Why don't people share with us what they thought of the places they visited? Maybe tell us which place was their favourite? It's rather boring to just look at a list of countries :p
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Why don't people share with us what they thought of the places they visited? Maybe tell us which place was their favourite? It's rather boring to just look at a list of countries :p
Within the UK:
England
Scotland
Wales
Northern Ireland
Jersey
Guernsey
Isle of Man
Lovely
Duchy of Cornwall
Islamic Republic of Portsmouth
Disputed Kingdom of Hackney
Within Europe:
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
France
Monaco
Italy
Switzerland
Austria
Germany
Denmark
Poland
Ireland
Rest of World:
Jamaica
Barbados
Antigua
USA
Mexico
New Zealand
Australia
Hutt River Province
Japan
Hong Kong
I have also stopped over in Moscow, KL, Abu Dhai and Seoul en route to elsewhere.
Australia
Fiji
Hawai'i (yeah i dont say USA, cause Hawaii to me is different)
and in a few weeks
JAPAN
Norway
Sweden
Denmark
West Germany (+Büsingen)
East Germany
Germany reunited
Luxembourg
Belgium (+Baarle-Herzog / Baarle-Nassau)
Netherlands
France
Austria
Czechoslovakia
Czech Republic
Slovakia
Italy (+Campione d'Italia)
Switzerland
Liechtenstein
Slovenia
Croatia
Hungary
Estonia
United Kingdom (England,Scotland,Wales,Ulster)
Spain (+Llivia)
Tenerife
Andorra
Monaco
Poland
Ireland
Latvia
Lithuania
USA (40 states)
Canada
Mexico
Turkey
Reunion
Mauritius
South Africa
Guadeloupe
Martinique
Dominica
Japan
Australia
Singapore
Malaysia
Indonesia
Thailand
Still missing e.g. Russia, Greece, Portugal (of those where so many Finns have been) and dreaming to visit e.g Iceland, New Zealand and Namibia
edit:
-yeah right, every extra penny we earn we travel...
That's a cool list, can I ask if it has been primarily work or pleasure, quite a few countries that I want to visit on that list.
Some amazing stories you must have had on the way..I would highly recommend Sikkim, seeing as you have been very close (Darjeeling earlier..)Quote:
Originally Posted by cossie16
You have probably seen more of my country than I have but I am also planning a trip to Ladakh/Himalayan foothills in the future :)
I wanted to go to Sikkim at the time I went to Darjeeling, however at the time it required getting a permit in Calcutta which from memory took about 6 weeks to acquire! The overnight train went as far as Siliguri and I was very envious of the people hoping onto the bus to Gangtok. The narrow gauge train up to Darjeeling was on strike so we all caught the bus. Darjeeling was cold! We had Christmas dinner at the old Darjeeling Tea Planters Club which was quite an experience.Quote:
Originally Posted by Storm
Bolivia, 6 of its 9 Departments
Chile, Arica and Iquique(holiday)
Peru, Cuzco and Titicaca lake area(holiday)
Sweden, lots of towns in Skane Län, Stockholm, Kiruna and many other towns(exchange student year)
Norway, the lovely Narvik(holiday)
Denmark, Copenhagen(holiday)
Czech Republic, Prague(class trip)
airport only
Brazil, Sao Paulo
Germany, Frankfurt and Berlin train station
Americas
Canada (every province except PEI & Newfieland)
USA (every state except Rhode Island & Alaska)
Colombia - Lived there
Mexico
Jamaica
Europe
England
Holland
Belgium
Luxembourg
France
Germany
Italy
Malta
Greece
Others
Iran
Azerbizhan
Lebanon
Syria - Lived there
Jordan
Egypt
Libya - Lived there
Tunisia
Australia
New Zealand
I'm impressed by those who traveled so much and still relieved seeing there are a few unlucky guys like me who hadn't the chance ( or will?!) to go abroad.
On my last holiday I was about to step into Bulgaria but one of my friends forgot his papers at home and we missed the trip.
