What countries have you visited?
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Topic: What countries have you visited?
Posted By: lemongirl
Subject: What countries have you visited?
Date Posted: 29 September 2009 at 3:02pm
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Travel-oholics love talking about traveling. So go ahead and brag.
Lived in: Canada and South Korea Visited: Australia, South Africa, Japan, Philippines, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, China, North Korea and Singapore Best place: Laos! Cheap, cheerful, laid back plus they have yummy french food. Wouldn't go back again in a hurry: Vietnam Freakiest place: North Korea, where they don't let you leave your hotel without two government guides. |
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Posted By: flakesitchyfeet
Date Posted: 29 September 2009 at 3:12pm
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Aussie and New Caledonia.
New Caledonia fully wasn't what I was expecting, but once I got over that I loved it. Love Sydney, hated Brisbane, and found the Gold Coast okay. -------------  http://lilypie.com"> |
Posted By: GuestGuest
Date Posted: 29 September 2009 at 3:17pm
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Lived in: Scotland
Visited: Australia, Fiji, Thailand, England, Scotland, France, The Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, Italy Best place: Paris, my fav place, absolutely beautiful! Wouldn't go back again in a hurry: Bangkok. Smelly, dirty, pushy people Freakiest place: Barcelona where a lady tried to grab my bag off me (but still an amazing city) Can't wait to go to: The States, Japan |
Posted By: FionaO
Date Posted: 29 September 2009 at 3:22pm
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Lived in: Australia, NZ & UK
Visited:, States, Canada, France, Germany, Spain, Belgium, Italy, Slovenia, Croatia, Australia, Thailand, Malaysia, Bali< Singapore, Sardinia, The Netherlands Best Place - Croatia, best holiday ever, or maybe Solvenia, just the nicest places every. Worst Place - Bali, yuck yuck yuck yuck ------------- 
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Posted By: lemongirl
Date Posted: 29 September 2009 at 3:31pm
I love Asia but for some reason I have avoided indonesia in particular Bali. |
FionaO wrote:Posted By: kellie
Date Posted: 29 September 2009 at 3:41pm
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Lived in: Australia (am originally from Oz)
Greece (lived on the greek island meganisi for 8 months) Visited: Albania Thailand Germany France England Scotland Wales Ireland Best Place: Greece for sure. The water was absolutely beautiful Worst place: Albania. There were soldiers everywhere carrying rifles etc. ------------- 
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Posted By: Mamma2N
Date Posted: 29 September 2009 at 3:42pm
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Only left the country once to visit my partner (now DH) in Florence, Italy. Loved it so much we are making a permanent move there next year!
Now I just have to get on to learning the lingo properly - I don't think my perfect rendition of common italian insults will get me very far 
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Posted By: clover
Date Posted: 29 September 2009 at 3:44pm
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Lived: UK & NZ
Visted: Thailand, England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, France, Spain, Italy, Monaco, Germany, Austria, The Netherlands, Belgium, Sweden, Greece, Hungary, Czech Republic, Poland, Switzerland, Morocco. Some of them a couple of times each. Best Place: Loved Krakow in Poland but that was before Easyjet flew there! Aside from that, anywhere in Italy. Worst place: Morocco, some bloke grabbed my crotch as we were walking through the souk in Marakech (while with DH and some other people). |
Posted By: Turtle
Date Posted: 29 September 2009 at 3:58pm
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Lived in Scotland and NZ
Visited: Australia, USA, Canada, Barbados, St Lucia, Tobago, Grenada, England, Ireland, Northern Ireland, France, Germany, Croatia, Bosnia, Italy, Greece, Portugal, Spain, Monaco, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Hong Kong. Best Place, Valencia or Munich. Worst Place, Venice - so overcrowded, expensive and smelly! |
Posted By: Bobbie
Date Posted: 29 September 2009 at 4:10pm
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Lived in: Only NZ
Visited: Australia, USA including Hawaii, Canada, France, Switzerland, England, Thailand. Best place: Canada Worst Place: Paris France - so dirty! -------------  
 
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Posted By: clover
Date Posted: 29 September 2009 at 4:11pm
| agree about Venice, I hated Munich, thought it was very boring. Funny how everyones opinions are different huh! |
Posted By: Turtle
Date Posted: 29 September 2009 at 4:14pm
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we did a day trip from Munich to Neuschwanstein castle, so not all our time was there. I always find that when I tell people I didn't like Venice they look at me as though I am mad! They always tell me how lovely it was when they went there (which I am sure it could have been ) but it wasn't when I was there!
