lapal_fan Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 Oh and Czech Republic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodders Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 (edited) hmm, had sworn I'd posted in this thread already, but maybe not. Last year I added Greece ( Crete ), Belgium and the Netherlands. So... England Wales Scotland France Spain Portugal Spain Italy Canada Germany Australia USA Switzerland Belgium Greece Netherlands hoping to add Poland this year, although technically I may be already able to count it, when I was in Germany the town where my ex lived was right on the border - well it literally is split iin half, and I think we walked round the Polish shopping area for a bit, but frankly that strikes me as cheating. So if I get to Krakow this year, can add that, otherwise think things will be quiet for a bit. Although I am in the early stages of dating someone with Swedish and African parentage, so who knows... might get to add a few if things go well enough to meet the folks...! oh and belgian beer is clearly the best ( from where I've been ) Edited January 3, 2015 by Rodders Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chicovilla Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 Armenia Austria Bosnia and Herzegovina Cambodia Croatia x 2 Czech Republic England Estonia France x 20 Georgia Germany x 3 Greece x 5 Hong Kong x 2 Hungary Iceland * Next week India x 2 Ireland Italy x 2 Laos Latvia Lithuania Macau Malaysia Malta Monaco Morocco x 3 Netherlands x 2 Poland Portugal x 2 scotland Serbia Spain x 10+ Thailand x 2 Turkey x 4 USA Vatican City Vietnam Wales Have to say i've pretty much loved every country I have been to on my list. Particular favourites are Hong Kong, India, Thailand, Laos, Georgia and Morocco. Hopefully should add 4 or 5 new ones to the list next year. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted November 24, 2015 Author Share Posted November 24, 2015 Impressive list. I love Hong Kong too, wonderful place 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 I like Surrey but that's not a country either 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chicovilla Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 25 minutes ago, tonyh29 said: I like Surrey but that's not a country either Good point, Hong Kong and China interchangeable....although a lot of the people in Hong Kong definately dont want to be grouped in with the main landers!...1 country maybe but 2 very different societies. Anyway your earlier list counted Hong Kong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 2 minutes ago, chicovilla said: Good point, Hong Kong and China interchangeable....although a lot of the people in Hong Kong definately dont want to be grouped in with the main landers!...1 country maybe but 2 very different societies. Anyway your earlier list counted Hong Kong yeah and Tibet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 Probably not updated mine for a couple of years , so here goes .... Albania Armenia Australia Austria American Samoa Azerbaijan Bangladesh Belgium Bahrain Bhutan Bulgaria Barbados Brunei Daruasalem Cuba Cambodia China Croatia Czech Republic Djibouti Denmark Ethiopia Egypt Ecuador Estonia England :-) Finland Fiji France Germany Georgia Gambia Greece Hungary Hong Kong Italy India Indonesia Iran Ireland Israel Jamaica Jordan Japan Kazakhstan Kenya Korea , democratic people's republic ( North Korea ) Korea , republic of ( South Korea) Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Lithuania Luxembourg Lao Latvia Lebanon Malta Mauritius Mexico Malaysia Myanmar (Burma to some) Mongolia Morocco Monaco Nepal Netherlands New Zealand Norway Oman Palestine Panama (well Ok , going there for Christmas ) Peru Poland Portugal Philippines Qatar Russia Romania Sri Lanka Syria St. Lucia Sweden Switzerland San Marino Samoa Singapore Slovenia Slovakia Spain Scotland Taiwan Tonga Tibet ( though technically china ) Thailand Tanzania Turkey Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turks and Caicos Ukraine United States of America United Arab Emirates Vietnam Vatican City Wales Zanzibar (ok technically it Tanzania but I needed a Z :-) ) think I'm still missing a few in the above .... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted November 24, 2015 Author Share Posted November 24, 2015 Show off Have you hit the magic 100 yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 Hard to say ... my list has 104 , but I can't really count Zanzibar or Hong Kong as countries ... Tibet I'm counting as a country though ,if it's good enough for Richard Gere it's good enough for me .... so then I guess it really comes down to how you view England, Scotland , Wales and should they count as separate countries ? But I did sorta have a beer in Armenia to toast it as my 100th country 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted November 24, 2015 Author Share Posted November 24, 2015 Very impressive. 50 is my target, think I am at 35/36 or so at the minute. Slowed up a lot in recent years due to various factors (holiday mates getting married and having kids, buying a property and illness) but should hopefully add a couple more to the list in 2016. I still don't think I'm brave enough to go off on my own for a few weeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted November 25, 2015 Share Posted November 25, 2015 15 hours ago, Xela said: Very impressive. 50 is my target, think I am at 35/36 or so at the minute. Slowed up a lot in recent years due to various factors (holiday mates getting married and having kids, buying a property and illness) but should hopefully add a couple more to the list in 2016. I still don't think I'm brave enough to go off on my own for a few weeks. yeah I've been lucky in that I have 2 mates that have been with me on most of the trips ... but I quite often go off on my own if Mrs H and the kids are away sometimes it will be 2 pm Friday and I'll see if I can get a flight out of Heathrow that night and do a long weekend somewhere new ... short breaks are fine on your own , sometimes better actually as you don't have to keep stopping for a beer break !! Dec last year , kids had broken up from school and gone to Hungary for a week to see the in-laws ... I sent my mate a text on Thursday afternoon and said what are you doing tomorrow , he replied nothing , why what have you got in mind ... I text back ,fancy going to Jerusalem & Palestine , can get a flight on BA on Avios for £60 .... so there we were the next day at Tel Aviv airport :) ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted November 25, 2015 Author Share Posted November 25, 2015 I may try a weekend away somewhere on my own next year. To be honest though, a big part of the break is the nights out with my mates. Even in Oslo this weekend, despite the price of beer, we won't be holding back! