The Joy Of Travel discussion

I have been to the following countries. America, Canada, Mexico, Costarico, Panima, Columbia, China, Hong Kong, Coria, Holland, East Germany, West Germany, Poland, Lithowainia, Latphia, Astonia, Russia, Finland, Sweeden, Denmark, England, Scottland, Wales, Spain, Portugal, France, Belljam, Jamaica. That is it so far.

Glad I found this new group. Like to read books to enlighten myself about the world and places where I have or might travel. I've been to Canada (Victoria), Mexico, England, France (Paris, Normandy), Italy (Milan, Rome, Sorrento, Amalfi), Germany, Panama, Costa Rica, India (Delhi, Jaipur, Agra). This Fall, I will be heading to London & Edinburgh. In 2019 (for my 50th), I'm considering Poland. My ethnicity is Polish & I'm intrigued to discover more about my own heritage. I'd also like to read things by local authors.

I've been to South Africa (all over), Botswana, Hong Kong, Cambodia (Phnom Penh), and China (Jiamusi, Beijing, Xiamen, Harbin, and a bunch of small towns)

I have been around Mexico and other places.

I have been all over the US., parts of Canada, Mexico, Nepal, Greese, and Italy.

I have been to nearly every country in Europe. I have also been to Turkey and Russia. Other places would include Hawaii, Alaska, and Mexico, and several spots in the Carribean.

See below for my list of countries. I have posted pictures from some places on my profile, which is public.
Antarctica 2016
Antigua--2012
Argentina--Buenos Aires, Ushuaia 2016
Aruba--2012
Austria--2007
Barbados--2012
British Virgin Is. Virgin Gorda 2017
Bulgaria--1993,2004  Sofia, Vidin, Ruse, Veliko Turnovo, Rila monastery
Canada--7 provinces, 2010 Via rail N. Falls-Toronto- Vancouver and rtn,  2009 NB road trip, Quebec 1967 and 1956  Churchill, Manitoba 2013
Cayman Is --2010,2014
China, 2014--Beijing, Xian, Yichang, Chongquing, Hangzhou, Shanghai, Guilin
Colombia, Cartagena 2013
Costa Rica,2013
Curacao 2012
Ecuador--Quito, Galapagos 2015
England--1973,   London, Salisbury, Stonehenge,   2014--Southampton, Windsor
17- Estonia--2012  Talinn
France--1973--Paris, Chartres, Versailles, 2014--Cannes, Nice
Falkland Islands--2016
Germany--2005,2007  Rhine, Main and Danube river cruise
Gibraltar, 2014
Greenland  Nuuk Sept. 2017
Guatamala, 2013
Guadelope 2017
Greece--2011,Athens, Rhodes: 2016--Santorini, Mykonos, Corinth
Grenada --2012
Haiti--2014
Honduras--2010  Roatan
Hong Kong, 2014
Hungary--2004,2007
Iceland  Reykjavik, Hella, Husafell, Siglufjordur, Akureyri August 2017
32  Ireland--1999,2006,2013 Dublin, Kildorrey, Donegal, Sligo, Kerry, Limerick
Italy--1974, 2005,2011  Rome, Lugano, Sicily, 2014--Florence, Genoa, Portofino, Rome: 2016--Orvieto, Civita, Sorrento, Positano, Amalfi
Jamaica--2014
Latvia--2012 Riga
Lithuania-2012 Vilnius, Kaunas
Malta--2011,2016 Valetta
Mexico--1992,2000, 2010,2013  Nogales, Nuevo  Progreso, Cozumel, Costa Maya, Puerto Vallarta, Cabo San Lucas, 2018  Mazatlan, Topolobampo, Copper Canyon train, La Paz, Loreto, Guyamas, Cabo San Lucas
Netherlands--2007 Amsterdam
Northern Ireland--2006, 2013  Derry, Belfast
Norway--2009  Bergen to Kirkenes and rtn
Panama, 2013 Colon, Panama City
44   Lisbon, Portugal, 2014  
Romania--2007 Bucharest
Russia--=2012  Moscow, Yaroslavl, Uglich to St. Petersburg
St. Barthelemy 2017
St. Kitts 2015, Nevis 2017
St. Lucia--2012
St. Maarten--2012, 2017
St. Martin 2015
Serbia--2007 Belgrade
South Georgia--2016
Spain--2011, 2014 Barcelona, Malaga
Switzerland--2005 Chur, Zermatt, Bern, Lugano, Locarno, Appenzell, Luzern, Zurich
Turkey--2011 Istanbul: 2016 Ephesus
56--  United States--49 states, plus DC, Puerto Rico
US Virgin Is., St Thomas 2012, St John 2017
Vatican--1973, 2014
Upcoming trips: 2018 England, Wales, Scotland
2019 Cuba cruise, Venice to Athens cruise, Italy, Slovenia, Croatia, Montenegro and Greece