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Posted By: GuestGuest
Date Posted: 29 September 2009 at 4:17pm
| I loved Venice, although we were there in Autumn and I have heard that in summer it is really smelly. |
Posted By: Red
Date Posted: 29 September 2009 at 4:33pm
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Have lived in Auckland and London.
Travelled to: Fiji, Australia, England, Scotland, Ireland, France, Italy, Greece, Andora, Switzerland, Germany, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Malawi, Kenya, Russia, Mongolia, China, Thailand, Singapore, Canada, Cambodia, Malaysia, Spain. And will soon be able to add Samoa. Too many to chose a fave, but St Petersburg was lovely and loved the wild life in Africa and food and wine in France 
Lucky you Mamma2N Florence is a beautiful little city, mmm Gelato - but hold your breath when you walk past stormwater drains especially is summer, lol. ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: SquishysMum
Date Posted: 29 September 2009 at 4:35pm
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Visited:
Fiji (only a 6 hour stop-over, but it counts!  )
Hawaii China Best Place: Standing on the Great Wall Worst Place: Chinese cities off the main drag - SO dirty and smelly and hot! Hawaii wasn't what I expected - it was a lot busier! But was a great trip none the less. I'd love to go to one of the Cook Islands for a short break, will have to convince DH. |
Posted By: lemongirl
Date Posted: 29 September 2009 at 4:52pm
Whenever I hear or see Kenya I always break into http://www.weebls-stuff.com/toons/kenya/ - this song. |
Posted By: Lou1972
Date Posted: 29 September 2009 at 4:56pm
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Lived in-Ireland,Oz,Scotland,Canada.
Visited-UK,Croatia,France,Italy,Spain,Germany.U.S.Canada,Mexico,Peru,Ecuador.Argentina,Chile,Uruguay,Brazil.Japan.South Korea. Best place-Buenos Aires or Verona,Italy Worst place-Milan,was very disappointed. |
Posted By: caliandjack
Date Posted: 29 September 2009 at 5:01pm
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Lived - Scotland, England and NZ
Visited - Australia - Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Gold Coast, NSW, Adelaide, Canberra. Wales, Ireland, France - love Paris, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Belgium, Netherlands, The Vatican (technically a separate state), Lechsestein (sp) New York, LA, San Diego, Tijuana for the day, Vegas. Hawaii. If weren't TTC and didn't have a mortgage to pay, I'd be travelling again. I didn't like Venice much either, didn't live up to the hype, and mossies!! Germany at Christmas time was my fav, the christmas markets are awesome, drinking mulled wine outside with my german friends was very spech. ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">   [/url] Angel June 2012 |
Posted By: .Mel
Date Posted: 29 September 2009 at 5:30pm
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Lived:
NZ (lived in a few cities due to dad's job) Baltimore, Maryland and Kansas City, Kansas. Visited: Honolulu - (8hrs in the airport) LA - (6hrs in the airport) Boston New York Maine Connecticut (beautiful) Washington DC Florida North Carolina Williamsburg, Virginia (like stepping back in time) Missouri Fiji Australia - Sydney, Canberra, Gold Coast I want to go back to Boston, loved it there. So much history and a beautiful city. I also want to go back to Fiji. ------------- Mr Mellow (16) Miss Attitude (8) Destructa Kid (3) 
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Posted By: BeLoved
Date Posted: 29 September 2009 at 5:55pm
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Lived in: Auckland & Oldham (outside of Manchester, England)
Visited: Aussie - Brisbane, Sydney, Adelaide, Tasmania UK - London, Scotland, Ireland Europe - Holland, Prague Thailand - Bangkok, Phuket Best place: Thailand been so many times, I love it there, would move and live there tomorrow if I could take all my family with me. Worst place: Oldham lived there for 6 months, it was a total hole but we had no choice as it was for DH's job. There was a woman stabbed to death just up the road from us by the lady next door to her, all because their kids had a disagreement and also everyone was so racist......it was a long 6 months!!!! |
Posted By: Red
Date Posted: 29 September 2009 at 6:49pm