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chicovilla Posted November 26, 2015 Share Posted November 26, 2015 20 hours ago, Xela said: I may try a weekend away somewhere on my own next year. To be honest though, a big part of the break is the nights out with my mates. Even in Oslo this weekend, despite the price of beer, we won't be holding back! Some of my best trips have been solo. Gives you the freedom to do what you want, when you want. Stay in Hostels and you can easily meet up with other travellers and have fun. If you want a quiet night to chill then you can do that too. I tend to stay in 8-10 bed mixed dorms, usually guaranteed some nice eye candy and a very cheap way of travelling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted November 26, 2015 Share Posted November 26, 2015 23 hours ago, Xela said: I may try a weekend away somewhere on my own next year. To be honest though, a big part of the break is the nights out with my mates. Even in Oslo this weekend, despite the price of beer, we won't be holding back! the problem I find is that then you'll end up in pubs all day / night and wont get to see as much .... My day in Oslo was full on , I know my 2 travel mates wouldn't have fancied half of what I did , we'd probably have done the palace , stopped in a bar for a couple of beers , walked down to the parliament building had another beer and then seen the harbour and found a bar and sat there looking at pretty women until we were ready to move on to the next bar .. I'd have missed out on the Museum Island and a host of decent stuff We did Chernobyl last year after a 5am finish in Kiev ( a nasty session on cocktails and shots ) .. 8am the minibus picked us up , I had the shakes and the sweats not to mention I was starving ... needless to say you cant get food or drink in Chernobyl so it was a tough day and about 4pm before we finally managed to eat ... it was still a brilliant day out but I kinda wish I had gone on my own and had a more civilised bed time he night before ... more so as we did the same thing again that evening and I then had to do my sightseeing around Kiev with the hangover from hell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted November 26, 2015 Share Posted November 26, 2015 2 hours ago, chicovilla said: Some of my best trips have been solo. Gives you the freedom to do what you want, when you want. Stay in Hostels and you can easily meet up with other travellers and have fun. If you want a quiet night to chill then you can do that too. I tend to stay in 8-10 bed mixed dorms, usually guaranteed some nice eye candy and a very cheap way of travelling. that's precisely the reason to avoid hostels Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chicovilla Posted November 26, 2015 Share Posted November 26, 2015 Haha i like them - and i'm 43! Although it can be a bit tiring after a bit- i've recently gone onto air bnb accomodation, although will still go back to hostels for some trips. Some great hostels I stayed in, in Armenian and Georgia, and brilliant ones in Thailand (except one in Bangkok, where a couple started shagging on the bunk above me- 1 bad experiece in 20+ different hostels) For budget you can't beat it, and if you're solo a good way to mix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted November 26, 2015 Share Posted November 26, 2015 15 minutes ago, chicovilla said: Haha i like them - and i'm 43! Although it can be a bit tiring after a bit- i've recently gone onto air bnb accomodation, although will still go back to hostels for some trips. Some great hostels I stayed in, in Armenian and Georgia, and brilliant ones in Thailand (except one in Bangkok, where a couple started shagging on the bunk above me- 1 bad experiece in 20+ different hostels) For budget you can't beat it, and if you're solo a good way to mix. as we tend to be 3 on the big trip , we book apartments , get a room each , a kitchen and a chance to do all our washing after xx number of days on the road ... Our apartment in Armenia worked out at about £18 a night each .. Georgia was the same sort of price and the owner picked us up from the airport .... If I want to meet other travellers then I'll met them in a bar and not to have worry about them shagging above my head Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chicovilla Posted November 26, 2015 Share Posted November 26, 2015 (edited) Yeah Air bnb similar principle. your own bathroom, Kitchen and lounge area. Great for comfort and some great bargains. recently had a luxury apartment in Granada overlooking Alhambra for £45 a night = £22.50 each for 2. - Much, much cheaper than hotels, NEVER, NEVER use hotels, until you have checked the apartment/Air bnb option first. Works out good value if there's more than 1 of you, but not so cheap as Hostels if solo. £7 a night in Georgia, and less than £2 a night in Chiang Mai for example. Edited November 26, 2015 by chicovilla 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted November 26, 2015 Author Share Posted November 26, 2015 6 hours ago, tonyh29 said: the problem I find is that then you'll end up in pubs all day / night and wont get to see as much .... My day in Oslo was full on , I know my 2 travel mates wouldn't have fancied half of what I did , we'd probably have done the palace , stopped in a bar for a couple of beers , walked down to the parliament building had another beer and then seen the harbour and found a bar and sat there looking at pretty women until we were ready to move on to the next bar .. I'd have missed out on the Museum Island and a host of decent stuff We did Chernobyl last year after a 5am finish in Kiev ( a nasty session on cocktails and shots ) .. 8am the minibus picked us up , I had the shakes and the sweats not to mention I was starving ... needless to say you cant get food or drink in Chernobyl so it was a tough day and about 4pm before we finally managed to eat ... it was still a brilliant day out but I kinda wish I had gone on my own and had a more civilised bed time he night before ... more so as we did the same thing again that evening and I then had to do my sightseeing around Kiev with the hangover from hell We are pretty disciplined and we aren't daytime drinkers (I just can't drink in the day then go out in the evening) so we get done what we want to in the day (especially if its a new city for us) and save the pubs for later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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