# 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:** 8\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![HerMajestyLorna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/7cd45c/32.png) [@HerMajestyLorna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HerMajestyLorna)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2002, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-countries-have-you-been-to/25220/101 "2002-04-17T23:07:16Z")
Keeping in mind that I have lived on this planet for a mere 17 (by a hair, my birthday was just a little while ago) years, I have been to: Japan Morocco Algeria Jordan Israel Lebanon Syria Tunesia Egypt England France Monaco Italy Belgium The Netherlands The Bahamas Mexico Canada US So…more countries than years. I wonder how that I can keep that up. (Most of this is due to my parents’ love of travelling and their work in Middle East studies) ---
**Author:** ![HerMajestyLorna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/7cd45c/32.png) [@HerMajestyLorna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HerMajestyLorna)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2002, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-countries-have-you-been-to/25220/102 "2002-04-17T23:08:21Z")
Keeping in mind that I have lived on this planet for a mere 17 (by a hair, my birthday was just a little while ago) years, I have been to: Japan Morocco Algeria Jordan Israel Lebanon Syria Tunesia Egypt England France Monaco Italy Belgium The Netherlands The Bahamas Mexico Canada US So…more countries than years (18). I wonder how long I can keep that up. (Most of this is due to my parents’ love of travelling and their work in Middle East studies) ---
**Author:** ![HerMajestyLorna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/7cd45c/32.png) [@HerMajestyLorna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HerMajestyLorna)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2002, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-countries-have-you-been-to/25220/103 "2002-04-17T23:43:07Z")
Sorry… ---
**Author:** ![hibernicus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hibernicus/32/2802_2.png) [@hibernicus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hibernicus)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2002, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-countries-have-you-been-to/25220/104 "2002-04-18T22:47:12Z")
I have more countries than years too. The list would be something like: Europe: 15 EU countries + Norway, Switzerland, Andorra, Liechtenstein, Iceland, Monaco, Vatican City State, Malta, Czech Rep., Slovakia, Hungary, Slovenia, Poland, Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Estonia. Other: USA, Canada, Tunisia, Japan. That would be 36, if I’m not forgetting any. ---
**Author:** ![ElwoodCuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/edb3f5/32.png) [@ElwoodCuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElwoodCuse)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2002, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-countries-have-you-been-to/25220/105 "2002-04-19T02:23:59Z")
US, Canada, Quebec, and Texas. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![tsarina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f4b2a3/32.png) [@tsarina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tsarina)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2002, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-countries-have-you-been-to/25220/106 "2002-04-19T06:03:16Z")
10 for me at age twenty: US Canada Germany Austria Switzerland Liechtenstein Netherlands Italy Vatican City Luxembourg Please pay no attention to the fact that three of those countries are dinky little European states. ---
**Author:** ![Largo62](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/45deac/32.png) [@Largo62](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Largo62)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2002, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-countries-have-you-been-to/25220/107 "2002-04-19T08:02:23Z")
Not so many by comparison: Canada (Victoria B.C.; Also Frobisher Bay, Northwest Territory) Mexico (Well, just Tijuana…but it _is_ in Mexico) Wake Island (Yes, it’s U.S. territory, and it was just a fuel stop) Hong Kong (1972…still a colony. Stayed on Victoria Island but visited the Kowloon peninsula and the “New Territories”) Japan (Tokyo and Kyoto) Indonesia (Djakarta) Sri Lanka (Stayed in Colombo. Visited Kandy, Anuradhapura and Wilpatu Game Sanctuary. By far the most exotic country I’ve seen) Oman (another fuel stop…temp about 130, no kidding) Israel (summer of '72. Landed at Lod Airport a few days after a _Japanese_ terrorist group shot up the airport. Visited Tel Aviv, Jerusalem) England (London is one city I’d like to visit again someday) Only 22 states so far, but I’m working on it. ---
**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:** [April 19, 2002, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-countries-have-you-been-to/25220/108 "2002-04-19T14:50:48Z")
Let’s see (26 3/4 year-old checking in:) UK (Lived there for three months, Wolverhampton & Port Appin, Scotland, mostly. Also London & Banbury.) France Germany Switzerland Poland Czech Republic Slovakia Hungary Romania Slovenia Croatia Yugoslavia (Serbia & Kosovo) Bosnia Bulgaria Macedonia Italy Belgium the Netherlands Australia (Tasmania) Uzbekistan (Khiva, Bukhara, Samarkand, Tashkent) Turkmenistan (well, drove through it for 10 minutes) Russia (Moscow) Austria Canada (Ontario) USA (40 states) That’s 25 for the moment. Not counting countries I’ve only visited the airport of (such as New Zealand.) I’ll be hopefully expanding that list soon… I need to get onto the African continent… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-countries-have-you-been-to/25220.md?page=5)