How many countries have ABN members visited? -

mvnla2

@hunnybunny asked how many countries ABN members have visited, so I thought I'd start a forum to see if anyone else is interested.
List is divided into 2 parts: countries where ABN members who are listed on the map live, and other countries visited by ABN members.

Countries ABN Members Live in 37
Australia
Austria
Bangladesh
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bulgaria
Canada
Chile
Czech Rep.
China
Denmark
England
Finland
France
Germany
India
Indonesia
Ireland
Italy
Malaysia
Mexico
Netherlands
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Puerto Rico (US territory)
Russia
Scotland
Singapore
Slovenia
South Africa
South Korea
Spain
Switzerland
Sweden
United States
Wales

Other Countries and Territories ABN Members Have Visited 94
Andorra
Antarctica
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina
Bahamas
Bahrain
Barbados
Belarus
Belgium
Belize
Bermuda
Bolivia
Bosnia / Herzegowina
Brazil
Brunei
Cayman Islands
Chile
Columbia
Cambodia
Corsica (French)
Costa Rica
Croatia
Cuba
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
Egypt
Estonia
Faroe Islands
Fiji
Fuerteventura (Canary Islands, Spanish dependency)
Gambia
Gibraltar (British dependency)
Gran Canaria (Canary Islands, Spanish dependency)
Grand Cayman Islands
Greece
Haiti
Honduras
Hong Kong
Hungary
Iceland
Isle of Wight
Israel
Ivory Coast
Jamaica
Japan
Jersey (UK)
Jordan
Kenya
Kosovo
Lanzarote (Canary Island, Spanish dependency)
Laos
Latvia
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Macau
Macedonia
Madeira (Portugal)
Maldives
Malta
Mauritius
Monaco
Mongolia
Montenegro
Morocco
New Zealand
Northern Ireland
Norway
Palau
Panama
Palestine
Paraguay
Peru
Serbia
Sri Lanka
St. John (US Virgin Islands)
St. Kitts and Nevis
St. Lucia
St. Martin (France and Netherlands)
St. Thomas (US Virgin Islands)
Tanzania
Tenerife (Canary Island, Spain)
Thailand
Tiawan
Trinadad / Tobago
Tunisia
Turkey
United Arab Emirates
Uruguay
Vatican City
Venezuela
Vietnam
Virgin Islands (British)

Wikipedia lists 206 sovereign states. The term "country" is apparently not precise, and is more likely to include dependent territories.
References:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states_and_dependent_territories_by_continent

AngerManagement

I have been to Spain, Portugal, Bulgaria, Scotland, Wales and live in England:]

mvnla2

@AngerManagement -- If you look at map group; I will correct error about UK vs separate countries. Sorry

Mumsie

I have visited Wales, Northern Ireland, Scotland (live in England), Republic of Ireland, France, Germany, Belgium, Austria, Italy, USA, Canada, Turkey, Luxembourg, lots in Caribbean - too tired to sort out separate countries!
Though have a confession when we were staying in NE France one time we had breakfast in France, coffee in Belgium, lunch in Luxembourg, afternoon tea (ok a beer) in Germany and dinner back in France! Have been to Belgium and France for hols but that was my only foray into Germany and Luxembourg!
Caribbean was a cruise but we did pop into a lot of places!
Austria was a conference for work so not much sightseeing!
Think that's it - I'll pop back if I think of any more!

WereWolf69

I've been to:

Argentina
Chile, I lived here about a year.
Colombia, I lived here about a year.
Ecuador, I lived and had a business here for about 2 years.
Panama
Peru, I lived here about a year.
Venezuela
And a few other Countries I'm forbidden from mentioning, but I can say they were in Africa, The Middle East and Asia.

mvnla2

@Werewolf69 -- Intriguing. Unfortunately there's not much I can do with[out] specific countries, and those [regions] are ones that are mostly unlisted as ABN member's homes or places visited.
[edited 4/6/13]

BBinMiami

I've been to Mexico, Canada, Venezuela, Great Britain, and The Virgin Islands.

BPC

My list outside the US is short: Canada (only across the border to BC), Mexico, Italy, France, Spain and Tunisia. I have been to over 30 US states though!

bird addict

I've been to:
Mexico
Brazil
Peru
Boliva
Columbia
Panama
Equador
Canada
Spain
France
Italy
Croatia
UK
Puerto Rico
Virgin Islands (and misc islands in Caribbean)
Did a trip around the USA, so have been to numerous states
And I'm hoping to get to Australia one day.

mvnla2

@all I will update list as time allows. Thanks for your contributions.

