# Where in the world have Dopers been? (poll) **URL:** \ **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\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2004, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-in-the-world-have-dopers-been-poll/248950/41 "2004-06-08T00:58:26Z")
A Albania Armenia B Belarus Benin Bulgaria Burkina Faso C Cape Verde 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 Most of mine were already taken but I removed Cypress. Haj ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2004, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-in-the-world-have-dopers-been-poll/248950/42 "2004-06-08T00:59:50Z")
A Albania Armenia B Belarus Benin Burkina Faso C Cape Verde 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 List corrected due to simulpost. ---
**Author:** ![chula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a4c791/32.png) [@chula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chula)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2004, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-in-the-world-have-dopers-been-poll/248950/43 "2004-06-08T01:07:43Z")
> [@yellowval](#): > > Hey, I’ve been to Lichtenstein too! And I thought I was the only one. 😉 I’ve been there too. And I recently met someone from there. I also met someone recently from Burkina Faso. ---
**Author:** ![fessie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c37758/32.png) [@fessie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fessie)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2004, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-in-the-world-have-dopers-been-poll/248950/44 "2004-06-08T03:00:06Z")
What about East Germany (1985) - does that count? ---
**Author:** ![Burnt\_Sugar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee59a6/32.png) [@Burnt\_Sugar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Burnt_Sugar)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2004, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-in-the-world-have-dopers-been-poll/248950/45 "2004-06-08T03:16:50Z")
A Albania Armenia B Belarus Benin Burkina Faso C Cape Verde 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 Somalia T Tajikistan Togo U Uzbekistan V Y Z (Took out Seychelles) ---
**Author:** ![MisterThyristor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecccb3/32.png) [@MisterThyristor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MisterThyristor)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2004, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-in-the-world-have-dopers-been-poll/248950/46 "2004-06-08T05:47:06Z")
Hmmm. I hardly ever get out of the country. I don’t leave for Burkina Faso until June 18, but I’m sure someone will remove it from the list before I leave. (I already have my tickets and my visa, does that count?) ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2004, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-in-the-world-have-dopers-been-poll/248950/47 "2004-06-08T11:49:40Z")
A Albania Armenia B Belarus Benin Burkina Faso C Cape Verde 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 S Samoa Sao Tome and Principe Somalia T Tajikistan Togo U Uzbekistan V Y Z **Removed Romania** ---
**Author:** ![marky33](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@marky33](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/marky33)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2004, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-in-the-world-have-dopers-been-poll/248950/48 "2004-06-08T11:57:21Z")
A Albania Armenia B Benin Burkina Faso C Cape Verde D Dominica, E F G Guinea-Bissau H I K Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan L Lebanon Libya M Martinique Mauritius Montserrat N Niger O P R S Samoa Sao Tome and Principe Somalia T Tajikistan Togo U Uzbekistan V Y Z **Removed:** Belarus, Lithuania & Moldova ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2004, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-in-the-world-have-dopers-been-poll/248950/49 "2004-06-08T12:05:31Z")
Well, I haven’t been to them, but you can take off Martinique and Montserrat because by no stretch of the imagination are they countries. Martinique is just as much a part of France as Paris is, legally speaking, and Montserrat is a UK overseas territory. Likewise a lot of other non-countries that people snuck onto the list, like Scotland, Gibraltar, French Guiana and Tahiti. (Tahiti??) ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2004, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-in-the-world-have-dopers-been-poll/248950/50 "2004-06-08T12:10:06Z")
Oh and you were missing Tuvalu, Vanuatu, East Timor and Palau. Edited list below (sorry, it’s getting bigger again…) A Albania Armenia B Benin Burkina Faso C Cape Verde D Dominica E East Timor F G Guinea-Bissau H I K Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan L Lebanon Libya M Mauritius N Niger O P Palau R S Samoa Sao Tome and Principe Somalia T Tajikistan Togo Tuvalu U Uzbekistan V Vanuatu Y Z ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2004, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-in-the-world-have-dopers-been-poll/248950/51 "2004-06-08T12:19:45Z")
