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Postby devilsadvocate » Mon Feb 27, 2012 1:10 pm

Can't recall it being asked already, sooooooo.

What's your contry count?

RULES - you must have cleared immigration, so can't count stopovers where you didn't leave the airport. However, you CAN count places like the Vatican, Hutt River Province etc.

Mine's currently 35.

Met a bloke on Friday who's count is 70. That's more than a third!

Can anyone beat that? Q?
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Re: Country Count

Postby Dirko » Mon Feb 27, 2012 1:14 pm

Sitting at 26 so far.
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Re: Country Count

Postby Q. » Mon Feb 27, 2012 2:11 pm

16 I think. I've tended to see a lot of a country rather than see a lot of countries.

Itching to get away again.
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Re: Country Count

Postby Jim05 » Mon Feb 27, 2012 3:08 pm

Currently sitting at 44 but if i count Scotland, Wales, England and Northern Ireland as seperate that would give me 47.
Havnt been to the America's, Africa or any Pacific countries yet.
Helps doing a Contiki tour through most of Western Europe.
Doing most of South America for 2016 WC
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Re: Country Count

Postby AFLflyer » Mon Feb 27, 2012 3:27 pm

16 (n.o) for me.
haven't done Europe yet.
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Re: Country Count

Postby devilsadvocate » Mon Feb 27, 2012 4:05 pm

Jim05 wrote:Currently sitting at 44 but if i count Scotland, Wales, England and Northern Ireland as seperate that would give me 47.
Havnt been to the America's, Africa or any Pacific countries yet.
Helps doing a Contiki tour through most of Western Europe.
Doing most of South America for 2016 WC


2014 WC or 2016 Olympics?

I'm hoping to get to Brazil, Argentine, Uruguay, Chile and Peru for the 2014 WC.
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Re: Country Count

Postby Jim05 » Mon Feb 27, 2012 4:12 pm

devilsadvocate wrote:
Jim05 wrote:Currently sitting at 44 but if i count Scotland, Wales, England and Northern Ireland as seperate that would give me 47.
Havnt been to the America's, Africa or any Pacific countries yet.
Helps doing a Contiki tour through most of Western Europe.
Doing most of South America for 2016 WC


2014 WC or 2016 Olympics?

I'm hoping to get to Brazil, Argentine, Uruguay, Chile and Peru for the 2014 WC.

Oops typo, 2014 WC mate.
Yes looking to do the countries you have listed. A friend has just come back from working in Colombia and it sounds awesome aswell.
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Re: Country Count

Postby devilsadvocate » Mon Feb 27, 2012 4:54 pm

Jim05 wrote:Yes looking to do the countries you have listed. A friend has just come back from working in Colombia and it sounds awesome aswell.


I met a couple of brilliant blokes from Columbia when i lived in Canada. They had the life - would do 6 months in canada for the ski season, then go back and do bugger in Columbia for the rest of the year.

I never had the balls to ask them how they funded such a kick arse lifestyle :lol:
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Re: Country Count

Postby OnSong » Mon Feb 27, 2012 5:08 pm

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Re: Country Count

Postby devilsadvocate » Mon Feb 27, 2012 5:09 pm

LOL. Well played :lol:
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Re: Country Count

Postby Dutchy » Mon Feb 27, 2012 9:12 pm

4 - NZ, US, Canada, UK

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Will be correcting this now the boys are growing up, but just love travelling around oz, going to Qld for the 5th time in 7 years in August.
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Re: Country Count

Postby Q. » Mon Feb 27, 2012 9:14 pm

Dutchy wrote:Will be correcting this now the boys are growing up, but just love travelling around oz, going to Qld for the 5th time in 7 years in August.


This. Haven't seen enough of Oz and would love to get in a 4WD and travel the whole coast.
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Re: Country Count

Postby Jim05 » Mon Feb 27, 2012 9:27 pm

Q. wrote:
Dutchy wrote:Will be correcting this now the boys are growing up, but just love travelling around oz, going to Qld for the 5th time in 7 years in August.


This. Haven't seen enough of Oz and would love to get in a 4WD and travel the whole coast.

Have been lucky enough to have seen plenty of Australia as a kid. Our parents took us everywhere and we missed heaps of school as kids.
Was in my mid to late 20's before my first trip overseas, have a 14 yo son who has been overseas more times than he has been interstate, definately need to show him some more of Oz
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Re: Country Count

Postby godoubleblues » Mon Feb 27, 2012 9:53 pm

20 for me
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Re: Country Count

Postby Dirko » Mon Feb 27, 2012 10:02 pm

Will be up to 27 in a fortnight 8)
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Re: Country Count

Postby Jim05 » Mon Feb 27, 2012 10:46 pm

SJABC wrote:Will be up to 27 in a fortnight 8)

Where you off to?
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Re: Country Count

Postby devilsadvocate » Mon Feb 27, 2012 11:18 pm

Q. wrote:Haven't seen enough of Oz and would love to get in a 4WD and travel the whole coast.


Yep, same. I'm going to park that adventure for when I'm a bit older and washed up and less capable of snowboarding for 5 days straight.

Pretty keen to do it Malcolm douglas style - decent boat behind a troopy and just rough it bush style.
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Re: Country Count

Postby Dirko » Tue Feb 28, 2012 9:49 am

Jim05 wrote:
SJABC wrote:Will be up to 27 in a fortnight 8)

Where you off to?


Finally it's arrived!

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KL & KK! Sabah. Malaysia Borneo.
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Re: Country Count

Postby devilsadvocate » Tue Feb 28, 2012 10:51 am

SJABC wrote:Borneo.


I'm super keen to get to Borneo. My great uncle was killed at Sandakan after the war, so really want to make the sombre trek over and see the place.

Apparently it has some of the most diverse and beautiful rainforrest in the world too.

Where will you be visiting?
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Re: Country Count

Postby Gingernuts » Tue Feb 28, 2012 10:59 am

15 for me - including Wales and Scotland though, so 13 if you count the UK as 1 country.
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