Hunnybunny

I've been to: US, Mexico, Costa Rica, Panama, Barbados, Antigua, Cuba, Jamaica, St. Kitts, St. Martin, St. Lucia, Columbia, Tenerife, Gran Canaria, Lanzarote, Fuerteventura, Madeira, Morroco, Egypt, Mauritius, Dubai, Spain, Portugal, Monaco, Italy, Croatia, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, FYR Macedonia, Greece, Turkey, France, Belgium, The Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Russia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Germany, England, Scotland, The Republic of Ireland, Thailand, Hong Kong, Malaysia, India. And probably more...
I live in Wales.

Hunnybunny

Also: Bahrain, Jersey, Austria, Switzerland, Corsica, Gibraltar, Malta, St. Thomas, St. John.
Off to Norway, Iceland and the Faroe Islands this summer.
The link I mentioned is www.travelerscenturyclub.org which lists 321 countries and territories, but some are a bit suspicious, such Turkey (Europe) and Turkey (Asia). Just making it easier for members to get to 100 I suppose!

cosmo2503

I am coming from Bosnia and Herzegovina which was integral part of ex Yugoslavia at time I was born.
I have been in Macedonia (officially FYRM) in Ohrid while it was part of Yugoslavia.
Serbia (Belgrade, Novi Sad, Kragujevac) - while it was in Yugoslavia
Slovenia (Bled) - while it was in Yugoslavia
Czech Republic (Prague)
Poland (Krakow and Katowice)
Hungary (Budapest)
Austria (Vienna and Graz)
Germany (Frankfurt am Main and Munich)
Italy (Ancona, Bologna, Venezia, Verona, Trieste, San Marino)
Croatia numerous times, each year, all across country, each important place.
Greece (Athenas, coast)
Turkey (Istanbul and coast)
Spain (Barcelona)
Monaco
France (Nice)

Lamia

Honestly i haven't visited any country... I am from Bangladesh

TenJoker

I live in the Netherlands and have seen most of Europe, but also Kenya, Tanzania, Ivory Coast and Egypt. Really want to see Australia, China and Japan some day!

karen68

Nice idea @mvnla2.
I've visited the United States, England (lived there for a couple of years), Wales, & the Dominican Republic.

mvnla2

@lamia -- Your pin on the map is very important, since it's in Bangladesh, which most if not all of us haven't visited.

Birds

I've visited Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and New Zealand (my first trip). Same as @TenJoker I want to go to Japan someday! (my father often to go to Japan for business, so I really want to go there)

WereWolf69

@mvnla2, your reply to my post has left me quite perplexed, from what the Topic question reads "How many countries have ABN members visited?", I surmised that it meant all Countries in the World, not just the ones on your list. So I put the Countries in South America that I've been to and lived at

To further add to my bewilderment, you state that the Continent of Africa isn't on your "so called" list, where my dear do you think that South Africa is located? As far as the Continent of Asia goes, where do you think that China is located? Also, I must mention that the "Middle East" is not a Continent, but rather a Region encompassing several Countries.

Perhaps you should rephrase the question to "How many Countries have ABN members been to that are part of the list?"

mvnla2

@all -List should include any country mention up to noon 4/6 PDT. Please let me know if I missed any.
@Werewolf69 -- Just updated list. ; ) I think I have all countries mentioned, either in the lived in list or the visited list. The countries in the lived in list are not repeated in the "other countries people have visited" list.
Sorry my previous reply was confusing, not to mention "with" should be "without". I was talking about the countries you couldn't mention, and I did say "mostly unlisted." Calling the Middle East a continent was just sloppy.

cosmo2503

Actualy Dubai is city in United Arabian Emirates

mvnla2

OK -- Countries I have visited: Canada, US (where I live), Mexico, Japan, Turkey, Tunisia, Greece, Montenegro, Croatia, Italy, France, Spain, Switzerland, Austria, Czech Republic, Germany, Netherlands, Sweden, England, Scotland. Think I managed to miss Wales.
I would really like to go to China and Egypt, but not this year. Next country to be added to my list is probably Hungary.
I've been to 49 of the 50 United States (not Alaska), and British Columbia, Ontario, and Quebec in Canada.

mvnla2

@cosmo2503 -- Thanks, will fix next update.

