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More countries then you are years old?


the_zooter Pulling rank now are you?? :shock: :shock: And I never said Ireland didn't count (as I've counted it!). I'm just going by Fayz's official list!
fayz Since many of you on this forum are well traveled… I’m curious. I had a bet in high school with some friends to see who could get to more countries then they are years old, I still haven’t made it but 5 of my friends have. The highest I’ve ever met was a 41 year old Kiwi I was working on a project with who hit 53. scarlet I wish i was as old as the number of countries I've been too. it would make me mid to late teens :cry: XRW-147 I'm 3 coutries ahead of my age Fayz, although very shortly it will be 2. scarlet I'm guessing airport stopovers don't count? And do you count England, ireland, Sotland, Wales separately? Anyway I miscounted, if I went by countries I'd be 20 years old - got a bit of catching up to do. fayz Stop overs don't count unless you physically left the airport fayz
I'm 3 short. mraph33 I stopped counting both when they got to 30. But since then, they years have shot up higher than the countries MaaaD thats fun the number of countries i have been to is exactly my age !!! constantine can't be bothered to count :P ...and i aint that old :P

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the_zooter
England/Scotland/Wales/Northern Ireland would count as one country, in my opinion. Southern Ireland (Eire) would be a seperate country.
I'm way short of my age (unless you count mental ages?) ^ian^
Well, apart from being a serial pest at US customs, I have been to:
Hong Kong (3 times)
China
Taiwan (twice)
Papua New Guinea
New Zealand (3 times)
Ireland
England
(Scotland) <- does it count?
France
Mexico (twice)
Canada (once)
United Arab Emirates (duh!)
Tasmania
Places I would like to go to:
India
Spain
South Africa
Germany
Jordan
Singapore (I've stopped over in the airport quite a few times)
Sharjah :-)
Brazil
Monaco
I knew I should have gone across the Oman border :P MaaaD
:lol: :lol: :lol: kanelli Geez, I'd be a toddler then. :lol: xibit i am guessing the average of ppl around here is 35-40 it all makes sence now the_zooter
I'd like to point out that I'm below your average!!
First time I've ever been pleased at being "below average" !!! :lol: the_zooter
Does this mean its your birthday soon?? Or are you officially knocking a country off your visited list?!? :? :? :? 175bpm
scotland of course it counts :P mraph33
India - stay away from Delhi, unless you like to see people dying in the streets
Spain - awesome place, one of my favorite in Europe. Go to the north, the Basque area is amazing. (And soon it may count as another country!!)
South Africa - was there about 10 years ago, it was really dangerous then. But the safari was amazing
Germany - not a big fan
Jordan - even less of a fan
Singapore - definately worth the trip
Sharjah - no comment
Brazil - Rio!!! Stay away from Sao Paolo. Another really dangerous place, and not a whole lot to do.
Monaco - never been there either
XRW-147
Yes, I'm planning a tactical assault to wipe out Israel. sage & onion I thought I had visited many countries, however when related to my (Old) age it appears I am way down the list :lol: 175bpm
you are old do you urinate yourself? mraph33
Only when I'm sleeping 175bpm
i do that to 8) sage & onion
We knew that already XRW-147
That only proves u're 3. the_zooter
Ok, I have to say that if Scotland counts as a country, then so would each of the Emirates would count as a country!
You just can't count Scotland as seperate!!
But here's a question. Would you count Gibraltar as a seperate country?? (for those who don't know, Gibraltar is a small "country" on the south coast of Spain which belongs to Britain. ^ian^
I think we should apply the rule if it has a cricket or a Rugby team, then it should count as a country. Scotland almost has a cricket team, and they do have a rugby team. the_zooter
Ok, but then the UAE only counts as 1 country.
Gibraltar has a cricket team (and is a member of the ICC).
