Countries / States Visited and your experience

chennai-indian · 25th September 2009, 18:53

Saw this thread when I was browsing thru the travel section so here goes:

1. How many countries have you visited.
Japan, Philippines, Singapore, Malaysia, Taiwan, China, South Africa, Argentina, USA, UK

2. Among the countries visited, how many have you driven on.
Taiwan, South Africa & USA

3. Which is your favourite country (overall experience).
Japan

4. Which is the country you loved driving on.

South Africa

India:

1. How many states have you visited.

All except N.E states

2. Among the states visited, how many have you driven on.

Kerala, T.N. Karnataka, AP - happened to have driven more outside than inside India

3. Which is your favourite state (overall experience).

Kerala

4. Which is the state you loved driving on.

T.N

StarVegabond · 25th September 2009, 22:18

1. How many countries have you visited.

Singapore, Taiwan, China, Vietnam, Thailand, Hongkong, Macau, England, France, Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, Italy, Rome

2. Among the countries visited, how many have you driven on.

None, but in all countries, i have travelled in a car, but with a driver.
This is because, most of these travels are on short business. We are generally advised not to drive in a foreign land while on official business. This is basically to avoid any remote chances of accidents and/or getting into any legal issues.

3. Which is your favourite country (overall experience).

Other than India, I have appreciated all the countries. the countries that really facinated me is Rome, Hongkong, China.

4. Which is the country you loved driving on.

Every country has a unique behaviour with the driving. I like the very systematic drving in England, mostly GPS assisted. I have liked the promptness of Dutch drivers. I have liked the courtesy and service mindset in China, Taiwan, Singapore. I have liked the knowledge levels of the drivers in singapore.

India:

1. How many states have you visited.

Karnataka, Goa, Maharastra, Kerala, Tamilnadu, Andra Pradesh,
Gujrat, Rajastan, Delhi, Uttara Pradesh, Madyapradesh, Punjab, Haryana.

2. Among the states visited, how many have you driven on.

I have driven (myself) in Maharastra, Goa, Karnataka, in rest of the places i have travelled in hired cars/vehicles.

3. Which is your favourite state (overall experience).

In fact whole India is my favourite, there is so much explore.

4. Which is the state you loved driving on.

Maharasta (ofcourse), probably today the best roads are in Maharastra.

deky · 26th September 2009, 13:10

ABROAD:

How many countries have you visited?
Wherever my ship went I went, Last I counted it was about 157 cities in 39 countries.

Among the countries visited how many have you driven on?
Thailand, Norway, Holland

Which is your favourite country?
Italy, no doubt about that. Love the history, the architecture, the coffee and the women. Its actually very similar to India in many ways so you feel very much at home.

Which is the country you loved driving on?
Not many countries that i have driven in so it wont be a fair judgement, but out of the three I mentioned, maybe it will be Norway as the scenery around as you drive in the country side is breathtaking.

INDIA:
How many states have you visited?
All except Goa, Arunachal, Nagaland, Mizoram, Nagaland, Tripura, Bihar & Chattisgargh.

Out of the states visited how many have you driven on?
Rajasthan and the States north of Rajasthan

Which is your favourite state?
Uttrakhand - just because it has Jim Corbette National Park

Which is the state you loved driving on?
Rajasthan- Good roads

raghu.t.k · 26th September 2009, 19:52

Though I have started driving only from 2006, I never miss an oppurtunity to travel to any place, either inside India or abroad.