> [@Colophon](#): > > Well, I haven’t been to them, but you can take off Martinique and Montserrat because by no stretch of the imagination are they countries. Martinique is just as much a part of France as Paris is, legally speaking, and Montserrat is a UK overseas territory. Chill out. Isn’t it valid to ask if anyone’s been to Montserrat? ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2004, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-in-the-world-have-dopers-been-poll/248950/52 "2004-06-08T12:28:19Z")
> [@Colophon](#): > > A > Albania Armenia > > B > Benin Burkina Faso > > C > Cape Verde > > D > Dominica > > E > East Timor > > F > > G > Guinea-Bissau > > HI > > K > Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan > > L > Lebanon Libya > > M > > N > Niger > > O > > P > Palau > > R > S > Samoa Sao Tome and Principe Somalia > > T > Tajikistan Togo Tuvalu > > U > Uzbekistan > > V > Vanuatu > > Y > > Z Removed **Mauritius** ---
**Author:** ![UncleBill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d26b3c/32.png) [@UncleBill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBill)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2004, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-in-the-world-have-dopers-been-poll/248950/53 "2004-06-08T13:14:33Z")
Austria Bahamas Bahrain Belgium British Virgin Islands Canada Cape Verde China Costa Rica Cyprus D Egypt Finland France Germany Greece Guatemala Honduras Indonesia Ireland Israel Italy Japan Korea Kuwait L Malaysia Mexico Netherlands Oman Panama Puerto Rico Q R Saudi Arabia Singapore Spain Switzerland Taiwan Thailand United Arab Emirates United Kingdom United States of America V Y Z ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2004, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-in-the-world-have-dopers-been-poll/248950/54 "2004-06-08T13:24:56Z")
> [@GorillaMan](#): > > Chill out. Isn’t it valid to ask if anyone’s been to Montserrat? Sorry, didn’t mean to come across un-chilled. Just thought the idea was to list the countries. I’m pretty amazed how many places we _have_ been as a group. Including random islands like Montserrat just dilutes it a bit. IMHO 😉 ---
**Author:** ![JillGat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc29f/32.png) [@JillGat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JillGat)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2004, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-in-the-world-have-dopers-been-poll/248950/55 "2004-06-08T15:26:51Z")
> [@Colophon](#): > > Well, I haven’t been to them, but you can take off Martinique and Montserrat because by no stretch of the imagination are they countries. Martinique is just as much a part of France as Paris is, legally speaking, and Montserrat is a UK overseas territory. > > Likewise a lot of other non-countries that people snuck onto the list, like Scotland, Gibraltar, French Guiana and Tahiti. (Tahiti??) I work for the Caribbean Epidemiology Centre, and we say that we “serve 21 member countries.” Montserrat is one of them. It may depend on how you define country vs nation vs republic, etc. ---
**Author:** ![JillGat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc29f/32.png) [@JillGat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JillGat)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2004, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-in-the-world-have-dopers-been-poll/248950/56 "2004-06-08T15:28:45Z")
> [@Colophon](#): > > Sorry, didn’t mean to come across un-chilled. Just thought the idea was to list the countries. I’m pretty amazed how many places we _have_ been as a group. Including random islands like Montserrat just dilutes it a bit. IMHO 😉 I know some Montserratians who would not like to hear their island called “random.” It’s actually a fascinating place. Granted most natives live elsewhere now, as the volcano wiped out a good deal of the habitable part of the island. Population now stands at 4500. ---
**Author:** ![JillGat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc29f/32.png) [@JillGat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JillGat)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2004, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-in-the-world-have-dopers-been-poll/248950/57 "2004-06-08T15:37:19Z")
Antigua Barbados Belize Costa Rica Dominica France Gibraltar Grenada Guatemala Guyana, where is Guyana? I didn’t see it on the list. Honduras Indonesia Jamaica Malaysia Martinique Mexico Montserrat Nevis (as in “St. Kitts and Nevis”? Puerto Rico Singapore Spain St Kitts (see “Nevis” above - part of same country) St Lucia St Vincent (and the Grenadines) Thailand Trinidad and Tobago (ohh, how I love up me country) United Kingdom United States of America ---
**Author:** ![pilot141](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e0b2c6/32.png) [@pilot141](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pilot141)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2004, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-in-the-world-have-dopers-been-poll/248950/58 "2004-06-08T16:18:24Z")
Hey if Guyana is on the list, I can cross it off. I spent some time in Georgetown back in 93. I didn’t see it on the list when I did my previous post, so I assumed some other Doper had already been there. Wait, **JillGat** are you posting countries you’ve been to, or what’s remaining on the list? On preview, it looks like **UncleBill** was also listing countries he’s been to rather than removing them from the list. It looks like **MrDibble** ’s list is the most current. Remove the countries you’ve been to, then repost the new (smaller) list. ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2004, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-in-the-world-have-dopers-been-poll/248950/59 "2004-06-08T16:20:47Z")