I've just gone up by two countries (Gibraltar and Wales - never been to Scotland!). 175bpm do you know the best thing about england? the road to scotland 8) :P mraph33
If you're going to go by that rule - pick a real sport. Cricket??? That's right up there with curling. sage & onion Which road? 175bpm m8 ****** :twisted: sage & onion Such an eloquent turn of phrase 175bpm
the m8 motorway do you homework :roll: sage & onion :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: Nothing more to say :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: PrettyPenny
Hey curling is a real sport! mraph33
I'd rather watch paint dry. dbxsoul :oops: my little list ... south africa :D namibia singapore australia vietnam china india sri lanka holland indonesia uk :cry: planning on sudan (next week) croatea turkey australia (again) canada fayz Says someone who has no clue what a bonspiel is the_zooter Bonspiel??? :? :? mraph33
And proud of it! fayz
HAHAHA i'm actually ashamed that i know what one is but hey I've participated in one before and there is satisfaction when yelling Sweep HAAAARRRRDDDD at you ex. lol easternjewel this thread is soooo-not-for-meeee, what you guys talking about? I will come back here after 6 yrs to contribute 8) mraph33
If I'm still talking about bonspiels in 6 years, do me a favor....shoot me!!! easternjewel
I was talking bout "More countries then you are years old" deal. mraph33
Ahhh....no problem. But my request still stands constantine US of A India Nepal Burma Bangladesh Thailand Cambodia Singapore Hong kong Malaysia Phillippines UAE Indonesia Bhutan Macau places on the top of my wishlist TOKYO spain -valencia madrid transelvania...(just coz i can) timbaktoo (wanna ride a donkey thru the rocky roads) route 66 (wanna try the roadside cafes, get lost and drive a mustang) amstradam (leave it to the imagination) fayz You've been to Macau? kewl, That is one place I've really wanted to go to, well so many actually. although I don't know if I count that as a seperate country. the_zooter I think we should have really sat down at the beginning of this thread to decide what constitutes a country, and what counts as a province of a country. For example, are England & Scotland seperate countries, or is the country Great Britain (because thats what my passport says!). fayz this was meant as a light hearted thread considering we've had so many heavy ones recently. I guess I should have qualified this more. So we'll use ISO standards, if the country is listed here and you've been in the country (airports do not count) then you count it. constantine
technically you are right...as china has made hk and macau a S.A.R region...(special administrative region)...but it still considers itself autonomous and pretty much self sufficient...i guess having all the casinos there is making Macau a serious contender with the tourist dollars... constantine just checked and macao is a seperate country... 888 Aargh...I need to travel more: Malaysia Singapore Brunei Darussalam UAE Thailand Australia Greece Macedonia United Kingdom India Planned vacation for the next 12 months (as have been invited): South Africa Botswana Korea Japan Spain Italy Russia Austria :D raidah
with this new avatar im sure u can and be welcomed :lol: constantine
welcome to the dark side....yeah been getting a fair amount of comment (flak) for it...its actually by one of my fav authors...and it stands for DREAM...if he were a person... apl Austria Germany Switzerland Luxembourg Ireland UK Sweden Denmark Belgium Netherlands France Spain Italy Monaco Greece Turkey Poland USA Canada Mexico India Lebanon UAE Dominican Republic That's 24 and I have plane tickets for another 3 countries in September, so I'm coming close to my age :) Good thing that countries in Europe are so tiny...I once did 5 countries in one day. Does that count for extra points? raidah
i am already on the dark side, remember? :wink: dbxsoul
raidah! i'm sure we could say the same of your avtar :D raidah
like it, huh? :wink: dbxsoul very nice! :D nothing like adding a little class to the forum 8) where are all the regulars???? hibernating? dbxsoul actually i was thinking of spicing my spider avtar up, you know... putting it in a state of relaxed repose... then i realised it's already au natural raidah
ur lil bug is fine the way it is :wink: the_zooter Ok, having looked at the official list of countries, I can confirm the countries I've visited: UK (obviously) Ireland France Spain Belgium Cyprus Malta USA Thailand UAE Norway Planned for October: Holland Germany Switzerland Luxembourg possibly Portugal possibly Monaco Gees - its not many is it! PrettyPenny My list Russia Austria France Italy Britain USA Pakistan India Saudi Arabia UAE Srilanka Thailand Germany Switzerland Bahrain Belgium Greece Canada Wishlist Spain South Africa Egypt Turkey I-No-Jack my list, separate country for sure, bur dubai deira karama sharjah wish list arabian ranches (kind of far) marina (too dusty at the moment) i almost forgot abu dhabi terranova still got a ways to go before i hit my age. Bahrain Pakistan Saudi Arabia UAE Italy Switzerland France Germany Netherlands England USA Canada Mexico Ethiopia Kenya Tanzania Zimbabwe Nigeria Benin Togo ^ian^ I would of course like to organise a world tour of the Stans. Just how man Stans there are I don't know... Pakistan Afghanistan Turkmenistan Khazakstan ??? PrettyPenny