Abroad:
1. How many countries have you visited:
>USA, UK, France, Italy, Germany, Switzerland, Singapore, Netherlands, Belgium, Norway
2. Among the countries visited, how many have you driven on:
>None
3. Which is your favourite country (overall experience):
>Switzerland, UK
4. Which is the country you loved driving on: -

In India:
1. How many states have you visited:
>Maharastra, Delhi,Haryana(NCR),UP, Rajasthan, MP , Kerala,Karnataka,Pondicherry, TN, AP
2. Among the states visited, how many have you driven on:
>Delhi,Haryana(NCR),UP, Kerala,Karnataka, TN,Pondicherry,
3. Which is your favourite state (overall experience):
>Kerala
4. Which is the state you loved driving on:
>NCR (My experience dates back to 2006), That said all highways in India have the risk of morons driving straight at you in the wrong direction.

nura · 16th January 2010, 20:34

China & Vietnam since my last post here.

samish_g · 24th January 2010, 21:09

Abroad:

1. How many countries have you visited.
Singapore, Thailand, Japan

2. Among the countries visited, how many have you driven on.
Japan only

3. Which is your favourite country (overall experience).
Undoubtedly Japan

4. Which is the country you loved driving on.
Japan (Nagoya to Tokyo in a 1997 Toyota Tercel)

India:

1. How many states have you visited.
Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Goa, Delhi, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka (where I presently stay), West Bengal (where I was born and brought up), Orissa

2. Among the states visited, how many have you driven on.
West Bengal, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu

3. Which is your favourite state (overall experience).
Kerala

4. Which is the state you loved driving on.
Tamil Nadu

Cheeronwheels · 25th January 2010, 00:08

Countries Visited: UAE, Iran

Countries Driven: India

Best Country(ies): India

Best Country to Drive: Still to drive in other countires

States Visited: 1. Maharashtra
2.

States Driven:

Best State:
Best State to Drive:

Cheeronwheels · 25th January 2010, 00:19

Abroad:

Countries Visited: UAE, Iran

Countries Driven: India

Best Country(ies): India
Best Country to Drive: So far India.

Other countries implement their traffic rules very well. In India we compramise on it.

India:

States Visited: Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamilnadu

States Driven: Kerala, Tamilnadu
Best State: Gods own country KERALA. But obviously roads were not contributed by God.

Best State to Drive: Still to drive in many more states. So far, it is TN.

xingamazon · 2nd November 2010, 11:33

Team,

Everytime either me or my friends think of travelling to a foreign country. First thing that comes to mind is, can we contact someone who has already visited the place, in order to get details.

To enable this communication, I was thinking probably we can make a repository of places visited by each member. This would mean, when someone is supposed to go to a place, all he has to do is search in this thread and then IM the members to get more details.

I did go thro the threads existing already. The problem is not everyone who has been to a place makes a travellogue of places visited by them. Moreover, the searching also does not give desired results.

Anyway, here is my details for a start:

Places visited by me:
Bangkok, Thailand
Guangzhou, China
Chongqing, China

Mods: please merge this thread if some thread already exists with this details. Please check if the location of this thread is correct.

ajmat · 2nd November 2010, 14:51

Shanghai
Beijing
Dalian
Xian
Bangkok
Manila
Singapore
Kuala Lumpur
Penang
San Francisco
New York
Paris
Madrid
Cordoba
San Sebastian
Valencia
Barcelona
Lisbon
Seville
Alicante
Paris
Vienna
budapest
Prague
Amsterdam
Munich

Gilead · 2nd November 2010, 14:56

New York
New Jersey
Dallas
Austin
Los Angeles
San Francisco
San Jose
Santa Clara
Washington DC
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Reston
Richmond
Boston
Atlanta
Miami
Tampa
Nashville
Memphis

aks_karthik · 2nd November 2010, 15:02

Singapore
Manila
Kuala Lumpur
Frankfurt
Munich
Stuttgart
Kaiserslautern
Luxembourg
Paris
Reading/London
Amsterdam

lottoman · 2nd November 2010, 15:38

Asia
Bangaladesh - Dhaka
SriLanka - Colomobo / Kandy
Bhutan
Nepal
Singapore
Thailand - Bangkok / Phuket
Malaysia - Kualalumpur
China - Hongkong / Shangai / Bejing
Indonesia - Jakarta / Bali
South Korea - Seoul
UAE - Dubai / Sharjah

