Saturday, April 19, 2008

Where I've Been Thus Far!

Sooo, procrastinating from a paper that was due yesterday. *headdesk* What's wrong with me? Senioritis or what?

But anyway, I figured that since this is my travel blog, I should tell you where I've been so far, and what's better than a visual aid? Thus, for your viewing enjoyment, I present a MAP!:



Where Mel's Been




Svalbard
Spain
United States of America
Antarctica
South Georgia
Falkland Islands

Bolivia
Peru
Ecuador
Colombia
Venezuela
Guyana
Suriname
French Guiana
Brazil
Paraguay
Uruguay
Argentina
Chile
Greenland
Canada
United States of America
United States of America

Israel
Jordan
Cyprus
Qatar
United Arab Emirates
Oman
Yemen
Saudia Arabia
Iraq
Afghanistan
Turkmenistan
Iran
Syria
Singapore
China
Mongolia
Papua New Guinea

Brunei
Indonesia

Malaysia
Malaysia
Tiawan
Philippines
Vietnam
Cambodia
Laos
Thailand
Burma
Bangladesh
Sri Lanka
India
Bhutan
Nepal

Pakistan
Afghanistan
Turkmenistan
Tajikistan
Kyrgyzstan
Uzbekistan
Japan
North Korea
South Korea
Russia
Kazakhstan
Russia
Montenegro
Portugal
Azerbaijan
Armenia
Georgia

Ukraine
Moldova
Belarus
Romania
Bulgaria
Macedonia
Serbia
Bosonia & Herzegovina
Turkey
Greece
Albania
Croatia
Hungary
Slovakia
Slovenia
Malta
Spain

Portugal
Spain
France
Italy
Italy
Austria
Switzerland
Belgium
France
Ireland
United Kingdom
Norway
Sweden
Finland
Estonia
Latvia
Lithuania

Russia
Poland
Czech Republic
Germany
Denmark
The Netherlands
Iceland
El Salvador
Guatemala
Panama
Costa Rica
Nicaragua
Honduras
Belize
Mexico
Trinidad & Tobago
Puerto Rico

Dominican Republic
Haiti
Jamaica
The Bahamas
Cuba
Vanuatu

Australia
Solomon Islands
Fiji
New Caledonia
New Zealand
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Djibouti
Somalia
Kenya

Uganda
Tanzania
Rwanda
Burundi
Madagascar
Namibia
Botswana
South Africa
Lesotho
Swaziland
Zimbabwe
Mozambique
Malawi
Zambia
Angola
Democratic Repbulic of Congo
Republic of Congo

Gabon
Equatorial Guinea
Central African Republic
Cameroon
Nigeria

Togo
Ghana
Burkina Fassu
Cote d'Ivoire
Liberia
Sierra Leone
Guinea
Guinea Bissau
The Gambia
Senegal
Mali

Mauritania
Niger
Western Sahara
Sudan
Chad
Egypt
Libya
Tunisia
Morocco
Algeria




Map Legend: 6%, 17 of 263 Territories








And there you have it, my travels thus far. Currently I am (unfortunately) in America, as I'm finishing up college, but I hope to rectify this sad state of affairs soon. More on that as news comes; I don't want to jinx myself.

I've left the country three times (well, kinda four). The first was when I was 17 with my family, and the second was when I was 18, a solo backpacking trip through Europe for two months. All the maroon European countries are because of those two trips.

The summer when I was 19, I went to the Thai-Burmese border to teach English to refugees for 2 months. I only entered Burma for an afternoon, because it was required in order to renew one's visa, which expires each month if you don't have a work visa. (Since my teaching work was, technically, illegal, since the refugees were there illegally, I didn't have a work visa.) I do not endorse tourism to Burma, because the tourism infrastructure has been built largely by their extremely corrupt government, and the tourists' money tends to be directly funneled into this government. Trust me, not a good thing.

Before I got to Thailand, I spent three days in Tokyo, Japan, on a fortuitous layover.

After I got back from Thailand, I went to stay in Canada for a few weeks.

And there you have it-- my travel history thus far. Hope to add to that list of countries before too long!

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