How many countries have you visited?

daiixi · 01-01-2006 07:04PM

Longfield wrote:

Thats SEVEN countries in one year..SEVEN just how do you plan on achieving that ??, do you work for a living or are a "kept" person ?
Tbh I'm very jealous!!

I'm a backpacker.. I work, I save, I travel. Plus I travel cheap. I fly cheap, I travel by bus or train or walk and I stay in hostels. Am planning on doing the Trans-Mongolian railway in April, island hopping in Greece sometime during summer and then Scandinavia in September/October. Oh yea, am going to Paris for a long weekend in three weeks

Someone has to do it, may as well be me!!

jezza · 01-01-2006 07:12PM

Ireland
England
Scotland
N.Ireland
France
USA
Spain
Portugal
Italy
Turkey

Dooom · 01-01-2006 07:17PM

daiixi wrote:

Am planning on doing the Trans-Mongolian railway in April, island hopping in Greece sometime during summer and then Scandinavia in September/October. Oh yea, am going to Paris for a long weekend in three weeks

Puffaw, well I once walked the length of Russia. All I brought with me was a Centra shopping bag with a toothbrush, a spare pair of socks and an afro comb.*

Fair play to you though. I'd do the same except for the whole..y'know, being lazy bit.

*I haven't actually done this, nor do I have an afro comb or even an afro.
Although I knew someone who went to Russia just to get some snow for a snowball during the summer.**

**I don't actually know anyone who did that. I'll just leave quietly now...

raheny red · 01-01-2006 07:18PM

Ireland
N.Ireland
Spain
America
Wales
Turkey

It's not great but only 19 now so I have loads of time in the.............................world(:p *ahem*) to add to that list :cool:

RasTa · 01-01-2006 07:20PM

1. Ireland
2. England
3. Scotland
4. Wales
5. Spain
6. Belgium
7. Holland
8. Italy
9. Austria
10. Germany
11. Canada
12. USA
13. Austrailia
14. New Zealand
15. Indonesia
16. Hong Kong
17. Thailand
18. India
19. Bulgaria
20. Portugal

Rockee · 01-01-2006 11:21PM

1 Ireland
2 N Ireland
3 England
4 Isle Of Man
5 Spain
6 France
7 Germany
8 Holland
9 Denmark
10 Sweden
11 Russia

Travelling is the most addictive drug available! Anyone thinking about moving out of Ireland???

Creamy Goodness · 01-01-2006 11:24PM

01. ireland
02. n.ireland
03. england
04. wales
05. czech republic
06. america
07. canada

and hopefully sometime in the near future

08. sweden
09. norway
10. germany
11. japan
12. australia

Azureus · 01-01-2006 11:52PM

ireland
n. ireland
isle of man
wales
spain
england

daiixi · 01-01-2006 11:54PM

Rockee wrote:

Travelling is the most addictive drug available! Anyone thinking about moving out of Ireland???

Well I will be in the next couple of years when I head back home to Australia

Litcagral · 01-01-2006 11:55PM

Azureus wrote:

ireland
n. ireland
isle of man
wales
spain
england

i.e. 2

robinph · 02-01-2006 12:17AM

Litcagral wrote:

i.e. 2

I counted 3 and a bit as I think the Isle of Man is not actually part of the UK, or something like that.

Peteee · 02-01-2006 12:29AM

Ireland
England
Wales (Lived in all 3)
France
Italy
Spain
Portugal
Monaco
USA

alleepally · 02-01-2006 12:32AM

what's this thread for exactly when people start nit picking over how many places someone has visited?

anyway here's mine

(excluding the "home countires"

1 France
2 Spain
3 Portugal
4 Greece
5 UAE
6 Jordan
7 USA
8 Mexico
9 Netherlands
10 Germany
11 Italy
12 Brazil
13 Tallaght
14 Turkey
15 Slovakia
16 Croatia
17 Barbados
18 Trinidad and Tobago
19 India
20 China
21 Leitrim
22 New Zealand
23 Australia
24 Thailand
25 Peru
26 Easter Island
27 Chile
28 Cuba

There's more but I can't remember

Ra1ph · 02-01-2006 12:33AM

N.Ireland
Wales
Scotland
England
Italy
Belguim
France
Czech Rep.
Spain(incl. Canary Islands, Balearic Islands, Mainland Spain)
Canada
Cyprus
Greece
The Netherlands
Israel
USA
Tunisia
Jersey
Isle of Man
Hopefully there will be many more. I need to make a visit to Asia very soon.

Irjudge1 · 02-01-2006 01:29AM

England
Scotland
Wales
N. Ireland
Holland
France
Spain
Turkey

Rockee · 02-01-2006 03:19AM

daiixi wrote:

Well I will be in the next couple of years when I head back home to Australia

Im trying to do the same daiixi, what are the best jobs to get for a few months when intending to travel a lot? I was living in Sweden for the last few months and I want to head away again a.s.a.p! Only thing is Im broke! I think a life on the road is the life for me...kinda like the littlest hobo!:D

brian_boru · 02-01-2006 11:34AM

Ireland
England
Wales
USA
Spain (Incl Canary Islands + Mainland)
Croatia
Gibraltar
Albania
Corfu
Malta
N.Ireland
Aran Islands

gerire · 02-01-2006 12:14PM

Ireland
Engerland
Wales
Isle of Man
Holland
Malta
Spain
Turkey
Hong Kong
Singapore
Thailand
Vietnam
Laos
Cambodia
Austraila
NewZealand
USA
Next trip to Northern Africa and then to South America hopefully!!!

keevita · 02-01-2006 12:21PM

england (inc gibraltar),
france,
spain (inc catalonia),
greece,
bulgaria,
US,
portugal,
morocco,
belgium,
czech republic,
and many more to come hopefully!

