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Sadly one. It's my own, and it's one that I wanna get out of so bad.
And tourists LIKE this place?? I mean, good for them, but I just don't see how. Some have even moved here.
And no, it's not Japan. It's actually its polar opposite (not literally). If Japan is known as the "land of the rising sun", my country is the land of the setting sun. It would make more sense before the discovery of the New World.
Give up? It's Morocco.
id like to travel it still
Check it out for yourself. You might like it.
1, other than my home country. I spent 5 weeks in Thailand. Thailand is a great place, I could live there
I'm the Johnny Cash of Tamriel, Khajiit goes most places.
And of course Elsweyr.
Looking back, I'm quite privileged 😅
Catalogna, Spain:
I think that one was supposed to be Catalonia (or Catalunya or Cataluña), the gn as ni is an Italian thing, it's not like that in Spanish nor in Catalan.
I believe its catalogne in French.
You got me! It was my inner french that seeped into my english 😄
Ah, didn't knew that french also did the gn as ni, that makes a bit more sense, I found it weird that a French person was using an Italian phonem when writing English and was wondering if maybe there was a place with a similar name but google didn't seemed to think so.
I'm American, so predictably I've never been out of the country. If money weren't an issue I'd love to travel to Germany, Japan, and China to start.
Why specifically Germany? And why is it at the top of your list?
I've got some German heritage, and I've always wanted to see the Black Forest. Plus there's the Brandenburg gate and castle Neuschwanstein.
Oof, you'd be on the road a lot. Black forest - in the very south west, Neuschwanstein - pretty south east, Berlin - very north east.
I might suggest going to the black forest, visiting all the historical castles in the Mittelrheintal (middle Rhine valley), and instead of Brandenburg gate maybe Stuttgarter Schloss etc. Neuschwanstein is basically castle-cosplay. I think in the middle Rhine valley you'll find cooler things and it's closer .
Thanks for the suggestions! I am slowly setting aside money to try to travel there someday and planning at least helps it feel closer.
Countries I’ve been to for some kind of Holiday:
That’s more than I initially thought..
Notes:
If we are counting airports, I have also been to:
I think the shortest was 1 night in Trinidad Longest was 2 years when I lived in Grenada.
Just 4. US, Canada, England, Wales.
I didn't realise it was a life goal of mine to spend 6 minutes in a country until this post, but now I'm not sure I can unsee this list. Maybe the Vatican is a good candidate for that? Italy can go in the 2 days slot, bumping UK up to 6 weeks another time. Germany will exceed the 6 years slot soon though, maybe I'll need to visit all sixers to get bingo on a row of sevens instead. And where are we going for 7 seconds? Another tripoint, does that count?
I refuse to answer, since "what is the first country you traveled to" is a recovery question used by at least one online service I've used, and I don't want to risk letting someone else have a better chance at guessing the answer I used.
Tip: if you trust yourself to keep track of stuff, you can just use another password for these fields. I know this is pretty common knowelege in the privacy space, but a lot of people never think of it.
This is true. However, if a service uses a "recovery question" at all, and doesn't allow me to use a physical security key, it means they don't really care about security. Moreover, it probably means that they will want me to answer a "recovery question" while talking on the phone or visiting somewhere in person, and I would probably prefer to not appear to be different to other people in a situation like that.
I just write curse words or pick some random option for those.
I’ve been on holiday in 32 countries. Quite a lot! About 2/3 of those were European countries (I’m European).
Australia Hong Kong Taiwan China England Wales France Spain Catalonia Germany United States New Zealand Thailand Singapore Kenya Papua New Guinea Indonesia
Plus a bunch of airports, of course.
Somewhere between 17-19, but only on the Northern hemisphere.
One thing I've learned is that humans are very much alike everywhere, both good and bad, but mostly in a good way. I will never understand racism or patriotism. Borders are artificial.
American here! I’ve been lucky to travel a bunch for work so some of the countries I’ve been to 10+ times for 1-2 weeks. Others are just for holiday.
Canada - only a few day trip to Toronto Mexico - one week but flying there tomorrow for a second week France - 10+ work trips Italy - 10+ work trips UK - weekend in London with the EuroStar from Paris Germany - a couple work trips China - one week Australia - two weeks Jamaica - two weeks Dominican Republic - one week
USA, Canada, Mexico, Bahamas, Bermuda, UK, Ireland, France, Italy, Germany, Sweden, Denmark, Poland, Czech Republic, Hungary, Croatia, Slovenia, Turkey, Greece, Cyprus, UAE, Saudi Arabia, India, Bhutan, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Australia
I'm surprised that there have been very few people who go to Turkey despite it being 5th most visited
Belgium for 10 days as part of a school exchange trip in high school. Was a lot of fun. We saw a lot of touristy stuff, but also the first time I was able to legally buy alcohol or go to a bar. That was over 20 years ago and I still have a pair of bowling shoes I stole from a bowling alley on that trip.
Belize. I've been twice. The first was for 2 weeks when my uncle was marrying a woman from Belize. We spent a week near where her family is from so we could meet that side of the family, then a week on the island where the wedding was. The second time was for a week for a vacation. My friend's dad owns a house in Belize, so we had a free place to stay. Second trip was MUCH less touristy than the first one, which was nice. We mostly hung out in local bars.
Guatemala. During my first trip to Belize we took a day trip to visit Tikal. I really wouldn't say I "visited" the country as Tikal was the only place we stopped, but my passport got stamped, so I'll include it.
