# Sex, the traveling show. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 4, 2013, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-the-traveling-show/673086 "2013-11-04T19:34:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![SandyHook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dec6dc/32.png) [@SandyHook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SandyHook)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2013, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-the-traveling-show/673086/21 "2013-11-07T19:27:06Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > Plus, I’m a member of the Mile-High Club. Now that’s impressive. Are we to assume that this was in your average commercial, pretty much crammed full economy class? We gotta have some details. ---
**Author:** ![Encinitas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Encinitas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Encinitas)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2013, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-the-traveling-show/673086/22 "2013-11-08T07:43:04Z")
USA France Tanzania ---
**Author:** ![Desert\_Nomad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desert_nomad/32/177_2.png) [@Desert\_Nomad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Desert_Nomad)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2013, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-the-traveling-show/673086/23 "2013-11-08T08:02:23Z")
We’ve been to 85 countries and on this field we qualify for about 65-70 of them. Most recently Moldova. ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2013, 8:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-the-traveling-show/673086/24 "2013-11-08T08:27:08Z")
> [@corkboard](#): > > I met a German girl in England who was going to school in France, said we danced the Mississippi at an Alpha Kappa dance. Well, it sure wasn’t me! Musta been some otherbody. ---
**Author:** ![SandyHook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dec6dc/32.png) [@SandyHook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SandyHook)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2013, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-the-traveling-show/673086/25 "2013-11-08T16:12:43Z")
> [@Desert\_Nomad](#): > > We’ve been to 85 countries and on this field we qualify for about 65-70 of them. Most recently Moldova. Wow. . . just wow. I actually thought we were doing pretty good until you came along. But that’s the way it is when generally competent amateurs come up against the true professional. Upon closer reading of the above it should be noted that professional is, in this case, a general term meaning only extreme excellence. Unless, of course, you are a well traveled prostitute. But even then I’m impressedl ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2013, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-the-traveling-show/673086/26 "2013-11-08T23:48:42Z")
If I’ve had sex in Texas, can I count that as a separate country? ---
**Author:** ![China\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2013, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-the-traveling-show/673086/27 "2013-11-09T04:54:20Z")
> [@Desert\_Nomad](#): > > We’ve been to 85 countries and on this field we qualify for about 65-70 of them. Most recently Moldova. At best you’re at 80%. I’m not sure that’s impressive - jus’ sayin’ ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2013, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-the-traveling-show/673086/28 "2013-11-09T05:04:23Z")
Canada. Someone has to populate (or not, as the case may be) the lower end of the stats. ---
**Author:** ![\_Olive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/4af34b/32.png) [@\_Olive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_Olive)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2013, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-the-traveling-show/673086/29 "2013-11-10T01:26:42Z")
Does it count if you are alone? ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2013, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-the-traveling-show/673086/30 "2013-11-10T02:58:04Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > Canada. > > Someone has to populate (or not, as the case may be) the lower end of the stats. That isn’t a real country anyway. How about territories? Hong Kong and Macau are not countries. ---
**Author:** ![SandyHook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dec6dc/32.png) [@SandyHook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SandyHook)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2013, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-the-traveling-show/673086/31 "2013-11-10T03:46:09Z")
> [@\_Olive](#): > > Does it count if you are alone? As per the OP another human being is required. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2013, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-the-traveling-show/673086/32 "2013-11-10T03:51:32Z")
What if you’re schizophrenic? ---
**Author:** ![SandyHook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dec6dc/32.png) [@SandyHook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SandyHook)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2016, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-the-traveling-show/673086/33 "2016-09-24T19:30:49Z")
Time has passed and Ms Hook and I have added some countries. Here’s my updated list. USA Canada Mexico Chile China Vietnam Cambodia Australia France Italy Germany Czech Republic Hungry Poland Austria South Africa Zimbabwe Botswana United Arab Emerats Peru Iceland Ireland Scotland (Yes, I know. But I’m counting it anyway.) England Spain Portugal That’s 26 and we are planning on an extended trip to Europe next spring. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2016, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-the-traveling-show/673086/34 "2016-09-24T20:46:21Z")
Maybe a hundred, traveling with two wives, but no effort was made to keep track of whether we did it while passing through any particular country. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2016, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-the-traveling-show/673086/35 "2016-09-24T20:54:36Z")
Just went back and made a count. It’s 105 countries in which I traveled and slept at least one night with an intimate female companion. ---
**Author:** ![D18](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c57346/32.png) [@D18](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D18)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2016, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-the-traveling-show/673086/36 "2016-09-25T02:45:15Z")
And how many if you include the males?:dubious: ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2016, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-the-traveling-show/673086/37 "2016-09-25T03:19:04Z")
USA Canada Martinique Guadeloupe UK France Spain Italy Netherlands Austria And somewhere over the Pacific, a “Mile High”. We even did it during a total solar eclipse. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2016, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-the-traveling-show/673086/38 "2016-09-25T03:43:42Z")
> [@jtur88](#): > > Maybe a hundred, traveling with two wives, but no effort was made to keep track of whether we did it while passing through any particular country. Two wives, eh? Well, that’s mighty liberal of you. _wink wink, nudge nudge_😉 ---
**Author:** ![SandyHook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dec6dc/32.png) [@SandyHook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SandyHook)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2019, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-the-traveling-show/673086/39 "2019-07-14T18:20:43Z")
Updating after a month in Europe and a couple other trips. USA Canada Mexico Chile China Vietnam Cambodia Australia France Italy Germany Czech Republic Hungry Poland Austria South Africa Zimbabwe Botswana United Arab Emirates Peru Iceland Ireland Scotland (Yes, I know. But I’m counting it anyway.) England Spain Portugal Estonia Finland Russia Latvia Lithuania Bulgaria Romania Serbia Croatia Greece Netherlands Belgium Israel Jordan ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2019, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-the-traveling-show/673086/40 "2019-07-14T20:08:45Z")
Even not counting having sex with other people, I can definitively rule out Mexico, Canada, and Spain, and don’t recall one way or another for England. I guess if it happened I must have been so unimpressed with myself that I can’t remember. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-the-traveling-show/673086.md?page=1)