# Foreign travel - where you been lately? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 29, 2011, 9:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foreign-travel-where-you-been-lately/569395 "2011-01-29T09:24:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2011, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foreign-travel-where-you-been-lately/569395/21 "2011-01-29T21:16:27Z")
Oops I missed on the second two. 2. No plans as yet. Stymied by work commitments for the foreseeable future. 1. Syria/Palestine/Israel/Lebanon ---
**Author:** ![Girl\_From\_Mars](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3da27b/32.png) [@Girl\_From\_Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Girl_From_Mars)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2011, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foreign-travel-where-you-been-lately/569395/22 "2011-01-29T21:31:27Z")
Not counting the trips back home to see family in New Zealand, the last real holiday I took was to Cambodia. Depending on how things fare financially this year and if we can get a good deal, we have Thailand or Japan on the list. And the must-see locations for me are Sri Lanka, India, Jordan and Russia. (ETA home base is currently Melbourne). ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2011, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foreign-travel-where-you-been-lately/569395/23 "2011-01-29T23:18:22Z")
1. UK, in July last year. 2. New Zealand, in a week’s time. 3. Nowhere immediately leaps to mind. ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2011, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foreign-travel-where-you-been-lately/569395/24 "2011-01-29T23:24:26Z")
1. France (2008) 2. Italy (in March) 3. Not sure, I’m marking off the ones I want to see the most right now. Ireland maybe? ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2011, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foreign-travel-where-you-been-lately/569395/25 "2011-01-30T01:16:33Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > That’s the problem with being the new guy at the post office. They give you all the bad delivery routes. Actually pizza delivery and I cannot find this I.C. Weiner guy anywhere. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2011, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foreign-travel-where-you-been-lately/569395/26 "2011-01-30T02:28:43Z")
1. New Zealand South Island 2. Probably New Zealand again. I’m _this_ close to buying ANZ tickets right now–they’re having a pretty decent fare sale that ends on the 31st. 3. The top spot on my life list would have to be Tanzania (Ngorongoro Crater, Serengeti National Park) ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2011, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foreign-travel-where-you-been-lately/569395/27 "2011-01-30T03:12:22Z")
1. Just came back from a three week trip to Budapest. 2. I dunno. Maybe Oaxaca, Mexico. 3. Iceland ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2011, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foreign-travel-where-you-been-lately/569395/28 "2011-01-30T03:27:55Z")
Although an American, I live in Thailand, so I won’t count that. 1. Laos. 2. Difficult to answer. We plan to stay close to home this year and have no firm plans, but a holiday weekend in Singapore is not out of the question, and the wife will probably present a paper at a conference in Japan. The next country we are sure of visiting is the US early next year, an extended stay in New York and Hawaii. That is not a foreign country to me but is to the wife. 3. Rwanda. I really want to see the mountain gorillas. ---
**Author:** ![Imagineer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/258eb7/32.png) [@Imagineer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Imagineer)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2011, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foreign-travel-where-you-been-lately/569395/29 "2011-01-30T04:09:06Z")
I did a whirlwind tour of Germany/Austria/Italy/Switzerland/Monoco/France/England and Scottland. Canada is nearby so I was there a bit more recently. I’d go to almost anywhere in Central Europe Before I cash in? Asolutely everywhere in Europe I’ve already been. It was incredible and over in the blink of an eye. Like Disneyland for an 8-year-old. Twice won’t be enough. It would take 3 months. ---
**Author:** ![Balthisar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/balthisar/32/2825_2.png) [@Balthisar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balthisar)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2011, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foreign-travel-where-you-been-lately/569395/30 "2011-01-30T04:09:08Z")
American, living back in America. 1. Mexico. For a year and a half. 2. China… a quick preview trip, and maybe a three-year assignment. 3. Western Russia. ---
