# 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:** 5
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2002, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-countries-have-you-been-to/25220/81 "2002-04-16T17:26:08Z")
[ol][li]England[/li][li]Scotland[/li][li]Wales[/li][li]Northern Ireland[/li][li]Republic of Ireland[/li][li]France[/li][li]Spain[/li][li]Russia[/li][li]Cyprus[/li][li]Greece[/li][li]USA[/li][li]Mexico[/li][li]Dominica[/li][li]Puerto Rico (is this a country?)[/li][li]Barbados[/li][li]St. Lucia[/li][li]Antigua[/li][li]Canada[/li][li]Hong Kong (used to kinda be a country pre-China)[/li][li]China[/li][li]Japan[/li][li]Nepal[/li][li]Thailand[/li][li]Tibet (see Hong Kong)[/li][li]Philippines[/li][li]Vietnam[/li][li]Malaysia[/li][li]Singapore[/li][li]United Arab Emirates[/li][li]Oman[/li][li]Macau (see Hong Kong)[/li][li]Belgium[/li][li]Netherlands[/li][li]Germany[/li][li]India[/li][/ol]No apologies for including all 4 parts of the UK. ---
**Author:** ![Du\_Hast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f0a364/32.png) [@Du\_Hast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Du_Hast)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2002, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-countries-have-you-been-to/25220/82 "2002-04-16T18:40:02Z")
Christ you people suck. I have just America and a tiny bit of Canada. As for states though, I have 16: Vermont-3 days New York-Been to Albany, NYC, and Niagria Falls New Jersey-Drove through Newark Pennsylvania-Drove between Ohio and NY to get to Niagria Falls. North Carolina-home state South Carolina-drove through it on trip to Tennesse to see my grandmother Virginia-Went to Mt. Rogers West Virginia-drove through it while visiting NC. Ohio-I live here Kentucky-drove through it on multiple occasions Tennessee-went to visit my grandmother Indiana-went to visit my other grandmother Texas-went to visit my cousin Utah-airport Washington state-airport Alaska-3 week vacation I need to get out more. ---
**Author:** ![islandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8491ac/32.png) [@islandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/islandgirl)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2002, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-countries-have-you-been-to/25220/83 "2002-04-16T18:47:44Z")
I guess about 30…wow! Good for me 🙂 USA Canada Mexico India Various Islands in Micronesia: Guam, Saipan, Rota, Tinian, Palau Hong Kong Macau China South Korea Japan The Phillipines Thailand Taiwan Indonesia Singapore UAE Dubai Muscat Oman Australia The Netherlands Belgium Germany Austria Switzerland Italy France Malta Sicily ---
**Author:** ![Encinitas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Encinitas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Encinitas)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2002, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-countries-have-you-been-to/25220/84 "2002-04-16T19:14:07Z")
USA…birthplace Canada Mexico Britain (including Scotland) Ireland France Germany (West) Luxembourg Iceland (layover) Switzerland Italy Greece Egypt (layover) Sudan (layover) Tanzania 15 total ---
**Author:** ![Gazelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Gazelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gazelle)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2002, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-countries-have-you-been-to/25220/85 "2002-04-16T19:54:52Z")
USA Canada Mexico Great Britain Germany Netherlands East Germany Spain Italy Switzerland Monaco Austria France 13 Total **Encinitas** , I’ve been to you! My mom’s from there. San Diegito (Ecch - botched spelling.) High School? ---
**Author:** ![porcupine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ac91a4/32.png) [@porcupine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/porcupine)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2002, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-countries-have-you-been-to/25220/86 "2002-04-16T22:19:57Z")
Not enough - about a dozen Mexico Italy England Spain France The Netherlands Belgium Greece Turkey Israel Czech Republic Cyprus plus the U.S., where I live ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2002, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-countries-have-you-been-to/25220/87 "2002-04-16T22:57:09Z")
USA (birthplace) Honduras Guatemala Canada Flight stopover in El Salvador. That’s it. Not been that many places outside the US. ---
**Author:** ![abel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/2acd7d/32.png) [@abel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/abel)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2002, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-countries-have-you-been-to/25220/88 "2002-04-17T00:32:49Z")
Rough chronological order… United States, Canada, Great Britain, Austria, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia, Yugoslavia, Macedonia, Greece, West Germany, East Germany, Luxembourg, Lichtenstein, Switzerland, Holland, Hungary, Romania, Belgium, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Ukraine, Lithuania… I’ve still got a ways to go, too. ---
**Author:** ![Padeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@Padeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Padeye)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2002, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-countries-have-you-been-to/25220/89 "2002-04-17T02:49:43Z")
Suprisingly few considering I was in the navy for six years:Mexico and Canada on day trips, The Phillippines, Singapore, Kenya, Australia, Oman (sort of, landed briefly on the island of Masira) and Diego Garcia which is U.K. AFAIK. ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2002, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-countries-have-you-been-to/25220/90 "2002-04-17T02:57:03Z")