Africa
Egypt - Cairo
Ethiopia - Addis Ababa
Eritrea - Asmara
Kenya - Nairobi
Tanzania - Dar es Salam / Zanzibar
Rwanda - Kigali
Burundi - Bujumbura
South Africa - Jonnesburg / Durban / Cape Town
Democratic Republic of Congo - Kinshasa
Republic of Congo - Brazaville / Pointe Noire
Nigeria - Abuja / Laos
Cameroon - Yaounde
Burkina Faso - Ouagadougou
Niger - Niamey
Mali - Bomako
Ivory Coast - Abidjan
Libera - Monrovia
Seirra Leone -Freetown
Zimbabwe - Harare

Europe
United Kingdom: London
Germany: Munich, Frankfurt, Dusseldorf
Netherlands - Amsterdam
France - Paris

ravib · 2nd November 2010, 17:24

Cool Lottoman, your list is quite big man ! Looks like u did lot of african safaris

JK....

Singapore, Singapore
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Dubai, U.A.E
Sharjah, U.A.E,
Abu Dhabi, U.A.E,
London, Great Britain, UK
Brighton, Great Britain, UK,
Edinburgh, Scotland, UK,
Glasgow, Scotland, UK,
Lochness, Scotland, UK
Boston, MA, U.S.A,
Nashua, NH, U.S.A,
New York, NY, U.S.A.
New Jersey, NJ, U.S.A,
Washington D.C, U.S.A,
Niagara Falls, NY, U.S.A,
Austin, Texas, U.S.A,
Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A,
San Francisco, CA, U.S.A,
San Jose, CA, U.S.A,
Cuppertino, Sunnyvale, CA, U.S.A,
Las Vegas, NV, U.S.A,
Grand Canyon, Arizona, U.S.A,

-Ravi

lottoman · 3rd November 2010, 01:16

Quote:

Originally Posted by ravib

Cool Lottoman, your list is quite big man ! Looks like u did lot of african safaris

JK....

-Ravi

I used to head the emerging markets business development for a company I worked some time ago, hence a lot of travel around Africa and Asia and yes I did do a lot of the Arfican Safaris - Kenya(Masai Mara), Tanzania(Serengeti, Kilimanjaro), Congo(Virunga).

