Net54 Around The World
 

Have we collectively visited every country on the planet?

#1 MYANMAR
#2 INDIA
#3 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
#4 AUSTRALIA
#5 BRAZIL
#6 URUGUAY
#7 ARGENTINA
#8 EGYPT
#9 AUSTRIA
#10 CAMBODIA
#11 BOSNIA
#12 CZECH REPUBLIC
#13 JORDAN
#14 GREECE
#15 ITALY
#16 ICELAND
#17 SPAIN
#18 MOROCCO
#19 JAMAICA
#20 CANADA
#21 NETHERLANDS
#22 CUBA
#23 RUSSIA
#24 POLAND
#25 FIJI
#26 INDONESIA
#27 ECUADOR
#28 PORTUGAL
#29 TONGA
#30 HONDURAS
#31 GERMANY
#32 VIET NAM
#33 JAPAN
#34 MALAYSIA
#35 FRANCE
#36 CHILE
#37 SLOVENIA
#38 CROATIA
#39 MONTENEGRO
#40 PERU
#41 DENMARK
#42 NORWAY
#43 MONACO
#44 TURKEY
#45 TAHITI
#46 SOUTH AFRICA
#47 COSTA RICA
#48 NICARAGUA
#49 GUATEMALA
#50 COLUMBIA
#51 UNIED KINGDOM. (for Denny's benefit this includes Scotland, Wales and YES Ireland)
#52 BELGIUM
#53 FRENCH GUIANA
#54 CAMEROON
#55 ABU DHABI
#56 DUBAI
#57 OMAN
#58 FINLAND
#59 THAILAND
#60 SWEDEN
#61 ESTONIA
#62 HUNGARY
#63 IRELAND
#64 AUSTRIA
#65 CAYMAN ISLANDS
#66 SINGAPORE
#67 MADEIRA
#68 SYRIA
#69 LEBANON
#70 TANZANIA
#71 KENYA
#72 ZAMBIA
#73 ZIMBABWE
#74 BOTSWANA
#75 MALTA
#76
#77





Let's find out. The current list will be kept above in this post

We need a couple of rules though and here it is.

#1 - You have to have visited the country in the most recent post, before you can add a country. A photo of both countries is desirable but not essential.

#2 - If your post is not responded to in 7 days, you may add another country and receive a point. The points are worthless.

I will get things started.

Country #1 is Myanmar

Here I am before crossing from Thailand into Myanmar.

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Here is the old border on a bridge from Mai Sai into Myanmar. It looks different now.

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I stayed just long enough to take this picture.

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I'll bet these folks never expected to show up on a baseball card forum.

If you have been to Myanmar, what is county #2?

Well Frank...not sure we can cover the whole world here on net54...but probably 3/4 atleast!!!!! When I read this post the other day I thought Thailand was the country...and I was ready to play! Unfortunately I had planned to go to Myanmar but my dad got sick and I had to cancel...does that count?????

travelin'
 

I was in Burma in 1981 and did the Rangoon, Pagan, Mandalay route. Temples, leg-rowers and beautiful tour guides.

Next country: India

(Sorry, no way to scan pix)

I was in India for about two weeks in December 2015 and January 2016. Saw a bunch of the tourist traps (Taj Mahal, Golden Temple) and some factories. I will try to post a few pictures later. We flew Emirates, with a layover in country #3, the UAE.

Here we Go!:

Hawaiian Islands
(O'ahu, Kona, Kauai, Moloka'i, Lanai, Maui & Da Big Island)
Australia
New Zealand
Diego Garcia
Guam
Korea
Thailand
Indonesia
Singapore
Philippines
Okinawa
Japan
Hong Kong
China
Ireland
England
Kuwait
UAE
Dubai
Iraq
Afghanistan
Germany
&
The Good Ole' USA

There were only two rules, both of which have been broken, but that's okay. Perhaps they were too restrictive. If no one objects, I will add Denny's list to the first post and add a few more of my own.

Pictures are always welcome and new countries will be welcomed. Getting to two hundred countries with the original rules would take forever.

haha...the equivalent of someone uplifting the board throwing all the game pieces all over the place!!!! ha...ha!!!!!

Indeed, but Denny will get a participation trophy.;)

Since Denny did have UAE and then listed Australia I will jump to there. Five time visitor to OZ. Married in North Sydney 10 years ago this last Thanksgiving.