Macha · 02-01-2006 12:29PM

1. Ireland
2. England
3. Wales
4. France
5. Spain
6. Italy
7. Switzerland
8. Austria
9. Former Yugoslavia (how many people can say that?)
10. Greece
11. Bulgaria
12. Norway
13. Turkey
14. Syria
15. Jordan
16. Israel
17. Palestine
18. Egype
19. Saudi Arabia
20. Canada
21. US
22. Fiji (x2)
23. New Zealand
24. Papua New Guinea
25. Singapore
26. Phillipines
27. Hong Kong
28. Mauritius
29. Seychelles
30. Portugal
31. Czech Republic
32. Australia
33. Vatican City
34. N Ireland...if that counts

Will be adding Latvia & Lithuania in one month!!

Richard · 02-01-2006 10:32PM

taconnol wrote:

9. Former Yugoslavia (how many people can say that?)

I can! Croatia to be exact.

Just a thought -
if you were born before the 1920s in Ireland and had been in both parts of Ireland after partition, could you claim three countries?

RefulgentGnomon · 02-01-2006 10:54PM

1.Ireland
2.Northern Ireland
3.England
4.Scotland
5.Wales
6.France
7.Monaco (There's an interesting one)
8.Italy
9.Malta
10.Portugal
11.Croatia

I think that's all. I've never been outside Europe (if you count Croatia and stuff as Europe), although I'd like to (I mightn't get on that well with the food though).

*dream09* · 03-01-2006 12:59AM

1.Ireland
2.N. Ireland
3.England
4.Wales
5.France
6.Spain
7.Italy
8.Belgium
9.Bulgaria
10.Romania

many more to be added in the future I hope!

Civilian_Target · 03-01-2006 01:45AM

I remember thinking "This is a sad little thread" when I saw it a few months back.

Now that I'm not sober, and its not little, I feel the need to post in it.

Ireland & UK
France
Belguim
Spain
Switzerland (briefly)
Italy
Finland
Serbia & Montenegro
Tangiers
FYR Macedonia (Hows that for Former Yugoslavia?)
Greece
USA (New York & Boston)
Germany

Airport stopovers and all that jazz not counted, of course...

Scariest has gotta be getting into Serbia (since getting into Northern Ireland is no longer scary), coming north on the train from Skopje into Kosovo (still part of Serbia, but possibly soon independant) - fast asleep on a seat and I wake up and there are 2 soldiers in the car with AK's, not quite what you expect...

One said something in Serbian, then looks again and says "Pazporrt?"
After digging my Irish passport out and handing it to him, he takes one look, grins broadly, lets his gun swing and said "Ireesh! Hey!"

You never realise the value of that passport of yours until you need it in a different country, it's really a ticket to anywhere!

gerire · 03-01-2006 11:10AM

Civilian_Target wrote:

One said something in Serbian, then looks again and says "Pazporrt?"
After digging my Irish passport out and handing it to him, he takes one look, grins broadly, lets his gun swing and said "Ireesh! Hey!"

You never realise the value of that passport of yours until you need it in a different country, it's really a ticket to anywhere!

I couldn't get over how much easier your life becomes when trravelling with an Irish Passport, we must have done something right along the way...

The_Conductor · 03-01-2006 12:03PM

gerire wrote:

I couldn't get over how much easier your life becomes when trravelling with an Irish Passport, we must have done something right along the way...

Hmmm, that might be-

We've not invaded anyone.
We never had colonies.
We exported inordinate amounts of doctors, nurses and teachers to the further reaches of the globe (and still continue to do so, despite the much enhanced employment prospects here via PARC).
We used to be known as the land of the thousand welcomes (before the Celtic tiger and begrudgery came to the fore).
We used to be known for our 40 shades of Green (before we became the slobs of Europe with illegal dumps every 500 yards (interspersed with illegal quarries)).
We had little but we were a happy people, and happy people are good to be around- we got on with most people, and most people got on with us......

Unfortunately, as many Polish people are finding out, our streets are not lined with gold and things have worn a bit thin. I think a lot of our good will with the rest of the world is inherrited good will, unfortunately our actions these days may well spoil it for those coming after us......

jebuz · 03-01-2006 01:46PM

1. Ireland
2. England
3. Wales
4. Scotland
5. N.Ireland
6. France
7. Greece
8. Canada
9. USA

paul666 · 04-01-2006 08:19PM

Paddyo wrote:

Ireland
Northern Ireland
England
Wales
France
Germany
Luxenbourg
Belgium
USA
Canada
Yugoslavia
Cyprus
Greece - corfu
Spain - Menorca
- Majorca
- Canary Islands
Portugal
Egypt
Israel
Russia
North Korea

wow u have been to north korea are u sure u dont mean south korea, i have been wanting to go to north korea but the strict guidelines are unbelievable ie. u need to be followed the whole time with a n. korean tour guide id love to hear ure experiences of n. korea plus americans are banned from visiting there and and journalists are banned too

BossArky · 04-01-2006 08:47PM

Richard wrote:

Just a thought -
if you were born before the 1920s in Ireland and had been in both parts of Ireland after partition, could you claim three countries?

I like it, yes why not.

gaf1983 · 04-01-2006 09:36PM

England
Wales
Ireland
The Netherlands
Canada
Northern Ireland
USA
France
Spain
Portugal
Italy
Switzerland
Germany
Luxembourg
Belgium
Czech Republic
Hungary
Slovakia
Poland

How many countries have you visited?

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