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Old May 12, 2013, 3:07 pm
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Originally Posted by BuildingMyBento
Turkish AND Greek Cyprus?...
Oh, go ahead and open that box, Pandora . . .
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Old May 12, 2013, 7:40 pm
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Originally Posted by BuildingMyBento
Turkish AND Greek Cyprus?...
They both stamped my passport... so yes

Another one where lists will vary I suppose
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Old May 13, 2013, 1:48 am
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I've my own "country" list: its based on ISO3166. So, every "somehow" political entity with a dedicated top level domain (i.e. the two letter ISO3166 code) counts as country.

http://www.davros.org/misc/iso3166.html#existing

Why? I liked there definition: everything that forms a separated territory from the "mothership" counts, i.e. Guam, Puerto Rico: YES but Wales and Scotland (sorry!): NO..
and "North Cyprus": NO (as its neither anything recognized, nor really separated (distance wise) from Cyprus nor turkey..
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Old May 13, 2013, 8:41 am
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Originally Posted by BuildingMyBento
Turkish AND Greek Cyprus?...
Just the south this time.
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Old May 13, 2013, 9:39 am
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UK
Ireland
France
Germany
Spain
Portugal
Monaco
Italy
Malta
Vatican City
Greece
Slovenia
Slovakia
Czech Rep
Hungary
Poland
Holland
Belgium
Sweden
Norway
Denmark
Luxembourg
Austria
Switzerland
Australia
New Zealand
USA
Barbados
St Lucia
Tunisia
Lesotho
South Africa
UAE
Thailand
Malaysia
Singapore
India
Sri Lanka
China (Hong Kong)

39 with Canada, Estonia, Finland and Iceland to come
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Old Oct 5, 2013, 10:09 am
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Not going to list them but so far I am at 118 on the Travelers Century Club list and 92 on the WorldAtlas.com (OP) list.

By the end of the year the WA total will be 93; by the end of 2014 up to 102.
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Old Oct 5, 2013, 3:55 pm
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I'm not a pin-in-the-map guy. (I travel for culture and person-to-person contact.) Sometime ago, I went through the Travelers' Century Club list, just because it offers a bit of current - overlaid by historical - context. I was at 220+...with no special interest in ticking off the rest. The list is really just designed to make 100 attainable.
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Old Oct 5, 2013, 4:05 pm
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Originally Posted by rankourabu
They both stamped my passport... so yes

Another one where lists will vary I suppose
With a US passport, the Turkish side gladly stamped it while the Greek side shooed it away. Guess I'll have to connect through Larnaca at some point...
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Old Oct 5, 2013, 5:06 pm
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I live in Canada so my list is:

USA
Spain
Morocco
Italy
Vatican City
Australia
Netherlands
Hungary
Romania
Croatia
Slovenia
Serbia
China (includes Hong Kong & Macau. Visited HK when it was still a British Colony)
Malaysia
Thailand
Vietnam
North Korea
South Korea
Mexico
Taiwan
Japan
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Old Oct 5, 2013, 5:14 pm
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I'm up to 70
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Old Oct 5, 2013, 6:00 pm
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http://www.canoe.ca/Travel/TipsTrend.../21168846.html

Calgary man becomes world's most travelled

This guy does seem full of himself and seems to have a holier than thou attitude

For that reason, the Calgarian can now lay claim to the title of most extensively travelled person in human history.

“Some of the least travelled people I’ve ever met have been to 100 countries, or even as high as 170 countries — what they do is fly between major cities and especially capital cities, stop off in the airport or take a hotel for the night, and then say that they’ve ‘done’ such and such country,”
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Old Oct 6, 2013, 4:40 am
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Originally Posted by rankourabu
This guy does seem full of himself and seems to have a holier than thou attitude
Agreed, and with that in mind Im hoping to add Barbados as my 77th next week.
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Old Oct 6, 2013, 8:10 am
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Originally Posted by CubaLibre
I've my own "country" list: its based on ISO3166. So, every "somehow" political entity with a dedicated top level domain (i.e. the two letter ISO3166 code) counts as country.
That eliminated Transnistria which is absolutely a country. I was there earlier this year. They have a border, a military to defend it, a flag, their own currency, they speak a different language than surrounding countries.

I count it as one of the 85 I have been to.
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Old Oct 6, 2013, 8:19 am
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Originally Posted by CMK10
The Century Club is one of the biggest joke lists out there. It's like cheating at Solitaire to claim you've been to "countries" the way they list them. Hell, by their list you can claim Turkey twice if you've been to the Asia side and the Europe side
Yup. They count Dubai and Sharjah as different. They list all 7 Emirates of the UAE separately. I used to live in Dubai and going to Sharjah is NOT going to another country. I have been to all 7 Emirates but I certainly do not count it as 7 countries.
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Old Oct 7, 2013, 7:15 am
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Originally Posted by DesertNomad
Yup. They count Dubai and Sharjah as different. They list all 7 Emirates of the UAE separately. I used to live in Dubai and going to Sharjah is NOT going to another country. I have been to all 7 Emirates but I certainly do not count it as 7 countries.
Haha, busted. I hit 100 countries last year and the way I brought it to the finish line was to visit Sharjah and Ajman on a day trip from Dubai.
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