how many countries have visited

fukace


Joined: 18/11/2010
Posts: 44

Message Posted:
24/11/2010 21:14

this is a list of all un countries , where have you been







http://www.un.org/en/members/

Lilli



Joined: 21/07/2008
Posts: 13081

Message Posted:
24/11/2010 22:02

To at least a third of your list in my time x

Brinsley


Joined: 04/04/2009
Posts: 6858

Message Posted:
24/11/2010 22:12

Air hostesses and pilots don't count!



Richard

oceana


Joined: 12/07/2010
Posts: 395

Message Posted:
24/11/2010 22:13

Only to Jordan, Uk, and Turkey

DutchCrusader



Joined: 19/05/2008
Posts: 11281

Message Posted:
24/11/2010 22:17

RE msg 1, fukace: Very good question! Have you any idea where Cyprus is located?



Re msg 5, oceana: I suddenly remember your post "headache". Any good advise from your local milkman after all the would-be doctors on this board?

DutchCrusader



Joined: 19/05/2008
Posts: 11281

Message Posted:
24/11/2010 22:20

RE msg 1, fukace: P.S. and by the way: what do you mean with your question "how many countries have visited" (sic).

Lilli



Joined: 21/07/2008
Posts: 13081

Message Posted:
24/11/2010 22:22

oh brins no one told me that ex cabin crew couldnt join in msg 6 very good by the way xx

DutchCrusader



Joined: 19/05/2008
Posts: 11281

Message Posted:
24/11/2010 22:22

RE msg 8, fukace: (...) yes dutch I have wikipedia (...)

=> You desperately need to study more.

DutchCrusader



Joined: 19/05/2008
Posts: 11281

Message Posted:
24/11/2010 22:26

RE msg 12, fukace: Many links will be too difficult for you, I'm afraid, but don't hesitate to ask (others, please).

oceana


Joined: 12/07/2010
Posts: 395

Message Posted:
24/11/2010 22:28

I really can't be bothered with you! Who are you trying to prove yourself to? All you do is critisize people because that's the way you fullfill you your missing sides! You must have a serious problem!

waddo


Joined: 29/11/2008
Posts: 1966

Message Posted:
24/11/2010 22:29

A nice round 50 but some were called other names when I passed through.

oceana


Joined: 12/07/2010
Posts: 395

Message Posted:
24/11/2010 22:30

that was to msg13

DutchCrusader



Joined: 19/05/2008
Posts: 11281

Message Posted:
24/11/2010 22:31

Re msg 14, oceana: Wrong. Because when I have a problem I go to a doctor and not to a Bulletin Board via my computer.

LaptaMike


Joined: 07/10/2009
Posts: 1679

Message Posted:
24/11/2010 22:32

lol Hans.



Msg 1, I have visited Holland, Belgium, France, Spain, Italy, Malta, Turkey, Egypt, Jamaica, Germany. I think thats it.

Glasbury


Joined: 13/08/2010
Posts: 268

Message Posted:
24/11/2010 22:32

Msg 1 - 25 countries.

oceana


Joined: 12/07/2010
Posts: 395

Message Posted:
24/11/2010 22:34

Is that why you continue, even the doctor can't cure you!

DutchCrusader



Joined: 19/05/2008
Posts: 11281

Message Posted:
24/11/2010 22:42

RE msg 23, fukace: (...) that is why I posted it was surpised at the list (...)

=> If you had paid some attention at the village school you would have known more than you do now.

Brinsley


Joined: 04/04/2009
Posts: 6858

Message Posted:
24/11/2010 22:49

Where are 'The Cook Islands' on the list?

That's okay, we'll build are own nuclear test base and take on France's Mururoa Atoll with impunity!



Richard

oceana


Joined: 12/07/2010
Posts: 395

Message Posted:
24/11/2010 22:49

Could i just ask what you are doing here if you know so much?? Are you a spell check!!! Do it else where and leave people alone!

