# Geographical Parameters II **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 26, 2000, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geographical-parameters-ii/30810 "2000-08-26T06:26:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2000, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geographical-parameters-ii/30810/1 "2000-08-26T06:26:09Z")
Rastahomie’s recent thread inspired this one. It’s even simpler (and there may have been a thread like this already). How many countries have you been in? In my case, it’s pretty low - two; the United States and Canada. ---
**Author:** ![Rock-n-Rolga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/22d042/32.png) [@Rock-n-Rolga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rock-n-Rolga)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2000, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geographical-parameters-ii/30810/2 "2000-08-26T06:37:51Z")
Um, not too many for a supposedly jet-set groupie like myself: USA Canada Mexico England Sweden Finland Holland France Jeez, looks like the quarter-finals for the World Cup, eh? Except there’s no Germany or Brazil… ---
**Author:** ![JavaMaven1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/cab0a1/32.png) [@JavaMaven1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JavaMaven1)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2000, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geographical-parameters-ii/30810/3 "2000-08-26T06:53:07Z")
I’m not the most traveled of people, but I’ve had the chance to get around: US England Scotland France Switzerland Italy Greece Israel Turkey Egypt Still on the list: Equador, Brazil, Morrocco, Germany, Austria, Russia, Ireland ---
**Author:** ![flodnak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/838e76/32.png) [@flodnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flodnak)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2000, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geographical-parameters-ii/30810/4 "2000-08-26T07:36:31Z")
US Canada Norway Sweden Finland Denmark Germany the Netherlands Belgium Luxembourg France Switzerland …and I’ve also been at Keflavik Aiport, Iceland, but only to change planes, so counting Iceland would be cheating. ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2000, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geographical-parameters-ii/30810/5 "2000-08-26T13:44:18Z")
USA Mexico Cayman Islands Jamaica England France Belgium Gibraltar Morocco Germany Italy Austria Switzerland Spain Japan Korea (only at the airport to change plames) ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2000, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geographical-parameters-ii/30810/6 "2000-08-26T14:20:50Z")
The United States and Canada. ---
**Author:** ![Gregor\_Samsa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a6a055/32.png) [@Gregor\_Samsa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gregor_Samsa)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2000, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geographical-parameters-ii/30810/7 "2000-08-26T14:23:16Z")
Canada England Holland Belgium Luxembourg France Italy Greece Israel Egypt Never the USA, oddly enough. ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2000, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geographical-parameters-ii/30810/8 "2000-08-26T14:27:04Z")
Oops, forgot Monaco and The Netherlands :rolleyes:. ---
**Author:** ![MysterEcks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f475e1/32.png) [@MysterEcks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysterEcks)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2000, 8:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geographical-parameters-ii/30810/9 "2000-08-27T08:41:09Z")
I’m kind of a stick-in-the-mud–I’ve only made it to the easy ones: USA, Canada, and Mexico. ---
**Author:** ![hawthorne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@hawthorne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hawthorne)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2000, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geographical-parameters-ii/30810/10 "2000-08-27T12:27:52Z")
Australia New Zealand UK (England Scotland Wales) Germany Netherlands Phillipines Taiwan US Canada Vietnam Tonga Thailand ---
**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2000, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geographical-parameters-ii/30810/11 "2000-08-27T18:11:09Z")
US Mexico Canada Bahamas Cayman Islands Saudi Arabia Iraq Kuwait Greece Ireland (the last two only count if you consider a flight change a “visit”) ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2000, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geographical-parameters-ii/30810/12 "2000-08-28T03:07:38Z")
U.S. Canada Mexico Belgium Netherlands Luxembourg France Switzerland Germany (Including the Free State of Bavaria) Italy (missed San Marino) Vatican City Austria Liechtenstein Spain (missed Andorra) Portugal Denmark (in Sweden for 20 minutes, on a lark, but I don’t count it) U.K. (England and Wales, only) Ireland Barbados Grenada Venezuela Netherland Antilles (if that can be counted separately from the Netherlands) ---
**Author:** ![Fretful\_Porpentine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fretful_porpentine/32/2873_2.png) [@Fretful\_Porpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fretful_Porpentine)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2000, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geographical-parameters-ii/30810/13 "2000-08-28T03:14:11Z")
U.S. Mexico Dominican Republic France Austria Hungary Germany Switzerland Bahamas Spain U.K. Ireland … and the Netherlands, for an hour and a half, in the airport. Next on the list are probably Australia and New Zealand. ---
**Author:** ![DoctorJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctorj/32/2904_2.png) [@DoctorJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoctorJ)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2000, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geographical-parameters-ii/30810/14 "2000-08-28T03:14:51Z")
I’m almost embarrassed to admit it, but I have never left the USA. I’ve seen Canada, but we didn’t cross the bridge. This should change next year, though, when I’m planning to go to Europe. Dr. J ---
**Author:** ![APB9999](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e8cbc/32.png) [@APB9999](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/APB9999)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2000, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geographical-parameters-ii/30810/15 "2000-08-28T03:30:04Z")
USA Canada Mexico Scotland Thailand Japan (very briefly) Australia USVI (does that count?) Grenada The Cayman Islands ---
**Author:** ![casdave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c6cbf5/32.png) [@casdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/casdave)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2000, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geographical-parameters-ii/30810/16 "2000-08-28T07:41:42Z")
UK US Nassau Bermuda(got fed up of going there) Canada France Belgium Holland Germany Norway Portugal Greece Gibraltar(got fed up of going there) Qatar Djibouti India Singapore Korea Japan Phillipines Hong Kong Isle of Man (it is independant of GB) Madeira join the Navy see the world ---
**Author:** ![lolagranola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ea5d25/32.png) [@lolagranola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lolagranola)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2000, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geographical-parameters-ii/30810/17 "2000-08-28T15:22:58Z")
This is so sad. Canada U.S. And even my trip to the US was when I was a kid. I always imagined my 20’s travelling, but when I got pregnant at 18, I wound up not going anywhere. Hey, there’s still my 40’s. ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2000, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geographical-parameters-ii/30810/18 "2000-08-28T15:52:10Z")
US Canada Mexico Honduras El Salvador Panama Guatemala Maybe one of these days I make it off this continent… ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2000, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geographical-parameters-ii/30810/19 "2000-08-29T00:51:57Z")
Let’s revise this to make it more fair for the civilians, o.k.? How many countries have you been to without benefit of having been sent there by the Govt.? Canada England France Mexico Sweden ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2000, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geographical-parameters-ii/30810/20 "2000-08-29T00:57:58Z")
US Mexico Germany Hungary Austria Czechoslovakia (it still existed at the time) The Philippines Singapore China Hong Kong Malaysia Japan BTW, this just happens to be this weeks poll at [http://www.rinkworks.com](http://www.rinkworks.com) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geographical-parameters-ii/30810.md?page=2)