I am also trying to read a mystery from every country in the world.
See my list, many with reviews
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Wow! That's awesome!!! It must have been amazing to see all those places.

Sophia wrote: "I've been to South Africa (all over), Botswana, Hong Kong, Cambodia (Phnom Penh), and China (Jiamusi, Beijing, Xiamen, Harbin, and a bunch of small towns)"

I have not been to any part of Africa or Cambodia. My wife and I decide together and those are undecided.

Sophia wrote: "Wow! That's awesome!!! It must have been amazing to see all those places."

It was.

Thomas wrote: "Sophia wrote: "I've been to South Africa (all over), Botswana, Hong Kong, Cambodia (Phnom Penh), and China (Jiamusi, Beijing, Xiamen, Harbin, and a bunch of small towns)"

I have not been to any pa..."

They are both beautiful!
I grew up on the coast of South Africa (so i may be biased), but it's really beautiful and intresting there.

I've visited Canada, Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Belize, El Salvador, Netherlands, Belgium, France, Spain, Ireland, and will be finally getting to Denmark soon.

I have been to
-Italy
-Spain
-Switzerland
-Hungary
-France
-Germany
-Austria
-England
-Scotland
-Turkey
-Georgia
-my countey / azerbaijan

Two places I really want to go are Paris because it's beautiful and been a life long dream and Hawaii to roast a pig in the ground and to go to a luaoh (not sure if I spelt that right?)

That sounds Awesome!
I'm not sure how to spell it either xD.

Thomas wrote: "See below for my list of countries. I have posted pictures from some places on my profile, which is public.
Antarctica 2016
Antigua--2012
Argentina--Buenos Aires, Ushuaia 2016
Aruba--2012
Austr..."

WOW, totally amazing and goals for me!!

Steven sent me a welcome message, encouraging me to post pictures and talk about my travels. I have not mastered the technique of posting pictures in a thread, but have posted some pictures on my profile page.
Here is a link to my Russian river cruise review
https://boards.cruisecritic.com/showt...
Should you want more pictures, I can send a Snapfish link if you give me an email address.

Create Your Own Visited States Map

Here's my US map of states visited. Internationally, I've been to a Antigua, Barbados, St. Vincent, Bequa, Dominica, Guadaloupe, Jamaica, St. Lucia, the Netherlands, France, Monaco, Denmark, Germany, Iceland, the UK, Sweden, Canada, Mexico.

I've never left America. As far as towns in Maine? Ehh, almost covered the list. States? Probably 6... but I have yet to travel completely, anywhere farther than America has not seen me yet.

Thomas has an AMAZING!!! list of countries! WOW! My list is much shorter:
USA - 30 state so far
Canada- 4 provinces
Mexico- 7 states
Belize
Guatemala
Honduras
Nicaragua
Costa Rica
Bermuda
England
Norway
Denmark
Sweden
Australia
Fiji

@Kaitlyn I hope you get to travel internationally and see the more of the world.

Elizabeth wrote: "Thomas has an AMAZING!!! list of countries! WOW! My list is much shorter:
USA - 30 state so far
Canada- 4 provinces
Mexico- 7 states
Belize
Guatemala
Honduras
Nicaragua
Costa Rica
Bermuda
England
N..."

Wow!! Your list is also amazing!

Elizabeth wrote: "Thomas has an AMAZING!!! list of countries! WOW! My list is much shorter:
USA - 30 state so far
Canada- 4 provinces
Mexico- 7 states
Belize
Guatemala
Honduras
Nicaragua
Costa Rica
Bermuda
England
N..."