First photo 2nd or 3rd trip in 2002. Second photo November, 2006

"My Sincere Apologies Frank",

I Certainly Didn't mean ta Knock Your Board Game All Ovar the Place.
I Simply Saw THaT You Added 3 Countries RiGHT Away
& THeN I JuST Got Carried Away...

And I Also Admit.. THaT I Didn't Fully Read Your Rules THiS Time Around,
Mostly Cause I Usually Nevar Completely Understand'em :)

Anyways Sir,
"Dankz Fir BailiN me Out Frankie!!!" :o

Denny's contrite response is accepted, so we will continue with the original rules.
If you have been to Australia you may post country #5 next.

Oh the places you'll go!
 

I've actually put way too much though into this. I can see there will have to be some strategy involved if we're going to make it, i.e. choosing a *really* difficult country will bog things down for awhile. I've been to one really difficult country, maybe two. Maybe 3 or 4 depending on your opinion.

But I have two questions:

1) Are we counting countries that are territories of other countries? Like does Greenland count, or do we consider it part of Denmark? Greenland will be a bitch if it stands alone.

2) Are we just doing fronts, or front-and-back combos (had to make a baseball card reference, right?)? That is to say does the USSR include all these little "Stan" countries that now exist, or are they separate?

I know, Frank, you will crystallize these muddy waters for me!

Tony

Great questions Corporal Boil that I will try to clarify.

I have been to Denmark, but not to Greenland, but have a friend who has been to Greenland.

I have been to Georgia and to St Petersburg in one country, but have not been to Georgia and St. Petersburg in another country, although I have been to one of them in both countries, despite having not been to the third country.

I have also been inside the Berlin Wall, which technically belonged to neither East or West Germany, but have been to both after neither technically existed.

Hope this his helps.

Who's on first?

Ohhh Boy... Where's the Game Board Now?

And it certainly wasn't me this time around...
Howevar, I'm Gunna Take a Wild Guess:

Professor Plum Did it,
iN the Library,
Wit the Candlestick...

:)

I've been to Australia and I'll add Brazil. Next? (I've also been to both halves of germany, in case Frank's very confusing post counts.)

I've been to Brasil...albeit just for the day at Iguacu Falls...same day was in Uraguay.

So next country is Uraguay.

Frank...I dont think having a friend who visited greenland counts?

Where the hell is Uraguay?

If you have been to a country you cannot spell, check your map before posting.:D

I've been to Uruguay and also Argentina

Iquacu Falls, Brazil/Argentina
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damn u frank!!! I'm sick...and I can't spell Uruguay!!!

I've also been to Argentina...same trip...last trip was to Egypt.

Been to Egypt. Also spent some time in Austria and Hungary.

Since the last one was 2 countries, I'll grab one.

Been to Austria, and to Cambodia
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Awesome picture, always wanted to go there but always went to Europe instead. Someday hopefully.

This thread needs many many more pictures.:)

been to austria and cambodia...I'll add bosnia!

Someone needs to clue Jon Canfield onto this thread. He's an amazing photographer that is very well travelled.

Ben, Cambodia is one of my favorite places in the world. do whatever you can to get there.

Okay, since I've been to Bosnia (hi Pete) when it was part of the former Yugoslavia - I will toss my hat in the ring for what is now the Czech Republic, also in the same Iron Curtain timeframe. I was only in Prague and never made it to what is now Slovakia, so will leave that for someone else as per the "one man, one country at a time" rule.

Unfortunately I cannot post photographs since they reside at my ex-spouses place, where all men fear to tread:eek:

Also, how to handle Antarctica? Claimed by many and none at all...depending upon who is doing the talking.

Agree. If you took no photos in a country you visited, at least post a postcard if you have one.

ok, bogged down in Czech. Someone has to have been there!

ive been to prague...just no pics to prove it as they are all too big for this site!!!!! But I have the sore feet to prove it...and I ate Carp!!!!

And I will add Jordan.

The mystical Greek Island of Santorini in the Aegean Sea (Mediterranean)....the home of Atlantis.

http://photos.imageevent.com/tedzan7...andHarbour.jpg

Checked-out Net54 at an Internet café.


TED Z
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Until my house goes on the market next year and I can get my stuff out (photos included) this will have to suffice.

