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

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MrsTerryPratchett · 06/04/2023 03:18

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)

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Dammitthisisshit · 06/04/2023 05:04

Rainbowqueeen · 06/04/2023 04:59

@KitKatflavours Ive been to Hobbiton

My 3 places.

Lady Elliot Island, Qld Australia
Salt Spring island BC Canada
Whangara, New Zealand

Oooh I used to work at Lady Elliot Island! Happy days.

I’m going for Aasiaat (Greenland). Pondering the other 2.

katscamel · 06/04/2023 05:05

@LemonTreeSkies I was about to say it must have been very different then as it seems like a million years ago though I when I sat and worked it out I was there 20 years ago lol. How time flies.
It was lovely then, very low key. I believe that compared to other GCC countries it is still relatively undeveloped but I haven't been back recently. If I go, I'll fill you in.

Zippedydoo123 · 06/04/2023 05:05

I have been to Mombasa in Kenya.

Also Spanish Town in Jamaica (grotty).

Dammitthisisshit · 06/04/2023 05:07

useitorlose · 06/04/2023 05:04

Fujairah, in UAE
Through Suez Canal on a cargo ship
Kansas, USA, where I was frequently asked why I was there!

Sorry, I call Fujairah.

Pouffeycat · 06/04/2023 05:11

Swaziland
Lesotho
Raratonga

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MrsTerryPratchett · 06/04/2023 05:12

I've got Mombasa and Saltspring Island.

I want Yemen and Iran though. Significantly cooler than me.

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Mumtobabyhavoc · 06/04/2023 05:16

Anyone else been to Albania? 😁

NoraLuka · 06/04/2023 05:17

I came on this thread to say Algeria, I never saw another foreign person the whole time I was there 😁

Tipaza, Algeria
Ile de Houat
Vielmur sur Agout

Mumtobabyhavoc · 06/04/2023 05:18

Mumtobabyhavoc · 06/04/2023 05:16

Anyone else been to Albania? 😁

Have also been to Saltspring and Cathedral Grove.

Azure · 06/04/2023 05:19

Cradle of Humanity here too. I can offer:
Fray Bentos, Uruguay
Margarita Island, Venezuela
Pak Ou Caves, near Luang Prabang, Laos

Mumtobabyhavoc · 06/04/2023 05:19

MrsTerryPratchett · 06/04/2023 03:31

I've been to Squamish BC.

Me, too

BarbaraofSeville · 06/04/2023 05:22

I don't even know what the Whitsundays is so I'm not as well travelled as you lot.

I have however been to the top of the Emley Moor TV transmitter, so I'll go with that.

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MrsTerryPratchett · 06/04/2023 05:23

Fray Bentos, Uruguay

Umm I googled so I know it's a place. Do they know about the pies?

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MrsTerryPratchett · 06/04/2023 05:24

Azure · 06/04/2023 05:19

Cradle of Humanity here too. I can offer:
Fray Bentos, Uruguay
Margarita Island, Venezuela
Pak Ou Caves, near Luang Prabang, Laos

I have been to the Pak Ou caves though.

And now I desperately want to go to Uruguay.

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kissthegirlshesnotbehindthedoor · 06/04/2023 05:25

I might win:

Antarctica
Rapa Nui (Easter Island)
Qaqortoq, Greenland

And then one for luck:
Spitsbergen, Norway

If anyone else has been there, then I know what job you did/place you worked at!

Tradeup · 06/04/2023 05:26

Neustadt an der Weinstrasse, Germany
Medjugorje, Bosnia
Orcas Island, Washington

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MrsTerryPratchett · 06/04/2023 05:26

kissthegirlshesnotbehindthedoor · 06/04/2023 05:25

I might win:

Antarctica
Rapa Nui (Easter Island)
Qaqortoq, Greenland

And then one for luck:
Spitsbergen, Norway

If anyone else has been there, then I know what job you did/place you worked at!

Is that the seed place?

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kissthegirlshesnotbehindthedoor · 06/04/2023 05:26

Azure · 06/04/2023 05:19

Cradle of Humanity here too. I can offer:
Fray Bentos, Uruguay
Margarita Island, Venezuela
Pak Ou Caves, near Luang Prabang, Laos

I've been to Margarita Island...!

kissthegirlshesnotbehindthedoor · 06/04/2023 05:27

@MrsTerryPratchett seed place? You've lost me...

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MrsTerryPratchett · 06/04/2023 05:29

kissthegirlshesnotbehindthedoor · 06/04/2023 05:27

@MrsTerryPratchett seed place? You've lost me...

I thought the international seed depository was that way.

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BarbaraofSeville · 06/04/2023 05:29

MrsTerryPratchett · 06/04/2023 05:23

Fray Bentos, Uruguay

Umm I googled so I know it's a place. Do they know about the pies?

The pies are named after the port of Fray Bentos where the meat originally came from.

I also like that there's a place called Tabasco, presumably where the sauce originates from.

I've not been to either of them but I'm still hanging on with my top of TV tower entry.

Blankspace35 · 06/04/2023 05:29

My most obscure is Asten in the Netherlands

Lostinthesouth · 06/04/2023 05:30

Djibouti

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MrsTerryPratchett · 06/04/2023 05:30

Lostinthesouth · 06/04/2023 05:30

Djibouti

World's greatest name of a country. No competition.

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MrsTerryPratchett · 06/04/2023 05:31

@kissthegirlshesnotbehindthedoor

This place:

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