# Where in the world have Dopers been? (poll)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-in-the-world-have-dopers-been-poll/248950>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [June 6, 2004, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-in-the-world-have-dopers-been-poll/248950 "2004-06-06T13:14:30Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![tsarina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f4b2a3/32.png) [@tsarina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tsarina)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2004, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-in-the-world-have-dopers-been-poll/248950/21 "2004-06-06T23:36:25Z")

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I’ve been to Liechtenstein and Vatican City (it’s a country, I swear!), neither of which are on the OP’s original list.

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**Author:** ![The\_Man\_With\_The\_Golden\_Gun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dc4da7/32.png) [@The\_Man\_With\_The\_Golden\_Gun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Man_With_The_Golden_Gun)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2004, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-in-the-world-have-dopers-been-poll/248950/22 "2004-06-06T23:43:47Z")

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_sigh_

I’ve been to only two countries. United States and Canada.

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**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2004, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-in-the-world-have-dopers-been-poll/248950/23 "2004-06-06T23:50:51Z")

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> [@pilot141](#):
>
> New List:
> 
> A  
> Albania Armenia
> 
> B  
> Belarus Benin Bulgaria Burkina Faso
> 
> C  
> Cambodia Cape Verde Cyprus
> 
> D  
> Dominica,
> 
> E  
> Eritrea
> 
> F  
> Fiji
> 
> G  
> Gibraltar Guinea Guinea-Bissau
> 
> H
> 
> I  
> K  
> Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan
> 
> L  
> Lebanon Libya Lithuania
> 
> M  
> Madagascar Malta Martinique Mauritius Moldova Montserrat Mozambique
> 
> N  
> Nevis Niger
> 
> O
> 
> P  
> Papua New Guinea
> 
> R  
> Romania Russian Federation Rwanda
> 
> S  
> Samoa Sao Tome and Principe Seychelles Sierra Leone Slovenia Solomon Islands Somalia St Kitts St Lucia
> 
> T  
> Tajikistan Togo Trinidad and Tobago
> 
> U  
> Uganda Uzbekistan
> 
> V  
> Y  
> Z

I removed Liberia and Gambia. I’ve been to a lot more countries than that but those are the only two I could find that no one else had eliminated yet.

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**Author:** ![Blueapple](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@Blueapple](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blueapple)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2004, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-in-the-world-have-dopers-been-poll/248950/24 "2004-06-07T00:32:28Z")

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Take of Mozambique. 🙂

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**Author:** ![Eva\_Luna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e495f1/32.png) [@Eva\_Luna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eva_Luna)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2004, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-in-the-world-have-dopers-been-poll/248950/25 "2004-06-07T01:29:19Z")

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You can take off the Russian Federation, and you could have taken off a few more if they weren’t already gone, darnit! I’m surprised Ukraine and Estonia went first.

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**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2004, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-in-the-world-have-dopers-been-poll/248950/26 "2004-06-07T01:38:50Z")

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You can also remove Fiji, Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands.

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**Author:** ![Dusty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a183cd/32.png) [@Dusty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dusty)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2004, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-in-the-world-have-dopers-been-poll/248950/27 "2004-06-07T01:49:57Z")

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> [@](#):
>
> A  
> Albania Armenia
> 
> B  
> Belarus Benin Bulgaria Burkina Faso
> 
> C  
> Cambodia Cape Verde Cyprus
> 
> D  
> Dominica,
> 
> E  
> Eritrea
> 
> F
> 
> G  
> Gibraltar Guinea Guinea-Bissau
> 
> H
> 
> I
> 
> K  
> Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan
> 
> L  
> Lebanon Libya Lithuania
> 
> M  
> Madagascar Martinique Mauritius Moldova Montserrat
> 
> N  
> Nevis Niger
> 
> O
> 
> P
> 
> R  
> Romania Rwanda
> 
> S  
> Samoa Sao Tome and Principe Seychelles Sierra Leone Slovenia Somalia St Kitts
> 
> T  
> Tajikistan Togo Trinidad and Tobago
> 
> U  
> Uganda Uzbekistan
> 
> V
> 
> Y
> 
> Z

St. Lucia and Malta removed (along with those of the three posts above mine)