AngerManagement

You should go to Alaska on your next *0 birthday, @mvnla2;)

Hunnybunny

We all seem obsessed with this!
I forgot Vatican City, although BP insists in the rules that religion is not to be discussed, I guess you can figure out something from my omission.
I am not too well today, so rather than curling up on the sofa and feeling sorry for myself, I tracked down the 195 countries in the world. Thanks @AngerManagement for confirming this, it's rather confusing, with all those dependancies, territories, etc. No England, Wales, Scotland on the list, just United Kingdom. Many of those Caribbean islands missing too, US Virgin Islands, just part of US, etc, etc. BUT out of the 195 ABN members live in or have visited 76. Come on you birders, we need more countries to show worldwide domination of birds over pigs!!

Hunnybunny

@mvnla2 we both seem to be counting......
Albeit you are listing

mvnla2

@hunnybunny -- Hope you feel better soon. Did you look at my references to Wikipedia? They list 206 sovereign states. Where did you and Angermanagement find a list with 195. The 206 does [not] include England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland. Would be interesting to compare.

AngerManagement

AngerManagement

I knew out of memory, @mvnla2;)

AngerManagement

Hunnybunny

@mvnla2 Wikipedia, list of sovereign states, only those in blue, bold type count 195
@ AngerManagement no I didn't
Getting a bit pedantic now, you should just keep on listing with your rules, nice to see nesters all over the world

mvnla2

@AngerManagement -- Not sure what list Honneybunny is using, but it could well be the same list. The Wikipedia list of sovereign states is divided into 2 parts 195 UN member and observer states, and 11 "other states".
On that list Taiwan (the Republic of China) is counted separately. See references at end of main post.

mvnla2

@Angermanagement @honneybunny -- The more I look at the Wikipedia list, the more confusing it is. Did you literally count the number of states in blue, bold type? I guess I was incorrect in saying that Tiawan counted as one of the 195.

AngerManagement

Yeah, I don't really count it as a country, but some people do, so I was just letting you know, in case somebody says they are from there, to cunt it as China (just like Macau, or Hong Kong).

AngerManagement

Hunnybunny

@mvnla2 I think you are in the US, but here in the UK there is a quiz show called "Pointless" It's difficult to explain the format without taking up your valuable time. But one of the presenters on the programme, always says "Sovereign States, recognised by the UN" are the only acceptable countries as answers. It's a sort of joke, the amount of times he says it. There are 195 of these.
But as I said before, this is supposed to be fun, lets just list!!

AngerManagement

Yeah, I watch that show, @hunnybunny:) Learn't alot of what I know from it:]

Hunnybunny

@AngerManagement got one over on you. Gibraltar is NOT an island. It's very attached to the bottom of Spain!

AngerManagement

Hunnybunny

We all should learn something new everyday:D

AngerManagement

We all do learn something everyday, @hunnybunny:D Thanks again for the interesting little tidbit of knowledge about Gibraltar:]

mvnla2

@AngerManagement -- Have you been adding to your post above?
Anyway, no more corrections today, so you can leave it there. Thanks

AngerManagement

CC Jolly

Hey @mvnla2

Great Thread!!

I visited right now as a small Austrian :-)

Germany
Belgium
Netherlands
Italy
Fürstentum Liechtenstein (Principality of Liechtenstein)
Switzerland
Slovenia
Croatia
Hungary
Czech Republic

Lisko

I've visited these countries:

Sweden
Denmark
Germany
Russia
France
Estonia

I would love to travel more, but the thing keeping me from doing that is that I'm ssooooo afraid of flying. Maybe someday...

GreenImperial

I have visited the Soviet Union (USSR) before it broke up.

mvnla2

@GreenImperial -- Do you know the current names of the countries for the places you visited in the USSR?

Hunnybunny

@Lisko I hate flying too, but I just get on the hateful plane, grit my teeth, get off, and then travel, normally by train or boat. Just once a year some horrid long haul flight, and then see the world. Sometimes organised, like a cruise, sometimes book it all myself, before hand, sometimes, when I was younger, just go and see where I ended up.
Please try it, the places I've seen, the food I've eaten, the people you meet - especially on a train

Lamia

@mvnla2 Um what did you mean by ''your pin''? Sorry couldnt catch what u meant in the reply

PJng

@lamia, 'pin' that is in mvnla2 ABN member map.

CC Jolly

@mvnla2

Why didn't you add Liechtenstein in the catagory "others"??

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