How Much have you seen?

[ImaSmartass2]

...Of the world? Traveling to ones country, meeting people there, accepting ther cultures, is an important part of Global Understanding. If you do not know how people act over in different countries, how can you judge on what systems of law they have? If you dislike one country for their ideas or beliefs, by all means, go there and see why they believe that. Ask people what they think as an individual. That may change your opinion on that country.

The point being, NG, is how much of the world do you know? Not strictly information on the internet, but places you have actually been or seen. I myself have been to Britian, Canada, Mexico, Japan, China, and Italy. I plan on going to Austria, France, Italy (Again), Switzerland, and Sweden, this year.

Strive to understand people from other countries. If you only rely on what people tell you, you have kearned nothing, you only now of one person's opinion.

A short topic, but I hope I made a point.

[Elfer]

I've spent essentially my whole life in Canada (mostly in Ontario), aside from a brief, largely procedural crossing of the US border during a ferry ride when I was a kid.

I figure I'll do most of my travelling once I actually have some money to do it, and I'll do it mainly by bike touring.

[morefngdbs]

I've been to British Columbia, Alberta 3 times, Manitoba twice, I have lost count of how many times I've been to Ontario & Quebec. The same thing applies to Newfoundland (I've been to Labrador twice), New Brunswick & P.E.I., I was born in Cape Breton Island ,Nova Scotia, where I have lived most of my life.
I have been to the High Arctic, I've sailed there on 2 different summers on an St.Lawerence Ice Class oil tanker.
I've been to the U.S.more than 20 times , I have done 6 trips to the Dominican Republic, I've been to Mexico , Jamaica & Hawaii (Yeah ,I know it's part of the U.S. but it's worth mentioning on its own)... Oh , I've also been to France, when I was a teenager in school.

[hotfacts4you]

I have only been to Canada as another country. I have been to 28 of the 50 states already though.

[n64kid]

n64kid's been around the block.

US; 36 States including Alaska+Hawaii, Canada; 4 Provinces, Mexico, England, France, Monaco, Jersey, Italy, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Russia, Norway, Spain, Balearic Islands (Mallorca, Menorca), Tunisia, South Africa, Israel, Jordan, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Antarctica-seriously, China, Tibet, Japan, Australia, Fiji, Bora Bora (French Polynesia), Dubai. All that with plans to make it to Sweden, Ireland, Turkey, and Bangkok, Thailand.

[Der-Lowe]

Not Much In Argentina 7 provinces: Misiones, Corrientes, Entre Ríos, Santa Fé, Córdoba, Buenos Aires and the Capital.
I've been to Brazil ( Rio, Rio Grande do Sul, Paraná and ), Paraguay (just crossed the border to Encarnación), and England (London, Oxford, Cambridge).

At 6/20/08 02:51 PM, n64kid wrote: Argentina

Where?

Brazil

Where?

Chile

Where?

Antarctica

And again: where?

[n64kid]

At 6/20/08 06:12 PM, Der-Lowe wrote:

Argentina

Where?

Buenos Aires, Mar de Plata and this cute place Juyuy.

Brazil

Where?

Just stayed in and around Rio.

Chile

Where?

Around Santiago... I didn't really want to leave the city.

Antarctica

And again: where?

Antarctic peninsula. I don't know what else it was called but it was a very small port town and I did go to a glacier park near by.

Now that I think about it, I did make it to the Falkland islands.

[Ravariel]

Been to most of the lower 48 barring the Northwest states like Oregon, Washington, Montana, etc. Some actual visits, many just drive-throughs. Canada and Mexico are pretty common out-of-country trips... especially living in Ann Arbor, about an hour drive to Windsor.

Also been to Germany, France, Luxembourg, Belgium, England, Austria, Denmark, Netherlands... almost got to go to Sweden, but went to the naval yard at Rostock instead.

...I need to do some more traveling...

[Der-Lowe]

At 6/20/08 06:32 PM, n64kid wrote:

At 6/20/08 06:12 PM, Der-Lowe wrote:

Argentina

Where?

Buenos Aires, Mar de Plata and this cute place Juyuy.

yay! 70% of the foreigners don't leave the Capital.

Chile

Where?

Around Santiago... I didn't really want to leave the city.

I understand. Chileans are teh phail.

Antarctica

And again: where?

Antarctic peninsula. I don't know what else it was called but it was a very small port town and I did go to a glacier park near by.

Ah, I thought you had been to a base. Friends of my mother spend half a year there.

Now that I think about it, I did make it to the Falkland islands.

I'm not allowed to, due to my nationality :(
Or I have to go through Chile or sth.

At 6/20/08 07:14 PM, Ravariel wrote: ...I need to do some more traveling...

It's easy with strong currencies.
Ah, the convertibility..... *nostalgia*

[poxpower]

I grew up french-canadian in Quebec, lived in Montreal where it's like-half-half, and traveled to New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco and vermont/ virginia/washington.