No one else besides Ted has been to Greece? Didn't think we'd be stalled on a relatively easy one?

ive been to greece...but ted did not follow the rules...therefore I did not respond.

without rules...there's anarchy!

"The rules of a single madman are destiny to multitudes." As penance, Ted should donate his T-Bird to Frank's Auto Trade-Up thread.

Since Ted is donating his car to the ultimate trade up and Frank is accepting his donation and response of Greece... I have been to Greece. However, before I got there, I spent some quality time in Italy.

The gordian knot
 

I think I know what has happened. Because Frank refused to oversee this thread in jack-booted style, it has been left somewhat open to interpretation.

Ted has simply assumed that because the Greeks, at the time of their utmost power, controlled a wide swath of Asia as well as the Helenistic world, that Jordan and Greece WERE the same country, as they were under the same control.

It's an understandable mistake, and I'm happy to first-assist Frank here;)

Tony

Snap!
 

Well in the time it took me to write that out someone moved things further, so I will continue this in the spirit of Frank's Yugo.

Italy > I'll go Iceland.

I also have no idea how to post a picture. I'm a luddite. But picture Lord-of-the-Rings geography and women who are supposed to be hot and blonde, but are not.

Tony

Just got back from Iceland myself. Definite LOTR scenery and wide open spaces between towns. So will see Iceland and raise you Spain. Spaghetti Western scenery and actual beautiful women - especially in Zamora for some reason...

From past experience, trust me, all rules are considered optional by Ted.

The same leniency will not be granted to others.

Where are the pictures?

Corporal Boil's assistance is appreciated to facilitate moving forward. My updates may be infrequent for several days, but the list in post #1 will be maintained.

Dupe erased.

I've been to Spain, and then on to Morocco

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Hey guys,

I did not violate Frank's "rules". And, Tony here has given us a history lesson.

2300 years ago, the Greeks occupied Asia Minor, of which Jordan was part of.

In fact, my parents were born in Asia Minor in the Greek town of Smyrna.


TED Z
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I & i
 

Wow, Smyrna! I had to look that up. Now in Turkey, per Wikipedia.

Since we're on Morocco, which I have been to, I will swing it back "our way" and say Jamaica. I also vow to figure out how to scan, and post pictures. When I was in Jamaica, at age 14?15? I thought it would be cool to have my hair braided and those little beads put in them.

I'm not sure you want to see those pictures. Anyway, Jah Rastafari!

Although Egypt has already been mentioned, someone stated this thread needed more pictures. These I took in Egypt in October 1980.

I'm the skinny kid on the horse.
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Jeez,

first the USSR becoming the "Stan" brothers.

Then Greenland is really just Denmark without Copenhagen

Georgia used to be a state north of Florida, now it's a country north of Somalia.

Have you been to Yugoslavia? You thought so, but since it doesn't exist anymore you say you now have been to Croatia, before it even existed. Really???

And lest we not forget Denny went to Hawaii and thought it was a foreign country.:D

So if Jordan was part of Greece, how many countries were just Byzantine?

If I owe Ted an apology, it is offered.

Being the umpire in this game will continue until someone in the stands starts yelling, "Kill the Umo".:eek:

Been To Jamaica
 

Have been to Canada, if they are still a country?:confused::D

I have been to Canada. Went on a month long camping/fishing adventure. Been to the Netherlands many many times. I have a ton of pictures.

Pics in order are from.
Leiden-They have one of the oldest botanical gardens in the world.
Apeldoorn- Out front of the Apenheul Zoo. This place is awesome and has many animals roaming freely around the zoo.
Amsterdam Flower Market-Learned the hard way you can not buy loose bulbs and bring them back to the US.
Zandvoort-Mainly a German tourist destination with an amazing beach(clothing optional).
Last a picture of Olympic Stadium in Amsterdam. Stayed in a house boat behind in on one trip.

Been to Netherlands, and also Cuba
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Anthony those are awesome pics, especially like the one with the chicken on the guys head.

Here is my only pic from Canada. I am guessing I was around 13. Of the 6 of us that went this was the first fish any of us caught.:)

Good lord, I think we are still in Jamaica.

Canada, the Netherlands and Cuba wiil have to wait despite the nice photos.

How are we still in Jamaica. Paul posted he was in Jamaica and Canada. I went from Canada to the Netherlands and Anthony went from the Netherlands to Cuba. Frank were you in the Netherlands with me?;)

Ok, been to Jamaica!
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Should I edit to add Cuba in, or another country?

