Two: USA & Cayman Islands
US, UK, USSR, Taiwan. 4.
Hmmm, let’s see.
China
India
Indonesia
Japan
Malaysia
Nepal
Phillipines
Thailand
Uruguay
Most countries I’ve been to are a bit too small or uneconomical to fly domestically in (typically I take a train), so my list is short:
US
Uzbekistan
Australia
And I really think that’s it of the 30 to 40 countries I’ve been to. I think otherwise I’ve worked my way through the country by train or (much more rarely) bus.
ETA: Oh, wait, I forgot South Africa. I think we actually did a couple there -> Cape Town > Port Elizabeth > Jo’burg.
As for states, Hawaii is the only one I can think of for certain. If helicopters count, I’ve done Joliet to Chicago (Midway).
Only one for me, the US. But while pondering the question I realized that I’ve traveled to more countries via ship (cruises to Mexico, the Bahamas and Canada) than I have via plane (the UK).
I forgot one- I went on a fly-in fishing trip in Canada years ago. I just doubled my total to two! Woo-hoo!
Domestic flights, within the country:
US, China, Turkey, Egypt
Helicopters count.
Only three for me but I think I’m the only one so far to have Nigeria on my list.
Canada
U.S.A.
Nigeria
It’s on my list (post #5). Lagos to Enugu, Calabar to Lagos. 1993.
Certainly the most…interesting of my domestic flights. In getting myself from Lagos to Enugu, I ended up paying more in tips and bribes than I did for the actual ticket.
UK
Germany
Turkey
Pakistan
Australia
Canada
USA
I gave up reading your list after ten minutes.
I flew from Kano to Kaduna and then back again five weeks later in 1974. Didn’t have any trouble with those flights, but trying to leave Kano for London was when it got “interesting” for me. I was never in Lagos but I got the impression that it was more of a cesspool than smaller centers in the interior.
Entering and leaving Murtala Mohammed Airport in Lagos was another adventure. I was met by a “minder” when I got off the plane arranged by the international congress I was to attend in Enugu. He whisked me off to the VIP lounge and told me to wait. He took my passport, and then would reappear every twenty minutes or so to ask me for $10, then would disappear again.
After a couple of rounds of this, he escorted me out of the terminal without ever passing through immigration or customs. Since it was late, there was only one taxi driver outside the terminal. He negotiated with the guy for about 10 minutes, so I thought he was trying to get me a good deal. I later found out that what I ended up paying the taxi driver was about five times the official fare. I’m sure he got a kickback.
Unfortunately, the minder that was supposed to get me from the hotel to the local airport for my flight to Enugu never showed up, so I had to do it myself. It was a learning experience.
On departure, as I was going through immigration, the woman behind the desk whispered to me “You got something for me?” as I handed her my passport. I started to rummage in my wallet, and she handed the passport back to me before I had actually given her anything. I said “No!,” and dashed through the doors into the terminal before she could react. Fortunately my gamble that she wouldn’t be able to leave her post to come after me was correct.
US
UK
France
Turkey
Seychelles
Laos
Australia
New Zealand
Switzerland
Private Flights:
South Africa
Mozambique
Malawi
Zimbabwe
Botswana
USA< Indonesia, Malaysia
I feel kind of stupid, but does domestically mean non-military? If so, then three, Japan, Korea, and the US.
The OP says any flight is OK, presumably also military.
Man, taking your passport must have made you nervous. It never got to that point with me, but like you said, it was a learning experience.
Mine began in the line to get boarding passes for the plane to London. I got a hint of what was to come when the French businessman in front of me got into a hassle with the guy behind the counter who insisted he needed a yellow fever shot before he could leave the country, which was patently false and which was impossible to get in time. Of course, he was looking for a bribe (“dash” they called it). I had been warned about this beforehand, so when it was my turn and was told the same thing, I just kept insisting that I didn’t need it. He finally told me to go with him and led me down a lot of empty hallways and eventually to an empty room and sat me down at a table and closed the door. There wasn’t another soul around. It was plainly an intimidation tactic, and I was half expecting him to pull a gun on me or something. Instead, he pulled out a sheet of blank paper and told me to write my name on it. When I did, he took me back and I got on the plane, none the poorer. But I was sweating bullets for a while.
As a coincidental aside, I saw a documentary the other night that took place in Calabar. A Hollywood actress from there (Kate Henshaw I think her name is) was trying to get elected to some position in her home town. She was honest about having to dash all the local officials, but in the end, she lost horribly to the incumbent, and she realized that she had just been taken for a ride by the officials. Such is “democracy” in Nigeria.
Yes, any ol’ flight will do as long as it’s within a single country. Don’t feel stupid.
US, Turkey, New Zealand, South Korea
I think that’s it.