So I love it when people tell me that canadians are really different from americans because I can't tell the difference.

Haven't been to the bible belt though :,(

Also I vote that we eradicate the French language from Canada. It's just a burden. But this also means that immigrants have to learn english. None of this "multiculture" bullshit. Why do you need to speak your own language to have your own culture? Who's stopping you from eating sushi and tacos?

Fuck your language. If your culture really was different, it wouldn't be differenciated mostly by the sounds you make when you refer to things.

[BrianEtrius]

You do have a point, the more you see of the world the better you understand it, or, the least you understand it.

It also gives you that worldly look.

As for my travels, most of the states except for the southeast, lower Canada, a lot of Europe ( I don't know exactly where because it was a cross country trip through the rural parts) Japan, China, probably more, but I forget.

[Ravariel]

At 6/20/08 07:23 PM, Der-Lowe wrote:

At 6/20/08 07:14 PM, Ravariel wrote: ...I need to do some more traveling...

It's easy with strong currencies.
Ah, the convertibility..... *nostalgia*

Tell me about it... I did most of my international traveling in the late 90's when the dollar was god.

[SmilezRoyale]

I've been to parts of south and souteastern US, from North / South Carolina to Texas, as well as Louisiana and part of florida. I've also been to parts of central america [Belize and mexico namely] As well as places of the central and south eastern carribean.

And lastly, Bermuda.

[zoolrule]

Emm.. Germany (Nationality), France, Greece, Turkey, USA, Cyprus ,England Netherlands and i probably forgot few others

[Bookman60]

I'm Tennessee, U.S.A born and bred, but I have traveled quite a bit.

I've been to: Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Missouri, Kentucky, Illinois, California, and North Carolina in the States.

I've visited Germany (Munich), Spain (Madrid and Toledo), and France (Paris).

My biggest remembrance of Paris was the student marches/riots. I was there to see them first-hand. That said I think I prefer Spain over France. The people are nicer and Madrid is much cleaner than Paris. You also see some Spanish architecture that's really one-of-a-kind, due to the Christian/Muslim mixing.

[zoolrule]

At 6/20/08 08:54 PM, Bookman60 wrote: My biggest remembrance of Paris was the student marches/riots. I was there to see them first-hand. That said I think I prefer Spain over France. The people are nicer and Madrid is much cleaner than Paris. You also see some Spanish architecture that's really one-of-a-kind, due to the Christian/Muslim mixing.

Haha. I've been in Paris exactly at the same time, at the protests... My hotel was exactly on the statue they were standing around.
But it didn't really bother me, it was actually cool...

[Der-Lowe]

At 6/20/08 07:49 PM, SevenSeize wrote: I want to go to other countries badly. I'm planning on going to a few places in Australia if I can get away.

No Argentina?

[Bookman60]

At 6/20/08 09:11 PM, Der-Lowe wrote:

At 6/20/08 07:49 PM, SevenSeize wrote: I want to go to other countries badly. I'm planning on going to a few places in Australia if I can get away.

No Argentina?

My grandfather went to Argentina. He said they had the best cattle he had ever seen. Lots of good grazing land and fat, sleek cows.

He used to be a cattle farmer, now we deal in corn, wheat, and soybeans.

[Der-Lowe]

At 6/20/08 09:14 PM, Bookman60 wrote:

At 6/20/08 09:11 PM, Der-Lowe wrote:

At 6/20/08 07:49 PM, SevenSeize wrote: I want to go to other countries badly. I'm planning on going to a few places in Australia if I can get away.

No Argentina?

My grandfather went to Argentina. He said they had the best cattle he had ever seen. Lots of good grazing land and fat, sleek cows.

and striking country men.

He used to be a cattle farmer, now we deal in corn, wheat, and soybeans.

Who doesn't nowadays? Soy is a gazillion dollars. These Chinese rock.

[Earfetish]

I've lived in both backwater England and the town centre, and gone to most major cities. And I've gone to Ireland (all over the show, including a divided Belfast and the Fleadh Cheoil loud-live-folk-music-and-smoky-bars music festival), France (North and South, including Paris), Germany (Hamburg and the Wacken metal festival), Holland (Rotterdam, Amsterdam, Leiden) Spain (well Majorca and Fuertaventura - touristy admittedly), Italy (Venice, Pisa, Florence, Sicily), the Czech Republic (Brutal Assault festival and a bar in Prague) (going again this Summer, and to Romania too), India (Goa), USA (New York)

Hope I'm not forgetting anything. I consider myself well-travelled, and I'd like to be even more well-travelled. Eastern Europe seems a good place to visit, and I'd like to go around all the Middle Eastern Islamic Theocracies but now's not really the time. And Japan, and Australia, and more of America. And to concentration camps, and to Favelas in South America (with protection), and through the Amazon, and to the poles, and back in time; I'm poor and busy, unfortunately.