Mexico. Spent a week on vacation. We stayed in Playa del Carmen and did some very touristy things.
Costa Rica. Again, for a week. Again, pretty touristy. I liked Costa Rica a lot.
China. Went for the first week of my honeymoon. I have friends who live in Beijing. We spent the first half of the week there, mostly going to restaurants, bars, parks, and other places my friends hang out at. We also went to the Great Wall. For the second half of the week we went to Xian to see the Terracotta Soldiers.
Malaysia. Spent the second week of our honeymoon here. First few days were on a resort island to do the SUPER honeymoon resort thing. Second half was in Kulala Lumpur where we mostly just wandered around checking out the city.
Japan. Spent an hour layover there on our flight home from Malaysia. Again, I wouldn't really count it, but they stamped my passport.
Cuba. Spent a week in Cuba on vacation. By far, the most enjoyable country I've ever visited and most fun vacation I've ever had. Before getting to the country, the only prep we did was book a room for our first night. Everything else we just figured out along the way and stayed where people suggested might be fun. Also the only country I've felt a strong desire to visit again. (Not that the others were bad, but I tend to want to go somewhere I've never been when I vacation).
I've been back and forth to Australia, because I have family there. Melbourne and a dusty little coastal town in South Australia called Whyalla. I've also attended a Worldcon there, and I think, accidentally insulted Charles Stross.
I've also been on a month-long trip to Europe which covered the Czech Republic, Austria, Hungary, Germany and the Netherlands. I fell in love with each and every one of those countries as I toured through them, although it was a little bit disappointing to be trapped in Essen while my wife attended Der Spiel because of a public transport strike.
We had plans for a trip to the US next year, which may not happen now. Perhaps we'll head back to Europe.
Australia, New Zealand, United States, Portugal, Germany, Belgium, Luxemburg, and Netherlands.
I have transited via Thailand, Austria, UAE, and Singapore but I don't count those as visited.
Around 82. Most of them by train, bus and boat.
But the country count is irrelevant. Travel should be a personal experience, not a form of conspicuous consumption. Mass airplane travel in particular is completely unsustainable, which is why I hardly ever do it. I've been to a ton of very remote and interesting places but I don't blog about my adventures or post anything on social media. Only a handful of people ever hear anything about it, which is the way things were for everyone until approximately yesterday. Traveling slowly is not particularly expensive, it just requires time and a patient mindset.
9, but around half of them were just quick layovers.
USA, Canada, Mexico, Bahamas, Dominican Republic, England, Norway, Italy, France, Germany, Iceland, India, Dubai.
That's not counting places like Finland where I was only there for a layover.
About 10, I guess.
No, I am not rich (in money). They are just near.
Canada, Mexico, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, France, Germany, Greece, Austria, Spain, Portugal, Sweden, Denmark, Japan, Thailand, Indonesia.
Been to every US state except for Alaska.
3, of which I have 2 citizenships and am looking at a possible 3rd
Barely any. Just Poland (my country), Czechia, Slovakia and technically Austria (for few hours).
I definitely want to go to Baltics (Lithuania/Latvia/Estonia), Belarus, Ukraine, Hungary and Austria in the relatively near future, but I haven't even explored my country that much, so it's also on my bucket list.
The biggest problem is that I don't really have anyone to travel with, so for most of my life I just didn't do that, and only recently (couple of years ago) I have started to do it, but still very rarely.
Canada: 2 days, visiting a friend in Quebec.
Mexico: Longest was a whole week; but accumulated over how many times I have gone there is probably a whole year or more. Always just been for fun (the week long stay was via a cruise); mostly just Tiajuana though.
Germany: 2 weeks, for work. Never got to see anything outside Bremerhaven.
Ireland: 2 hours. Had a layover there on the way to Germany.
I live in California, and have been to every state in the US except for Alaska and Hawaii. Almost got to Hawaii. That work in Germany I mentioned? It was because I was hired as a crewman for the Pride of America, an NCL cruise ship and it was just finishing being built when I got aboard. Was supposed to be touring Hawaii, but I tripped down some stairs on the way across the Atlantic to New York and fucked myself up enough that I couldn't continue working. Missed out on crossing the Panama canal and seeing Hawaii. 😩
UK.
I've worked in: UK, Ireland, Spain (Marid and Barcelona), France (Paris), Italy (Milan and Rome), Germany (all over), Belgium (Brussels), Denmark (Copenhagen), US (New York and New Jersey), Canada (Toronto and Montreal)
On top of those I've visited: Japan (many times), US (many times), Sweden, Holland, Iceland, Turkey, Greece, Cyprus, BVI, Antigua, St Martin, Barbuda
I've sailed in BVi, Antigua, Barbuda, Italy, Greece, and obviously the UK.
If I could, I would live in Japan, by far my favourite place
Three.
Norway
Sweden
Denmark
Finland
Germany
Poland
France
Czech Republic
Slovakia
UK
Ireland
Spain
Portugal
Croatia
Austria
Belgium
Netherlands
US
Brazil
Malaysia
Nigeria
Cameroon
Equatorial Guinea
Singapore
Saudi Arabia
Bahrain
Hungary
The shortest stay was in Bahrain, for three days. I'd add duration and impression to the list, but that'd take me forever. So instead I'll just say that my favorites are Singapore, Malaysia, Czech Republic, and Croatia. Honorable mention: Bahrain
EDIT: also France for 6 hours via the Chunnel ;)