Kyrghystan
Uzbekistan
Tajikistan sage & onion Here is my little list Germany France Belgium Holland Luxemburg Italy Austria United Kingdom Ireland Spain Cyprus Greece Qatar Kuwait Bahrain Saudi Arabia Jordan UAE Oman Iran Barbados Aruba Bonnaire Curacao Venezuela St Vincent St Kitts USA Mexico Canada St Martin Jamaica Trinidad Korea Thailand Ghana Nigeria Ethiopia I think I may have forgotten a couple, but still doesn't reach my age the_zooter
Gees - how old are you?!? Kofi Annan hasn't been to that many countries! sage & onion
Hey Zoot,
LMAO I'm Old man over 50 fayz
Tristan da Cunha ((Dependency of the UK overseas territory of Saint Helena)
okay maybe a bit of a stretch but this was the only stan that I could find you two missed. mraph33
Come on!!! You listed 10 different Carribian Islands. Where's Fayz, there's got to be some rule against that. fayz hahahaha, at least he didn't count Tinidad and Tabago as two seperate, plus we let apl count 5 countries in 1 day so S&O is okay. mraph33 So can count Quebec as seperate from Canada....hell, they don't even speak English there! the_zooter No, Quebec isn't a seperate country - yet! But they keep trying! Well, looks like I'll be doing 7 new countries in October (plus 4 I've been to before)! But still won't make it to my age!! :( sage & onion
It's 9 actually, unless of course you are putting USA in that category. FYI all of those islands are independantly governed and were visited at different times. PrettyPenny
LOL :lol: :lol: the_zooter
I'm going to allow it - you are right - all issue independent passports, so are therefore independent countries (and I believe they all appear in Fayz's official country listing!). sage & onion
Like to get a copy of that listing lol mraph33
In order to be considered a country to have to own a bonspiel. sage & onion
OK OK what is a bonspiel :?: mraph33
I think its what Fayz uses to scratch his back PrettyPenny
I'll have a side of the scrabble dictionary with that, if you please! yshimy i'm 2 countries back... need to catch up, but summer is already over. Also 2 continents didn't step my foot on yet, so... still some work to be done. cheers watkinssound I have been to 48 countries and I am 28???? List to follow ( I need an atlas) (only know cities as I visited many ports) TheLocalGirl My trvels would have reached my age, if only we didnt visit some places more than once so i'm short 7 countries! Spain India Turkey Egypt (2) Thailand (2) Malaysia Germany (4) Austria Sudai (2) Kuwait Bahrain United kingdom (6) Lebanon PrettyPenny
Welcome to DFM! sage & onion
Thats a good one LC, if I counted multiple visits I could rack up at least 4-5 times my age :lol: arniegang Dubai France Wales Scotland Ireland Portugal Greece Spain Old Yugoslavia Italy Scilly Crete Rhodes Corfu USA Teneriffe Dom Republic St Lucia Cuba Jamaca Holland Belgium Egypt Turkey Cyprus Canada Israel my brains gone now :lol: :lol: :lol: the_zooter
Those don't count, as they are part of other countries.
Your brains gone?!?! Gees, it is soooo tempting to say something, but I'll refrain now that I'm a moderator! :lol: arniegang Zooter We need to clarify the peking order here mate. I am the BOSS here, and you are only a mod because it was my recommendation Sooooooo to conclude, If i say Wales, Scotland and Ireland count then they count :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: arniegang Sometimes you young ones need to have things put into perspective mate. :lol: :lol: :lol: mraph33
When you were away you missed Fayz's "bonspiel" rule. sage & onion
OK Arnie, accepted, based on your ruling I have to add at least 10 more :wink: watkinssound
UAE
USA
ENGLAND
WALES
SCOTLAND
FRANCE
ITALY
BELGIUM
SPAIN
HOLLAND
PORTUGAL
MORROCO
FALKLAND ISALANDS
ARGENTINA
URAGUAY
BRAZIL
SOUTH AFRICA
GHANA
UGANDA
SIERRA LEONE
THAILAND
QATAR
CYPRUS
JAMAICA
BERMUDA
TRINIDAD
ANTIGUA
SOUTH GEORGIA
MONTSERATTE
CUBA
DOMINICA
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
MARTINIQUE
BARABADOS
CAPE VERDE ISLANDS
ST HELENA
TRISTAN DE CHUNA
ANGOLA
GIBRALTER
CANARY ISLANDS
CROATIA
SENEGAL
GAMBIA
IVORY COAST
GABON
NAMIBIA
PUERTO RICO
MEXICO
BONAIR
CURACAO
ANGUILA

Obviously some of these places are terrotories and island groups and I have been to some of these places more than once. Probablybeen to a few more than 48 as I said previously.
I think I have been to a few more but they probabaly didnt leave any impression on me.