The UK
Ireland
Spain
France
Belgium
Germany
Poland
Holland
Austria
Switzerland
Morocco
Tunisia
Turkey
Malta
Italy
USA
Mexico
Maldives
St Lucia
Antigua
St Kitts
St Vincent
British Virgin Islands
Gibralta
Sri Lanka
Future visits will hopefully include Canada, Dubai and Japan.
Definitely. I'm going to have to save some money though. Maybe a year or two of work...Quote:
Originally Posted by tinchote
Don't forget my neck of the woods :)Quote:
Originally Posted by CarlMetro
Don't bother with Oshawa :rolleyes: :p :
What?! You live in the third world and you went on a school trip to Prague? All I ever got was visit to the sodding zoo and my school was the 3rd best in my county :\Quote:
Originally Posted by jso1985
it was with my school in Sweden during my exchange year, still had to pay half of the trip anyway
Not as many as some of the people here:
Spain
Portugal
Andorra
France
England
Scotland
Belgium
Holland
Germany
Russia
Greece
USA
Australia
Quote:
Originally Posted by jso1985
Narvik is lovely indeed :up:
I have a question for you people who travel often by plane... How do you know which plane to go on? I mean... when I google something like "fly from place A to place B" I get loads of results... some are more expensive, some less so... This question applies even more when that place B is not so very near my current location...(transfer flights).
if you use a travel search engine it helps :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Erki
Where can I get that engine?Quote:
Originally Posted by Daniel
google for opodo or travelbag
Quote:
Originally Posted by Erki
It depends a lot on where you are departing from, so there is no general answer to your question. Some sites might be great for a certain place and bad for another (for example the same site that gives my an awsome price Canada-Argentina-Canada has very bad prices Argentina-Canada-Argentina.
Why not do Argentina-Canada and Canada-Argentina separately? You're a mathematician, it should be easy for you to add them up. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by tinchote
add to my previous list:
China
North Korea ( :eek: , trust me!)
Cool, how did you manage to get there, North Korea that is? Wish I had known as I really want a number (license) plate from there!Quote:
Originally Posted by ettelbruck
Collecting number plates is another of my hobbies, trying to get at least one plate from every country in the world and both Koreas are very hard to obtain!
Hmm, our guides (=guards) were so strict that stealing a license plate is simply impossible!Quote:
Originally Posted by cossie16
You can get tours to North Korea, if you have the money :)
Scotland :D
England
France
Belgium
Germany
Luxembourg
Switzerland
Italy
Monaco
Wales
Greece
Finland
Denmark
Isle of Man
Northern Ireland
Sweden
UAE (airport)
Australia
EDIT: Forgot Ireland!! :s
Estonia
Hopefully to increase over years to come :bounce:
Northern Ireland
England
USA x 3
Denmark x 2
Italy x 2
Switzerland
Belgium x 2
Sweden
Scotland
Holland x 2
Germany x 2
...and still you need less money than touring Scotland...Quote:
Originally Posted by J4MIE
Is that right? I'll have to find out more information, sounds interesting.Quote:
Originally Posted by ettelbruck
I'm not sure what it's like for Australians but if you're American you will instantly be refused a visa. Also you'll see alot of propaganda and the tours will be how the government wants you to see the country :)Quote:
Originally Posted by cossie16
Agreed. Namibia and South Africa are Africa at its best. Zimbabwe supposedly used to be beautiful, but Mugabe has royally messed that poor country up.Quote:
Originally Posted by Daniel
My list
Canada (where I live)
United States
Great Britain (Haven't been to Wales, but have been to England, Scotland and Northern Ireland)
Republic of Ireland
Netherlands
Belgium
France
Germany
Monaco
Switzerland
Australia
New Zealand
South Africa
Namibia
Botswana
Lesotho
Argentina
United Arab Emirates (airport)
Japan (airport)
Of these Australia is probably the nicest, though if you haven't seen a sunrise in Namibia or traveled through the Canadian rockies you really haven't seen it all. :)
You can go on the tour if you are American :confused:Quote:
Originally Posted by Drew
Well, I looked it up and it was changed in 2005, when my Aunty went she said it was not possible for Americans to get a visa :p :Quote:
Originally Posted by J4MIE
Would definately love to go back to South Africa, and maybe around New Zealand again...
