the years i could have visited more countries. :(

maybe moot is right, maybe i was marco polo in a previous life or summat but actually i think my reason for not travelling is probably similar to crafty's if i am honest.

i think i should have done a lot more travelling by now and not had such a green filled existence or gone to less festivals as its a lot more of a mission to go abroad with the bairns and that brings a whole list of things to think about when picking a destination.

The thing is, whilst i have desires to visit foreign lands, i am unsure whether i have missed out or not, i dont feel any less of a person cos i havent seen the leaning tower of pisa or whatever but its all the what ifs etc. Its like i have realised want to go to places but dont really know where to go or what to do. I still am not that inspired to go, so if you lot want to tell me the reasons why you have travelled and how you have benefitted that might help.