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 2012-09-17 4:24 PM in reply to: #4415241 |
Elite  5145    Cleveland |  Subject: RE: How many countries have you been to?Also Navy, Mar'89-Dec'93 US Canada Mexico Bermuda (lived here for 2.5 years) Bahrain Somalia Kuwait Greece (Rhodes) Spain (Benidorm & Rota) Egypt (if we're counting canal transits) United Arab Emirates (Abu Dhabi & Dubai) The only thing I know is that Cleveland sucks and I really miss salt water & palm trees  |
| 2012-09-17 4:36 PM in reply to: #4415384 |
Pro 9391 Omaha, NE | Subject: RE: How many countries have you been to? cgregg - 2012-09-17 4:24 PM Also Navy, Mar'89-Dec'93 US Canada Mexico Bermuda (lived here for 2.5 years) Bahrain Somalia Kuwait Greece (Rhodes) Spain (Benidorm & Rota) Egypt (if we're counting canal transits) United Arab Emirates (Abu Dhabi & Dubai) The only thing I know is that Cleveland sucks and I really miss salt water & palm trees Did you ever know a Troy Martin? He was an Engineman stationed on a Tugboat in Bermuda ~92-94. He was my best friend growing up. |
| 2012-09-17 4:42 PM in reply to: #4415241 |
Elite 4372 Connecticut | Subject: RE: How many countries have you been to? US Canada Italy Austria Germany Australia Japan (sort of but not really, I was on a Japanese naval ship so technically Japan but not really) Guam I love to travel and wish I could do it more often. Once my husband gets home from deployment we are going to head somewhere new. Not sure where though. |
| 2012-09-17 4:43 PM in reply to: #4415241 |
Expert 1186 North Cackalacky | Subject: RE: How many countries have you been to? Does it count as "visiting" counties if you stage in one country as part of preparations to carry out the overthrow and replacement of another country's ruling political regime (and visit a TGIFridays while you're there), and then move to the other country as part of doing so? If yes, I have visited 12 countries. If not, 10 (or +1 to both of those if you count Texas). |
| 2012-09-17 4:45 PM in reply to: #4415241 |
| Subject: RE: How many countries have you been to? US |
| 2012-09-17 4:48 PM in reply to: #4415241 |
Elite 4344 | Subject: RE: How many countries have you been to? US France Canada Finland Brazil A bike tour of Italy would be high on my list of things I want to do someday. It is not high in probability of actually occurring. Edited by tech_geezer 2012-09-17 4:59 PM |
| 2012-09-17 4:56 PM in reply to: #4415403 |
Elite 5145 Cleveland | Subject: RE: How many countries have you been to? tuwood - 2012-09-17 5:36 PM cgregg - 2012-09-17 4:24 PM Also Navy, Mar'89-Dec'93 US Canada Mexico Bermuda (lived here for 2.5 years) Bahrain Somalia Kuwait Greece (Rhodes) Spain (Benidorm & Rota) Egypt (if we're counting canal transits) United Arab Emirates (Abu Dhabi & Dubai) The only thing I know is that Cleveland sucks and I really miss salt water & palm trees Did you ever know a Troy Martin? He was an Engineman stationed on a Tugboat in Bermuda ~92-94. He was my best friend growing up. I left in April '92 so we may have missed each other. I left the Annex side of things a bit earlier than that as I got into a little trouble and was shipped over to the NAS side  I know that tug quite well - YTB-801.... I was a Bos'n Mate 3rd in the boathouse there, 100 yards from where she moored. I was a small boat driving fool there I'm sure he knows Bert & Ruthie Cook quite well, though... great people. The name Martin rings a bell, though, for sure.... wait... where are y'all from?? Not Iowa, is it? I used to party with some crazy Iowegian whose name I can't remember, lol (if it's him, he'll understand... we drank a LOOOOOT!! errr... I did, anyway) Edited by cgregg 2012-09-17 5:11 PM |
| 2012-09-17 5:04 PM in reply to: #4415241 |
| Master 2009 Charlotte, NC | Subject: RE: How many countries have you been to? |
| 2012-09-17 5:14 PM in reply to: #4415435 |