Thanks

Kristen wrote: "Thomas wrote: "See below for my list of countries. I have posted pictures from some places on my profile, which is public.
Antarctica 2016
Antigua--2012
Argentina--Buenos Aires, Ushuaia 2016
Aru..."

Thanks

Sophia, I think that your list is amazing as well! Do you speak any of the languages of the countries that you have visited? China is on my "bucket list" of places that i just have to visit!

I speak basic Chinese and Afrikaans.
China is beautiful! The people are always friendly (except that one meanie that all places have) and the culture is so intresting!
I hope you get to visit and experience it one day!

and English!

My list is extremely shot

Mexico multiple spots that I don't remember the name of
Victoria
Vancouver
Parksville
Kamloops
Tiffino
Jasper
Banff
Edmonton
Radium
Invamere

Thats not a short list!
I've never been to any of those places...

Sophia wrote: "@Kaitlyn I hope you get to travel internationally and see the more of the world."

Thank you, Sophia! I appreciate it.

Kaitlyn wrote: "Sophia wrote: "@Kaitlyn I hope you get to travel internationally and see the more of the world."

Thank you, Sophia! I appreciate it."

:D

It turned long the more I thought about it

Hello from Nepal.

I have been to India, Malaysia, Thailand, Burma, Singapore and Dubai...

Sujan wrote: "Hello from Nepal.

I have been to India, Malaysia, Thailand, Burma, Singapore and Dubai..."

Oh my gosh!
I really want to go to Thailand!
Would you recommend it?

It looks so pretty in photos

Argentina, Austria, Brazil, Barbados, Colombia, Chile, Costa Rica, Croatia, Hong Kong, Japan, Germany, Netherlands, Mexico, Macao, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Russia, St Lucia, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, Venezuela, Uruguay, United States of America.

Those are amazing places!
What did you think of the Netherlands @Kim?

We have lived in Ponce, Puerto Rico, Kaneohe, HI, and Terneuzen, the Netherlands (visited almost all Western European countries while there), in years past, as well as in NJ, AL, VA, LA, GA, IN, FL & NY in the US (are back living in Auburn, AL now for the duration). Husband has run marathons in all but a handful of States, so we’ve spent at least a weekend in each of them, including 23 times in D.C. Just returned from our annual family beach week in Pawleys Island, SC. Gearing up for a 50th HS reunion trip back to NJ this fall. Will be cruising in the Caribbean in December with friends (have been on 20+ cruises all over the place, mostly to Mexico and the Caribbean). Planning 2 big trips next year: 2 weeks in HI to celebrate our 50th anniversary, and 10 days split between Amsterdam & Paris in the spring with our granddaughter, daughter and friends to celebrate granddaughter’s HS graduation. We LOVE to travel. It’s much easier now that we’re retired.

Just got back from 5 days in San Diego. Some of the best beaches, sunsets and breweries you'll ever find. And LegoLand, of course.

The beaches do look beautiful I just searched up a picture

We actually had a Blood Red sunset one evening, most likely due to all the massively destructive wildfires that are raging in my state.

We had a red sun two years ago in Calgary. It was cool.

Derek wrote: "Just got back from 5 days in San Diego. Some of the best beaches, sunsets and breweries you'll ever find. And LegoLand, of course."

That amazing!!! Did you have fun?

Definitely had a great time. We were celebrating my friend's son's 7th birthday, hence the visit to LegoLand.

I haven't been outside of England. I have been outside of Greater Manchester though. I've been to London, Essex, Birmingham, Leeds, Blackpool, Blackburn, Liverpool etc.

Derek wrote: "Definitely had a great time. We were celebrating my friend's son's 7th birthday, hence the visit to LegoLand."

I am glad you did.

So Rumell, what is Birmingham like?
Hard to believe both Led Zepplin and Black Sabbath are from that place.

Derek wrote: "So Rumell, what is Birmingham like?
Hard to believe both Led Zepplin and Black Sabbath are from that place."

Busy.

One of my favorite You tubers is from Manchester