Just for a bit of craic , I thought I'd start this.
So, I'm interested to find out how many countries in the world GAABoard members have been to.
Maybe between us all , we've travelled to every country?
There are over 200 according to Wikipedia , so I'll start with the A's and the B's.
Just add which of these you've travelled to:
Afghanistan
Albania
Algeria
Andorra
Angola
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina
Armenia
Australia
Austria
Azerbaijan
Bahamas
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Barbados
Belarus
Belgium
Belize
Benin
Bhutan
Bolivia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Botswana
Brazil
Brunei
Bulgaria
Burkina Faso
Burundi
I have been to East Germany, Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia amongst others.
Won't be going back to them any time soon.
Australia
Austria
Belgium
Australia
Austria
Bahrain
Austria and Belgium
Canada
Croatia
Czechia
England
Estonia
France
Germany
Morocco
Netherlands
Poland
Portugal
Spain
USA
Albania
Austria
Belarus
Belgium
12.
2 from the above list, boasting ;D
Austria
Belgium
Yeah just Austria for me out of that list too.
Australia
USA
UK- England Scotland and Wales
Spain
Netherlands
Italy
Hungary
Slovakia
Croatia
Serbia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Romania
Thailand
New zealand
14 in total
Have been to a few countries but from above A & B... zero. Never even heard of some of them!
2
Algeria
Australia
Australia
Austria
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Andorra
Austria
Bulgaria
Andorra
Australia
Austria
Zero from that list.
Nil.
Nada.
:-[
Australia
21 countries
Some people are really showing off! ;D
Quote from: RedHand88 on April 26, 2024, 09:07:18 AMSome people are really showing off! ;D
Lol well the question was asked. Just to clarify thats out of all the countries not just the A &B lol
Quote from: RedHand88 on April 26, 2024, 09:07:18 AMSome people are really showing off! ;D
Some people can't understand simple instructions.
Quote from: 93-DY-SAM on April 26, 2024, 09:23:14 AMQuote from: RedHand88 on April 26, 2024, 09:07:18 AMSome people are really showing off! ;D
Some people can't understand simple instructions.
There are over 200 according to Wikipedia , so I'll start with the
A's and the B's.
Just add
which of these you've travelled to:
As a reminder
But there might be one or two missing from that list
Andorra
Australia
Austria
Brunei - Not sure I can claim this as a 'visit' but I flew home from Australia for the AIF in 2010 and back via Brunei, spent 12 hours in Brunei airport, which would make Belfast International look like Times Square, a dry country too so no pints, that was a depressing layover!
Quote from: 93-DY-SAM on April 26, 2024, 09:23:14 AMQuote from: RedHand88 on April 26, 2024, 09:07:18 AMSome people are really showing off! ;D
Some people can't understand simple instructions.
Yes i understood the original instruction. Sincere apologies for cutting to the chase. It would be far quicker just saying how many countries people have visited rather than having a 100 page thread to get to the answer
200 Countries, Wikipedia is full of shit.
None of the listed AB countries for me.
I've been to Aruba though.
Quote from: J70 on April 26, 2024, 10:12:29 AMNone of the listed AB countries for me.
I've been to Aruba though.
Aruba, Jamaica, ooh, I wanna take ya
Quote from: lfdown2 on April 26, 2024, 09:28:02 AMAndorra
Australia
Austria
Brunei - Not sure I can claim this as a 'visit' but I flew home from Australia for the AIF in 2010 and back via Brunei, spent 12 hours in Brunei airport, which would make Belfast International look like Times Square, a dry country too so no pints, that was a depressing layover!
Definitely counts. Stick a pin in that one
Quote from: J70 on April 26, 2024, 10:12:29 AMNone of the listed AB countries for me.
I've been to Aruba though.
Yeah thats one, only recently knew it as a friend (soon to be ex friend at this rate) is clogging up a whatsapp group with pics of the place currently!
Of the AB countries:
Albania
Armenia
Australia
Austria
Azerbaijan
Belarus
Belgium
Bolivia
Botswana
Brazil
Bulgaria
Lads that would follow the national football teams would hit some of the obscure venues Id say
Update - Countries in bold have been travelled to
Afghanistan
Albania
Algeria
Andorra
Angola
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina
Armenia
Australia
Austria
Azerbaijan
Bahamas
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Barbados
Belarus
Belgium
Belize
Benin
Bhutan
Bolivia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Botswana
Brazil
Brunei
Bulgaria
Burkina Faso
Burundi
PS - If you want to add other countries , as well as A and B, you can do so, and I'll fill it all in later
Save you having to go back later.