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That is cute Lemongirl - the only prob with that song is that they don't have Tigers in Kenya ....... lol ------------- http://lilypie.com"> http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: lisa85
Date Posted: 29 September 2009 at 7:03pm
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Lived in - Brisbane
Visited - Hong Kong Fiji (Best place ever! Everything smells like coconuts and sunscreen!) Paris London Where I dream of going - Japan Thailand Egypt Canada Las Vegas Germany -------------  
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Posted By: ItchyFeet
Date Posted: 29 September 2009 at 7:44pm
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Have to live up to my online name and answer.
Lived in: NZ, England, Ireland Visited: Australia, Fiji, Samoa, Norfolk Island, Singapore, England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, France, Belgium, Austria, Netherlands, Germany, Czech Republic, Greece, Canada, Vatican City, Italy, Monaco, South Africa, Canada. There's a few more in Europe but I always forget when I think about it. Would never go back to: Fiji (can't abide their politics and think it's highly overrated), Ireland (overrated) and Belgium (boring). Best places: Skiing in Austria, visiting the Blue Grotto off Capri. Best place overall would be Italy, but I loved Samoa for being so laid back. Adore the food in Singapore. Would love to go back to Capetown and Venice. Next on my list to do are the Cook Islands and I want to do the Ghan in Australia. ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: HuntersMama
Date Posted: 29 September 2009 at 8:22pm
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Lived in: Melbourne, UK (Isle of Wight, Bristol, Lincoln)
Visited: Cook Islands, Tahiti, Samoa, Tonga, France, Germany, Croatia, Italy, Belgium, Greece, US, Singapore, Switzerland, Holland Best place: Dobrovnik - Croatia. Loved it! Great beaches, food and cheap  ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 29 September 2009 at 8:29pm
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Hmmm, have lived in Auckland and Sydney.
Have visited: Gold Coast, LA, San Diego, Mexico, Hong Kong, China, Italy, Switzerland, France (we drove overland so did wine country, Milan, Siena, Florence, Rome etc.), London, Texas (only in transit), Florida and Vienna. Fave place - probably Switzerland, we were in Brienz right up in the mountains. Least fave place - Vienna - not that I didn't enjoy it, just that I found the experience intimidating as it was just me, my sister and Maya (20 mths) and the language barrier and cultural thing was huge, we were really out of our comfort zone. Which is a good thing, just scary at the time. Would love to visit Russia, I've always had a bit of an obsession for Russian history... -------------  Maya Grace (28/02/03)
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The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: peachy
Date Posted: 29 September 2009 at 8:53pm
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Lived: New Zealand, London, Scotland and Croatia
Have visited: USA (several times), Canada, Hawaii, Australia (several times), Fiji, Africa, Italy, France, Bulgaria (fabulous skiing there!), Switzerland, Austria, Mexico, Venice, Corsica, Wales, Ireland, Croatia, Greece, Singapore, France, Netherlands, Germany (go the Beer Fest!!), Prague, gosh I can't remember them all lol!! Best place: I have two!! CROATIA - I lived there for several months, the most beautiful in the world and the laid back lifestyle rocks!! Dubrovnik is absolutely stunning! AFRICA - I lived on the back of a safari truck for 3 months with 12 other people, what a fabulous experience!! Worst place: Probably London, I lived there for just over a year and while its definately a "must see" I have no desire to go back there! ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 29 September 2009 at 9:08pm
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lived in: sydney, tokyo and nz
visited: thailand Best place: tokyo - we went into town nearly every weekend for five years and still found somewhere new and exciting to visit. food is devine. freakiest place: phuket - the transvestites adored Jake and scared him - he was hysterical. also we went 6 months after the tsunami - cheap but freaky. |
Posted By: BugTeeny
Date Posted: 29 September 2009 at 9:08pm
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Wow, so many well-travelled people in here!
