# How many countries have you been to? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 11, 2000, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-countries-have-you-been-to/25220 "2000-07-11T14:54:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Tinker\_Grey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tinker_grey/32/8136_2.png) [@Tinker\_Grey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tinker_Grey)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2000, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-countries-have-you-been-to/25220/21 "2000-07-11T21:17:47Z")
13: USA, Canada, Mexico, Greece, Turkey, Israel, Italy, Ireland, Scotland, England, Germany, Netherlands, and Jamaica. Stopover(s): France Tinker ---
**Author:** ![Demo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/demo/32/8472_2.png) [@Demo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Demo)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2000, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-countries-have-you-been-to/25220/22 "2000-07-11T21:37:58Z")
None. 😉 Actually, ummm, three, I guess. Born in the U.S., have traveled to: 1)Canada (Toronto, Vancouver, Victoria). 1. Mexico (A few border towns as well as Cabo San Lucas and other parts of Baja). 2. Jamaica. We’re headed to the Mediteranean within the next couple years though, so I hope to check out Greece, Italy, Morocco and others while there and increase my post…errr…country count. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2000, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-countries-have-you-been-to/25220/23 "2000-07-11T22:33:23Z")
Let’s see: Israel (home) U.S.A (home away from home) Itay France Britain Egypt (well, the Sinai) Lebanon (does that count?) ---
**Author:** ![Niggle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Niggle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Niggle)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2000, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-countries-have-you-been-to/25220/24 "2000-07-11T22:53:04Z")
A few… Canada (home) Nigeria (1 year) China (2 years) Hong Kong (a few weeks) Thailand (1 month) Malaysia (2 weeks) South Africa (3 weeks) Zimbabwe (1 month) US of A… does this count? Anyway, lots of visits. Stopovers in a few countries in the arab states. These were mostly less than 24 hours though, so I won’t count them. Actually, I’ve lived in some places in Canada that are so remote that they should count as seperate countries. 🙂 I guess that’s a total of 9. Time to get on a plane. -niggle ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2000, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-countries-have-you-been-to/25220/25 "2000-07-11T22:54:55Z")
USA, Canada and Israel. Stopovers in the UK and the Netherlands. Been to all 50 states of the US (plus Washington DC) and all 10 provinces of Canada. ---
**Author:** ![Osip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/4491bb/32.png) [@Osip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Osip)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2000, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-countries-have-you-been-to/25220/26 "2000-07-11T22:56:52Z")
I have been to: Italy Switerland Russia Holland France Germany Austria many more to come (I hope) Osip ---
**Author:** ![Greg\_Charles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/839c29/32.png) [@Greg\_Charles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greg_Charles)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2000, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-countries-have-you-been-to/25220/27 "2000-07-11T23:14:32Z")
USA, Viet Nam, Mexico, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Soviet Union (at the time), Great Britain, Ireland, France, Holland, Belgium, Austria, Switzerland, West Germany, East Germany (hey, they were separate at the time), Italy, Greece, Finland, South Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan (only thru the airport, but still about a dozen times, so that counts). With fudging, that’s 22. I’m winning! ---
**Author:** ![tradesilicon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/439d5e/32.png) [@tradesilicon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tradesilicon)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2000, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-countries-have-you-been-to/25220/28 "2000-07-11T23:21:45Z")
Lesee, I can remember 11 Austria Canada England (short stay) France (very short stop over) Germany Israel (many cities, many months) Italy (lived for a year) Mexico Russia Ukraine (lived quite some time) USA (home) 'Bout 20 of the States in the US. Longing for more. Africa, Far East, Australia…Dream - cruise around the world, slow pace, explore everything. ---
**Author:** ![Sue\_Duhnym](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@Sue\_Duhnym](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sue_Duhnym)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2000, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-countries-have-you-been-to/25220/29 "2000-07-11T23:31:54Z")
Hmmm, I need to get out more. USA Canada Mexico England France Jamaica St. Martin/St. Maarten Barbados The Bahamas Antigua Puerto Rico St. Thomas ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2000, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-countries-have-you-been-to/25220/30 "2000-07-11T23:54:27Z")
I count 18 countries that I have spent some time in. Canada (birthplace), USA (current home), Mexico, Belize, Brazil, Peru, Chile, Argentina, Turks and Caicos, Bahamas, Japan, Israel, Germany(western), Austria, Italy, France, Monaco and USSR or it may have been the CIS at the time. ---
**Author:** ![wireless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f14d63/32.png) [@wireless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wireless)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2000, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-countries-have-you-been-to/25220/31 "2000-07-12T00:20:41Z")
USA (birthplace) Ireland U.K. – does Scotland count as a separate country from England? France Spain Norway Sweden Denmark Germany (W. Germany at the time) Israel Egypt Greece Mexico Bahamas All before college. Since then: Switzerland Italy Vatican City (is that cheating?) Monaco Luxembourg Puerto Rico (USA) Netherlands Belgium Austria Japan (layover only) China Hong Kong (back when it was RCC, not PRC) Thailand India Tanzania Kenya Seychelles Chile Morocco Turkey St. Croix (U S. Virgin Islands) Cayman Islands (U.K technically again) Oh, and finally, last year, Canada! How many is that? Even by the strictest rules, I still count at least 30. I never sat down and counted them all before – thanks for the opportunity. [I’m not bragging. And I’ve never been in the military. I just LOVE to travel. I was fortunate that my family instilled a love – and lack of fear – of meeting new people and cultures. Thanks, mom!] Wireless, coming out from some SERIOUS lurking ---