Andorra
Barbados (island hop only)
Brazil
The further East I've been is Malta and happy enough with that tbh.
But I'll be in Clones on Sunday. Yes Sur!
Quote from: Aristo 60 on April 26, 2024, 11:40:36 AMAndorra
Barbados (island hop only)
Brazil
The further East I've been is Malta and happy enough with that tbh.
But I'll be in Clones on Sunday. Yes Sur!
Aye, as long as you set foot in the country, that will do!
Quote from: tyrone08 on April 26, 2024, 09:33:55 AMQuote from: 93-DY-SAM on April 26, 2024, 09:23:14 AMQuote from: RedHand88 on April 26, 2024, 09:07:18 AMSome people are really showing off! ;D
Some people can't understand simple instructions.
Yes i understood the original instruction. Sincere apologies for cutting to the chase. It would be far quicker just saying how many countries people have visited rather than having a 100 page thread to get to the answer
That was in jest btw...and yes I'd agree on just having one list.
Quote from: tyrone08 on April 26, 2024, 09:33:55 AMQuote from: 93-DY-SAM on April 26, 2024, 09:23:14 AMQuote from: RedHand88 on April 26, 2024, 09:07:18 AMSome people are really showing off! ;D
Some people can't understand simple instructions.
Yes i understood the original instruction. Sincere apologies for cutting to the chase. It would be far quicker just saying how many countries people have visited rather than having a 100 page thread to get to the answer
Yes I think you're probably right.
I had thought doing it by continent but it's all over place (although I'm thinking along the lines of international football qualifying ). I mean , did you know Cyprus is technically in Asia? No, me neither
America
Iceland
England, Scotland and Wales
Portugal
Spain
France
Germany
Italy
Holland
Croatia
Greece
Turkey
Malta
Does sitting on a train, travelling through a country but not setting foot on it, count?
Or transitting through an airport?
I'll leave out flying over its airspace!!
Quote from: AustinPowers on April 26, 2024, 11:36:25 AMPS - If you want to add other countries , as well as A and B, you can do so, and I'll fill it all in later
Save you having to go back later.
My full list and traveled to every county on this Island of Ireland.
Austria
Belgium
Canada
Croatia
Cyprus
Czech republic
Denmark
Egypt
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Italy
Luxembourg
Malta
Monaco
Morocco
Netherlands
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Slovakia
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Turkey
United Kingdom (England,Scotland and Wales)
United States
Vatican City
Quote from: Shamrock Shore on April 26, 2024, 01:08:16 PMDoes sitting on a train, travelling through a country but not setting foot on it, count?
Or transitting through an airport?
I'll leave out flying over its airspace!!
Aye, technically you had both feet in the country. As well as the rest of ye ;D
Airspace, nah.
Of the A-Bs Austria and Belgium
Quote from: AustinPowers on April 26, 2024, 01:33:04 PMQuote from: Shamrock Shore on April 26, 2024, 01:08:16 PMDoes sitting on a train, travelling through a country but not setting foot on it, count?
Or transitting through an airport?
I'll leave out flying over its airspace!!
Aye, technically you had both feet in the country. As well as the rest of ye ;D
Airspace, nah.
How about if the plane lands, but you do not get out?
Quote from: J70 on April 26, 2024, 10:12:29 AMNone of the listed AB countries for me.
I've been to Aruba though.
Not a country.
Quote from: Keyser soze on April 26, 2024, 02:47:25 PMQuote from: J70 on April 26, 2024, 10:12:29 AMNone of the listed AB countries for me.
I've been to Aruba though.
Not a country.
Its always a grey area
In January 1986, Aruba seceded from the Netherlands Antilles, becoming a constituent country of the Kingdom in its own right. In October 2010, the Netherlands Antilles was dissolved and Curaçao and Sint Maarten became the newest constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
Quote from: armaghniac on April 26, 2024, 02:43:20 PMQuote from: AustinPowers on April 26, 2024, 01:33:04 PMQuote from: Shamrock Shore on April 26, 2024, 01:08:16 PMDoes sitting on a train, travelling through a country but not setting foot on it, count?
Or transitting through an airport?
I'll leave out flying over its airspace!!
Aye, technically you had both feet in the country. As well as the rest of ye ;D
Airspace, nah.
How about if the plane lands, but you do not get out?