Lived in: NZ, Switzerland (born there) and Papua New Guinea. Visited: Australia and the USA (Father lives in Chicago, go there as often as we can). I don't remember Switzerland and Papua New Guinea, so best place would have to be NZ (awww). But I love love love Chicago! And Disneyland is always a good time - even if it is just to be able to act like a complete kid for a few days ------------- 
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Posted By: Peanut
Date Posted: 29 September 2009 at 9:10pm
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Lived in: UK
Visited: Australia (lots of times and lots of places), Norfolk Island, England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Portugal, Spain, Czech Republic, Germany, Singapore, Indonesia (lots of times), Austria, Belgium, Italy, Netherlands, USA (LA x 3, San Fran, Vegas x 2, San Dieago, Hawaii), Sweden, Denmark, Hungary, Switzerland, France, Monaco, Mexico Best place: Love Bali - use to go every year but about every second now. Can't beat it and an awesome place to take kids. Longer distance - Portugal - amazing beaches, food, lifestyle. Germany/Sweden/Denmark at Xmas - amazing markets and mulled wine. Wouldn't go back again in a hurry: Spain - Barcelona - dirty and completely over rated in my opinion. Freakiest place: There are none. No where that I have felt unsafe etc. All places we have driven around etc and done our own thing so no group tours and still felt safe. -------------  
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Posted By: WestiesGirl
Date Posted: 29 September 2009 at 9:18pm
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Lived in: Brisbane
Visited: Vanuatu, UAE and Singapore (Stop Overs), England, The Netherlands, Germany, Austria, Italy, Switzerland, France, Australia Best Place: Rome and the Vatican in Italy,Salzberg Austria, Amsterdam. OH there are too many, just Europe in general, loved it. Paris has beautiful sights but is a dirty city. Would love to go to: back to Europe, Japan, UAE, Thailand. So many!!! ------------- Our Angel July 08 Gone but not forgotten
And to complete our family, our princess has arrived 
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Posted By: Chickaboo
Date Posted: 29 September 2009 at 9:28pm
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not as well traveled as some but:
Lived: Uk (born there) Zambia/Africa and New Zealand Visited: Uk (almost all the places there) Scotland, Zambia, Kenya, Amsterdam, Singapore (Transit count doesn; t it) Hong Kong, Hawaii (even if it was 9pm and only for a couple of hours) America (disneyland twice - yeah baby ) Australia and New Zealand.
Best Place: UK - I get to see my relatives again  and America - causew e just went there a year or so ago and really enjoyed it with the kids.
Worse place.... Ummm Hong kong cause all i saw were really dirty buildings and it stunk on the landing (use to land right next to the water which was polluted!) I so wished I had endless money so I could go on trips overseas and educate the kids on other ways of life... My must place to go before I die - Egypt - it history so intrigues me and I would love to see all its history with my own eyes in the real! ------------- http://lilypie.com">  
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Posted By: Mamma2N
Date Posted: 29 September 2009 at 9:34pm
Yes, can't wait for my gelato fix, there is an amazing gelateria down the road from DH's house, yummo! And I plan to escape to the mountains with DH's Nonna during summertime - its far too hot for me! |
Posted By: Katep
Date Posted: 29 September 2009 at 9:46pm
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Wow- so many wide travelled people!
