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  1. Ebirah766

    Ebirah766 Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    Why? Have you been there? >.>
     
  2. amur leopard

    amur leopard Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    It was (meant to be) a joke...
     
  3. Daktari JG

    Daktari JG Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    Mexico was off the remaining
     
  4. Buldeo

    Buldeo Well-Known Member

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    Has nobody been to South Korea? If not,then I'll claim it. I've technically been to North Korea too, but visiting the JSA seems like an insufficient amount of time

    I've spent about an hour at a train station on the way back from Greece.
     
  5. Ebirah766

    Ebirah766 Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    That doesn't really count though...
     
  6. FunkyGibbon

    FunkyGibbon Well-Known Member

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    I've stood on a bridge in the middle of the Yalu River between North Korea and China, but I think you might have got closer.

    I've also been through Brunei airport, if that's something we are counting.
     
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  7. Great Argus

    Great Argus Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    I can't add any countries to your list (USA and Canada...), but there are others on the forum yet to appear here who can still add a large number. A couple people on here are well traveled in Oceania and Central America/Caribbean. I've also seen wildlife photos from some Asian countries that are yet untaken on this thread.
     
  8. vogelcommando

    vogelcommando Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    A relative short list but with one new one ( if I checked it right ) :
    Belgium
    Czech Republic
    Cuba
    Danmark
    Egypt
    France
    Gambia
    Germany ( both East and West when they still where seperated )
    Luxembourg
    Mexico
    Netherlands
    Senegal
    Turkey
    UK



     
  9. amur leopard

    amur leopard Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    Thank you!

    By the way, has anybody been to Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Kenya? Yesterday two of the rangers who look after the last two remaining Northern white rhinos came to our school and gave a talk. One of the men was the last to see Sudan alive :( and he spoke very emotionally about the moment they delivered the final dose.
     
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  10. lintworm

    lintworm Well-Known Member 15+ year member

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    I was there a few weeks ago:

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  11. amur leopard

    amur leopard Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    That's the man who I talked to!!!!

    Was he called James?
     
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  12. Maguari

    Maguari Never could get the hang of Thursdays. 15+ year member Premium Member

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    My list is:

    Antigua and Barbuda
    Austria
    Belgium
    Botswana
    Costa Rica
    Czech Republic
    Denmark
    Dominica
    Ethiopia
    France
    Germany
    Greece
    Hungary
    Ireland
    Italy
    Luxembourg
    Malaysia
    Nepal
    Netherlands
    Poland
    Portugal
    Slovakia
    Slovenia
    Spain
    Sweden
    Switzerland
    United Kingdom
    United States of America
    Vatican City
    Vietnam

    Plus (not countable here) Jersey and Gibraltar, and technically about 15 minutes where we did actually leave the airport in South Africa but I don't usually count that (except for half a dozen species on my bird list..!). I've also passed through airports in Bahrain and the UAE without leaving the airport at all.

    I think Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica and Nepal are new, from a quick look through.
     
  13. FunkyGibbon

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    Just remembered I did leave the airport in Kazakhstan briefly, which I would count for the purposes of this challenge, although I wouldn't dream of saying I've visited the country.
     
  14. Crowthorne

    Crowthorne Moderator Staff Member 10+ year member

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    Don't think I can add any to the list, but it's been interesting to list my countries...

    UK (England, Scotland, Wales, but not Northern Ireland)
    France
    Switzerland
    Germany
    Italy
    Ireland
    Spain
    United Arab Emirates (Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Sharjah Emirates. I've been to Al Ain, which is on the boarder with Oman, but didn't cross the boarder that I can remember. Have got friends in Oman, so maybe a trip is in order)
     
  15. amur leopard

    amur leopard Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    Great thanks!

    Great!

    Thank you!

    Remaining list (I think)

    Afghanistan
    Azerbaijan
    Bahrain
    Bangladesh
    Barbados
    Belarus
    Belize
    Bhutan
    Burundi
    Cabo Verde
    Chad
    Comoros
    Congo, Republic of the
    Djibouti
    Dominican Republic
    Equatorial Guinea
    Eritrea
    Fiji
    Gabon
    Georgia
    Grenada
    Guatemala
    Guinea
    Guinea-Bissau
    Guyana
    Haiti
    Honduras
    Iran
    Iraq
    Jamaica
    Jordan
    Kiribati
    Kosovo
    Kuwait
    Kyrgyzstan
    Lebanon
    Lesotho
    Liberia
    Libya
    Maldives
    Marshall Islands
    Mauritania
    Mauritius
    Micronesia
    Moldova
    Mongolia
    Mozambique
    Myanmar (formerly Burma)
    Nauru
    Nicaragua
    Niger
    North Macedonia (formerly Macedonia)
    Oman
    Pakistan
    Palau
    Palestine
    Papua New Guinea
    Saint Kitts and Nevis
    Saint Lucia
    Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
    Samoa
    Sao Tome and Principe
    Saudi Arabia
    Seychelles
    Sierra Leone
    Solomon Islands
    Somalia
    South Sudan
    Sri Lanka
    Sudan
    Suriname
    Syria
    Tajikistan
    Timor-Leste
    Tonga
    Turkmenistan
    Tuvalu
    Vanuatu
    Venezuela
    Yemen

    Places we might be able to tick off in the near future: Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Barbados, Jamaica...
     
  16. LaughingDove

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    From the remaining list I can remove:

    Jordan, Myanmar, Oman, Saudi Arabia
     
  17. Giant Eland

    Giant Eland Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    From the remaining list I can remove:

    Dominican Republic
    Nicaragua
    (possibly- not sure if it counts but my girlfriend has been. I've shown her Zoochat plenty and her hands are even featured in my photo of a Meadow Vole.)

    For any interested my total list (in geographical order for fun) is as follows:

    1. Canada
    2. United States of America
    3. Mexico
    4. Bahamas
    5. Dominican Republic
    6. Costa Rica
    7. Colombia
    8. Ecuador
    9. Peru
    10. Brazil
    11. Uruguay
    12. Argentina
    13. Chile
    14. United Kingdom
    15. Spain
    16. France
    17. Belgium
    18. Netherlands
    19. Germany
    20. Switzerland
    21. Austria
    22. Czech Republic
    23. Poland
    24. Russia
    25. Morocco
    26. United Arab Emirates
    27. India
    28. Thailand
    29. Singapore
    30. Vietnam
    31. China
    32. Japan
    33. Taiwan
    34. Philippines
    35. Indonesia
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    36. Australia
    37. New Zealand


    Alphabetical as well:

    Argentina
    Australia
    Austria
    Bahamas
    Belgium
    Brazil
    Canada
    Chile
    China
    Colombia
    Costa Rica
    Czech Republic
    Dominican Republic
    Ecuador
    France
    Germany
    India
    Indonesia
    Japan
    Mexico
    Morocco
    Netherlands
    New Zealand
    Peru
    Philippines
    Poland
    Russia
    Singapore
    Spain
    Switzerland
    Taiwan
    Thailand
    United Arab Emirates
    United Kingdom
    Uruguay
    United States of America
    Vietnam

    Also an airport-only stop in El Salvador that I rightfully don't count :p
     
  18. Ebirah766

    Ebirah766 Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    I don't believe your girlfriend's visit that you had to mention counts...
     
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  19. FunkyGibbon

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    :D
     

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    Canada
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    Mexico
    United Kingdom
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    Somalia
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    Egypt
    Netherlands
    Belgium
    France
    South Korea
    Ireland
    Poland
    Kyrgyzstan
    Turkey