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**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2004, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-in-the-world-have-dopers-been-poll/248950/28 "2004-06-07T04:07:42Z")

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> [@](#):
>
> A  
> Albania Armenia
> 
> B  
> Belarus Benin Bulgaria Burkina Faso
> 
> C  
> Cambodia Cape Verde Cyprus
> 
> D  
> Dominica,
> 
> E  
> Eritrea
> 
> F
> 
> G  
> Gibraltar Guinea Guinea-Bissau
> 
> H
> 
> I
> 
> K  
> Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan
> 
> L  
> Lebanon Libya Lithuania
> 
> M  
> Martinique Mauritius Moldova Montserrat
> 
> N  
> Nevis Niger
> 
> O
> 
> P
> 
> R  
> Romania Rwanda
> 
> S  
> Samoa Sao Tome and Principe Seychelles Sierra Leone Slovenia Somalia St Kitts
> 
> T  
> Tajikistan Togo
> 
> U  
> Uganda Uzbekistan
> 
> V
> 
> Y
> 
> Z

Removed Madagascar and Trinidad and Tobago. I’ve also been to Entebbe\< Uganda, but never left the airport, so I don’t count it.

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**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2004, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-in-the-world-have-dopers-been-poll/248950/29 "2004-06-07T04:17:18Z")

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[hijack]What do you think will be the last country on the list? I’m guessing either Sierra Leone or Armenia.[/hijack]

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**Author:** ![RindaRinda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/dfb087/32.png) [@RindaRinda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RindaRinda)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2004, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-in-the-world-have-dopers-been-poll/248950/30 "2004-06-07T06:19:08Z")

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> [@](#):
>
> Albania Armenia
> 
> B  
> Belarus Benin Bulgaria Burkina Faso
> 
> C  
> Cape Verde Cyprus
> 
> D  
> Dominica,
> 
> E  
> Eritrea
> 
> F
> 
> G  
> Gibraltar Guinea Guinea-Bissau
> 
> H
> 
> I
> 
> K  
> Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan
> 
> L  
> Lebanon Libya Lithuania
> 
> M  
> Martinique Mauritius Moldova Montserrat
> 
> N  
> Nevis Niger
> 
> O
> 
> P
> 
> R  
> Romania Rwanda
> 
> S  
> Samoa Sao Tome and Principe Seychelles Sierra Leone Slovenia Somalia St Kitts
> 
> T  
> Tajikistan Togo
> 
> U  
> Uganda Uzbekistan
> 
> V
> 
> Y
> 
> Z

Deleted Cambodia.

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**Author:** ![kiffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/d78d45/32.png) [@kiffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kiffa)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2004, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-in-the-world-have-dopers-been-poll/248950/31 "2004-06-07T19:28:31Z")

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oops forgot Sierra Leone and Guinea/Conakry. Take 'em off the list, Please. thank you very much. k

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**Author:** ![kiffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/d78d45/32.png) [@kiffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kiffa)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2004, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-in-the-world-have-dopers-been-poll/248950/32 "2004-06-07T19:30:33Z")

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Uganda [1974] and Rwanda [1983] sheesh, I’m beginning to forget.

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**Author:** ![kiffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/d78d45/32.png) [@kiffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kiffa)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2004, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-in-the-world-have-dopers-been-poll/248950/33 "2004-06-07T19:33:49Z")

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Albania Armenia

B  
Belarus Benin Bulgaria Burkina Faso

C  
Cape Verde Cyprus

D  
Dominica,

E  
Eritrea

F

G  
Gibraltar Guinea-Bissau

H

I

K  
Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan

L  
Lebanon Libya Lithuania

M  
Martinique Mauritius Moldova Montserrat

N  
Nevis Niger

O

P

R  
Romania

S  
Samoa Sao Tome and Principe Seychelles Slovenia Somalia St Kitts

T  
Tajikistan Togo

U  
Uzbekistan

V

Y

Z

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**Author:** ![yellowval](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/919ad9/32.png) [@yellowval](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yellowval)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2004, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-in-the-world-have-dopers-been-poll/248950/34 "2004-06-07T19:44:03Z")

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> [@tsarina](#):
>
> I’ve been to Liechtenstein and Vatican City (it’s a country, I swear!), neither of which are on the OP’s original list.