I have been to Singapore, Brunei (lived), Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand.....yet have only stopped at Australian airports! Best place would have to be Malaysia- so many hidden treasures there. worse place- they were all fab! |
Posted By: mylilmosaic
Date Posted: 29 September 2009 at 9:47pm
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Wow, so many of us have travelled. Great idea Lemongirl.
Lived: London & NZ Visited: Australia, Vanuatu, Fiji, England, Scotland, France, Belgium, Spain, Greece, Germany, Holland, Denmark, Kenya, Tanzania, Ughanda, Malawi, Zimbabwee, South Africa, Ziaire (sp?) Best Place: Africa (backpacked for 8 months with an Ozzie girlfriend), visiting the Mountain Gorrillas, big highlight Worst: None, loved them all Would love to go to: Canada, Egypt, Japan, China, umm bound to be more ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Mamma2N
Date Posted: 29 September 2009 at 9:49pm
Wow - I would love to go to Africa, it must have been amazing! |
Posted By: mummyofprinces
Date Posted: 29 September 2009 at 10:23pm
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Lived: England and NZ (from aussie)
Visited: Ireland Scotland Wales France Belgium Germany Turkey Hungary Czech Republic Austria Italy Switzerland Spain USA Cook Islands Jamaica Netherlands Favourite: ITALY... I want to live there Worse: None, I have loved everywhere I have travelled. Still to go to: Egypt, Africa (Kenya to SA and all thats inbetween), Canada, South America (as many as I can in one trip), Vietnam, Croatia, Russia and a few I want to go back to and do more. -------------   
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Posted By: Troods
Date Posted: 29 September 2009 at 10:51pm
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Lived in: England (2 year OE)
Have visited: Australia (Syndey, Melbourne, Gold Coast) Thailand (Bangkok) England Ireland Scotland Wales France (Paris, Lille, Morzine, Nice, Antibes and others I can't remember) Italy (Rome, Venice, Florence) Greece Switzerland Belgium (Bruges, Brussels) Monaco Germany Litchenstein Holland (Amsterdam - 'nuf said )
Spain (Barcelona, Malorca) Turkey (Istanbul, Gallipoli and other places can't remember names!) Egypt (Cairo and others - again I can't remember names!) Canada (Toronto, Montreal, Niagra Falls) USA (Just LAX on stopover so prob doesn't really count) Would love to visit again: Istanbul, Bruges, Canada, Wouldn't go back: Egypt (dirty smelly horrible a real disappointment - the childhood romanticism of these great pyramids etc were crushed when we saw the reality of it  - oh and I had very very very bad stomach upset - not good memories  )
Haven't been but would love to go to: Morrocco (Marakesh) ------------- 
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Posted By: Hayzie
Date Posted: 29 September 2009 at 11:06pm
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Lived in: South Africa, NZ, UK and Armenia
Visited: Botswana, Sout West Africa, Australia, Cook Islands, Fiji, Vanuatu, Samoa, Thailand, Hong Kong, Singapore, Egypt, Portugal, Belgium, Germany, USA, Poland, Hungary, Croatia, Czech Republic, Ireland, Scotland, Spain, France, Mexico, Netherlands. Best: Budapest Hungary and Samoa Worst: Thought Brussels was boring (maybe I was tired!) Freakiest: Hiking unarmed in head-high grass with lions....what were my parents thinking?? ------------- 
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Posted By: lemongirl
Date Posted: 30 September 2009 at 9:27am
Which then brings on a rousing rendition of http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQAKRw6mToA - Moscow! Moscow! from me! |
Posted By: jano1
Date Posted: 30 September 2009 at 9:30am
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Places visited: Hawaii, US (all over), Canada, Mexico, Guatemala, Brazil, Argentina, Chile, UK (England, Scotland), Ireland, Czech Republic, Slovenia, Austria, Barcelona, Ibiza, Cook Islands, Australia
Best: Barcelona (I'd move there in a heartbeat), Guatemala for the people Worst- Raro cause it rained pretty much the whole time |
Posted By: Lulu
Date Posted: 30 September 2009 at 11:40am
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Visited: Australia, Fiji, Vanuatu, Rarotonga, Hawaii, Bali, Thailand, Brazil, Argentina, Uraquay
Best Place: Thailand Worst Place: Rarotonga ------------- Lou http://www.babysfirstsite.com"> 
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Posted By: tishy
Date Posted: 30 September 2009 at 8:29pm
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Lived: Ireland and NZ
Visited: England, Scotland, Wales, France, Spain, Germany, Holland, Belgium, Austria, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Poland, Singapore, Phuket, USA (San Francisco), Canada (Vancouver), Japan (Tokyo) Best: Japan, gotta love the food
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Posted By: High9
Date Posted: 30 September 2009 at 9:18pm
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Lived in - New Zealand (Wellington) all my life but also Japan (Tokyo) for one month to attend school.
