The Countries You Have Visited Thread

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This is the thread where you can sing of your awesome escapades to far off lands... or just tell us about a trip to Scotland. :D

There are no rules... apart from the normal ones of course :P Just try to keep things remotely interesting.

You can count small places (like Mallorca) that are owned by bigger places (Spain) as a seperate 'country' just to confuse people... :D

So go ahead and post a list with some kind of short description of why you went to each country :) I'll start...

1. The Netherlands
   I didn't have much choice about this one. I was born there...
   
2. The Canary Islands
   Not much choice about this one either, but I have been informed that it was the location of my first haircut. How sweet...
   
3. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland :D
   My home, and a rather good one at that.
   
4. The Republic of Ireland
   Memories about here are rather vague as I was about six. Oh well...
   
5. Portugal
   My main memory about Portugal was having some really excellent 'Stone Steak.' Try it if you have the chance.
   
6. France
   I've been skiing here a couple of times, and hung around in a Brittany caravan park once... oh yeah, and I visited the Mont san Michel once. Pizzas there are ridiculously over priced...
   
7. Tunisa
   Mostly great: camel riding, nice weather, good food... however my sister nearly got raped and I was robbed of a Dinar by a man on the beach :( ... OK I know they're only worth 50p...
   
8. Grand Cayman
   First ever Scuba diving holiday. Brilliant stuff. 26 dives in 10 days, and nothing to Junior rescue diver at the same time :) *smug look*
   
9. Chile
   Just a skiing holiday. Not very good as almost all the slopes were closed.
   
10. Argentina
    Same skiing holiday, but weather was worse :( Some great off-piste stuff though...
    
11. The United States of America (ex-British colony, you've probably heard of it)
    Lots of sunning myself, screaming on roller coasters, a bit of skiing on Mammoth mountain... and thats about it.
    
12. The United Arab Emirates
    Great stuff: Driving round dunes in a four-litre Landrover screaming like a maniac, and doing a lot of sitting round in hotels while my cousin did business stuff :(
    
13. Italy
    Only a brief visit here, it was on the way to...
    
14. Switzerland
    Where I did a 220 metre bungee jump. *shakes at thought*
    
15. The Maldives
    Another incredible Scuba diving holiday at the 'Soneva Fushi' resort... good times...
    
16. Bonaire
    This was just a refuel stop on the way to...
    
17. Peru
    Did a gruelling 5 day trek from the middle of nowhere to Macchu Pichu. Definitely worth it though... even with the mosquitoes :(
    
18. Belgium
    School trip around war memorials and battlefields.
    
19. Egypt
    Scuba diving in the Red Sea :)
    
20. Mallorca
    Lazing round in a crappy resort full of drunk people :(

*wheezes from effort*
Right, now it's your turn...