ajb3000

Well, I did it, I just crossed the border into Vietnam, my 50th country! Despite my initial outrage at the border guard for tearing off my "RESERVED FOR VISA, DO NOT STAMP" post-it note in my passport and stamping the middle of my penultimate page, I have a very good feeling about this country. It took 10 hours to drive the 60 miles between border towns from Laos to Vietnam due to land slides and river crossings which made it one of my top 3 insane-but-cool bus journeys, and the people here in this mountain town seem very friendly and happy. So I'm now celebrating with a Bia Ha Noi (local beer which has nothing on Beer Laos to be honest).

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Where I've been: Albania, Australia, Belguim, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Canada, Colombia, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Holland, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Jersey, Jordan, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Macedonia, Malaysia, Mexico, Moldova, Monaco, Morocco, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Seychelles, Singapore, Slovenia, Somaliland, Spain, Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Thailand, Transnistria, Turkey, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Ukraine, Uruguay Uzbekistan, Vatican City, Vietnam, Yemen

Where I'm going: Cyprus (June 2013)

Dig

I am so jealous, but very happy for you. I have about 41 more coutries to catch up with you.

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Czech Republic, Austria, Slovakia, and Hungary FALL 2012!!!

expatben

Thats awesome dude!!!

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I have been to: Canada, USA, Iceland, Britain, France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Spain, Poland, Germany, Sardinia, Switzerland, China, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Uruguay and Morocco.

Do to list: [color=blue][color=black] Australia, New Zealand, Austria India and Bolivia.

[color=blue][i][font=Verdana][color=black]"I'm just another stranger lookin' for the promised land"

marc873

Nice Adam!!! And what a 50th country!!!

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When an adventure ends you can never go back, never relive it, never hope to feel the same emotion. The secret is to not try and go back but to keep searching for new adventure....

mish99

Awesome man!! Completely jealous.....

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Ive been to: England, France, Italy, Scotland, South Africa, UAE, USA - 14 states inc Hawaii, Vatican City

Currently Working in England

After:Jan 5 - South Africa. Sometime 2012 - Canada!

Canadian Bacon

Sweet bro... simply sweet. I am offically jealous but proud that you're a tpunk

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Vincent: "So what you gonna do?"
Jules: "Well, basically, I'm just gonna walk the earth."
Vincent: "What you mean 'walk the earth'?"
Jules: "You know, like Kane in 'Kung Fu'...go places...meet people...get in adventures."

Trips (only counting recreational travel):
FIRST TRIP (2005): FIRST EUROTRIP EVER! UK, France, Spain, Italy, Germany, Holland
SECOND TRIP (2007): First Solo Trip! Greece, Turkey, Syria, Spain
2008: China (Beijing, Shanghai, Yangshuo) ...right before the Olympics!
2009: Japan & HK, Southern Spain
[size=1]2010: All over Lebanon, Ibiza (Spain), Oktoberfest (Germany), Thailand.
2011: India (Goa), Jordan, Jerusalem, San Sebastian (Spain), Amsterdam (again), London, Driving from Vancouver to L.A. (stopping in Portland, Seattle, San Fran and all the little stops), Montpellier (France), Geneva and Lausanne (Switzerland)

"Bite off more than you can chew, then chew it."

raoulduke

Congrats mate.

I'm just under half way there.

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One of God's own prototypes. Some kind of high powered mutant never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die -HST

joe7f

Congrats Adam! 50 is a remarkable achievement! You have been through some interesting ones to boot.

--Joey

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Countries visited: USA, Netherlands, Norway, France, Switzerland, Germany, Spain (and Gibraltar), Italy, Belgium, Hungary, Austria, Ireland, UK, Japan, Canada , Portugal, Czech Republic, Poland, Andorra, Croatia, Montenegro

Next up: Mongolia, China

"I sought trains; I found passengers" - Paul Theroux

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worldwidemike

Congrats, Adam! I know I'm enjoying your write ups here and on Facebook. You've certainly inspired me to check out a number of countries that weren't necessarily high on my list till I read your report (Sudan, Iran, for examples).

I do tend to meet other folks from Ohio or nearby in the midwest when I travel, but then again, it's a fairly populous state.

Keep the reports coming! And feel free to keep gaining on my total, as I won't be going anywhere again till at least next summer (2010)....so put the number 71 up on the board, draw a big red target circle, and go for it...!

worldwidemike

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