Clarissa2


Joined: 12/06/2009
Posts: 1476

Message Posted:
24/11/2010 22:50

Re : Msg 23,



DC, I think the cause of oceana's headaches is polysyllabic words in your postings.

TRNCvictim


Joined: 17/08/2010
Posts: 1417

Message Posted:
24/11/2010 23:13

Here goes (but remember I am very old)!



Belguim, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, Egypt, France, Germany, Greece, India, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Maldives, Malta, Mexico, Morocco, Myanmar (Is that the Capital of Burma? If it is then yes I have if not then no I have not)! Panama, Portugal, Seychelles, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Vietnam!



And the nicest place of the lot was Costa Rica!!!



But still have to discover Australia and New Zealand hopefully will be heading there next year!

fukace


Joined: 18/11/2010
Posts: 44

Message Posted:
24/11/2010 23:14

myanmar is/was burma I believe

Lilli



Joined: 21/07/2008
Posts: 13081

Message Posted:
24/11/2010 23:16

trnc my love you do it, i still have a lot on my wish list, Due to circumstances im 6 years behind and a couple more to catch up but i will try my best to acheive some x

oceana


Joined: 12/07/2010
Posts: 395

Message Posted:
24/11/2010 23:18

TRNCvictim, what was it that you liked about Costa Rica when comparing to other countries you've listed?

TRNCvictim


Joined: 17/08/2010
Posts: 1417

Message Posted:
24/11/2010 23:29

The Rain Forest, The People, and there lovely way of life! such a happy country, that has looked after the habitat for the animals! very special!



oceana if you ever get the chance of going, don't hesitate!



X

oceana


Joined: 12/07/2010
Posts: 395

Message Posted:
24/11/2010 23:34

I hope I will go one day. x

inigo


Joined: 23/10/2010
Posts: 50

Message Posted:
25/11/2010 00:08

Spain,Italy,Denmark,Holland,Croatia,Switzerland with a big prerequisite " Visa" as TC citizen

fukace


Joined: 18/11/2010
Posts: 44

Message Posted:
25/11/2010 00:15

inigo are you not an eu citizen

Blackbird



Joined: 11/08/2009
Posts: 1432

Message Posted:
25/11/2010 00:16

I've been to Rhyl, and Scarborough, Blackpool and of course Llangollen.......oh yes and TRNC

shrimp


Joined: 01/09/2010
Posts: 939

Message Posted:
25/11/2010 00:17

France, spain, Greece, Turkey, UK, croatia, Llubjana, Austria, Canada, USA, Switzerland, Canary Islands, Minorca, Italy.

inigo


Joined: 23/10/2010
Posts: 50

Message Posted:
25/11/2010 00:25

Fukace; no I am not.I hold the TC passport which does only work in TRNC

fukace


Joined: 18/11/2010
Posts: 44

Message Posted:
25/11/2010 00:27

inigo if you are a tc you are entitled to a eu passport.

Glasbury


Joined: 13/08/2010
Posts: 268

Message Posted:
25/11/2010 00:30

Msg 39 - I've never been to Rhyl or Scarborough, Blackpool lots of times and Llangollen once to the Eisteddfod.

inigo


Joined: 23/10/2010
Posts: 50

Message Posted:
25/11/2010 00:31

I wish the same but definetely we are not.Eu still stops the free-movement from Turkey in words of people.They let the taring products to move within EU but if it comes to people,they say no

Briefly wht they say;sell your products to EU but pls do not visit regularly

fukace


Joined: 18/11/2010
Posts: 44

Message Posted:
25/11/2010 00:39

inigo are you mainland or a t/c , if tc you are part of europe and allowed free health care and freedom of movement within the eu countries

inigo


Joined: 23/10/2010
Posts: 50

Message Posted:
25/11/2010 00:41

Sorry I used TC as mainland not Turkish Cypriot.Old time habits...

fukace


Joined: 18/11/2010
Posts: 44

Message Posted:
25/11/2010 00:46

sorry inigo please, i do not understand , my fault ..are you turkish or a cypriot

inigo


Joined: 23/10/2010
Posts: 50

Message Posted:
25/11/2010 00:47

I am Turkish

Blackbird



Joined: 11/08/2009
Posts: 1432

Message Posted:
25/11/2010 00:58

Re message 43 never been to Rhyl or Scarborough???...You don't know what you have missed LOL

But really TRNC is much, much better............

