How many countries have you visited?

[Jonny Nexus]

I was also in Lebanon as part of my military service, but that doesn't really count as "visiting".

Well I suspect that it was a tad more "intense" than many of the rather fleeting visits being mentioned here.

 

[Guillaume]

Let's see... For me that would be

Canada (naturally !)
United States of America
France
Belgium
Italy
Switzerland

Not a long list... but longer than some

 

[FreeXenon]

Via the US Navy:
Spain (Palma de Mallorca)
Italy (Naples)
France (Cannes)
Greece (Rhodes)
Israel (Haifa)
United Arab Emirates (Jebel Ali)
St. Martin (N.A.)

Via Graduation Present to self
Russia (Moscow)
Belarus (Minsk, Mogilev)
Czech Republic (Prague)
Germany (Leipzig, Weimar)

A previous vacation while in the Military
Philippines (Iriga, Naga)

Have flown through or taken a train through
Poland (Warsaw) (flown into and taken a train through) and
Japan (Flown through)

I have driven to the east and west coast of the United States
San Francisco to Charleston and Norfolk
I have driven just across the border to Canada near the Minnesota border.
I have flown to Florida
I have not been to any of the states south of Norfolk (Florida being the exception)

 

[Greylock]

(4 states in 10 days - Massachussetts, New Hampshire, Vermont, New York).

New Hampshire and Vermont only count as one state.

 

[s/LaSH]

New Zealand (born and bred and live)
Australia (aquired my exquisite posh accent on holiday there - imagine the exact opposite of an Australian accent, and you'll be imagining my voice)

... and that's it. Never even been to an embassy.

 

[fusangite]

1. Canada
2. United States (tempted to list Deseret as a separate country...)
3. Greece
4. France
5. England
6. Zimbabwe
7. Botswana
8. Zambia

Pinotage, when did you go to Zimbabwe? If it's since 1992, I'd love to hear what things were like and what kind of shape different places were in.

 

[Krieg]

Well I suspect that it was a tad more "intense" than many of the rather fleeting visits being mentioned here.

You obviously missed my mentioning Cabo!

 

[Pinotage]

Pinotage, when did you go to Zimbabwe? If it's since 1992, I'd love to hear what things were like and what kind of shape different places were in.

I was there in January 1996. Spent about two weeks travelling through the country, and staying with some friends in Harare. It was part of a extended and long holiday travelling through Southern Africa. It wasn't the best time of year to go, since the vegetation is lush and green and places like Hwange aren't that exciting since you can't see much. Mana Pools was booked solid so we couldn't find a space there, but we did have fun in the national parks to the east of the country, along with Kariba and Victoria Falls in the west. White water rafting along the Zambezi was fantastic! I chose not to Bungee, given that for the same price I could spend a day on the river. 10 second thrill or day on the river - I chose the river. I think back then it was $90 or something - last I heard a few years back it was $300 or more.

That year as well there was the worst weather in something like 20 years. Sleeping in a tent in Kariba wasn't pleasant. It's a case of waking up and realising the dam has come to you! We did stop in Bulowayo as well, and did some haggling with the locals on the way back to South Africa. I don't think I'd go there again anytime soon given the current situation, so I was glad I was there when I was.

Pinotage

 

[Angel Tarragon]

Does Mexico count?

 

[danant]

hmmmm... Let's see:

Spain,
France,
Germany,
Denmark,
UK (Scotland & Wales incl.),
Belarus,
Czech Republic,
Slovakia,
Turkey,
Holland,
Hungary

& Poland of course

Regards,
d.