Where have you been?

Post by **IHF** » Sun Oct 05, 2008 2:43 pm

17 so far

Post by **bluezephyr** » Sun Oct 05, 2008 2:45 pm

Apart from a boozecruise in 2004 with a coach load of my old school teachers to Calais, The only other place ive been is Thailand 5 times now.

Talk about a real culture shock when i got there first time.

Parents never had the money to take me and my sis away when we were younger. Apart from a rainy camping trip in North Norfolk when i was about 6!.
Started my own company this year, Hopefully in the coming years i will have money to do a bit more exploring of the world around me.

I want to go to china and see the Xian terracotta warriors, Go to Vietnam and see Hanoi and Halong bay, Cambodia too see Anchor Wat.

So im mostly untravelled.

Post by **BaaBaa.** » Sun Oct 05, 2008 3:24 pm

Only 10 for me, I've been to places like Sri Lanka, Mexico etc but I've never even been to France.

Not a bad amount of places considering i'm 28 and I've only been to the UK and Thailand for the last 5 years.

As Pete said, the figures on here surprised me, well above average.

Post by **hhfarang** » Sun Oct 05, 2008 3:29 pm

I want to go to china and see the Xian terracotta warriors, Go to Vietnam and see Hanoi and Halong bay, Cambodia too see Anchor Wat.

Very good suggestions... I haven't been to any of those three places either and look forward to going there now that I live in this part of the world.

Post by **sandman67** » Sun Oct 05, 2008 3:38 pm

37

I did a Trans Africa trek that bumped the numbers up (even passing through Angola at one point) and Ive been lucky to have jobs that involve travel and working abroad.

Also helped that I hated every single minute I had to spend in the UK.

Mum and Dad started me off on the travel bug......

Post by **richard** » Sun Oct 05, 2008 4:09 pm

Me? 49 (excluding Yorkshire). So 50 really

Less than my brother (overseas correspondent and BBC researcher) and less than my departed parents

Guess I've no roots and destined to be a 'wandering star'

Post by **Nereus** » Sun Oct 05, 2008 4:10 pm

Interesting post, must have some relavance to why so many are in Thailand, or end up expats.

40 for me, a couple of which I would rather forget about, such as Angola.

Post by **PeteC** » Sun Oct 05, 2008 4:11 pm

bluezephyr wrote: I want to go to china and see the Xian terracotta warriors,

Ah ha, you see Thailand has everything if you look close enough. About half way between Pattaya and Sattahip east of Rt #3 there is a Chinese museum with a dozen original Terracotta warriors. The only statues that have been allowed out of China on a permanent basis per my understanding. The museum is near Silverlake Vineyards and the Big Buddha in gold on the mountainside. Name: Sala Viharasien.

The Thai man who founded the place is some kind of business big shot with very close ties to the Chinese government.

Worth a visit if you're in the area to give an idea what you'll see in Xian when you get there. The place is also loaded with other Chinese antiquities. Pete

Post by **caller** » Sun Oct 05, 2008 4:12 pm

16 that I can think of so far, with many repeat visits to some and since 2000 its basically been UK/Oz/Thailand.

I must get out more!

But interestingly, my interest is waning although I would like to think I could explore the region more when based in LOS.

Also, some places can be explored in a very short time, say Macau, but others like Oz, are too big to see it all. In 6 or so trips to Oz, I have never been to Western Australia.

And with the missus, we will explore a bit of europe over the next year or so. But europe has never been a great draw for me, its the far away places that enticed. My first trip out of the UK was to Hong Kong when I was 23.

Post by **petercr** » Sun Oct 05, 2008 6:00 pm

49 for me

Post by **lindosfan1** » Sun Oct 05, 2008 6:18 pm

I was surprised I have been to 26 plus 9 different Greek Islands which only count as one and I do not consider myself as well travelled.

Post by **richard** » Sun Oct 05, 2008 6:27 pm

Difficult to make a 'well travelled' judgment. Visits can fall into many categories

Lived
Extended stay (3 week holiday etc)
Multiple visits to same/different parts of the same country
Touch down only or 'passed through on a train/plane

eg I have been to Australia. 5 hours in Sydney airport plus 5 hours flying over it to Johannesburg. Can't even say I saw a dingo or roo

Post by **Cowtown Comedy** » Sun Oct 05, 2008 7:24 pm

slightly off topic, but try this geography game.....
http://www.news.com.au/perthnow/index/1 ... 22,00.html

Post by **redzonerocker** » Sun Oct 05, 2008 8:01 pm

42 so far & i hope to double that figure before my bones get laid to rest

Post by **Cowtown Comedy** » Sun Oct 05, 2008 8:36 pm

I'm surprised people from UK/Europe haven't seen more, considering continent Europe has atleast 50 countries.

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