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Feb 3, 2014, 1:54 pm

#1081

Willinahotel

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United Kingdom (England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland individually)
Ireland
France
Germany
Sweden
Netherlands
Cyprus
Spain (inc. Tenerife)
USA

Feb 3, 2014, 7:43 pm

#1082

Spectre17

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My business travel doesn't give me enough international opportunities or at least not enough to places I haven't already been. Perhaps when I retire I'll have the opportunity to increase my count. My list (of 32 countries) currently looks like:

Australia
Austria
Bahrain
Belgium
Brazil
Bulgaria
Canada
China
Czech Republic
Denmark
France
Germany
Ireland
Italy
Japan
Kuwait
Liechtenstein
Malaysia
Mexico
Monaco
Netherlands
New Zealand
Norway
Singapore
South Korea
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Taiwan
United Kingdom (England, Scotland, Wales)
Vatican City
Vietnam

Feb 3, 2014, 10:41 pm

#1083

N830MH

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I visited Switzerland for 2 times in 2013. I flew to ZRH in March 2013 & this time I went to BSL by last November 2013.

Mar 15, 2014, 11:46 am

#1084

CMK10

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Update

Total has increased to 24:

Austria
Botswana
Brazil
Canada
Czech Republic
Chile
Dominican Republic
Ethiopia
France
Germany
Hungary
Italy
Japan
Mexico
The Netherlands
Nicaragua
Portugal
South Africa
Spain
Switzerland
Tanzania
United Kingdom
United States
Vatican City

Mar 17, 2014, 3:33 pm

#1085

AirForceFlyer

Join Date: Jul 2011

Location: Los Angeles

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Posts: 365

I'm currently at 47 with 3 places on the TravelCenturyClub (TCC) list. Hoping to get to 75 before I hit 30!

Philippines
USA
Japan
Germany
Qatar
Iraq
Ireland
Turkey
Kyrgyzstan
China
South Korea
North Korea
Singapore
Indonesia
Malaysia
Thailand
Hong Kong
Macau
Maldives
India
Nepal
Russia
Italy
Vatican City
Slovenia
Austria
Hungary
Croatia
Netherlands
Belgium
France
England
Spain
Luxembourg
Switzerland
Republic of San Marino
Liechtenstein
Greece
Monaco
Egypt
UAE
Ethiopia
Kenya
Malta
Hawaii (TCC)
Alaska (TCC)
Sardinia, Italy (TCC)

Mar 17, 2014, 7:20 pm

#1086

nrr

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USA
Canada
Ireland
Scotland
Wales
England
France
Spain
Italy
Germany
Austria
East Germany
Switzerland
Belgium
Netherlands
Denmark
Sweden
Norway
Finland
Japan

Mar 17, 2014, 7:31 pm

#1087

DesertNomad

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Location: Northern Nevada

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Posts: 1,652

Up to 87 having recently added Somaliland.

Mar 17, 2014, 7:37 pm

#1088

ajGoes

Join Date: Jul 2013

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Posts: 2,474

24, going by their status when I was in each country. I'd get one more, 25, going by current borders as Belarus is no longer part of the Soviet Russian empire. 26 if I go by World Cup rules, and 27 if I count the United Nations.

Counting Ireland is a bit of a stretch, but we did get out of the plane there and buy a few things at the duty free while it was refueled. I still have the toy car I accidentally shoplifted there -- my mom and dad each thought the other had paid for it.

USA
Canada
The United Nations (really stretching it here)
Mexico
France
Belgium
UK (England and Wales)
Spain
former West Germany (now Germany)
Denmark
The Netherlands
Luxembourg
Switzerland
Austria
Italy
Vatican City
Ireland (Shannon Airport)
Sweden
former Yugoslavia (now Slovenia)
former Czecholovakia (now Czech Republic)
Poland
former USSR (now Belarus and Russia)
Finland
Liechtenstein
Japan

Last edited by ajGoes; Mar 17, 2014 at 7:45 pm

Mar 17, 2014, 7:44 pm

#1089

CMK10

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Quote:

Originally Posted by DesertNomad

Up to 87 having recently added Somaliland.

Is that really a country? I thought it was unrecognized.

Mar 17, 2014, 9:26 pm

#1090

BuildingMyBento

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Join Date: Jun 2004

Posts: 6,412

Quote:

Originally Posted by ajGoes

I'd say counting airports is pushing it enough. You might as well say you've been somewhere if you've merely eaten something from there. Hence, American-Chinese food still wouldn't count...

Mar 17, 2014, 10:01 pm

#1091

CMK10

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Quote:

Originally Posted by BuildingMyBento

I'd say counting airports is pushing it enough. You might as well say you've been somewhere if you've merely eaten something from there. Hence, American-Chinese food still wouldn't count...

I agree. My theory is that if you have to justify why you count the country it doesn't count.

Incidentally, the United Nations? That's just a

Mar 18, 2014, 5:09 am

#1092

ajGoes

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Quote:

Originally Posted by CMK10

I agree. My theory is that if you have to justify why you count the country it doesn't count.

Incidentally, the United Nations? That's just a

Yeah, I know. But I was ten years old and my big brother made a big deal about it.

As for counting Ireland for my brief sojourn at Shannon, I did at least walk around on Irish soil!

Mar 18, 2014, 5:44 am

#1093

CMK10

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Quote:

Originally Posted by ajGoes

Yeah, I know. But I was ten years old and my big brother made a big deal about it.

As for counting Ireland for my brief sojourn at Shannon, I did at least walk around on Irish soil!

In my mind at least, soil begins outside the airport. Merely walking around on the tarmac does not count.

Mar 18, 2014, 7:43 am

#1094

ajGoes

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Quote:

Originally Posted by CMK10

In my mind at least, soil begins outside the airport. Merely walking around on the tarmac does not count.

OK, you win. My revised count is 23. If I stretch it by using World Cup standards for the UK countries and counting current borders rather than borders in effect when I was there, I get 25.

USA
Canada
Mexico
France
Belgium
UK (England and Wales)
Spain
former West Germany (now Germany)
Denmark
The Netherlands
Luxembourg
Switzerland
Austria
Italy
Vatican City
Sweden
former Yugoslavia (now Slovenia)
former Czecholovakia (now Czech Republic)
Poland
former USSR (now Belarus and Russia)
Finland
Liechtenstein
Japan

Dubious entries which I don't include in my total:
The United Nations
Ireland (didn't leave Shannon Airport)

Mar 18, 2014, 7:49 am

#1095

ariel81

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Argentina
Uruguay
Brazil
Chile
Paraguay
United States
UK (England,Scotland,Northern Ireland)
France
Italy
Vatican City
Spain
Germany
Czech Republic
Israel