Which countries have you visited?

nanoboy said:
I am not sure if I asked this before (I probably have...), but have you visited any countries that no longer exist?

I mean like Yugoslavia, USSR, East/West Germany, Zaire etc. I visited France when it still used Francs (currency) but I doubt that counts. :)
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When it still existed I was with one foot in the German Democratic Republic. We visited with school West Germany and had a look at the Iron Curtain. We were very close to the border and on a sign there was the text "you are entering East Germany". Most of my school-mates and I put one of our feets across the line so we could say we had been in the DDR.
 
It's just a few countries I've visited;

Austria
Belgium (Brussels Airport)
Denmark
Finland (Helsinki Airport)
Germany
Greece
Sweden
Spain
United Kingdom (England & Scotland)
United States (NJ, NY)

:)
 
nanoboy said:
I am not sure if I asked this before (I probably have...), but have you visited any countries that no longer exist?

I mean like Yugoslavia, USSR, East/West Germany, Zaire etc. I visited France when it still used Francs (currency) but I doubt that counts. :)
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I've been to West Germany once, when I was very very young. I got German measles there.
 
Adding the latest in bold:

Australia
Belgium
Belize
Canada
El Salvador (airport while transiting only)
Federated States of Micronesia (Yap, Truk, Pohnpei)
France
Germany
Guam
Jersey
Kenya (in airport only, while transiting)
Kuwait
Lichtenstein
Mexico
Netherlands
New Zealand
Niue
Palau
Papua New Guinea
Samoa
Solomon Islands
Switzerland
Tanzania
Tokelau
Uganda
United Kingdom
USA
Zimbabwe

:p

Hix
 
It's a self-governing territory. Like Niue. And Guam. And Jersey.

:p

Hix
 
Don't reckon they should count, but that's just me. When I do my trip I'll only count the 193 UN states plus Taiwan, Kosovo, the Vatican and Palestine as valid countries.
 
CGSwans said:
Don't reckon they should count, but that's just me.
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That's fine, and I agree they're not bonafide countries and can't be counted as such.

But let me ask this: if I had been to Guam only, for a few days, could I really claim to have been to the USA?

And as discussed earlier, Chlidonias has been to New Caledonia - can he really claim to have been to France?

And Jersey, I learned a few days ago, is not part of the United Kingdom. Apparently it belongs to a person, so I don't know how you would classify it.

I added those places to my list so people can make up their own minds about whether to count them. I don't think the original intent of this thread was to be quite so prescriptive, but simply to see where people have travelled.

:p

Hix
 
Small update:

My list:

Europe

Austria
Belgium
Bulgaria
Croatia
Czech Republic
France
Germany
Great Britain
Hungary
Iceland
Italy
Luxemburg
Netherlands
Poland
Romania
Serbia
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
Switzerland
Vatican

Africa

Botswana
Madagascar
Namibia
South Africa
Zambia

and I will add Morocco in 2 months :)
 
Does going to a place that was a former unrecognized microstate way before any of us was born count? If so I would like to list the former Republic of Indian Stream (fascinating story behind it.)
 
I've been to 28 wildlifeparks/zoos/aqauriams/nightsafaris in 3 continets/country's Singapore New Zealand and Austrailla (where I live)
 
Maguari said:
Depends how you're counting - look up Zealandia. ;)
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One night argue that Australia and New Zealand are part of the same political continent, as opposed to the different geological continents. For example Europe and Asia are considered to be two different continents, which I think is racist and more than a little stupid, even though they are clearly part of the same landmass. I can make a better case for Africa being it's own continent as it has its own tectonic plate (or two.)
 
LaughingDove said:
This is note really the point but New Zealand and Australia are on the same continent. ;)
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They are not.

They were about 100 million years ago when both were a part of Gondwana, but Australia broke away 90 million years ago. New Zealand broke away from what is now Antarctica 38 mya.

Australia is its own continent, with a continental shelf.

And New Zealand has a trench.

wensleydale said:
One night argue that Australia and New Zealand are part of the same political continent
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Only if you are also arguing that Canada and the USA are part of the same political continent.

:p

Hix
 
@Hix, then Madagascar is also a continent on it's own.... Being separated 90 million years from everything and even longer from mainland Africa.
 
Hix said:
But let me ask this: if I had been to Guam only, for a few days, could I really claim to have been to the USA?

And as discussed earlier, Chlidonias has been to New Caledonia - can he really claim to have been to France?
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Yes to both. The same as if going to Cocos (Keeling) Islands and claiming to arrive in Australia or Aruba and claiming to have travelled to the Netherlands. Just because they are a territory thousands of miles away doesn't mean that they are not part of that country. :)
 
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