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IanN



Joined: 31 Jul 2004
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Location: Valencia

PostPosted: Tue Feb 22, 2005 3:56 pm    Post subject: How well travelled are you? Reply with quote

Have a look at this website:

http://www.world66.com/myworld66/visitedCountries

Just select the countries you have visited and it will tell you what percentage of the world that is.

I got 24%.

Anyone else?
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dmb



Joined: 12 Feb 2003
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 22, 2005 4:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I only got 15%.( i thought I was well travelled) Confused
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Will.



Joined: 02 May 2003
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 22, 2005 8:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

48 countries, 21%
I thought I was too. I guess there were a lot of small countries.
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T-Bone



Joined: 21 May 2004
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 22, 2005 10:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Y'all are doing alright. I got a lousy 4%.

(Though I know I'm not that well-travelled.)
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Justin Trullinger



Joined: 28 Jan 2005
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Location: Seoul, South Korea and Myanmar for a bit

PostPosted: Tue Feb 22, 2005 10:59 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

11% (But spent a long time seeing it! It's quality, not...)


But does that calculate percentage based on land area, population, number of countries, or what?
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spidey



Joined: 29 Jun 2004
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 23, 2005 1:22 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Only 2%... Crying or Very sad Crying or Very sad But a fun 2%!! Very Happy
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Gordon



Joined: 28 Jan 2003
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 23, 2005 5:02 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Justin Trullinger wrote:
11% (But spent a long time seeing it! It's quality, not...)


But does that calculate percentage based on land area, population, number of countries, or what?


I think the % is the number of countries. In other words, a few hours at the Singapore airport is the same as 10 years in China.
I prefer to stay in a country awhile and actually see something rather than breeze through and hit 4 countries in a day like many Eurailers.
Still, 39 countries and 17%.
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distiller



Joined: 31 May 2004
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 23, 2005 6:36 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

20% Yeah, what are we talking about, just the percentage of countries? I don't need a website for that. It would be interesting to factor in length of stay, population and land mass.
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zaneth



Joined: 31 Mar 2004
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 23, 2005 7:54 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

4%.

It's sort of an interesting problem, in a way. Land mass? But I haven't seen much of Canada. Should I get all of Canada when I've only been in BC? By city? Have I even seen all of the town I grew up in? Been down every street? It's a fractal problem.

Dude, have you ever looked at your hand? I mean, REALLY looked at your hand?

What percentage of the world's people have I made eye contact with?
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vre



Joined: 17 Mar 2004
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 23, 2005 8:06 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

10%

What about the countries you have visited many times too?

And I agree - I was in California for 3 months but why should I have all of the US?

But it was a fun exercise.
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Girl Scout



Joined: 13 Jan 2005
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 23, 2005 9:54 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

10 countries, 4%. I think I need to get out more.

I will say my time was well spent.
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yaramaz



Joined: 05 Mar 2003
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 23, 2005 10:09 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I was 10% as well, but I spent several years in the various countries in Britain (doesnt Scotland count?) and Turkey and South Africa. I didn't rush through these as I may have done elsewhere (24 hours in Bulgaria)
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dajiang



Joined: 13 May 2004
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 23, 2005 12:30 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

13 percent!
geez.

but hey, I been to France 6x, Spain 3x, China 3x, Russia 2x, Thailand umpteen times...

Good call about Scotland btw.
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dmb



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PostPosted: Wed Feb 23, 2005 1:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Quote:
doesnt Scotland count?)
Too damn right it does.
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laura1d



Joined: 13 Jan 2005
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 23, 2005 1:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

34 countries, 15 %.

Scary isn't it. So much to see, so little time!

Laura
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