Pro 9391 Omaha, NE | Subject: RE: How many countries have you been to? cgregg - 2012-09-17 4:56 PM tuwood - 2012-09-17 5:36 PM I left in April '92 so we may have missed each other. I left the Annex side of things a bit earlier than that as I got into a little trouble and was shipped over to the NAS side cgregg - 2012-09-17 4:24 PM Also Navy, Mar'89-Dec'93 US Canada Mexico Bermuda (lived here for 2.5 years) Bahrain Somalia Kuwait Greece (Rhodes) Spain (Benidorm & Rota) Egypt (if we're counting canal transits) United Arab Emirates (Abu Dhabi & Dubai) The only thing I know is that Cleveland sucks and I really miss salt water & palm trees Did you ever know a Troy Martin? He was an Engineman stationed on a Tugboat in Bermuda ~92-94. He was my best friend growing up. I know that tug quite well - YTB-801.... I was a Bos'n Mate 3rd in the boathouse there, 100 yards from where she moored. I was a small boat driving fool there I'm sure he knows Bert & Ruthie Cook quite well, though... great people. The name Martin rings a bell, though, for sure.... wait... where are y'all from?? Not Iowa, is it? I used to party with some crazy Iowegian whose name I can't remember, lol Yep, both from Sioux City, IA. It was Troy and Tammy Martin (wife) with poofy blonde hair that both lived down there. When you look up crazy in the dictionary it's a picture of Troy. His middle and last name was Martin so most people called him "Martin Martin" |
| 2012-09-17 5:15 PM in reply to: #4415241 |
| Pennsylvania | Subject: RE: How many countries have you been to? USA (live there, ha ha ha), Canada, Ecuador and Costa Rica. I hope this list grows hugely, I love to travel but don't really have the money. |
| 2012-09-17 5:24 PM in reply to: #4415241 |
Veteran 334 Tacoma, Washington | Subject: RE: How many countries have you been to? You didn't like them all that much?! Just madness, I think if you would have gotten away from all the sailors on leave things probably would have been better. Anyways, my list is always expanding but here goes nothing. USA, Canada, Mexico, England, Scotland, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Iceland, Netherlands, Norway, Russia, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Kyrgyzstan, Malaysia, Mongolia, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, Djibouti, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Guam, Bahamas and Cayman Islands. I reeeeeaaaalllly need to get back on expanding this list. School is cramping my style! |
| 2012-09-17 5:25 PM in reply to: #4415456 |
Elite 5145 Cleveland | Subject: RE: How many countries have you been to? Holy smokes! Small world How's he been? If he even remembers me (and as I've been sitting here racking my brain, I do remember him now... the memories are there, just a little out of focus at times ), tell him I say Hi. I think he got there a little before '92, perhaps late '91? I recall we partied together for at least a couple of months before I got in trouble and shipped to the other base, lol. Wow, man, I suddenly feel really old now... that was so many lifetimes ago. |
| 2012-09-17 5:33 PM in reply to: #4415471 |
Pro 9391 Omaha, NE | Subject: RE: How many countries have you been to? mn_av8or - 2012-09-17 5:24 PM You didn't like them all that much?! Just madness, I think if you would have gotten away from all the sailors on leave things probably would have been better. lol, well often times, ok most of the time, we didn't get to go to the "nice" parts of these countries. I can't remember what country it was, but we were in a cab riding through some very depressed crime ridden neighborhood and there was this 20 foot tall wall with razor wire across the top that seemed to extend forever. I asked the driver what was in there and he said the resorts were over there. Me and my buddy looked at each other and said, crap we're on the wrong side of the fence. Never did get over to the other side and I recall several crew members got stabbed that night trying to get back to the ship. So, often times we were dodging various gang wars and criminal activity trying to stay alive in the parts of town we got dropped off in. Me and a hundred or so of my shipmates were even held up at the embassy in Thailand with about 1000 locals with knives and you know what trying to kill us. Had to have a military escort come rescue us. The riots resulted in one of my buddies beating the crap out of a local kickboxing hero in some back street ring the night before. The locals didn't like that very much. |
| 2012-09-17 5:57 PM in reply to: #4415241 |
Veteran 512 Tempe, Arizona | Subject: RE: How many countries have you been to? Travelled around a lot as a kid with my folks, visiting some really "interesting countries", and being a research geologist I now get to work and travel to a fair few countries as well, including:
