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How many of you guys are world travelers? Is our dear Dakka community a bunch of isolationists or are we individuals filled with wanderlust? Me, personally, I love to travel, and I have been all over North America, something like 30 states, Canada and Mexico, both numerous times. I have also been to Europe three times, but I chose to spend most of my time in the UK, followed by Germany. I love Europe and am trying desperately to move there! I would love to go to Asia, as well as Egypt, South Africa, Chile and Argentina. What about y'all?

I like to travel, and like to think I have covered a fair amount of ground.

Americas
United States (35 out of 50 States)
Canada (all 3 of the populated Provinces)
Mexico

Asia
Brunei
China
Hong Kong (pre- & post-return)
Japan
Macau (pre- & post-return)
Malaysia
Singapore
Taiwan

Europe
Austria
Belgium
England
France
Germany
Italy
Luxembourg
Netherlands
Russia
Switzerland
Ukraine

More would be fun...
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Gah. Bad cut & paste.

Sadly, no. The only place I've been outside of Tasmania is New Zealand (once every few years), and the mainland of Australia (to change planes so I can go to NZ). Saddening, really... I haven't even been to the Gold Coast.

JohnHwangDD wrote:
Asia
Brunei
China
Hong Kong (pre- & post-return)
Japan
Macau (pre- & post-return)
Mexico
Malaysia
Singapore
Taiwan

While I love the fact that you have traveled so much, I am amazed that you found Mexico twice and in Asia! Lol, I am gonna call that a post/travel fail.

I haven't travelled as much as the above, but I did a fair bit when I was younger.

USA (Houston, Texas)
France (mostly in Calais doing beer runs but once to Paris)
Belgium
Greece (Rhodes and Crete)
China (Shanghai, Hangzhou, Hainan)
Hong Kong (for a visa)

I personally would like to see more of China. Having lived here for over 4 years I feel I haven't seen enough of the place.

I’ve been through Europe twice, once as a kid going through the UK, France and Italy. The second time I backpacked through Germany, Austria, the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland.

I’ve backpacked through China and India as well. If people were paying attention to those kinds of things, I made a few posts to Dakka when I was India, so the little flag would have been different for me during May and June of this year.

I've also stopped over in a bunch of places, Singapore, UAE, Hong Kong, but wandering around town for a night before catching an early flight doesn't really count.

I think I’d like to go to the US next, though some friends are talking about South America…

sebster wrote:
I think I’d like to go to the US next, though some friends are talking about South America…

South America is sweet. I've been through Buenos Aires, Quito, and Mar Del Plata. Good times, though you definitely need to keep your head on. Between Brazil and Ecuador, I prefer Ecuador, but that may be due to the fact that Ecuador is my best friend's home nation.

As far as where else I've been:

Australia
England
Spain
Germany
Singapore
South Korea
Japan
France
Sweden
Estonia
Russia
Egypt
Turkey
Cyprus
and currently planing a trip to India/Pakistan/Afghanistan to visit friends.

Edit: I've only been to 5 states. Illinois, Wisconsin, Indiana, Minnesota, Michigan.

I've stayed in the States mostly. The southeast and along the U.S./Mexico border out to Arizona. I was about 1/2 mile from Mexico, does that count?

OverbossGhurzubMoga wrote:I've stayed in the States mostly. The southeast and along the U.S./Mexico border out to Arizona. I was about 1/2 mile from Mexico, does that count?

Having been to Mexico, it's likely both safer and better.

Been to:

America (CA, Michigan, New York)
Australia
Bali
Belgium
Canada
Egypt
France
Gambia
Italy
Japan
Singapore
Spain
Thailand

Malaysia (lived there)
England (live there)
UAE (born there)

I am pretty sure I have been to more places :S

But I am just shy of South America and Antarctica for my continents.

we'll i haven't done anywhere near that much traveling but i'll put in my meager offering
I have been to :-
Namibia (to help build a well when i was 15)
Las Vegas
Chicago
Spain (about 8 times)
Norway
egypt


*Vegas was by far my fave*

Hmm, i have been to

England (Born there, and have stayed there)
Scotland (Lived most of my life)
France
Spain
Switzerland
Germany
Italy
Qatar
UAE
South Africa (Currently Living ^_^)

USA -- Miami and Long Island (Fun)
Italy (Fun)
France (Business and Fun)
Switzerland (Fun)
Spain (Business and Fun)
Sweden (Business)
Japan (Business and Fun)
Corsica (Business)

I just got back from Japan and I'm off to Spain to film La Tomatina in two weeks.

I work for an international travel company. We provide the tours that travel agents book for people. Like where there's 30 old people on a bus roaming around italy.

I went on 1 (free!) tour to Greece in Feb 2006 with my company. Other than that, that was my first and last time so far ever leaving the US.

As far as the US goes, I drove from Philly to Los Angeles and back again 2 years later. It was nice to see the country I guess, but I doubt I'd ever do a drive like that again, and I'm not really a fan of flying. I'm a fatty and the seats are too damn small!

A lot of business travel is less fun than people think.

I've been around the block.

US (about a dozen state)
Cuba
Porto-rico
Carabean
Bahamas
UK virgin island
Peru
Bolivia
France
UK
Spain

France, Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Greece (Crete also), Italy, Spain, Portugal, Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Poland, Switzerland, Austria (Germany-Switzerland-Austria 17 times in one day, Lake Konstanz ), stopped of in Czech Republic.

So.. nowhere outside of Europe!

sA