Glasbury


Joined: 13/08/2010
Posts: 268

Message Posted:
25/11/2010 01:02

Msg 49 - Can't disagree with that - I love visiting the TRNC.

Blackbird



Joined: 11/08/2009
Posts: 1432

Message Posted:
25/11/2010 01:09

Message 50 so do I...for the last ten or twelve years it has been our favourite!!!

Jeannie


Joined: 04/08/2009
Posts: 3283

Message Posted:
25/11/2010 01:17

Blackbird - reminds me of a line from the film "Shirley Valentine", when she goes to Mykonos in the Greek Islands and the other holidaymakers are complaining that the only thing wrong with Greece is that it's not Spain



J

Jeannie


Joined: 04/08/2009
Posts: 3283

Message Posted:
25/11/2010 01:26

Oops - sorry - my message No. 52 should have been posted on the "Moaning Brits" thread.



Apologies

aussiejock



Joined: 06/10/2010
Posts: 350

Message Posted:
25/11/2010 06:08

Just too many to list, was in the Merchant Navy, so travelled to every continent, and that was when the world was a safe place for travelling,







Robert

Markyboy



Joined: 05/06/2010
Posts: 228

Message Posted:
25/11/2010 06:34

To keep to the thread......Wales, Ireland, Scotland, England, France, Belgium, Holland, Germany, Austria, USA, Qatar, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Bahrain, Iraq, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore, Malta, Spain, Greece, Turkey, RoC and the good old TRNC. Future plans for China, Oz, NZ and South Africa.

jimchris09


Joined: 13/02/2009
Posts: 547

Message Posted:
25/11/2010 11:37

UK, Austria, France, Belgium, Bahamas, Congo, Cook Islands, Egypt, Croatia, Cyprus (RoC & TRNC), Germany, Greece, Italy, Kenya, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malawi, Montenegro, New Zealand, Oman, Philipines, Portugal, Serbia, Seychelles, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, Tahiti, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Zambia, Zimbabwe.



This list does not include airport stopovers!

gusanova


Joined: 23/11/2010
Posts: 187

Message Posted:
25/11/2010 12:22

Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Nigeria, Somalia,Yemen, Iraq,Lebanon,Bahrain, Qatar, Dubai, Afghanistan Kuwait, Oman, Goa, India, nepal, Rhodesia, Gambia, Senegal, South Africa, Morroco, Gibraltar, ROC,TRNC, Turkey, Australia Hong Kong, Singapore,Ascension Island, Falkland Islands, USA, Canada, Mexico, Belize, Jamaica, Guyana,Norway, Denmark, Malta, Germany,Spain.France,holland.Belgium, Luxembourg, Austria, Switzerland Slovenia and Malta!



Like Jimchris09 above this does not include stopovers and in most of these places Ive enjoyed a beer or two!!!

jimchris09


Joined: 13/02/2009
Posts: 547

Message Posted:
25/11/2010 12:33

Or three or four or more....kept me sane in Zambia and Zimbabwe!

smoggyjim


Joined: 21/07/2007
Posts: 214

Message Posted:
25/11/2010 12:35

Too many of them as I have been working overseas for over 30 years



Smoggyjim

elko2



Joined: 24/07/2007
Posts: 4400

Message Posted:
25/11/2010 12:35

Let me see: Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, Bulgaria, Hungary, Slovakia, Check(?), Austria, Germany, Belgium, Holland, Denmark, Sweeden, Finland, Italy, UK, China, Japan, India, Thailand, Singapore, Russia, Dubai. So a total of poor 23. My friend visited 106 countries but he is not normal My next destination is south America.