**Author:** ![wireless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f14d63/32.png) [@wireless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wireless)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2000, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-countries-have-you-been-to/25220/32 "2000-07-12T00:27:31Z")
USA (birthplace) Ireland U.K. – does Scotland count as a separate country from England? France Spain Norway Sweden Denmark Germany (W. Germany at the time) Israel Egypt Greece Mexico Bahamas All before college. Since then: Switzerland Italy Vatican City (is that cheating?) Monaco Luxembourg Puerto Rico (USA) Netherlands Belgium Austria Japan (layover only) China Hong Kong (back when it was RCC, not PRC) Thailand India Tanzania Kenya Seychelles Chile Morocco Turkey St. Croix (U S. Virgin Islands) Cayman Islands (U.K technically again) Oh, and finally, last year, Canada! How many is that? Even by the strictest rules, I still count at least 30. I never sat down and counted them all before – thanks for the opportunity. [I’m not bragging. And I’ve never been in the military. I just LOVE to travel. I was fortunate that my family instilled a love – and lack of fear – of meeting new people and cultures. Thanks, mom!] Wireless, coming out from some SERIOUS lurking ---
**Author:** ![wevets](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9a140/32.png) [@wevets](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wevets)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2000, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-countries-have-you-been-to/25220/33 "2000-07-12T00:29:31Z")
Huh, lemme see: -I live in the US -Canada -Mexico -United Kingdom -France -Germany (West Germany at the time. I couldn’t go east because of some really big dogs and machine guns) -Switzerland -Austria So that’s only 8, unless you count territories that belong to another country: -Puerto Rico (US territory) -British Virgin Islands (UK) -Bermuda (UK) -Hong Kong (UK, in 1995) -French Polynesia (do I really need to say?) So that boosts it up to 13… I like it better there. Hope to travel some more soon, there’s still a lot I want to see out there. ---
**Author:** ![dpr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8797f3/32.png) [@dpr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dpr)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2000, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-countries-have-you-been-to/25220/34 "2000-07-12T00:30:26Z")
Australia (duh), Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, Thailand, Denmark (_sigh_), Holland, Germany (east, west and unified), Belgium, Italy, France, Switzerland, Austria, England, Ireland, Scotland, Canada (does Quebec count as a seperate? 😉 ), US (not sure how many states I did tho’ - it’s a blur), South Africa, Wales, Vatican City. And every state in Australia barring Tasmania. ---
**Author:** ![pLt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/eb9ed0/32.png) [@pLt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pLt)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2000, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-countries-have-you-been-to/25220/35 "2000-07-12T00:37:56Z")
Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuunited States Canada Mexico Panama Haiti Jamaica Peru … Republic Dominican Cuba Carribean Greenland El Salvador too … Oh … this wasn’t a cue for me to be singing Animaniacs. Dammit. Ummm seriously Australia, United States, Canada, Bahamas, Jamaica, mexico, Haiti, England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, France, Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Russia (except it was called USSR then) Turkey, Poland, ummm … I think that closely covers it. Evil Bitch is going to go aaaaaaaaaaaaaall over the world. Still time to jump on the Evil Bitch Bandwagon 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![pldennison](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9fc29f/32.png) [@pldennison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pldennison)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2000, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-countries-have-you-been-to/25220/36 "2000-07-12T00:39:57Z")
Let’s see: USA, Canada, Mexico, Germany, France, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Switzerland. That makes nine. ---
**Author:** ![Alpine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alpine/32/17813_2.png) [@Alpine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alpine)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2000, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-countries-have-you-been-to/25220/37 "2000-07-12T00:42:13Z")
**Sue D** I’m guessing you’re a diver, too… Let’s see… looks like a measly 10. Canada France Germany Greece Turkey (briefly) India Nepal Netherlands Antilles Belize Caymans ---
**Author:** ![kiffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/d78d45/32.png) [@kiffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kiffa)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2000, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-countries-have-you-been-to/25220/38 "2000-07-12T00:52:16Z")
Born in the USA Lived in or worked in: 10 Denmark Sudan - twice Republic of the Congo/Brazzaville Democratic Republic of the Congo/Kinshasa Malawi Central African Republic - twice Mali Cote d’Ivoire - multiple Guinea Rwanda Visited as a tourist more than 24 hours: 18 Senegal - multiple Cameroun - multiple Sierra Leone Mauretania Kenya - multiple Ethiopia - multiple Swaziland - twice South Africa - multiple Sweden Great Britain - multiple St Lucia Bahamas Canada Mexico France - multiple Italy Zimbabwe Liberia hhuumm 28. Never counted before - thanks for the opportunity. Now for the dream travel I want to do: circumnavigate the world follow the silk road walk on Copacabana Beach follow the Yellow Brick Road ---
**Author:** ![tshirts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/839c29/32.png) [@tshirts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tshirts)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2000, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-countries-have-you-been-to/25220/39 "2000-07-12T01:04:47Z")
I’m missing Asia, and Antarctica. I did a lot of business travelling when I worked for Olivetti computers of Milan. ---
**Author:** ![Globe-trotter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cab0a1/32.png) [@Globe-trotter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Globe-trotter)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2000, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-countries-have-you-been-to/25220/40 "2000-07-12T01:09:49Z")
Hmmm, I also need to get out more : Canada US Germany Italy France Austria And come October, add Ireland to the list. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-countries-have-you-been-to/25220.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-countries-have-you-been-to/25220.md?page=3)