Hey Frank......your "apology" is not accepted......simply because it was not necessary :)

Carry on !

And, take care, good buddy.


TED Z
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I once watched with a tear of laughter in my eye as Adenoid Hynkel's Tomainian dictatorship imploded.........

Also......

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Starting to fill in!

I haven't had the time to pull the pictures off my old phone yet, but one of my friends who was on the India trip with me is a film major, and he made a documentary about it, on YouTube here.

Who reads the titles to posts, not worthy of a title?

Not worthy Paul, without a picture of Jamaica, but they have been added, so I guess we're in Cuba, but your guess is as good as mine. Oy vey!!!

Thank you for sharing. Really like the demonstration of 3 color printing on the piece of cotton.

Are we stuck in Cuba?

El Duque got out.

I have seen Cuba from the deck of a cruise ship. Does that count?

If so, I would add Russia

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Hi Frank....after 6 days, it's time to give this thread a friendly bump.

And. I would like to thank you for posting the picture of the Church of the Resurrection in St. Petersburg (Russia). It is a well-renown and historic Cathedral.

I meant to post these pictures in my post #33 here.

Aerial view of the Acropolis in Athens......

http://photos.imageevent.com/tedzan7...Lindos25xx.jpg

A scene from the Island of Rhodes. One of my favorite movies, The Guns of Navarone (circa 1961), was filmed on Rhodes. Shown here is the location
of the cliff-climbing scenes with Gregory Peck, Anthony Quinn, David Niven, etc. in this movie. The film won the Academy Award for Special Effects.
If you've seen this movie and have visited Rhodes, you'll appreciate why it won this Award.


TED Z
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wait, we're back in Greece again?
I'm so confused:confused:

I thought I took a lot of pictures in India, but looking through it, it seems like I didn't take that many. Here are some of the highlights:

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This girl was one of the first beggars we saw; I took this one on the bus leaving the airport. She had just crawled out from underneath that sheet on the left when I took the picture.

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I wanted to take a ride in one of those rickshaws...then I actually did. Riding in one of those will keep my cardiologist in business for a long time. They don't have shock absorbers or anything to protect you in a crash, and they sit lower than just about everything on the road. Riding through Delhi rush hour traffic in one of those was an experience.

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The Taj Mahal, in Agra. We got there right as the sun was setting. As an engineer, it's incredible to think they built it without calculus.

Ted never said he had been to Jordan, so Santorini (Greece) was not added to the list.

This time he at least implied that he had been to the cathedral of the spilled blood, so Greece was added.

Many of you may not realize that Ted participated in the first marathon during the Peloponnesian Wars. I believe he came in second, which is understandable considering he carrying his camera.

Furthermore if I don't add Greece now, it will continue to pop up.



Note: Moderating this thread is not as easy as I make it look. A raise would be welcomed.

Note also: We are still in Greece as Scott's photos supplement country #2 INDIA. OY VEY!

Ask and you shall receive, Frank; your salary will be doubled:D.

This increase does not affect the pay you receive for moderating the Monster Number thread. Increases there have to be negotiated separately, and need Leon's approval.:D

Out of Greece and into Poland
 

I can get us out of the aforementioned Santorini, Greece (the photo is one I took on my wedding day of my wife) and move us into 24 different countries but let's go to Poland - specifically Gdansk.

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If Poland is the next country. This is Warsaw.

Buildings on Plac Zamkowy just outside the Royal Castle

Next block on Plac Zamkowy. There was a Pizza Hut there.

Pod Blacha Palace, part of the Royal Castle complex

Stained glass window inside St. John's Cathedral. The church was build in the 15th Century.

Kanonia - small square behind St. John's. The bell was cast in 1646.

St. Casimirs Church in the New Town section. Around the corner from Marie Curie's birthplace.

Next Fiji

Beach on Denarau Island which is part of the main island of Viti Levu.

Can I add 'Fantasy Island' as I visit Wonder Woman on Saturday 8pm?
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Ok, been to Fiji (and going back in a few months) and also been to Indonesia

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Net54 Around The World
 

I had the the pleasure of visiting the following:
- Japan
- Afghanistan
- Iraq
- Korea
- Kyrgyzstan
- Germany
- Thailand
- Spain
- Netherlands
- Canada
- Ireland
- Mexico
- Australia

Thanks Army and USMC!