ismet

girne 29


Joined: 06/12/2007
Posts: 1488

Message Posted:
25/11/2010 12:48

TrncVictim



Believe you are correct ,Costa Rica was voted Greenest and Happiest country in the world in July.

anlusan


Joined: 22/07/2010
Posts: 61

Message Posted:
25/11/2010 13:00

france, belgium,spain, luxemberg, germany, austria, hungry, romania, bulgaria, turkey, greece,switzerland, trnc, cyprus, croatia, italy,holland,egypt, dubai,abu dhabi, oman,palestine, occupied palestine,maldives,malaysia, south africa, zululand,singapore,taiwan, japan, china,thailand, pakistan,belize, mexico,america, canada, sey chelles,morocco, gibralta, uk

anlusan


Joined: 22/07/2010
Posts: 61

Message Posted:
25/11/2010 13:01

oh, forgot hong kong - used to go there on visa runs from taiwan

phylray



Joined: 21/09/2007
Posts: 1727

Message Posted:
25/11/2010 13:27

Re messages, 45, 47, 50 & 52 Dubai is not a country, and neither is Abu Dhabi. They are both cities in

the United Arab Emirates. (Honestly!!)



Here's my list:- (didn't leave u.k until in late 30's!) India, Germany, Greek Islands, Turkey, U.A.E, Bahrain, Oman,

Egypt, Israel, France, Belgium, Malta, Austria, Spain, Cyprus, TRNC, Italy, Ireland, and most parts of U.K

including Orkney, and islands of the inner and outer Hebrides. Hope to see more if I get the chance!

phylray



Joined: 21/09/2007
Posts: 1727

Message Posted:
25/11/2010 13:31

Re messages, 45, 47, 50 & 52 Dubai is not a country, and neither is Abu Dhabi. They are both cities in

the United Arab Emirates. (Honestly!!)



Here's my list:- (didn't leave u.k until in late 30's!) India, Germany, Corfu, Turkey, U.A.E, Bahrain, Oman, Egypt, Israel, France, Belgium, Malta, Austria, Spain, Cyprus, TRNC, Italy, Former Yugoslavia, Ireland, and most parts of U.K including Orkney, and islands of the inner and outer Hebrides. Hope to see more if I get the chance!

elko2



Joined: 24/07/2007
Posts: 4400

Message Posted:
25/11/2010 14:08

Phylray,

Now my turn, since when Corfu has been a country?

ismet

mamachina


Joined: 22/11/2008
Posts: 730

Message Posted:
25/11/2010 14:14

Rep of Ireland, Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Spain, Italy, Greece, Austria, Switzerland, Bulgaria, Malta, Turkey, Jordan, Aden or whatever its called now UAE is it?, Sicily, Iraq (on oil tanker), Libya, Egypt, Sudan, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Zanzibar, Zambia, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Brazil, Peru, Mexico, Venezuala, USA, (Hawaii ok part of US) Bermuda, China, Tibet, Phillippines, Bali, Cambodia, Thailand, India, (Goa and Hongkong before they were taken on by India and China) ok and the dark side I confess! and no, I had nothing to do with airlines!

mamachina


Joined: 22/11/2008
Posts: 730

Message Posted:
25/11/2010 14:17

Sorry - Missed out Yugosalvia, when it was! So, that would now count as at least 3 more countries!! And Aden isnt in UAE its something else like that!!

martinD41


Joined: 06/09/2010
Posts: 3001

Message Posted:
25/11/2010 14:24

msg 58 not the Channel Island's then?