Visited - Australia (Sydney 1x, Melbourne 2x and most of Tas 1x), Japan (Tokyo 2x) Best - Tokyo because so different from hear and the food was the best! Worst - None yet... But I'd love to go to Italy and back to Japan again ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: jaz
Date Posted: 30 September 2009 at 9:19pm
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Lived: Auckland and London
Visited: Most of Western Europe and Gt Britain, West Africa, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Egypt, Israel, Turkey, India, Nepal,Bangladesh, Thailand, Singapore, USA, Canada, Australia, Fiji, Samoa, Norfolk Island. Best places: South Island, Zimbabwe, Nepal Worse places: Bangladesh (got dysentary) Wish list: South of France and Tuscanny area of Italy, Botswana and Namibia ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: High9
Date Posted: 30 September 2009 at 9:42pm
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India - thats what I forgot to add! I would love to go to India! ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: surfergirl
Date Posted: 01 October 2009 at 9:52am
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Lived - NZ only Visited - South Korea, Bali, Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong, Macau, England, Scotland, France, Poland, Thailand, Cambodia, Australia, Nuie, USA (think there might be more, but can't remember!) Liked - all of them - but big standouts were Angkor Wat in Cambodia, Paris in France and Krakow in Poland. Favourite place - still Bali - 5 trips later. I just love it there - can't wait to go back with a baby next year. ------------- http://www.alterna-tickers.com"> 
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Posted By: Bobbie
Date Posted: 01 October 2009 at 9:56am
OMG I have always wanted to go there. -------------
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Posted By: EmilysMum
Date Posted: 01 October 2009 at 10:30am
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Oooh great thread! Lived in NZ and London
Travelled to: Aussie, Ireland (x2), Scotland, Wales, Netherlands (x3), Belgium (x2), Italy (x5), France (x5), Germany, Spain (x3), Latvia, Sardinia, USA (x3), Canada, Cambodia, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia (x2), Rarotonga, South Korea, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Tanzania, Greece, Czech Republic, Egypt, Morocco Best - trekking up to the mountain gorillas in Rwanda, Cambodia Worst - South Korea (Seoul), but mainly because it was freezing cold and I only had summer clothes as it was a stopover (very organised of me). The hassling in Egypt was pretty bad too. Wish list - Antartica |
Posted By: Bobbie
Date Posted: 01 October 2009 at 11:29am
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My wish list:
Egypt - a cruise down the Nile. Tokyo. New York - iceskating at Rockerfeller Centre. Scotland - for my DH to reconnect with his ancestory -------------
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Posted By: didi99
Date Posted: 01 October 2009 at 11:33am
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Yay I love this thread too!!