**Author:** ![Desert\_Nomad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desert_nomad/32/177_2.png) [@Desert\_Nomad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Desert_Nomad)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2011, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foreign-travel-where-you-been-lately/569395/31 "2011-01-30T04:29:54Z")
> [@aesop](#): > > One of the things that has always appealed to me about the Dope is how international it is. I think it’s cool to interact with people from all over the world. And that got me to wondering: > > 1. What was the last foreign country you visited? > 2. What’s the next one you plan to visit? > 3. What’s the one you want to get to before you cash in? > > So, where you been lately? Not counting the countries where I live (I am American based in Prague and sometimes Dubai)… 1. Sudan 2. Algeria, Iran or Libya (depends a bit on the political situation) 3. Afghanistan ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2011, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foreign-travel-where-you-been-lately/569395/32 "2011-01-30T05:21:24Z")
American 1. France 2. undecided–Italy? England? Australia & New Zealand? 3. none, really. I’ve already been to the places I consider absolutely essential. ---
**Author:** ![Cyberhwk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7993a0/32.png) [@Cyberhwk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyberhwk)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2011, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foreign-travel-where-you-been-lately/569395/33 "2011-01-30T05:46:33Z")
> [@aesop](#): > > 1. What was the last foreign country you visited? > 2. What’s the next one you plan to visit? > 3. What’s the one you want to get to before you cash in? 1.) England 2.) It’ll probably end up being Canada. I want to do a Panama Canal cruise, but an Alaska cruise or trip to see friends in Vancouver or Victoria BC is probably the most likely at this point. 3.) Either China or India ---
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2011, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foreign-travel-where-you-been-lately/569395/34 "2011-01-30T06:05:30Z")
Pakistani in Pakistan 1. November , UAE 2. Next trip probably UAE again in a month, though might have to rush to both UK and Singapore as well on short notice. 3. Brazil, Argentina ---
**Author:** ![legalsnugs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/45deac/32.png) [@legalsnugs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/legalsnugs)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2011, 10:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foreign-travel-where-you-been-lately/569395/35 "2011-01-30T10:14:23Z")
American in Budapest, Hungary We were in Austria most recently, but this past year we’ve also been to Slovenia, Jordan and the U.S. In February, I’ll spend a weekend in London, but the next real trip will be to The Netherlands in April for the flower festivals. Then again to the U.S. in June. Before I cash in, I’d like to see Peru in general, Machu Picchu in particular. ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2011, 10:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foreign-travel-where-you-been-lately/569395/36 "2011-01-30T10:28:37Z")
I’m in the US. 1. Morocco. It was lovely. I highly recommend it. 2. I was thinking about Argentina, but … maybe Turkey. 3. So many places, so little time. I’ve highly romanticized the Silk Road. And I want to cruise the Black Sea. But reading this thread reminds me of everything I want to do someday. ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2011, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foreign-travel-where-you-been-lately/569395/37 "2011-01-30T12:56:20Z")
Australian living in the U.S. 1. Canada – I visited Windsor, Ontario for a couple of hours about 12 weeks ago, while spending a weekend at Detroit and Dearborn, Michigan. One thing that I like about living is being able to drive from home to an international border. You can’t do that in Australia. 2. Australia probably, either to visit to see my new grandson and my father, or to move there permanently. 3. Japan. ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2011, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foreign-travel-where-you-been-lately/569395/38 "2011-01-31T01:28:48Z")
1. US (returned two weeks ago) 2. Barbados (in 6 days) 3. I don’t know. I find air travel so hard these days that I will not go any real distance, which really limits the possibilities. Maybe Cuba. ---
**Author:** ![Floater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/dc4da7/32.png) [@Floater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Floater)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2011, 9:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foreign-travel-where-you-been-lately/569395/39 "2011-01-31T09:08:39Z")
Swede living in Stockholm. 1. Latvia (a couple of weeks ago) 2. Scotland (in April) 3. Have no idea ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2011, 9:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foreign-travel-where-you-been-lately/569395/40 "2011-01-31T09:47:07Z")
Brit living in the UK. 1. Denmark (for Christmas) 2. Hong Kong then Thailand (tomorrow). 3. I want to go back to Turkey and Japan. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foreign-travel-where-you-been-lately/569395.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foreign-travel-where-you-been-lately/569395.md?page=3)