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How many times did you visit a country other than Europe
Just found my old passports and found that I had 51 visas from the Sudan back in the 70's - 80's.
Flights were via BA VC10 that were ex RAF, with half the seats facing backwards before they were replaced by Tristars.
Back in those days the wildlife was incredible.
We were based in the south and Saturday night BBQ was always dependent on the road kill (purposely) from the night before.
My record was arriving in Khartoum only to be confronted with “didn't you receive my telex”. NO.
“You won't be needed until next month ” so it was back on the same plane and back to the UK.
Walked back up the drive at home (before mobile phones) to be told “what are you doing here”.
Two days later a telex saying “I made a mistake come back ASAP”.
Things were so safe in those days that you could head off on your own to the local villages with no problems, No AK's just spears.
Those were the days.
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28th Oct 2021 6:12 pm
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
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Sounds like happy days. Hate to point out but I was in school for much of that.
28th Oct 2021 6:16 pm
discovery1953
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In your dreams
You're not that far off my age and at least I worked all that time (as a proper geologist)
28th Oct 2021 6:23 pm
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
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Ah, vaguely remember those academic, part time, part qualified days. Before I retired. Proper rock bashing sounds waaaaaaaaaaay too much like hard work.
28th Oct 2021 6:31 pm
Moo D3 Decade
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106 times to the US with two more coming up before Christmas and they do carry guns and sometimes it does get a bit edgy... New Defender L663 110 SE (known as Noddy!)
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231,000 miles and counting
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D4 Face lifted
Still original injectors and turbo
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28th Oct 2021 6:51 pm
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Next foreign trip is to France. Not until end April, talk about edgy they will either have calmed down or we’ll be in all out guerre froid. Thinking re somewhere else but thinking minimal border crossings.
28th Oct 2021 6:56 pm
discovery1953
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Moo wrote:
106 times to the US with two more coming up before Christmas and they do carry guns and sometimes it does get a bit edgy...
US doesn't count..............far tooooooooo easy............
Even did the strip and bend over.... with AK in my back (no sir either) and that was going into Angola not out (but that's another story),,,,,,,,
28th Oct 2021 7:36 pm
sailormike
Member Since: 04 Apr 2007
Location: Norfolk
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Just a few in my time at sea.
Lots in the Caribbean
Ascension Island - passing through and had a few days in the hotel there
St Helena - twice
Tristan d’Cuna - somewhere on the laptop I have a photo of a land rover next to the sign claiming it to be the remotest inhabited island in the world
South Georgia & Falkland Islands, have still got a local falklands driving license somewhere around from when I had access to a civilian ex mod series 3 there.
Many other places but no crossed the Pacific OceanDisco 4
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28th Oct 2021 7:51 pm
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USA 5 times all North Carolina 😍 China 4 times all Beijing 🤬 4 weeks across New Zealand (both islands) and Australia 😍 Dominican Republic once, Tunisia once.Steve
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28th Oct 2021 11:27 pm
Moo D3 Decade
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discovery1953 wrote:
Moo wrote:
106 times to the US with two more coming up before Christmas and they do carry guns and sometimes it does get a bit edgy...
US doesn't count..............far tooooooooo easy............
Even did the strip and bend over.... with AK in my back (no sir either) and that was going into Angola not out (but that's another story),,,,,,,,
Bloody does. Its a scary and dangerous place, particulalrly West Virginia and Kentucky!
It might not be exotic, but my travell befor Christmas:
Majorca tomorrow for 10 days holiday then work.
USA x2
Singapore
Japan
Germany
Spain x2
Milan
France tbc
Lucky I dont sleep New Defender L663 110 SE (known as Noddy!)