phylray



Joined: 21/09/2007
Posts: 1727

Message Posted:
25/11/2010 15:18

Elko - should I put it under Greek Island then? (Corfu)

anlusan


Joined: 22/07/2010
Posts: 61

Message Posted:
25/11/2010 18:24

i second that since when was israel a country, you mean occupied palestine

essexdan


Joined: 29/07/2009
Posts: 70

Message Posted:
25/11/2010 19:52

Not enough .... so far- England, Wales, Ireland, Czech Republic, Holland, Spain, Majorca, France, Malta, Tunisia, Cyprus, USA, Thailand, Laos, Burma, Australia,Tasmania, New Zealand , Fiji and of course TRNC ..... Fancy Africa or South America next, ££££ permitting ....

elkiton



Joined: 15/03/2009
Posts: 514

Message Posted:
25/11/2010 20:35

Message 1

Worked in 15, holidays in the rest.

England,Scotland,Wales,Channel Islands,Denmark,Sweden,Norway,Finland,France,Spain,Belgium,Holland,

Luxembourg,Monaco,Italy,Lichtenstein,Austria,Germany,Switzerland,Yugoslavia(as was), Egypt,Tunisia,Morocco,Croatia,Malta,Serbia,Bulgaria,Turkey,America,Hong-Kong,Singapore,Australia,

Cyprus (ROC),Cyprus(TRNC)

Best Regards

TonyE

elko2



Joined: 24/07/2007
Posts: 4400

Message Posted:
25/11/2010 20:40

msg.60

Phylray wrote : "should I put it under Greek Island then? (Corfu) "



I think it should come under "Greece" Most islands in the Aegean belong to Greece and only a few to Turkey.

ismet

Brinsley


Joined: 04/04/2009
Posts: 6858

Message Posted:
25/11/2010 20:58

Any young independent traveling drop dead gorgeous nubile female rugby supporter wishing to accompany me to NZ next October for the latter part of the World Cup, please email me! The cheapest fare to date is £925 including a stopover in Korea on the return flight, so that would add two new unvisited Countries to your list! Accommodation provided in NZ for the four week stay!



Richard

elko2



Joined: 24/07/2007
Posts: 4400

Message Posted:
25/11/2010 21:03

Richard,

Are you sure?

Nubile: SEXUALLY MATURE, marriageable; sexually attractive, desirable, sexy, luscious;



ismet

Brinsley


Joined: 04/04/2009
Posts: 6858

Message Posted:
25/11/2010 21:20

Ismet

With your many declared visited Countries I hate to hazzard a guess at what sort of mischievous and gallivanting antics you have got up to!



Richard

LazyLobon


Joined: 21/11/2010
Posts: 14

Message Posted:
25/11/2010 21:41

ive been to paradise but i've never been to me

phylray



Joined: 21/09/2007
Posts: 1727

Message Posted:
25/11/2010 21:51

AAh, I see some are counting separately U.K countries! Are we not a United Kingdom then?



Ismet: Yes, I will settle for Greece. First holiday I went with my 15 year old daughter, as she was then,

and spent half the time trying to protect her from the local romeos, and the other half enjoying the lovely

island and the dancing in the tavernas.

TRNCvictim


Joined: 17/08/2010
Posts: 1417

Message Posted:
25/11/2010 22:16

Mr Brinsley (mess 65)



You frighten me, but then I am not young and nubile! (hope you find your young lady)!



girne 29 (mess 51)



Costa Rica is definately the most beautiful Country I have been! (I can understand why it's number 1 in the world)!



Ismet ( mess 50)



Which of the Country's you have visited was the most beautiful?



LazyLobon (mess 68)



You have not been to paradise until you have been to you! lovely song though!

Chelpet


Joined: 10/03/2010
Posts: 253

Message Posted:
25/11/2010 23:36

Here we go.