Australia
New Zealand
Singapore
Malaysia
India
UAE
Saudi Arabia
England
Belgium
Netherlands
Italy
South Africa
Hong Kong
Thailand (airport only)
May be going to Germany soon... Hard to say since it depends on Uni stuff. :s
Finland
Sweden
Norway
Russia (when I was 5-years old and we were part of USSR)
Latvia
Lithuania
Poland
Czech Republic
Denmark
Germany
France
Switzerland
Great Britain
Never been outside Europe. :(
To answer the request of my favorite place of those, that's a hard question. It really is.
Australia is something awesome even to a Canadian. It's vast. I mean a European must feel like he's on another planet, the distances between places are so huge. And I must admit, some of the stuff I saw was bizzare. Is there any place else in the world with a combination pet food/porno store? (I kid you not - that was in a small town in the Outback not far from Broken Hill in NSW.)
Sydney has a geography like few cities in the world - Seattle, San Francisco and Monaco is about as close as it gets. Aussies are so friendly that at first it was quite scary. But get into it, and it just feels like you haven't traveled far at all. I'll be going back sometime in my life.
Africa is not as uncivilized as people make it out to be. Cape Town has to be one of the most beautiful cities on the planet, and I can see why its residents in many cases wouldn't want to live anywhere else. Practically the entire Indian Ocean coast of SA from Cape Town to Durban is supposed to be gorgeous, but I didn't see anything beyond Port Elizabeth. Namibia is another vast open landscape with few people - but a huge amount of wildlife. Even in a Toyota Land Cruiser, you have to watch for animals - apparently they have had problems with even elephant/car interfaces. :eek: Botswana is a similar story, as is much of SA's Great Karroo. It's so empty its amazing. Unbelievably hot at times too - When I had to stop for gas in Beaufort West, the temperature according to the stations thermometer was 114 Fahrenheit. :eek: Johannesburg is something else, too - even far beyond than Cape Town, this is like two cities in one. Just miles from shocking-rich Sandton and Houghton is dirt-poor Alexandria, rough and ready Soweto and crime-ridden fallen city Hillbrow. You have to see it to believe it. But believe me, you don't act wealthy in Hillbrow or Soweto if you value your life.
Canada has much to offer. The range of mountains from Northern California to the Yukon is jaw-dropping virtually in its entirety. US Route 2 through Stevens Pass in Washington State is one of the most amazing drives I've ever done - a well-maintained winding two-land road through the Cascades. No trucks in sight, and only a few small towns along the way. If you wanna see this one, do it in July or August, when its not raining and the Pacific Northwest gets the "Kodachrome skies". My little Toyota MR2, US Route 2 on a Kodachrome-sky 25-degree July day is as close to driving heaven as I've ever come.
Britain is a place I liked, but never quite figured out. This is especially true of Scotland. Getting around by car (or even by train) is such a challenge that even this world traveller got lost often. The countrysides are quite idyllic, but I never really got into it. Northern Ireland has fantastic people, at least until I told them I have a Protestant father and Catholic mother. I decided to get out of that pub after that. :)
The Republic of Ireland has the most talkative people I have ever experienced. That, and it certainly was a neato experience tracing my family's roots in County Kerry. :)
In all honesty, Europe is a gorgeous place and great for history, but I liked Western North America, Africa and Australia more interesting and more awesome. A bit adventurous, too - in Europe, everything you see somebody has seen before and its all too easy to see and experience. Africa is quite another matter. And I must admit, driving like Colin McRae on a dirt road in Namibia is fun. :D
I'm going to Graz, Austria in eight days time! i'm so excited! i might even report on it while i'm there! I'm sure i'll have something to say about the place in two months!
*is excited*
Oh, also, i just got back from Canungra, which is in Queensland, Australia. It's kinda.. Gold Coast hinterlands and it's absolutely gorgeous! I think they are planning to host the WRC there in the next year or two.. Anyways, i loved the place so much that i'm moving there! that is.. if i dont end up staying in Austria..
Whatcha gonna do in Austria? :) *cough* Red Bull? *cough* :p