Well, the tyres of the plane would have earthed you to the ground , so we'll count it
I did that once on the Isle of Man. Never actually stood on the island , but I'm claiming I've been there
Quote from: AustinPowers on April 26, 2024, 03:57:36 PMQuote from: armaghniac on April 26, 2024, 02:43:20 PMQuote from: AustinPowers on April 26, 2024, 01:33:04 PMQuote from: Shamrock Shore on April 26, 2024, 01:08:16 PMDoes sitting on a train, travelling through a country but not setting foot on it, count?
Or transitting through an airport?
I'll leave out flying over its airspace!!
Aye, technically you had both feet in the country. As well as the rest of ye ;D
Airspace, nah.
How about if the plane lands, but you do not get out?
Well, the tyres of the plane would have earthed you to the ground , so we'll count it
Grand, that's another half dozen.
GB - England, Scotland and Wales
Russia
Spain
France
USA
Canada
Australia
Austria
Bahamas
Barbados
Belgium
Bulgaria
Australia
Austria
Bahamas
Bahrain
Barbados
Belgium
Bulgaria
A lot of people have been to Oz. On paper it's a place I'd like to have visited but the getting there is very off putting for someone who hates flying. How many 1 hr flights would it take?!
Quote from: Tony Baloney on April 26, 2024, 11:00:34 PMA lot of people have been to Oz. On paper it's a place I'd like to have visited but the getting there is very off putting for someone who hates flying. How many 1 hr flights would it take?!
Break it up with stays in Dubai
Quote from: Tony Baloney on April 26, 2024, 11:00:34 PMA lot of people have been to Oz. On paper it's a place I'd like to have visited but the getting there is very off putting for someone who hates flying. How many 1 hr flights would it take?!
Go business class.
Quote from: armaghniac on April 26, 2024, 11:21:35 PMQuote from: Tony Baloney on April 26, 2024, 11:00:34 PMA lot of people have been to Oz. On paper it's a place I'd like to have visited but the getting there is very off putting for someone who hates flying. How many 1 hr flights would it take?!
Go business class.
It's a fear thing rather than legroom although much better than I was. Have taken Diazepam in the past.
Quote from: Tony Baloney on April 26, 2024, 11:00:34 PMA lot of people have been to Oz. On paper it's a place I'd like to have visited but the getting there is very off putting for someone who hates flying. How many 1 hr flights would it take?!
Depending on route its 25-30 hours all in to the east coast. Look, its not nice, and it takes a few days at least to adjust to the complete reversal of night and day, but you get there in the end.
Airlines are very good and look after you as much as they can with the adjustment by making it look like night time in the cabin when it should be night time etc. But it's strange seeing the sun rise then sink 3 or 4 hours later.
Quote from: Tony Baloney on April 26, 2024, 11:00:34 PMA lot of people have been to Oz. On paper it's a place I'd like to have visited but the getting there is very off putting for someone who hates flying. How many 1 hr flights would it take?!
There you go!
https://madventure.co.uk/london-to-sydney-overlandtour/
Quote from: grounded on April 27, 2024, 01:57:45 PMThere you go!
https://madventure.co.uk/london-to-sydney-overlandtour/
A lot of people have been to Oz. On paper it's a place I'd like to have visited but the getting there is very off putting for someone who hates flying. How many 1 hr flights would it take?!
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There you go!
https://madventure.co.uk/london-to-sydney-overlandtour/
[/quote]That's just the job but there doesnt appear to be a return leg. And I don't think I have enough annual leave to cover it.
Flew to Oz once, delayed honeymoon. Pilot announced "this is an emergency descent" when we were over the Indian
Ocean. We were fine, but for a few mins I thought it would end up differently.
Imagine going to Oz on a boat all them years ago :o
Quote from: Rois on April 28, 2024, 07:25:29 AMFlew to Oz once, delayed honeymoon. Pilot announced "this is an emergency descent" when we were over the Indian
Ocean. We were fine, but for a few mins I thought it would end up differently.
Thanks for that Rois ;D
Quote from: Tony Baloney on April 27, 2024, 05:40:15 PMQuote from: grounded on April 27, 2024, 01:57:45 PMThere you go!
https://madventure.co.uk/london-to-sydney-overlandtour/
A lot of people have been to Oz. On paper it's a place I'd like to have visited but the getting there is very off putting for someone who hates flying. How many 1 hr flights would it take?!
There you go!
https://madventure.co.uk/london-to-sydney-overlandtour/
[/quote]That's just the job but there doesnt appear to be a return leg. And I don't think I have enough annual leave to cover it.