:D :D :D :D :D :D kanelli Wow, that is impressive! I've only been to: Canada USA Finland France Germany Poland Estonia Sweden UAE Oman Hong Kong Hopefully I'll be able to add Malaysia to the list after Oct. sage & onion
England Ireland Scotland Wales 1 or 4? watkinssound Wales is one but I am from Wales so I cant really count it can I? I think Scotland is a country. It also has its own parliment. Saying that the canary islands belong to spain, gibralter is part of the uk and a whole host of other places have strong relations to each other but eh! arniegang a really impressive list in any case Wakins - nice one watkinssound cheers Dude :P Concord Another great thread to support my suggestion for a travel forum (that Dubai Guide forum is the pits). Anyway I know at least Maaad supports the idea. Did not count them but there must be 100 different countries (and many more cities) for which we could share our experiences, make recommendations, etc. (other than reading guidebook or in addition to). Haven't given up on the idea yet! arniegang Concs i'm gonna let you into a little secret Plans are under way for a "Travel Forum" now shut the fuk up will ya :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: Concord
lips are sealed - fingers... arniegang If you mention this just ONCE more it will be cancelled so shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh and you will be pleasantly surprised :wink: :wink: :wink: sage & onion
So Arnie,
When is this going to happen m8? arniegang its a secret :wink: :wink: :wink: the_zooter
Spoil sport!!!
Any prizes for guessing who'll be the grand master, er I mean moderator of that forum??? :shock: :shock: arniegang its a secret. and you and X haven't got access to the secret Mods Lounge Forum yet, that is still a secret also. There are only 5 who can see the forum soon to be 7 :wink: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lo sage & onion
Sounds great Concord
You better make it 8 - just remember where i'm from - and "connected"
P.S. and I know where you live - at least every 6 weeks - plus I know the make of your car (red right?). arniegang only the select few can see all in the forums so pooh pooh Its a place where we can slag you lot off and is invisible to you all ps my car aint red either - are you colour blind Concs ?? geez you spent an hour in it :shock: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: Concord
I just did not want to embarrass you at DF revealing you drive a pink car so I tried a "close" color but I guess it went over your head. Oh well... arniegang :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: Concord I'm still 13 but here is my list Argentina Australia Austria Bermuda Belgim Bolivia Brasil Brooklyn Canada Checkcoslovakia (that's what it was called then) Chile China Costa Rica Denmark Domenican Republic El Salvador England France Germany Gibraltar (only because Zooter thought of it as a "country") Greece Guatemala Holland Honduras Ireland Italy Japan Macedonia Mexico Monserrat New Zealand Oman Panama Paraguay Peru Poland Portugal (my favorite) Puerto Rico Scotland Spain St Barts Sweden Turkey UAE Uruguay USA (45 States out of 50) Wales Note: No south east Asia Countries (don't tell Arnie but I'm waiting for the "Travel Forum" I proposed 5 years ago so I can ask some questions and get some recommendations: Wish List: Petra (Jordan) Great Pyramids (Egypt) Gallapagos Islands (Ecuador) Easter Island (Chile) Defense Interchange (Dubai) arniegang I saw that snidey comment Concs :wink: sage & onion
Brooklyn a country???? Concord

Certainly. Got a problem with that? Foggetaboutit! fayz
I'd be willing to bet that Dubai isn't a country, but if a travel forum becomes a reality this is easily over looked :) blizzard Here are the countries I've been to: Saudi Arabia UAE Malaysia (2x) Thailand (2x) Egypt Sri Lanka Lebanon South Africa Oman Turkey Bahrain Singapore Philippines ....I'm 14 countries short for my age bushra21 U.S. Canada Mexico Oman Qatar Lebanon Australia France Italy England Germany Saudi Arabia Syria Iran UAE Switzerland Czec Turkey 1 country off fayz Just to bring up an old topic,
this got email to me and thought it was cool, try it out. I'm at 28, need a lot of catching up, I thought I was higher.
Check it out,
asc_26 I am still a toddler but i've been to the following
Saudi Arabia
UAE
Qatar
Bahrain
Kuwait
Lebanon
Syria
Jordan
Egypt
Palestine
Philippines
Pakistan
Japan
India
Israel
Iran
China
Kenya
Greece
England
Hungary
Yemen
In Global Village! HP I hate travelling because i have to undergo the tough questions of immigration all the time .
Firs police comes with the Dogs for well come and then immigration officer :P
"sir why are you wearing black warm suit in the month of june"
"Sir what is ur purpose of stay "
" Sir calm down , let me write it down"
" Why ws your visa rejected before"
well to the topic :
Pakistan
Denmark
England (our mother land .....usually every 3 months )
Sweden ....
Cyprus (Greece) ........
[color=red]Dubai ............Twice
Carrefour ...........100 times [/color]
Would [color=red]not [/color] Like to Go
Australia :P sage & onion
Nice one ASC :lol: :lol: :lol: HP Sage where are u from by the way? Is it true that you live very close to your best friend "Concord " :lol: sage & onion
Where does he live? HP
In th heart of "Sage & onion ", thats what concord told me :lol: sage & onion
I just fell of my fishing chair :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: fayz
Now that was classic.



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