[KeithHybrid]

I have moved from Florida to the Appalachain regions and made several visits to Maryland, so...I've seen seven of the fifty states.

I really hope, one day, to visit East Asia and go to Japan, Korea, Vietnam, etc. :)

[SEXY-FETUS]

I've been to canada mexico and ofcourse the US. There's really not much difference between the people. Well actually the asshole ratio seems to go up the closer you get to the north pole.

[morefngdbs]

At 6/21/08 02:14 PM, SEXY-FETUS wrote: I've been to canada mexico and ofcourse the US. There's really not much difference between the people. Well actually the asshole ratio seems to go up the closer you get to the north pole.

;
Really, well I'm not sure how close you've actually been to the North Pole (I've been as far North as 'Little Cornwallis Island') , & the people there were really friendly and outgoing.
I have found that the Level of ASSHOLE goes up depending on how large a city you happen to be in.
Now I'm not saying there were not nice people in New York, or L.A. (which we around here call la) Chicago, New Orleans ,Huston & others I've been to... but ignorant stuck up ditzes are much more prevalent the bigger the city you go to.
Plus I'll also mention outright rudeness -looking down at you- as we call it around here in the sticks.
Of course I only have my & my friends experiences to go by.

[cellardoor6]

My dad is a doctor and a medical director and has been since I was little. Whenever he'd have a business meeting at a foreign company or at a foreign university, I'd tag along. I went to Germany as an exchange student, and went to other parts of Europe for a while after that, backpacking. I've seen a lot of the world, I've been to a lot of countries. I didn't have extended stays in all of them (some were less than a day) but aside from the US, I've been to:

Americas:
Mexico, Canada, and Brazil

Europe area:

UK, Germany, France, Belgium, Italy, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Austria, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Latvia, Lithuania, Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, the Netherlands, and Greece. (I'm pretty sure that's it for Europe)

Asia area:
American Samoa (well, it's a US territory), New Zealand, Australia, Thailand, Japan, Hong Kong.

Middle East:
Israel, Cyprus (lame), Egypt, and Turkey (lame)

Africa:
Namibia (hunting) and South Africa (waypoint to Namibia).

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My longest stays were in Germany and the UK. The countries I've been to the most are Mexico and Canada (unfortunately). The place I most thoroughly enjoyed myself in was probably Germany. The countries where I absorbed the most culture were Germany, the UK, and Mexico. The most interesting place I've ever been to was most definitely Egypt. The countries I only stayed in a few days or less are South Africa, fortunately... and Lithuania, Latvia, Portugal, Luxembourg, Greece, and Norway unfortunately.

I might be missing a few

[Brick-top]

Florida, New York, British Columbia, Greece, Crete and every country in the United Kingdom.

I want to go to Australia, Canada, and America just because I want to cause some mischief.

[cellardoor6]

At 6/22/08 08:39 PM, Brick-top wrote: Florida, New York, British Columbia, Greece, Crete and every country in the United Kingdom.

I want to go to Australia, Canada, and America just because I want to cause some mischief.

We don't take too kindly to your type 'round here.

[Elfer]

At 6/22/08 09:05 PM, cellardoor6 wrote:

At 6/22/08 08:39 PM, Brick-top wrote: Florida, New York, British Columbia, Greece, Crete and every country in the United Kingdom.

I want to go to Australia, Canada, and America just because I want to cause some mischief.

We don't take too kindly to your type 'round here.

He's right. Americans are a lot like Australians and Canadians, but they don't put up with crap and they have guns.

[Brick-top]

At 6/22/08 09:05 PM, cellardoor6 wrote:

At 6/22/08 08:39 PM, Brick-top wrote: Florida, New York, British Columbia, Greece, Crete and every country in the United Kingdom.

I want to go to Australia, Canada, and America just because I want to cause some mischief.

We don't take too kindly to your type 'round here.

Fink' I'm scared do ya?!

lock stop joke

Also, mind your language!

[cellardoor6]

At 6/22/08 09:58 PM, Brick-top wrote: Fink' I'm scared do ya?!

I was just plying at the stereotype that Americans are hostile cowboys.

lock stop joke

Also, mind your language!

I don't exactly know what some D-level British movie has to do with anything. I guess I'm missing the joke here.

[Brick-top]

At 6/22/08 10:57 PM, cellardoor6 wrote:

At 6/22/08 09:58 PM, Brick-top wrote: Fink' I'm scared do ya?!

I was just plying at the stereotype that Americans are hostile cowboys.

I know, I was doing a Vinny Jones stereotype that he's a big tough guy.

lock stop joke

Also, mind your language!

I don't exactly know what some D-level British movie has to do with anything. I guess I'm missing the joke here.

The guy in the picture (Vinny Jones) was in the movie Lock, Stock and two smoking barrels where he works for a mob boss.