Hey, I’ve been to Lichtenstein too! And I thought I was the only one.  
😉

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**Author:** ![kniz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@kniz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kniz)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2004, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-in-the-world-have-dopers-been-poll/248950/35 "2004-06-07T20:06:36Z")

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I can’t count it, but one of my sons visited Armenia, while studying in Moscow.

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**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2004, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-in-the-world-have-dopers-been-poll/248950/36 "2004-06-07T20:17:07Z")

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A  
Albania Armenia

B  
Belarus Benin Bulgaria Burkina Faso

C  
Cape Verde Cyprus

D  
Dominica,

E  
Eritrea

F

G  
Guinea-Bissau

H

I

K  
Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan

L  
Lebanon Libya Lithuania

M  
Martinique Mauritius Moldova Montserrat

N  
Nevis Niger

O

P

R  
Romania

S  
Samoa Sao Tome and Principe Seychelles Slovenia Somalia St Kitts

T  
Tajikistan Togo

U  
Uzbekistan

V

Y

Z  
Removed Gibraltar.

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**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2004, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-in-the-world-have-dopers-been-poll/248950/37 "2004-06-07T20:32:04Z")

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A  
Albania Armenia

B  
Belarus Benin Bulgaria Burkina Faso

C  
Cape Verde Cyprus

D  
Dominica,

E  
Eritrea

F

G  
Guinea-Bissau

H

I

K  
Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan

L  
Lebanon Libya Lithuania

M  
Martinique Mauritius Moldova Montserrat

N  
Niger

O

P

R  
Romania

S  
Samoa Sao Tome and Principe Seychelles Slovenia Somalia

T  
Tajikistan Togo

U  
Uzbekistan

V

Y

Z

Gone: _Nevis, St. Kitts_

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**Author:** ![jeevwoman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@jeevwoman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jeevwoman)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2004, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-in-the-world-have-dopers-been-poll/248950/38 "2004-06-07T21:01:33Z")

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A  
Albania Armenia

B  
Belarus Benin Bulgaria Burkina Faso

C  
Cape Verde Cyprus

D  
Dominica,

E  
Eritrea

F

G  
Guinea-Bissau

H

I

K  
Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan

L  
Lebanon Libya Lithuania

M  
Martinique Mauritius Moldova Montserrat

N  
Niger

O

P

R  
Romania

S  
Samoa Sao Tome and Principe Seychelles Somalia

T  
Tajikistan Togo

U  
Uzbekistan

V

Y

Z

Removed Slovenia. Had to spend a couple of hours there when my Croatian visa expired.

Also, I didn’t see Andorra in your original list. I haven’t been there but I am sure someone has.

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**Author:** ![Mottpot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Mottpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mottpot)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2004, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-in-the-world-have-dopers-been-poll/248950/39 "2004-06-07T23:30:37Z")

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A  
Albania Armenia

B  
Belarus Benin Bulgaria Burkina Faso

C  
Cape Verde Cyprus

D  
Dominica,

E

F

G  
Guinea-Bissau

H

I

K  
Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan

L  
Lebanon Libya Lithuania

M  
Martinique Mauritius Moldova Montserrat

N  
Niger

O

P

R  
Romania

S  
Samoa Sao Tome and Principe Seychelles Somalia

T  
Tajikistan Togo

U  
Uzbekistan

V

Y

Z

Eritrea with Peace Corps

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**Author:** ![Squonk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squonk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squonk)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2004, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-in-the-world-have-dopers-been-poll/248950/40 "2004-06-08T00:56:11Z")

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A  
Albania Armenia

B  
Belarus Benin \* Burkina Faso

C  
Cape Verde Cyprus

D  
Dominica,

E

F

G  
Guinea-Bissau

H

I

K  
Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan

L  
Lebanon Libya Lithuania

M  
Martinique Mauritius Moldova Montserrat

N  
Niger

O

P

R  
Romania

S  
Samoa Sao Tome and Principe Seychelles Somalia

T  
Tajikistan Togo

U  
Uzbekistan

V

Y

Z

\*Bulgaria is off the board.

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