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I had the the pleasure of visiting the following:
- Japan
- Afghanistan
- Iraq
- Korea
- Kyrgyzstan
- Germany
- Thailand
- Spain
- Netherlands
- Canada
- Ireland
- Mexico
- Australia

Thanks Army and USMC!


This post reminds me of Johnny Cash

Feel free to sing along

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ov4epAJRPMw

I was totin' my pack
Along the dusty Winnemucca road
When along came a semi
With a high and canvas covered load
"If you're going to Winnemucca, Mack
With me you can ride."
So I climbed into the cab
And then I settled down inside
He asked me if I'd seen a road
With so much dust and sand
And I said,
"Listen, Bud I've traveled
Every road in this here land."
I've been everywhere, man
I've been everywhere, man
'Cross the deserts bare, man
I've breathed the mountain air, man
Of travel, I've had my share, man
I've been everywhere.
Been to Reno, Chicago, Fargo, Minnesota,
Buffalo, Toronto, Winslow, Sarasota,
Wichita, Tulsa, Ottawa, Oklahoma,
Tampa, Panama, Mattawa, La Paloma,
Bangor, Baltimore, Salvador, Amarillo,
Tocopilla, Barranquilla, and Padilla, I'm a killer.
I've been everywhere, man
I've been everywhere, man
'Cross the deserts bare, man
I've breathed the mountain air, man
Of travel, I've had my share, man
I've been everywhere.
Boston, Charleston, Dayton, Louisiana,
Washington, Houston, Kingston, Texarkana,
Monterey, Ferriday, Santa Fe, Tallapoosa
Glen Rock, Black Rock, Little Rock, Oskaloosa,
Tennessee, Hennessey, Chicopee, Spirit Lake,
Grand Lake, Devil's Lake, Crater Lake, for Pete's sake;
I've been everywhere, man
I've been everywhere, man
'Cross the deserts bare, man
I've breathed the mountain air, man
Of travel, I've had my share, man
I've been everywhere.
Louisville, Nashville, Knoxville, Ombabika,
Shefferville, Jacksonville, Waterville, Costa Rica,
Pittsfield, Springfield, Bakersfield, Shreveport,
Hackensack, Cadillac, Fond do Lac, Davenport,
Idaho, Jellicoe, Argentina, Diamontina,
Pasadena, Catalina, see what I mean, sir;
I've been everywhere, man
I've been everywhere, man
'Cross the deserts bare, man
I've breathed the mountain air, man
Of travel, I've had my share, man
I've been everywhere.
Pittsburgh, Parkersburg, Gravellburg, Colorado,
Ellensburg, Rexburg, Vicksburg, Eldorado,
Larrimore, Atmore, Haverstraw, Chattanika,
Chaska, Nebraska, Alaska, Opelika,
Baraboo, Waterloo, Kalamazoo, Kansas City,
Sioux City, Cedar City, Dodge City, what a pity;
I've been everywhere, man
I've been everywhere, man
'Cross the deserts bare, man
I've breathed the mountain air, man
Of travel, I've had my share, man
"I know some place you haven't been."
I've been everywhere."

Only two rules exist

Visiting the prior country (currently Indonesia)

And pictures of your addition.


Am I upset with Enfuego? Hell no.

He's not the only rule breaker,;)

And sooner or later we are going to need Kyrgyzstan :eek::D

Tunisia, Iran, Iraq, Turkey, Spain, France, Italy, Greece and Iceland - all in the military, some fun, some not so. I didn't read all the posts so don't know if they were already covered.

boy has this thread evolved! i've been to about 48 countries...nice try frank!

the rules didn't seem that complicated

They aren't, but people do not want to read. Just like putting together a child's bicycle, bookcase or desk - "I don't need no damn instructions I know where everything goes!!"

We are stuck in Indonesia for those who are confused.

Since I didn't include any Australia or Brazil pictures in my original post, here they are. Now, I think we're still on Indonesia.

The first two pictures are in Australia. The third is in Florianopolis, and the fourth is an abandoned palace (now home to squatters) in Rio.

Also, we should talk strategy. It's probably a mistake to save the obscure places for last. The probability that there's someone here who has been to both Turkmenistan and Kiribati is pretty low. The odds that some has been to Turkmenistan and Germany, and someone else has been to Germany and Kiribati, is much higher.