Australia. That is all. ---
**Author:** ![Violet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ebca7d/32.png) [@Violet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Violet)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2002, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-countries-have-you-been-to/25220/91 "2002-04-17T03:04:40Z")
Do out of body experiences count? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2002, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-countries-have-you-been-to/25220/92 "2002-04-17T07:03:15Z")
5, sigh ---
**Author:** ![berdollos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@berdollos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/berdollos)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2002, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-countries-have-you-been-to/25220/93 "2002-04-17T07:24:53Z")
USA Canada Mexico Great Britain France Germany Italy Belgium Switzerland Yugoslavia (when it existed) Holland Greece Cyprus Israel ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2002, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-countries-have-you-been-to/25220/94 "2002-04-17T15:00:10Z")
**15** : Canada, Curacao (N.A.), Mexico, Guatemala, Netherlands, England, Ireland, France, Spain, Portugal, Morocco, Romania, Austria, Hungary, Czech Republic. ---
**Author:** ![Floater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/dc4da7/32.png) [@Floater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Floater)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2002, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-countries-have-you-been-to/25220/95 "2002-04-17T16:46:48Z")
Lets see: Sweden (home) Finland Estonia Denmark Norway Germany (both old West Germany and present day Germany) Austria The Netherlands Belgium Luxemburg France Switzerland England Scotland Wales (just passed through) Ireland Isle of Man Italy Spain Portugal Poland Czechoslovakia Cyprus Tunisia USA **25** ---
**Author:** ![Judith\_Prietht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b19c9b/32.png) [@Judith\_Prietht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Judith_Prietht)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2002, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-countries-have-you-been-to/25220/96 "2002-04-17T17:03:52Z")
U.S. Canada Mexico England Scotland Ireland Wales Italy Czech Republic Tahiti Singapore Thailand Egypt Hong Kong Macau Netherlands South Africa Namibia Australia Germany Austria Russia Ukraine France Korea ---
**Author:** ![slowhand53](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a698b9/32.png) [@slowhand53](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slowhand53)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2002, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-countries-have-you-been-to/25220/97 "2002-04-17T17:44:44Z")
ok rough chrono order here USA England and Wales (does this count as 1 or 2?) France Mexico Belgium Luxembourg Germany (it was a layover but i did go thru passport control) Kazakhstan Canada plus 28 states and DC ---
**Author:** ![beckwall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b487fb/32.png) [@beckwall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beckwall)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2002, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-countries-have-you-been-to/25220/98 "2002-04-17T18:15:52Z")
Brazil, Venezuela, Puerto Rico, Jamaica, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Tahiti, Fiji, New Zealand, Australia, Hong Kong (pre-China take over), Taiwan, Thailand, Portugal, Spain, Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourgh, France, Switzerland, Germany, Morocco, Gibraltar, USA, Mexico and Canada. Does Hawaii count (10 trips)? It hardly seems like part of the US. 6 continents down, 1 to go. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Moto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de0a6/32.png) [@Mr.Moto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Moto)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2002, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-countries-have-you-been-to/25220/99 "2002-04-17T18:27:15Z")
USA Canada Mexico Portugual Spain Italy Romania Cuba Venezuela Brazil Uruguay Argentina Chile Peru Ecuador Colombia Panama 17! ---
**Author:** ![RobGraham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8e8cbc/32.png) [@RobGraham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RobGraham)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2002, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-countries-have-you-been-to/25220/100 "2002-04-17T19:20:01Z")
My list is pathetic, but in my defense I can state that I did spend some time seeing the US (my home turf). I still need to visit an island somewhere so I can scuba dive where the water is actually clear and warm. US Canada England France (whom I found to be wonderfully charming and not nasty. Then again, I didn’t brag about being American) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-countries-have-you-been-to/25220.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-countries-have-you-been-to/25220.md?page=6)