How many countries have you been to and what were/are they?

[keenan87]

My list:

Countryname Region
Afghanistan Asia
Albania Europe
Algeria Africa
American Samoa Australasia
Andorra Europe
Angola Africa
Anguilla Caribbean
Antigua and Barbuda Caribbean
Argentina South America
Armenia Europe
Aruba Caribbean
Australia Australasia
Austria Europe
Azerbaijan Europe
Bahamas Caribbean
Bahrain Middle East
Bangladesh Asia
Barbados Caribbean
Belarus Europe
Belgium Europe
Belize North America
Benin Africa
Bermuda Caribbean
Bhutan Asia
Bolivia South America
Bosnia-Herzegovina Europe
Botswana Africa
Bouvet Island Africa
Brazil South America
Brunei Asia
Bulgaria Europe
Burkina Faso Africa
Burundi Africa
Cambodia Asia
Cameroon Africa
Canada North America
Cape Verde Africa
Cayman Islands Caribbean
Central African Republic Africa
Chad Africa
Chile South America
China Asia
Christmas Island Australasia
Cocos (Keeling) Islands Australasia
Colombia South America
Comoros Africa
Congo, Democratic Republic of the (Zaire) Africa
Congo, Republic of Africa
Cook Islands Australasia
Costa Rica North America
Croatia Europe
Cuba Caribbean
Cyprus Europe
Czech Republic Europe
Denmark Europe
Djibouti Africa
Dominica Caribbean
Dominican Republic Caribbean
Ecuador South America
Egypt Africa
El Salvador North America
Equatorial Guinea Africa
Eritrea Africa
Estonia Europe
Ethiopia Africa
Falkland Islands South America
Faroe Islands Europe
Fiji Australasia
Finland Europe
France Europe
French Guiana South America
Gabon Africa
Gambia Africa
Georgia Europe
Germany Europe
Ghana Africa
Gibraltar Europe
Greece Europe
Greenland Europe
Grenada Caribbean
Guadeloupe (French) Caribbean
Guam (USA) Australasia
Guatemala North America
Guinea Africa
Guinea Bissau Africa
Guyana South America
Haiti Caribbean
Holy See Europe
Honduras North America
Hong Kong Asia
Hungary Europe
Iceland Europe
India Asia
Indonesia Asia
Iran Middle East
Iraq Middle East
Ireland Europe
Israel Middle East
Italy Europe
Ivory Coast (Cote D`Ivoire) Africa
Jamaica Caribbean
Japan Asia
Jordan Middle East
Kazakhstan Asia
Kenya Africa
Kiribati Australasia
Kuwait Middle East
Kyrgyzstan Asia
Laos Asia
Latvia Europe
Lebanon Middle East
Lesotho Africa
Liberia Africa
Libya Africa
Liechtenstein Europe
Lithuania Europe
Luxembourg Europe
Macau Asia
Macedonia Europe
Madagascar Africa
Malawi Africa
Malaysia Asia
Maldives Asia
Mali Africa
Malta Europe
Marshall Islands Australasia
Martinique (French) Caribbean
Mauritania Africa
Mauritius Africa
Mayotte Africa
Mexico North America
Micronesia Australasia
Moldova Europe
Monaco Europe
Mongolia Asia
Montenegro Europe
Montserrat Caribbean
Morocco Africa
Mozambique Africa
Myanmar Asia
Namibia Africa
Nauru Australasia
Nepal Asia
Netherlands Europe
Netherlands Antilles Caribbean
New Caledonia (French) Australasia
New Zealand Australasia
Nicaragua North America
Niger Africa
Nigeria Africa
Niue Australasia
Norfolk Island Australasia
North Korea Asia
Northern Mariana Islands Asia
Norway Europe
Oman Middle East
Pakistan Asia
Palau Australasia
Panama North America
Papua New Guinea Australasia
Paraguay South America
Peru South America
Philippines Asia
Pitcairn Island Australasia
Poland Europe
Polynesia (French) Australasia
Portugal Europe
Puerto Rico Caribbean
Qatar Middle East
Reunion Africa
Romania Europe
Russia Europe
Rwanda Africa
Saint Helena Africa
Saint Kitts and Nevis Caribbean
Saint Lucia Caribbean
Saint Pierre and Miquelon North America
Saint Vincent and Grenadines Caribbean
Samoa Australasia
San Marino Europe
Sao Tome and Principe Africa
Saudi Arabia Middle East
Senegal Africa
Serbia Europe
Seychelles Africa
Sierra Leone Africa
Singapore Asia
Slovakia Europe
Slovenia Europe
Solomon Islands Australasia
Somalia Africa
South Africa Africa
South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands South America
South Korea Asia
Spain Europe
Sri Lanka Asia
Sudan Africa
Suriname South America
Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands Europe
Swaziland Africa
Sweden Europe
Switzerland Europe
Syria Middle East
Taiwan Asia
Tajikistan Asia
Tanzania Africa
Thailand Asia
Timor-Leste (East Timor) Australasia
Togo Africa
Tokelau Australasia
Tonga Australasia
Trinidad and Tobago Caribbean
Tunisia Africa
Turkey Middle East
Turkmenistan Asia
Turks and Caicos Islands Caribbean
Tuvalu Australasia
Uganda Africa
Ukraine Europe
United Arab Emirates Middle East
United Kingdom Europe
United States North America
Uruguay South America
Uzbekistan Asia
Vanuatu Australasia
Venezuela South America
Vietnam Asia
Virgin Islands Caribbean
Wallis and Futuna Islands Australasia
Yemen Middle East
Zambia Africa
Zimbabwe Africa


CP'ers are the 1%, the CEOs of their company, hiring directors and they have travelled the world more than anyone I know

[Phanuthier]

Originally Posted by Displaced Flames fan

Only for people for whom cities=places.

