From Dave’s Rants comes this little meme where you select the countries of the world that you have been to and a map is generated with those countries highlighted.
create your own visited country map
or write about it on the open travel guide
As you can see, I haven’t really been outside Europe. I’m unsure why almost every little island is highlighted though – I have visited Barbados but the Falklands, Christmas Island or Tuvalu…
Next on my list are the Netherlands and Ireland. I was also thinking about the US but recent changes to the way foreign visitors are ‘welcomed’ has made me think again, and besides, European countries are cheaper.
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January 25, 2004 at 14:35
Well according to that I’ve seen 4% of the world. That would be cool, but San Francisco shouldn’t really count as seeing the whole of America, and living in the UK shouldn’t really count as having been to the little islands we own all over the world.
January 25, 2004 at 22:54
where have you been?
…that straight line all the way across the country was a bus trip from Oregon to Rhode Island and back. And Georgia was a brief airline layover back in 2002…
January 26, 2004 at 07:05
Hopefully one day Australia may be coloured in.
January 27, 2004 at 06:16
mapping it out
carly found this fantabulous map maker that does the visual for you!
January 27, 2004 at 10:20
reconsider the states, the strength of the pound against the dollar means it’s a good time to visit, despite the infringments on your liberties..