Lived in: NZ & London Travelled to: America (x2), England(x3), France(x3), Spain, Swizerland(x2), Italy(x2), Greece(x2), Montenegro, Turkey, Hungry, Romania, Bulgaria, Albania, Croatia, Germany(x3), Austria, Czech Republic, Netherlands(x2), Scotland(x2), Ireland(x2), Dubai, Thailand, Australia (x8), Bali, Mexico, Belgium Soooo Many places I still really want to go and really can't pick a favourite. ------------- Angel Babies Nov 09, May 10, Dec 10
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Posted By: lemongirl
Date Posted: 01 October 2009 at 1:38pm
Hold up we have a winner for bragging rights! |
Posted By: MummyFreckle
Date Posted: 01 October 2009 at 7:21pm
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Lived - UK (London, North Yorkshire), Cyprus, Auckland Travelled / Visited - most of UK, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, France, Germany, Belgium, Portugal, Spain, The Netherlands, Italy, Austria, Switzerland, Australia, Tonga, US (LA, NYC), Hong Kong..... Wish List - Egypt, Asia - specifically Japan, India, South America... Best Place(s) - Paris, New York, Southern Italy, Bruges Oh to win Lotto! ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: kabe
Date Posted: 01 October 2009 at 8:42pm
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Lived- NZ & London
Travelled- UK, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark, Canary Islands, USA, Mexico, Hawaii, Fiji, Australia, Hong Kong Wish list- New York, Japan, China Best place - Denmark- that place has style! ------------- http://alterna-tickers.com"> 
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Posted By: surfergirl
Date Posted: 02 October 2009 at 9:33am
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My wish list - South America - I reckon i could spend a few years there and not see eveything I want to.... I second the lotto wish....we can but dream! ------------- http://www.alterna-tickers.com">
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Posted By: monkey33
Date Posted: 02 October 2009 at 11:22am
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Lived in: Auckland & London
Visited: Gold Coast, Fiji, Vanuatu, England, Ireland, Paris, Greek Islands, Prague, Hungary, Slovakia Best place: I loved all of them! Probably the Greek Islands - esp Mykonos Wouldn't go back again in a hurry: Hungary & Slovakia - was great to visit once but don't feel an urge to go back! I love travelling! Want to do the LA, Las Vegas, San Fran etc next ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: clover
Date Posted: 02 October 2009 at 11:31am
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Oh Monkey, I love Mykonos, went there twice and got engaged there also. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Nothing
Date Posted: 23 October 2009 at 10:01pm
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Oooo ive got some places no one else has been!
U.S.A Trinidad Curacao (yes where the liquor is from) Panama The Galapagos Marqesis Islands- French Polynesia Penrhyn- Northern Cook Islands Tonga Fiji Australia Hong Kong England France Italy Monaco Germany Belgium Neatherlands Vatican City Austria Scotland Must say the islands were the best- Exspecially Penrhyn in the northern cook islands, the people up there are so friendly and welcoming! The worst place was Germany- everyone was horrible and it rained the whole time. |
Posted By: Treen
Date Posted: 24 October 2009 at 8:32pm
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Lived in NZ, Australia and Italy.