I find it disturbing how easily you toss landscape aside.

Originally Posted by habernac

He wouldn't say that if he'd been to Yellowstone National Park. Or Devil's Tower, Wyoming. Moab, Utah. Jamestown, Virginia. Mesa Verde, Colorado....... We live on an awesome continent, so much to see.

Agreed! Some incredible places could include Utah, Idaho (yes Idaho), Nevada (not just Vegas!), Arizona...

Even in Canada, I love the Sushwap area, Squamish is the mecca of outdoor sports, Banff/Jasper/K area... and I've never been out East, but I bet the maritimes are awesome.

Saying that, I love going international... but don't tell me your options are limited in North America. If you think they are, you are just ignorant to them.

[Swiss]

USA
Mexico
Chile
Dominica
St Martteen
Bahamas
England
France
Switzerland
Puerto Rico
Germany
Spain
Italy
Netherlands
Belgium
Czech Republic
Egypt
Tunisia
Denmark
Greece
Hungary
Turkey
China
Japan
Australia

As for States and Provinces alot

[edslunch]

United Kingdom (England, Wales)
France
Netherlands
Belgium
Spain
Italy
Monaco
Luxembourg
Austria
Germany
Switzerland
Japan
Korea
Hong Kong (pre-China)
Malaysia
Singapore
Thailand
Taiwan
India
Australia
Senegal
South Africa
Mexico
United States - NY MA VT ME NH MI IL AZ CA WA OR FL KY OH TX LA OK PA CO TN VA DC NJ UT GA MN IN
CANADA - BC AB SK MN ON QC NB NS PE

[Oil Stain]

Originally Posted by keenan87

My list:

CP'ers are the 1%, the CEOs of their company, hiring directors and they have travelled the world more than anyone I know

It just appears that way because every travel bug that reads CP is going to respond to this thread.

In that way it's going to be a skewed survey.

[ae118]

Canada: BC, AB, SK, MB, ON, QC, NS, NL

United States: New York, New Jersey, Florida, Kentucky, Montana, North Dakota, Nevada

Other: Belgium, The Netherlands, Luxembourg, Germany, England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, Ireland, France, Spain, Italy, Monaco, Switzerland, St Lucia.

[driveway]

Originally Posted by habernac

He wouldn't say that if he'd been to Yellowstone National Park. Or Devil's Tower, Wyoming. Moab, Utah. Jamestown, Virginia. Mesa Verde, Colorado....... We live on an awesome continent, so much to see.

Seen Yellowstone, seen Devil's Tower (and watched Close Encounters projected onto the wall of a cabin right underneath it), seen the Black Hills, and the Black Rock Desert, and the Finger Lakes, and the Rockies, and the Appalachians, and the West Coast and the East Coast. Yes, the landscapes in North America are fantastic and absolutely worth visiting.

But the people are all the same. And that's what makes travel for me: being exposed to different ways of thinking and different cultures, and that barely exists in North America. From Alaska to Florida to Quebec to BC, the overall culture is astonishingly monolithic. Yes, there are differences, which can seem astonishing, but that's only because the differences are so small, they stand out when compared to the overall sameness.

If your thing is landscapes and natural beauty, North America is a phenomenal place to travel. If your thing is human culture, there's only really five places you need to visit in North America and you have a damn near perfect grasp of the whole thing.

[Chingas]

Originally Posted by driveway

But the people are all the same. .

If you mean they mostly have two legs and two arms then I agree, outside of that I'd have to disagree.

The average Californian, vs average Floridian, vs average Kentuckian, vs BCer, vs Albertan, vs Saskatchewanite, vs Torontonian, Vs Halifaxer vs... (I could go on and on) are not the same.

There are definate local feels to almost any region, and if you can't pick up on that then I feel sorry for you and your travels. You can't look at the same big box stores and identical strip malls and say that the places are all the same. you need to look into the local cafe's, local hang outs, local weekend entertainment (sports, bars, parks ...) and you will be amaised at the diversity that you will find accross suprising close localities.

As for my List.

Canada
Mongolia
USA
Cuba
Mexico
Japan
Taiwan
Australia
China , Hong Kong, Macau
Kazakhstan
Thailand
Malaysia
Burma
Singapore
England
France
Czech Republic
Germany
Italy
Switzerland

[BigBrodieFan]

Thanks to you all who participated in this! It was greatly appreciated and I apologize for anyone who is interested for not posting the results sooner.

In case you were wondering-

My kid asked this question on 5 Canadian based message boards, Calgarypuck being the only hockey message board. The others were general news message boards/political boards. I also had a friend of mine who is a Prof at U of Windsor give the question to one of his classes. Altogether my kid had 767 answers from the Canadian targeted groups.

Also, hundreds of students received the question at KU and then my kid posed the question to 7 political message boards targeting US political groups and news groups. We thought that we'd have a hell of a lot more responses from the Americans simply because we targeted what we thought were a much bigger group of people. Altogether he had 334 answers from the American targeted groups, even though the students at KU received the question to do as extra credit for a geography class. Go figure.

So- of the 767 'Canadian answers,' the average number of countries visited was a whopping 15! The average number of States was 5. We didn't count the provinces, sorry.

Of the 334 'American answers,' the average number of countries visited was 3. The average number of States was 11.

We didn't include the (assumed) country of residence as a 'visited' country.

Of course this isn't any sort of scientific data and there are no facts or generalities or empirical evidence, blah blah- but it was fun learning about some places that we didn't even know existed. Again, I appreciate all of your help, it was a fun project to do. Thanks CP!

[MoneyGuy]

So, Canadians out travel Americans five to one. Nice. And not surprising.

However, the demographics of the countries' residents surveyed would impact the results.