Germany, France,Belgium, Holland, Norway, Poland,Italy,Switzerland, Luxenberg, Finland, Spain, Portugal, Tunisia, Egypt, Aden, Sudan, Bahrein, Singapore, Thailand, Kenya, Gambia, America, Most of the Carribean Islands including Cuba, Venezula, we used to do a bit of cruising, plus ex Army, nearly forgot all of UK including Eire,

elko2



Joined: 24/07/2007
Posts: 4400

Message Posted:
26/11/2010 00:17

Phylray,

I cannot say which country was the most beautiful but I can easily say thay I was most touched by India, especially Varanasi, the holy city. The extreme poverty made me look at life in a different and more positive light.

ismet

Markyboy



Joined: 05/06/2010
Posts: 228

Message Posted:
26/11/2010 09:08

Phylray Msg 69, although a united Kingdom, each country within it has it's own flag, parliament, border and Language so in reality, yes, they are separate countries.



In my opinion of course

deputydawg


Joined: 30/03/2010
Posts: 1727

Message Posted:
26/11/2010 09:48

Very many. The Official Secrets Act precluded me from visiting some countries and many others involved a prior briefing and debriefing on return via the MOD so I am glad that my memory has now been overtaken by senile dementia and I have total resistance to interrogation. ""I aint declaring nuffink" (.) (.)

neilhodgin


Joined: 28/10/2008
Posts: 256

Message Posted:
26/11/2010 12:54

36 on that list.

mamachina


Joined: 22/11/2008
Posts: 730

Message Posted:
26/11/2010 15:26

Message 59 - yes, Jersey, Alderney and Guernsey - but I didnt think they counted!! What about Isle of Man????? Ibiza = spain! Oh yes, and I forgot St Helena in the S Atlantic - spent a week there waiting for a boat to come back, beer ok!! Scenery terriic. But best place was Isla de Margarita which is part of Venezuela., would have settled there instead of here, if it hadnt been so far away.

Chelpet


Joined: 10/03/2010
Posts: 253

Message Posted:
26/11/2010 18:32

Msg 76 it wasnt the price of petrol that could have tempted you?

apc2010


Joined: 28/07/2010
Posts: 1689

Message Posted:
01/12/2010 13:34

I think that in msg 1 it lists the countries that are" official"

Sideways



Joined: 21/01/2009
Posts: 529

Message Posted:
01/12/2010 15:58

84 on the list and some that aren't.

Pugwash


Joined: 06/09/2010
Posts: 1797

Message Posted:
01/12/2010 16:12

Tell me about Alderney mamachina, what do you think?

breezyboy


Joined: 14/05/2007
Posts: 1179

Message Posted:
01/12/2010 18:37

UK,all parts inc CI.,Eire,France,Holland, Belgium,Spain,Portugal,Germany,Switzerland,Italy,Denmark, Finland, Sweden, Ukraine,All 4 main Canaries, Madeira,Tunisia,South Africa, UAE,USA, Canada,Mexico, Jamaica, Barbados, Antigua,Yugoslavia, Greece, Turkey, TRNC, ROC, Gibraltar, Malta and Monaco.

deputydawg


Joined: 30/03/2010
Posts: 1727

Message Posted:
01/12/2010 20:21

Breezyboy. You must have been kidnapped to visit some of those places or do you have a travel agent with a sick sense of humour ?

apc2010


Joined: 28/07/2010
Posts: 1689

Message Posted:
12/12/2010 02:00

kenya ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,that was nice ..went to tree tops ,,where the queen found out "she was queen" ie news her father had died ..........



























































.

TRNCVaughan


Joined: 27/04/2008
Posts: 4578

Message Posted:
13/12/2010 10:03

How about a section for the most unusual places or places that no-one else has been.

My entry - Pitcairn Island, where I met Tom Christian.

deputydawg


Joined: 30/03/2010
Posts: 1727

Message Posted:
13/12/2010 10:49

Into a minefield at a Bulgarian border in 1963. Never was much good at night compass patrols !