25th September 2009, 18:53	#61
chennai-indian BHPian Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Chennai Posts: 437 Thanked: 641 Times	Saw this thread when I was browsing thru the travel section so here goes: 1. How many countries have you visited. Japan, Philippines, Singapore, Malaysia, Taiwan, China, South Africa, Argentina, USA, UK 2. Among the countries visited, how many have you driven on. Taiwan, South Africa & USA 3. Which is your favourite country (overall experience). Japan 4. Which is the country you loved driving on. South Africa India: 1. How many states have you visited. All except N.E states 2. Among the states visited, how many have you driven on. Kerala, T.N. Karnataka, AP - happened to have driven more outside than inside India 3. Which is your favourite state (overall experience). Kerala 4. Which is the state you loved driving on. T.N
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25th September 2009, 22:18	#62
StarVegabond Senior - BHPian Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Bangalore Posts: 1,891 Thanked: 42 Times	1. How many countries have you visited. Singapore, Taiwan, China, Vietnam, Thailand, Hongkong, Macau, England, France, Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, Italy, Rome 2. Among the countries visited, how many have you driven on. None, but in all countries, i have travelled in a car, but with a driver. This is because, most of these travels are on short business. We are generally advised not to drive in a foreign land while on official business. This is basically to avoid any remote chances of accidents and/or getting into any legal issues. 3. Which is your favourite country (overall experience). Other than India, I have appreciated all the countries. the countries that really facinated me is Rome, Hongkong, China. 4. Which is the country you loved driving on. Every country has a unique behaviour with the driving. I like the very systematic drving in England, mostly GPS assisted. I have liked the promptness of Dutch drivers. I have liked the courtesy and service mindset in China, Taiwan, Singapore. I have liked the knowledge levels of the drivers in singapore. India: 1. How many states have you visited. Karnataka, Goa, Maharastra, Kerala, Tamilnadu, Andra Pradesh, Gujrat, Rajastan, Delhi, Uttara Pradesh, Madyapradesh, Punjab, Haryana. 2. Among the states visited, how many have you driven on. I have driven (myself) in Maharastra, Goa, Karnataka, in rest of the places i have travelled in hired cars/vehicles. 3. Which is your favourite state (overall experience). In fact whole India is my favourite, there is so much explore. 4. Which is the state you loved driving on. Maharasta (ofcourse), probably today the best roads are in Maharastra.
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26th September 2009, 13:10	#63
deky Senior - BHPian Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Jaipur Posts: 1,194 Thanked: 1,247 Times	ABROAD: How many countries have you visited? Wherever my ship went I went, Last I counted it was about 157 cities in 39 countries. Among the countries visited how many have you driven on? Thailand, Norway, Holland Which is your favourite country? Italy, no doubt about that. Love the history, the architecture, the coffee and the women. Its actually very similar to India in many ways so you feel very much at home. Which is the country you loved driving on? Not many countries that i have driven in so it wont be a fair judgement, but out of the three I mentioned, maybe it will be Norway as the scenery around as you drive in the country side is breathtaking. INDIA: How many states have you visited? All except Goa, Arunachal, Nagaland, Mizoram, Nagaland, Tripura, Bihar & Chattisgargh. Out of the states visited how many have you driven on? Rajasthan and the States north of Rajasthan Which is your favourite state? Uttrakhand - just because it has Jim Corbette National Park Which is the state you loved driving on? Rajasthan- Good roads Last edited by deky : 26th September 2009 at 13:12.
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26th September 2009, 19:52	#64
raghu.t.k BHPian Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Chennai Posts: 468 Thanked: 193 Times	Though I have started driving only from 2006, I never miss an oppurtunity to travel to any place, either inside India or abroad. Abroad: 1. How many countries have you visited: >USA, UK, France, Italy, Germany, Switzerland, Singapore, Netherlands, Belgium, Norway 2. Among the countries visited, how many have you driven on: >None 3. Which is your favourite country (overall experience): >Switzerland, UK 4. Which is the country you loved driving on: - In India: 1. How many states have you visited: >Maharastra, Delhi,Haryana(NCR),UP, Rajasthan, MP , Kerala,Karnataka,Pondicherry, TN, AP 2. Among the states visited, how many have you driven on: >Delhi,Haryana(NCR),UP, Kerala,Karnataka, TN,Pondicherry, 3. Which is your favourite state (overall experience): >Kerala 4. Which is the state you loved driving on: >NCR (My experience dates back to 2006), That said all highways in India have the risk of morons driving straight at you in the wrong direction.
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16th January 2010, 20:34	#65