Visited Hawaii, Japan, South Korea, UK, Spain, Switzerland. Worst place: Milan. Industrial, boring and dirty. Best place: NZ. No doubt about it. The biggest shock I got when traveling was the stench. No one ever seems to mention that when they rave about their travels. Every big city I went to in Italy, Spain and Asia smelt like raw sewage. It was extremely unpleasant. I think I also spent way too much time looking down at the pavement in Europe to avoid standing in dog diarrhea (cooped up in an apartment al day, you would too). I was extremely disappointed with Tuscany, too. I'd read so many books and studied so many photos – I was expecting to be swept off my feet with it's beauty. Personally I think a five star lodge in an isolated part of Central Otago runs rings around Toscana. Wishlist: Croatia, Maldives, USA, The Bahamas and The Caribbean. Place I wouldn't go back to: Honolulu. Unless I scored a free trip. Nice people and very clean, but just a bit sterile. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: LeahandJoel
Date Posted: 25 October 2009 at 2:07pm
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Lived: NZ (Bay of Islands, Tauranga), USA (Baltimore), UK (London), Italy(Asti) Visited: Most of UK, Scotland, Spain, France, Aussie, Canada Living in Italy was really hard, I was there to teach a 4 yr ols english and so the family would onlt talk in english so they could all improve, great for them but made it hard when I was out on my own and wanted to buy/order things. Would like to go back to Canada and see more there. -------------  
 
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Posted By: kiwigal
Date Posted: 25 October 2009 at 4:18pm
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Lived only NZ Visited Western Samoa, Fiji, Sydney only a stop over, Brisbane X2 Worst place Fiji Best place Brisbane Doing a big trip in 2013 when DD will be 5 San Francisco, LA and San Diego for about 3-4 weeks and probably do a stopover in Sydney or somewhere whatever is cheap at the time. |
Posted By: kiwisj
Date Posted: 25 October 2009 at 4:46pm
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Lived in - New Zealand (Chch and Wellington), Hong Kong, Japan (Tokyo) and Singapore.
Visited - China (Shenzhen, Beijing and the Wall, Guilin, Yangshuo, Yangtze River, Chongquing, Yichang), Thailand (Hua Hin, Cha Am, Ko Samui, Ko Phangan, Phuket, Khao Lak), England, Bali, Malaysia, Cambodia, Macau, Kyoto, Osaka, Hiroshima, Nara and other random places around Japan, Australia Best place for a holiday - Siem Reap in Cambodia and Tokyo. Favourite place to live - Singapore at the moment but NZ is where my heart is
Worst holiday - Phnom Penh in Cambodia: dirty, smelly, depressing and no fun to walk around. Least favourite place to live - weirdly, Tokyo. Freakiest place I've been - Christchurch after dark (I'm not kidding) and some of the taxi rides I've done in China
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Posted By: kiwi2
Date Posted: 27 October 2009 at 7:34am
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Lived NZ, Saudi Arabia. Bahrain, Dallas TX, Coming home to NZ in 1 month yay.
Visited, Uk, paris, Egypt, Jordan, Oman, Dubai, Beirut, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Malaysia, Singapore, Mexico, US - Boston, San Antonio, Florida, South Carolina, Minnesota, LA, Vegas, Arizona, New Mexico, Austin, New Orleans, South Dakota Best Place Jordan - Petra is out of this world. Worst place - Only because I got really sick not the place itself was Taiwan. I didn't get to see it as I couldn't leave the hotel so I can't judge it. 24 weeks preggos with food poisoning wasn't my fondest memory. |
Posted By: scribe
Date Posted: 27 October 2009 at 1:57pm
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Lived: NZ and UK
Visited: Tonga, Vanuatu, Marshall Islands, Fiji, Australia (Sydney, Gold Coast, Noosa), US (LA, San Fran, San Diego, Grand Canyon, Las Vegas, Yosemite, New York), Scotland, Mexico, France (Paris), Sweden, Egypt, Jordan, Turkey, Israel. Best place: Israel (especially Jersusalem), without a doubt - it has it all: amazing history, fascinating political dynamics (intersection of Judaism/Islam/Christianity), great food, climate, friendly people. (Although flying out of Tel Aviv was a complete nightmare!) Also loved Stockholm (beautiful) and Vegas (crazy!) Worst place - probably Egypt, I loved its history but it's too dirty and polluted for me, and I got sick of haggling for everything and people always trying to rip you off. Plus I was pregnant so the dodgy food there made me a bit worried. And sorry Kiwi2 but Jordan was a bit of a disappointment for me - Petra was amazing but I didn't think that Jordan offered very much else except desert. Would love to go to: India, if I was just travelling with my DH, and back to the States, if I was taking my daughter. |