I was chatting today about foreign countries with a friend and got to wonder where I had visited the most. I could probably reconstruct some pretty exact times between my logbooks and recalling the non-work international trips I’ve taken. But I don’t have that stuff handy, so I’ll just have to rely on my memory. <\/p>\n
I figure I do need some ‘objective’ criteria, though. I’ve been to, depending on how you count, somewhere between about 38 and 45 or so foreign countries and territories (38 for raw nationalities, and in the mid 40’s counting disconnected territories and what not). Many of those aren’t ‘frequent’ destinations of mine. What I’m still curious about but don’t have a straight answer for is which foreign country I’ve actually spent the absolute most time in. I *think* I know the answer (Japan) but I’m not certain. <\/p>\n
What might be useful, though, is discarding the majority of the countries that I’ve been to but haven’t spent a lot of time in. For a ‘rule of thumb’, the remainder of the list (which I’ll comment on) would all be places that I’ve spent at least a grand total of two weeks in *and* at least one stay of three days or more (listed by continent \/ region):<\/p>\n
Mexico – Four 1-week stays plus a few other random visits. Probably less than 5 weeks total.<\/p>\n
Ireland – Lots of layovers (‘countless’ would be in the ball park), some 3+ days. I’d speculate 4+- weeks total (maybe 5?).<\/p>\n
Belgium – Lots of layovers, some 3+ days (probably less than Ireland), plus a couple days on a music tour. Maybe 3 weeks total?<\/p>\n
Germany – Lots of layovers in lots of cities, some 3+ days, plus several days on a music tour. Probably 4-5 weeks total, maybe 6.<\/p>\n
Kuwait – Several 2-4 day layovers plus at least one week-long layover. Probably 3 weeks total.<\/p>\n
Indonesia – 2 weeks one time.<\/p>\n
Japan – Two music tours, 3 weeks and 2 weeks, at least one 1-week layover that I can recall, and *lots* of multiple day layovers. Probably 9-12 weeks total.<\/p>\n
Korea – Lots of multiple-day layovers, at least a couple approaching a week and one over a week. Maybe 4-5 weeks total?<\/p>\n
Taiwan – Several 3-day layovers and many shorter. 3-4 weeks total?<\/p>\n
China – Several 2-4 day layovers. 3-4 weeks total?<\/p>\n
Maybe I’m way off on a bunch of these estimates, but there they are. If anyone’s interested in more accurate estimates (I am, actually), bother me incessantly and maybe I’ll compile them… hah!<\/p>\n
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I was chatting today about foreign countries with a friend and got to wonder where I had visited the most. I could probably reconstruct some pretty exact times between my logbooks and recalling the non-work international trips I’ve taken. But I don’t have that stuff handy, so I’ll just have \u2026 Continue reading