nura BHPian Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Kolkata Posts: 599 Thanked: 17 Times	China & Vietnam since my last post here.
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24th January 2010, 21:09	#66
samish_g BHPian Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Bangalore Posts: 217 Thanked: 68 Times	Abroad: 1. How many countries have you visited. Singapore, Thailand, Japan 2. Among the countries visited, how many have you driven on. Japan only 3. Which is your favourite country (overall experience). Undoubtedly Japan 4. Which is the country you loved driving on. Japan (Nagoya to Tokyo in a 1997 Toyota Tercel) India: 1. How many states have you visited. Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Goa, Delhi, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka (where I presently stay), West Bengal (where I was born and brought up), Orissa 2. Among the states visited, how many have you driven on. West Bengal, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu 3. Which is your favourite state (overall experience). Kerala 4. Which is the state you loved driving on. Tamil Nadu
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25th January 2010, 00:08	#67
Cheeronwheels Newbie Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Bangalore Posts: 21 Thanked: 0 Times	*Countries Visited: UAE, Iran Countries Driven: India Best Country(ies): India Best Country to Drive: Still to drive in other countires States Visited: 1. Maharashtra 2. States Driven:* Best State: *Best State to Drive:*
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25th January 2010, 00:19	#68
Cheeronwheels Newbie Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Bangalore Posts: 21 Thanked: 0 Times	Abroad: Countries Visited: UAE, Iran Countries Driven: India Best Country(ies): India Best Country to Drive: So far India. Other countries implement their traffic rules very well. In India we compramise on it. *India:* *States Visited: Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamilnadu States Driven:* Kerala, Tamilnadu Best State: Gods own country KERALA. But obviously roads were not contributed by God. *Best State to Drive*: Still to drive in many more states. So far, it is TN.
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2nd November 2010, 11:33	#69
xingamazon Senior - BHPian Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Chennai Posts: 1,400 Thanked: 121 Times	International Cities visited Repository Team, Everytime either me or my friends think of travelling to a foreign country. First thing that comes to mind is, can we contact someone who has already visited the place, in order to get details. To enable this communication, I was thinking probably we can make a repository of places visited by each member. This would mean, when someone is supposed to go to a place, all he has to do is search in this thread and then IM the members to get more details. I did go thro the threads existing already. The problem is not everyone who has been to a place makes a travellogue of places visited by them. Moreover, the searching also does not give desired results. Anyway, here is my details for a start: Places visited by me: Bangkok, Thailand Guangzhou, China Chongqing, China Mods: please merge this thread if some thread already exists with this details. Please check if the location of this thread is correct.
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2nd November 2010, 14:51	#70
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2nd November 2010, 15:38	#73
lottoman BHPian Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Chennai / Bangalore Posts: 31 Thanked: 3 Times	Asia Bangaladesh - Dhaka SriLanka - Colomobo / Kandy Bhutan Nepal Singapore Thailand - Bangkok / Phuket Malaysia - Kualalumpur China - Hongkong / Shangai / Bejing Indonesia - Jakarta / Bali South Korea - Seoul UAE - Dubai / Sharjah Africa Egypt - Cairo Ethiopia - Addis Ababa Eritrea - Asmara Kenya - Nairobi Tanzania - Dar es Salam / Zanzibar Rwanda - Kigali Burundi - Bujumbura South Africa - Jonnesburg / Durban / Cape Town Democratic Republic of Congo - Kinshasa Republic of Congo - Brazaville / Pointe Noire Nigeria - Abuja / Laos Cameroon - Yaounde Burkina Faso - Ouagadougou Niger - Niamey Mali - Bomako Ivory Coast - Abidjan Libera - Monrovia Seirra Leone -Freetown Zimbabwe - Harare Europe United Kingdom: London Germany: Munich, Frankfurt, Dusseldorf Netherlands - Amsterdam France - Paris
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2nd November 2010, 17:24	#74
ravib Senior - BHPian Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Bangalore Posts: 1,579 Thanked: 1,803 Times	Cool Lottoman, your list is quite big man ! Looks like u did lot of african safaris JK.... Singapore, Singapore Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Dubai, U.A.E Sharjah, U.A.E, Abu Dhabi, U.A.E, London, Great Britain, UK Brighton, Great Britain, UK, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, Lochness, Scotland, UK Boston, MA, U.S.A, Nashua, NH, U.S.A, New York, NY, U.S.A. New Jersey, NJ, U.S.A, Washington D.C, U.S.A, Niagara Falls, NY, U.S.A, Austin, Texas, U.S.A, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A, San Jose, CA, U.S.A, Cuppertino, Sunnyvale, CA, U.S.A, Las Vegas, NV, U.S.A, Grand Canyon, Arizona, U.S.A, -Ravi
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