I really enjoyed living/travelling in most of them, learning different cultures, history, languages, alcoholic beverages (excluding Saudi Arabia), outlooks on life, even though some of them were difficult to live in and others were embroiled in revolutions and civil wars. I've certainly not had a dull life, and I'm not finished travelling yet....! Hopefully Antarctica one day, even though I hate the cold? |
| 2012-09-17 5:58 PM in reply to: #4415241 |
Champion 10550 Austin, Texas | Subject: RE: How many countries have you been to? Canada (have been to 7 provinces, but not the territories) US (have only visited 12 or so states so far - that needs to change!) Mexico Bulgaria Taiwan Hong Kong Puerto Rico Barbados Antigua St. Maartin England Netherlands France (Paris twice, Normandy once) Italy (Venice & Rome - so many more places I would love to see) Spain (Barbados & Madrid) So much more of the world that I want to explore! |
| 2012-09-17 6:33 PM in reply to: #4415241 |
Master 1730 Straight outta Compton | Subject: RE: How many countries have you been to? Being American- Canada (3x) Ontario and BC only Mexico Ireland Northern Ireland England Scotland Wales France (I'm assuming the UK is 4 countries, not 1 collection of 4) |
| 2012-09-17 6:37 PM in reply to: #4415241 |
Extreme Veteran 626 South Florida | Subject: RE: How many countries have you been to? Bahamas, St. Kitts, St. Lucia, Jamacia,Cayman Island, St. Maaretn, Venuezelaa, Brazil, Columbia, I love my job. |
| 2012-09-17 6:42 PM in reply to: #4415241 |
Extreme Veteran 586 Edgewater, CO | Subject: RE: How many countries have you been to? USA Canada Mexico Germany Austria Czech Republic Hungary Slovakia Belgium Netherlands Luxembourg Switzerland Italy France Lichtenstein Romania Spain |
| 2012-09-17 6:43 PM in reply to: #4415241 |
Member 172 Wetaskiwin Canada | Subject: RE: How many countries have you been to? Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, Switzerland, France, Spain, England, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Luxembourg, Egypt, South Africa, Maldives, Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, U.S, Canada |
| 2012-09-17 6:55 PM in reply to: #4415241 |
Extreme Veteran 646 | Subject: RE: How many countries have you been to? I'm certainly not as well-traveled as I intend to be, but here goes: US Sweden Norway Denmark Germany Austria Slovenia Mexico Puerto Rico (arguably part of U.S., but I consider it its own place) Guadelupe Aruba Cayman Island (can you tell yet that I went on a 7-day cruise once...hope that counts :p) Jamaica Of these, I absolutely fell in love with Slovenia. Beautiful country, beautiful people, beautiful culture. I cannot say I disliked any of them. The "cruise stops" I feel did not give an accurate impression of the country, though, so take those with a grain of salt. Next up, I would love, love, love to go to the UK and Ireland (harboring not-so-secret ambitions to do the Outlaw Triathlon in Nottingham) and to see more of Eastern Europe. I'd dig Australia too but that would be more feasible if I lived on the west coast. Fun question! |
| 2012-09-17 7:14 PM in reply to: #4415484 |
Veteran 334 Tacoma, Washington | Subject: RE: How many countries have you been to? Yeah I remember hating going out in Okinawa when the Navy was in town. Always trouble for no reason. :D Edited by mn_av8or 2012-09-17 7:16 PM |
| 2012-09-17 7:54 PM in reply to: #4415241 |
Expert 994 Clio, MIchigan | Subject: RE: How many countries have you been to? |
| 2012-09-17 8:59 PM in reply to: #4415241 |
| 258 | Subject: RE: How many countries have you been to? Canada Dominican Republic Costa Rica Nicaragua I really want to go diving in Palau and Truk Lagoon. Papau New Guinea would also be a great surfing/diving destination. Africa safari and touring WW2 sites in Europe. |
| 2012-09-17 9:37 PM in reply to: #4415241 |
Master 1790 Tyler, TX | Subject: RE: How many countries have you been to?
Most of the int'l travel was between ages 20 and 30 when I got around a lot. Lived in Japan, Guatemala, Mexico, Spain and US. A few of the countries were "just passing through" visits. Australia has been on my bucket list since I was 19. Now 50.... Brian |
| 2012-09-17 9:55 PM in reply to: #4415241 |
| 400 | Subject: RE: How many countries have you been to? Puerto Rico is a country? |
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