After checking with the CIA factbook, I did indeed miss a whole bunch of countries. This is their complete list (note that it includes a bunch o’places which aren’t independant in any meanigful sense) Afghanistan Albania Algeria American Samoa Andorra Angola Anguilla Antarctica Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Armenia Aruba Ashmore and Cartier Islands Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas, The Bahrain Baker Island Bangladesh Barbados Bassas da India Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bermuda Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia and Herzegovina Bouvet Island British Indian Ocean Territory British Virgin Islands Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burma Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Cayman Islands Central African Republic Chad Chile China Christmas Island Clipperton Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Colombia Comoros Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Cook Islands Coral Sea Islands Costa Rica Cote d’Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic East Timor Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Europa Island Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) Faroe Islands Fiji Finland France French Guiana French Polynesia French Southern and Antarctic Lands Gabon Gambia, The Gaza Strip Georgia Germany Ghana Gibraltar Glorioso Islands Greece Greenland Grenada Guadeloupe Guam Guatemala Guernsey Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Heard Island and McDonald Islands Holy See (Vatican City) Honduras Hong Kong Howland Island Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Jan Mayen Japan Jarvis Island Jersey Johnston Atoll Jordan Juan de Nova Island Kazakhstan Kenya Kingman Reef Kiribati Korea, North Korea, South Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macau Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Man, Isle of Marshall Islands Martinique Mauritania Mauritius Mayotte Mexico Micronesia, Federated States of Midway Islands Moldova Monaco Mongolia Montserrat Morocco Mozambique Namibia Nauru Navassa Island Nepal Netherlands Netherlands Antilles New Caledonia New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria Niue Norfolk Island Northern Mariana Islands Norway Oman Pakistan Palau Palmyra Atoll Panama Papua New Guinea Paracel Islands Paraguay Peru Philippines Pitcairn Islands Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Qatar Reunion Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Helena Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Samoa San Marino Sao Tome and Principe Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia and Montenegro Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands Somalia South Africa South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands Spain Spratly Islands Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Svalbard Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Taiwan Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Togo Tokelau Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tromelin Island Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Turks and Caicos Islands Tuvalu Uganda Ukraine United Arab Emirates United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Vietnam Virgin Islands Wallis and Futuna West Bank Western Sahara Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe I’ll post the updated list once I figure out where Bouvet Island is ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2004, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-in-the-world-have-dopers-been-poll/248950/60 "2004-06-08T17:27:39Z")
Albania, American Samoa, Anguilla, Antarctica, Antigua and Barbuda, Armenia, Aruba Benin, Bhutan, Burkina Faso, Burma, Burundi Cayman Islands, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Comoros, Cook Islands Djibouti East Timor, Equatorial Guinea Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas), French Guiana, French Polynesia The Gaza Strip, Greenland, Guam, Guinea-Bissau Kazakhstan, Kiribati, Kyrgyzstan Lebanon, Libya Macau, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mayotte, Micronesia, Federated States of Midway Islands Nauru, Netherlands Antilles, New Caledonia, Norfolk Island, Niger, Northern Mariana Islands Palau, Pitcairn Islands Reunion Saint Helena, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Sao Tome and Principe, Somalia Tajikistan, Togo, Tokelau, Tonga, Turks and Caicos Islands, Tuvalu Uzbekistan Vanuatu, Virgin Islands Wallis and Futuna, The West Bank, Western Sahara I think I’ve stripped out all the uninhabited islands and all the places we’ve owned up to having been to. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-in-the-world-have-dopers-been-poll/248950.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-in-the-world-have-dopers-been-poll/248950.md?page=4)