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05-14-2008, 02:40 PM
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Most Traveled People
In Forbes Life Magazine, I came across an article about Charles Veley. Apparently he has been everywhere, well almost everywhere. Natch, he has a web site, and here it is.
Most Traveled People - Where Have you Been? They're claiming there are 673 countries, territories, islands, etc. and Veley has been to 629 of them. He's only 42 years old, so it's quite a feat. The article discussed things like where he nearly died, hardest to get to, and best bath rooms (Russia, you can go anywhere; Japan has heated toilet seats). Believe it or not, he thought Lebanon and Iran had the friendliest people. In case you're interested, here's the site's master list of the 673 locations: MTP - Master List (Print Version) I think we had a thread about most countries visited, but I don't recall anybody getting near 673. The top 10 on the Most Traveled People list have visited 501. You can read about Mr. Veley's travels and others at the site. Here's the Forbes article: Travelin' Man - Forbes.com
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05-15-2008, 01:28 AM
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I'm only up to 18 countries so far. But I expect to add many more before it's all over!
My list: US Canada Panama Estonia Latvia Russia Finland Sweden Iceland Denmark Germany Czech Republic France Italy Austria Switzerland Luxemborg Litchtenstein Belgium
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05-15-2008, 08:06 AM
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We're working on it, too!
My list:
US Canada Panama Germany France Italy Austria Belgium Mexico Guatemala Columbia Argentina Uruguay Brazil Puerto Rico Dominican Repubilc Haiti US Virgin Islands BVI St. Martin Barbados St. Lucia Bahamas Turks & Caicos Antigua Caymans Jamiaica Portugal Spain Greece Holland UK Ireland Bermuda And many more to go! 
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05-15-2008, 11:22 AM
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Pretty cool web page. My count was at 65 of 673. I have seen 1/10 of the world. UGH!!!
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05-15-2008, 11:40 AM
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My list:
Canada Mexico Panama Colombia Peru El Salvador Honduras Belize Guatemala St.Martin Dominican Republic Haiti Japan Korea Taiwan Hong Kong Macao China Sri Lanka Singapore Malaysia Indonesia Thailand Philippines Turkey Morocco Germany Spain Denmark England Wales Scotland Now it's time to see the parts of the U.S. that I haven't been to. |
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05-15-2008, 03:36 PM
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My list...
US Canada I don't get out much...  .....
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05-15-2008, 03:55 PM
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 Life's a trip.
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05-15-2008, 04:09 PM
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I have been to maybe a dozon or so.... but hope to get more soon..
My mom has been to all 50 states... and I believe in the 60 to 75 countries range... don't know how they got 6oo+... will have to look.. |
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05-15-2008, 05:53 PM
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05-15-2008, 07:45 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
Give me a forum ... 
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Heated toilet seats? Most of the toilets in Japan, except for gaijin-centric hotels, didn't have a seat...
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05-15-2008, 07:59 PM
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05-16-2008, 03:58 AM
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I am up to 93 out 673 which puts me in the top 1000 who've visited the website. 48 states, most of Europe, and whirlwind tour of China help bring up the count.
A fun website. It looks like I need to go to Brazil and India to have a shot at 200. |
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05-16-2008, 06:58 AM
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"The modern toilet in Japan, in English sometimes called Super Toilet, and commonly known in Japanese as Washlet (ウォシュレット, Washlet?) or as warm-water cleaning toilet seat (温水洗浄便座, onsui senjō benza?) is one of the most advanced type of toilet worldwide, showing a dazzling array of features." After reading your Wikipedia article, I am reminded of a joke about a guy on a train who is forced to used the women's restroom. He is instructed that he can push the blue button, and the white button, but don't you dare push the red button. Of course he did, and. . .and . . . well insert your own punch line. It was crude. The most traveled people site shows me that I really haven't traveled much. I've been to 10-12 countries.
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05-16-2008, 08:16 AM
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 I was in Korea in l953. (l7 year old Marine Grunt). Our regiment had a policy, 8 mos. in a combat zone, qualified you for a week of R&R in Japan. I had about two weeks to go to qualify, when a N. Korean ruined my plans. 5 days in a Mash Unit, and 3 weeks at Balboa Naval Hospital in San Diego, Japan was in my rear view mirror. However, in the years since then, have been fly-fishing in Canada, played a number of golf tournaments in Mexico, and spent some time in the "Bay Area". The world is my oyster. |
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05-17-2008, 08:47 AM
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Got two of them in my house. Heated seat, butt wash, air filter -- anything less is just uncivilized. Try it, you'll like it. Last edited by bpp3; 05-17-2008 at 09:01 AM. |
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05-17-2008, 09:22 AM
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United States
Canada Mexico The Bahamas Martinique Japan Okinawa (then) East Germany Germany UK Italy France Austria Switzerland Netherlands Monaco Liechtenstein Thailand Vietnam not likely to visit any more although I'd love to visit New Zealand and Australia if they weren't so far away...
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05-17-2008, 11:07 AM
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Ranked 1008 with 89 places. Will I gain or lose now that we stay 6 months in PV?
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05-17-2008, 11:43 AM
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I've been to 97 out of that long list, but not nearly as many countries.
I've been to 37 countries: Africa Senegal Tunisia Morocco Asia Turkey Israel Palestine Korea China Japan Europe Sweden Norway U.K Netherlands Belgium Germany France Spain Switzerland Austria Monaco Italy Hungary Poland Ukraine Latvia North America and Carribean Canada US (and US VI, and PR) Mexico Jamaica Cuba South and Central America Panama Colombia Venezuela Brazil Ecuador Uruguay Argentina
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05-17-2008, 01:25 PM
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My list is pretty short:
Philippines France England Ireland Thailand Japan Don't have a big desire to travel. It used to be fun, but now is a hassle. Besides, you know what they say: "Wherever you go, there you are".
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05-24-2008, 10:04 PM
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I have added 8 countries and two territories since I FIREd last year. But I don't count countries in the traditional sense. I think it matters more to get to know the culture, the people, the geography, etc., rather than just claiming you landed somewhere.
I have spent an average of one month each in these 8 new countries. Right now I am in Colombia learning the language and culture and meeting a lot of local people and seeing how they live and enjoying each other's company. And yes, it's true, these women are gorgeous  Kramer |
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