[/quote]
I met a couple in a backpackers place in Noosa, many years ago,chap a teacher from Magherafelt who'd taken a year out and travelled to Australia overland (most of the way, a flight maybe from Bali to Sydney to finish off) . Civil folk, canny mind their names
Austria
Argentina
Belgium
Benin
Brazil
Bulgaria
Andorra
Belgium
Quote from: Milltown Row2 on April 26, 2024, 02:54:39 PMQuote from: Keyser soze on April 26, 2024, 02:47:25 PMQuote from: J70 on April 26, 2024, 10:12:29 AMNone of the listed AB countries for me.
I've been to Aruba though.
Not a country.
Its always a grey area
In January 1986, Aruba seceded from the Netherlands Antilles, becoming a constituent country of the Kingdom in its own right. In October 2010, the Netherlands Antilles was dissolved and Curaçao and Sint Maarten became the newest constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
There is SFA grey about it. It is not a country.
Quote from: Keyser soze on April 29, 2024, 02:00:17 PMQuote from: Milltown Row2 on April 26, 2024, 02:54:39 PMQuote from: Keyser soze on April 26, 2024, 02:47:25 PMQuote from: J70 on April 26, 2024, 10:12:29 AMNone of the listed AB countries for me.
I've been to Aruba though.
Not a country.
Its always a grey area
In January 1986, Aruba seceded from the Netherlands Antilles, becoming a constituent country of the Kingdom in its own right. In October 2010, the Netherlands Antilles was dissolved and Curaçao and Sint Maarten became the newest constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
There is SFA grey about it. It is not a country.
Keep your hair on lad
Bahamas
Bulgaria
Have been to a few far flung places,
Korea
Namibia
Meath
Korea and Namibia were nice
Quote from: Itchy on April 30, 2024, 07:40:00 PMHave been to a few far flung places,
Korea
Namibia
Meath
Korea and Namibia were nice
I'd like to visit the Skeleton Coast and all those massive sand dunes. I remember a lecturer talking about the diamonds lying about in the sand!
Update - Countries in bold have been travelled to
Afghanistan
Albania
Algeria
Andorra
Angola
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina
Armenia
Australia
Austria
Azerbaijan
Bahamas
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Barbados
Belarus
Belgium
Belize
Benin
Bhutan
Bolivia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Botswana
Brazil
Brunei
Bulgaria
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Keep your countries coming , be it A and B ....or C to Z.
I'll update the list as it progresses.
We're up to 59* countries so far.
If you want the whole list, I think that's my lot.
Australia
Austria
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Croatia
Czech Republic
England
Germany
Indonesia
Ireland
Japan
Malta
New Zealand
Poland
Qatar
Scotland
Slovakia
South Korea
Spain
United Arab Emirates
United States of America
Wales
Austria
Belgium
I'll go to the opposite end of the spectrum
Zambia
Zimbabwe
65 so far.
Here's C and D countries , or just add any others if you like
Countries in bold have already been mentioned:
Cabo Verde
Cambodia
Cameroon
Canada
Central African Republic
Chad
Chile
China
Colombia
Comoros
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
Congo, Republic of the
Cook Islands
Costa Rica
Croatia
Cuba
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Djibouti
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Cambodia
Canada
China
Croatia
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Canada
Chile
Costa Rica
Croatia
Cuba
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Dominican Republic
Anybody been to Moldova? Or Serbia? Georgia? You certainly get around following Ireland.
Quote from: AustinPowers on May 04, 2024, 06:27:41 PM65 so far.
Here's C and D countries , or just add any others if you like
Countries in bold have already been mentioned:
Cabo Verde
Cambodia
Cameroon
Canada
Central African Republic
Chad
Chile
China
Colombia
Comoros
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
Congo, Republic of the
Cook Islands
Costa Rica
Croatia
Cuba
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Djibouti
Dominica
Dominican Republic
C and D...only Canada
and Cork
Cambodia
Canada
Denmark
Rat Islands
France
C & D Update:
Countries in bold have been visited :
Cabo Verde
Cambodia
Cameroon
Canada
Central African Republic
Chad
Chile
China
Colombia
Comoros
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
Congo, Republic of the
Cook Islands
Costa Rica
Croatia
Cuba
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Djibouti
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic, many moons ago
Cyprus
Croatia
Just Canada for me in the C&Ds. I'd defo have Croatia on my list for the future.
Canada and Denmark only in that section
Not sure I like this game.
No C or D for me either
Quote from: Taylor on May 08, 2024, 04:28:19 PMNot sure I like this game.
No C or D for me either
Feel free to add any others that are not A - D
Conclusion to this thread is the international man of mystery is well traveled.
Quote from: Captain Obvious on May 08, 2024, 04:47:22 PMConclusion to this thread is the international man of mystery is well traveled.
I've not been to that many actually ;D