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  • I'm the Johnny Cash of Tamriel, Khajiit goes most places.

    • Skyrim
    • Hammerfell
    • High Rock
    • Morrowind
    • Valenwood
    • Summerset Isle
    • Black Marsh

    And of course Elsweyr.

    • US (live here)
    • Australia
    • Canada (many times)
    • South Korea (twice)
    • Kuwait
    • Iraq
    • Jordan
    • Ireland
    • England
    • El Salvador

    Notes:

    • When I was in South Korea, I visited the DMZ both times and stepped over the 38th parallel into North Korea both times. Does that count as having been to North Korea?

    If we are counting airports, I have also been to:

    • Germany
    • Slovakia

  • Countries I’ve been to for some kind of Holiday:

    • Austria
    • Belgium
    • Czech Republic
    • Denmark
    • England
    • Finland
    • France
    • Germany
    • Israel
    • Italy
    • Netherlands
    • Norway
    • Poland
    • Spain
    • Sweden
    • Switzerland

    That’s more than I initially thought..

  • Australia Hong Kong Taiwan China England Wales France Spain Catalonia Germany United States New Zealand Thailand Singapore Kenya Papua New Guinea Indonesia

    Plus a bunch of airports, of course.

    1. Went to Canada. No earthly idea why. Drove through London on our way to the Niagara Falls, then looped back around, saw hydroplane races in Syracuse, and stayed in the weirdest motel ever somewhere in Penn or Ohio because it was really cheap. This was the most WTF vacation I've ever been on. No idea what my parents had in mind. I literally only remember being on the car.
    2. Went to Thailand for about ten days. Stopped in Laos for an afternoon and got a t-shirt and snake whisky. Almost set foot in Cambodia, but the border was closed so we got our passports stamped and that was all. Saw a bunch of monks on cell phone's and smoking cigarettes. Saw so many freaking temples. Went to the bridge on the river Kwai. Ate some good food. Saw the red light district. Thought it would be sexy, but it was just depressing. Loved the people and the experience and want to go back some day. Also saw Tokyo through airport window.
    3. Went to Mexico to get drunk and eat good food for a week at a resort. Got drunk and ate well for a week. Went to a xenote and swam.
    4. Went to the Bahamas to get drunk on boat for a week. Twice. Got drunk for a week both times. Also snorkeled at some point and visited pigs on an island.
    5. Headed to the Dominican Republic to get drunk in Punta Cana for a week in about ten days. Might do a topless cruise depending on how my wife feels. Jury is still out, but I have a feeling I'll successfully get drunk for about a week.

  • Nice try, NSA.

    I've been to Ontario and BC, which should count as two countries, but it's only 1. We really liked Niagara on the Lake, in Ontario, and went there a few times. It's a nice area to bicycle, and you can make it all the way to the falls without getting on the roads much. I liked Vancouver just fine, but I was a kid when we used to go and would probably appreciate it more now as an adult.

    I've been to Mexico several times; most times, just trips across the border with my parents, again, as a kid. I spent a couple of weeks in the Yucitan more recently, on Isla Mujeres. It was nice than I expected; most of the parting is in Cancun, so it's more relaxed on the island. Nice place to visit if you have money and can stay in the best resort you can afford.

    I've spent about a month in Bengaluru, India, and environs. Interesting, and the trip to Mysuru was both intensely depressing and amazingly beautiful. I was traveling for business, so was basically treated like a VIP: 24/7 chauffeur, 5-star hotel, everything. The chauffeur even drove me on the trip to Mysuru, which was a weekend personal trip. I was very careful most of the time, and avoided getting sick, which vastly impacted my enjoyment. Although I did once get on the back of one of my team member's motorcycle to go to a little local restaurant, which I didn't think much of, but when I told my boss, he was appalled.

    I spent so much time in the UK, I can almost claim citizenship. Same for France. The UK was for two weeks every other month, for three years, on business; and then a couple of vacations; mostly around and about in England. My wife's sister and her husband did two years as expats in Paris, and we visited then for a couple of weeks two or three times every year during that. I've spent a month driving around Provence, and a two week vacation in Normandy and the Loire Valley. I love both countries - London is a great city, and we seriously thought about buying a property near Bath; Paris is a bit too Big City for me, Provence is beautiful, and I'd happily own a cottage in the Loire somewhere.

    I lived in Munich for two years, and would buy an apartment there if I could afford it. It's my favorite place in the world. Bavaria is my soul-home. I tried for several years to find work there, somewhere, in vain - Regensburg is where I'm going to retire, if at all possible.

    I spent a couple of weeks in Prague. Beautiful city, and I hope to go back one day for another visit. I wouldn't live there, though.

    Salzburg, Austria, is my second favorite city, and I've been about a dozen times. Again, I'd buy a place around there if I could afford it. Vienna is a wonderful city, with a lot to do. I find out a little strange, with a lot of Eastern European influence.

    I've spent several weeks in northern Italy, mostly around Chiavenna. My third favorite place, although it's a small town. German friends of mine owned a cabin in the Alps and we went there often, summer and in the winter for skiing.

    I've driven through Switzerland a few times, and have been to the Swiss Alps twice on ski vacations. It's like the whole county is Disneyland - very sanitized, very clean, very precise. It's absolutely beautiful, but it's far too tidy for me to want to live there. Bern is an exception; it's such an amazing city; I'd live there, too.

    I've been to Singapore a couple of times, for a couple of weeks each time. Beautiful, clean, and very safe. Actually, I really enjoy Singapore, but I think it's best if you have a lot of money to spend. I wouldn't enjoy it "on the cheap," I think.

    And I've been through the Dubai and Tokyo airports - both of Tokyo's international airports, actually, which required a bus ride around the city, so I actually saw more than the airport. But I can't say I saw much of them.