Sold Volvo XC90 R-Design (known as Basil)
Sold - D4 HSE (Known as Gerty)
No longer the Old Buses original owner
231,000 miles and counting
05 S manual owned from March 2005
D4 Face lifted
Still original injectors and turbo
V8 Front brakes
BAS Remap, Allisport Intercooler and deCat
EGRs blanked
T-Max split charge
Hanibal Expeedition rack
Prospeed ladder
Duratrac tyres
IID BT
BAS FBH control
28th Oct 2021 11:55 pm
JordsDisco
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Excluding the EU, think that was the question, I have a sister who’s on holiday has visited Japan, China x 6 (likes the place) India, Tibet, Loas, Vietnam, Cambodia, Philippines, Australia, Egypt, Tunisia, Jordan, Turkey, UAE, Syria, Iran (incl. when the west bombed it, said the locals were fine about it) plus probably missed a few places out.
She point blank refuses to visit the US, says it’s a damn awful place and people.
Asks me why I haven’t bothered travelling. Quite simply I’ve got no desire to. I’ve been to one or two places in the EU and I am not happy being away & i am always glad to get back. Can’t see me ever going abroad again tbh.
29th Oct 2021 6:52 am
nigethecat
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Re: How many times did you visit a country other than Europe
discovery1953 wrote:
Flights were via BA VC10 that were ex RAF, with half the seats facing backwards before they were replaced by Tristars.
Flew into Ulaan Baatar, Mongolia from Moscow in an IL62 - Russian equivalent of a VC10 but without the technology burst two tyres on landing and the undercarriage started smoking so the airport fire service came out very swiftly and dealt with it - well when I say fire service it was a single guy on the back of a pick up with a hand pump and a bucket of water I want to see the sweets before I get into your windowless van... I'm not stupid!
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29th Oct 2021 7:17 am
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Been to the USA twice - first time was a couple of weeks after 9/11. That was interesting - a people living in fear and many simply amazed that we'd still got on a plane and gone for our holiday. SWMBO told me I absolutely wasn't allowed to mention to people in Boston that the UK had been living with domestic bomb threats for many years thanks to their financing of a certain Irish group! Apparently it wouldn't have helped, or something.
Second time was a road trip in California, Nevada and Arizona. The seed idea for that trip was a friend racing at the Reno Air Races. Sadly, his aircraft had issues but we still went and had a great day and evening as guests. Then a trip seeing a few sights including Death Valley, Hoover Dam, Grand Canyon, Meteor Crater and many others. A good 3 week trip.
Otherwise been to NZ twice - love the place and luckily SWMBO sister lives there so we get to spend time with them at the beginning and end of the trip which is great.
Hong Kong as a 3-night layover on one of the NZ trips. Dubai, Bandar Seri Begawan, Brisbane as refuelling stops on the other NZ trip so just a few hours each time in the transit "lounge".
So a bit of a long haul beginner really compared to some in here. Have done some good trips in Europe but they weren't asked for. Visiting from rrsport.co.uk
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29th Oct 2021 8:24 am
john watson
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Travelled mostly on business. Lost count of the times to Huston. Who want to live there? Romania was where we tried to get over the Carpathian Mountains in an old Russian helicopter. It just ran out of steam around 12000 feet and we had to get out and walk until we got lower down. The railway to Berlin was something else definitely not for the faint hearted .
Now retired and no longer roam.Once you have defeated the idiots any job is half done. Pity there are so many idiots to defeat.
29th Oct 2021 8:28 am
Gadgetnut
Member Since: 01 Sep 2018
Location: Somerset
Posts: 145
Lost count of the all visits to India, Philippines, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Australia, New Zealand, Oman, Abu Dhabi, Qatar, Saudi, Bahrain, Jordan, Kuwait, Egypt, USA & Canada
Only been to Japan 3 Times, Libya once and Chile once.
I used to fill the large passports in about 5 years due to the constant travels but it was sadly all for work.
After 18 months away, I’m about to start back on my Middle East visits after being in Europe twice this month and not sure if I’m looking forward to it !D1 3Door (White) Long gone
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