Have you been to a place no one else has been to?

[MrsTerryPratchett]

I'll start. The idea is you name the place and a fellow MNer has to say if they've been there. However, you don't have to wait until you've been somewhere to post. Post your places and you'll meet the MNers who've been there. You can post 1-3 places (random numbers).

I've been to:

Rwanda
The Whisundays
Cathedral Grove (Vancouver Island)

I've been there! Went on the Durango-Silverton railroad, got a cinder in my eye and missed a lot of spectacular scenery!

Of the ones already mentioned I've been to: Karlstad, Halifax (NS), Hobbiton, Swaziland, Mongolia, Kamloops, Saskatoon, Moscow, Peterhof, St Petersburg, Formentera, Krasnoyarsk, Katoomba, Lewis, Harris.

Not yet claimed by anyone (I think):

• Vorovoro, Fiji
• Ulan Ude, Buryatia, Russia
• Donghae, South Korea

Amazing @Tarkan will definitely go looking out for it soon! Been planning on taking the kids to the park in kirrie anyway so could do it then!

@PolkaDotMankini I'm surprised I didn't see Las Vegas on more lists! I've been about 20x - but it's an easy trip from here.

@maranella Have you really also been to these same places as I have??? I am a bit suspect (or, I misread?) with the use of the slashes that were the same as my post...or have you been following me? 🤓🙃

Mt St Helens, Oregon coast, Las Vegas, Grand Canyon, LA/Hollywood/Burbank, Maui, Miami, Chicago, Montana, Idaho,

I forgot to add San Francisco to my list of American cities. I'd love to hear about any random small town visits anyone has done.

@BridieConvert - you'll have to take a photo of the street sign just for me. 😁 I haven't been to Kirrie for ages but I assume it's not been stolen or anything recently. 🤣 It's probably the most boring place ever really, a couple of houses and a street sign, but at least there's other stuff in Kirrie to do as well. I just like the silliness of saying I've been to The Moon. 😁

Sorry no win with Rwanda. I have been there.

Bimini Island, Bahamas
Muskoka, Canada
Martha's vineyard, USA

The point of this was to find places where you don't think anyone else on MN would be. Not flipping tourist attractions like Angkor Watt or Grand Canaria

Odessa, Texas
Midland, Texas
Belle Fourche, South Dakota
Sturgis, the week before the motorcycle rally. That was mad!

Frankenstein, Germany
Mineralnye Vody, Russia ("mineral waters" and foul they were)
Hel, Poland. Irritated my fellow passengers by often saying "We're on the road to hell. Which, to be fair, we were.

I’ve been to Ephesus and went back the next day to see Ray Charles perform in the theatre.

As well as the Thames Barrier, l've been

Inside Kielder Dam
Inside the Humber Bridge
Inside the Hull Tidal Surge Barrier
Inside the Zuider Zee barrier, the Netherlands

My personal travelling experiences are less exciting that some of those on this thread, and I have no doubt that I won't be unique, but...

The Namib Skelton coast
The Caprivi strip
Victoria Falls hospital A&E!
Brownsville, Texas, where I've had one foot in the US, one foot in Mexico

Hel, Poland. Irritated my fellow passengers by often saying "We're on the road to hell. Which, to be fair, we were.

On the flip side, I used to live in Hope

I've been to Pokhara. It's heaving - the start of the Andrex trail to Annapurna.

But I've been over the Shipton La to Makalu Base Camp
Hang Zhou
Cincinnati

I‘ve been to Muskoka many times, mainly shopping when staying in the area. My mentioning it feels like cheating though, as I am an Ontarian.

Bruny Island

Also, Saguenay Lac-Saint-Jean

@midsomermurderess - I've been to Wikli Warm Springs in Nigeria too! I saw a hippo bathing there 😬.

My three:
I've been to Lomé, Togo
Watamu, Kenya
And
Treichville, Côte d'Ivoire

Been to Pendeen

Will offer up Porto Santo tiny island off Madeira. Everywhere I've been is rather mumsnetty tbh

I was just thinking the same!

@katscamel
I've been to Oran in Algeria. Scariest drive I've ever had getting there from Algiers!

I've been to Lome! and Wikli Warm Springs!

Driven through it a few times
Does that count?

I’ve been to Aqaba but not Azraq. Did you go diving/snorkelling? Swimming over a plane in the gulf of Aqaba has got to be one of the most surreal moments of my life!

Kuhe Taftan
Thumrait
Goury

Are you following me?

When were you in Moshi?