    I'd equally live in Salzburg, Austria or Regensburg, Germany, with no hesitation. Munich would be third. Some town in Normandy, or Bath, England, fourth. Chiavenna or Bern, fifth.

    1. Belgium for 10 days as part of a school exchange trip in high school. Was a lot of fun. We saw a lot of touristy stuff, but also the first time I was able to legally buy alcohol or go to a bar. That was over 20 years ago and I still have a pair of bowling shoes I stole from a bowling alley on that trip.
    2. Belize. I've been twice. The first was for 2 weeks when my uncle was marrying a woman from Belize. We spent a week near where her family is from so we could meet that side of the family, then a week on the island where the wedding was. The second time was for a week for a vacation. My friend's dad owns a house in Belize, so we had a free place to stay. Second trip was MUCH less touristy than the first one, which was nice. We mostly hung out in local bars.
    3. Guatemala. During my first trip to Belize we took a day trip to visit Tikal. I really wouldn't say I "visited" the country as Tikal was the only place we stopped, but my passport got stamped, so I'll include it.
    4. Mexico. Spent a week on vacation. We stayed in Playa del Carmen and did some very touristy things.
    5. Costa Rica. Again, for a week. Again, pretty touristy. I liked Costa Rica a lot.
    6. China. Went for the first week of my honeymoon. I have friends who live in Beijing. We spent the first half of the week there, mostly going to restaurants, bars, parks, and other places my friends hang out at. We also went to the Great Wall. For the second half of the week we went to Xian to see the Terracotta Soldiers.
    7. Malaysia. Spent the second week of our honeymoon here. First few days were on a resort island to do the SUPER honeymoon resort thing. Second half was in Kulala Lumpur where we mostly just wandered around checking out the city.
    8. Japan. Spent an hour layover there on our flight home from Malaysia. Again, I wouldn't really count it, but they stamped my passport.
    9. Cuba. Spent a week in Cuba on vacation. By far, the most enjoyable country I've ever visited and most fun vacation I've ever had. Before getting to the country, the only prep we did was book a room for our first night. Everything else we just figured out along the way and stayed where people suggested might be fun. Also the only country I've felt a strong desire to visit again. (Not that the others were bad, but I tend to want to go somewhere I've never been when I vacation).

  • I've been back and forth to Australia, because I have family there. Melbourne and a dusty little coastal town in South Australia called Whyalla. I've also attended a Worldcon there, and I think, accidentally insulted Charles Stross.

    I've also been on a month-long trip to Europe which covered the Czech Republic, Austria, Hungary, Germany and the Netherlands. I fell in love with each and every one of those countries as I toured through them, although it was a little bit disappointing to be trapped in Essen while my wife attended Der Spiel because of a public transport strike.

    We had plans for a trip to the US next year, which may not happen now. Perhaps we'll head back to Europe.

  • Canada: 2 days, visiting a friend in Quebec.

    Mexico: Longest was a whole week; but accumulated over how many times I have gone there is probably a whole year or more. Always just been for fun (the week long stay was via a cruise); mostly just Tiajuana though.

    Germany: 2 weeks, for work. Never got to see anything outside Bremerhaven.

    Ireland: 2 hours. Had a layover there on the way to Germany.

    I live in California, and have been to every state in the US except for Alaska and Hawaii. Almost got to Hawaii. That work in Germany I mentioned? It was because I was hired as a crewman for the Pride of America, an NCL cruise ship and it was just finishing being built when I got aboard. Was supposed to be touring Hawaii, but I tripped down some stairs on the way across the Atlantic to New York and fucked myself up enough that I couldn't continue working. Missed out on crossing the Panama canal and seeing Hawaii. 😩

    • People's Republic of China - I was born there, not much of a choice. Was there for approximately the first 10 years of my existence. Most of the time was spent around the Guandong Province. Went to Hong Kong (under PRC control) like once, or so I'm told, very fuzzy memories... [How was it: Serious Economic and Political issues at the time I left, so... not good 0/10]
    • Seoul, South Korea (ROK) - Stayed for a few hours, at the airport, waiting for the connecting flight. Never entered into the country. I saw some noodles on the menu at a restaurant at the airport, and it was like 10,000 Korea Won or more, I was a kid that didn't underatand different currencies and exchange rates, shocked me lol. (Probably like $10 to $30 USD) Other than that, don't remember much happening) [How was it: Don't remember much, the airport looked nice, so... 7/10 I guess, but I didn't technically enter the country]
    • United States of America - Been here ever since like I was around 10-ish. Here via Immigration Visa, I have since acquired citizenship. Lived at NYC and Philly, traveled around the NY/PA/NJ tri-state area when going back and forth between NYC and Philly. And went to DC once for a school trip. [How was it: Used to be like 6/10, now it's 2/10]

    Does it even count if you never went through customs? Also, depending on the flight paths, I might have also flew over Japan/Russia/Canada's Airspaces... if that also counts 🤷‍♂️

    (What does a flightpath from Seoul to JFK look like, anyways?)

    I wanna to go to Canada, I've always heard it was a nice and friendly place, even friendlier than the US. But don't wanna face customs issues when returning since... ahem fascist administration, so I guess it'll have to wait 4 years... or more... 👀

  • Brazil: I am from here

    Argentina (Buenos Aires): for a week when I was like 7, so I don't remember it very well, but it was alright. It was the first time I'd ever felt temperatures lower than 10°C outside.

    Never been to any country other than those. Traveling by plane is expensive and I don't live near the Argentinian or Uruguayan border (I'm fairly sure they can be traveled between freely since they're also in Mercosul)

    Edit: also, I don't speak any Spanish and mutual intelligibility isn't very reliable

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