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I saw this as I was poking around on the net and saw a few other blogs (mostly on PlanetN) which had a map that showed the areas of the world they had traveled. Well, here’s mine:

Click on the map to get a larger version. Since there’s no colors to differentiate the countries…what you see is USA, Canada, Mexico, Denmark, Sweeden, Germany, Spain and Japan.

I lived in Japan for a couple years as a missionary, then went back to live a couple times and once on business. While there, I lived in Hokuriku (Fukui and Takaoka), Aichi Ken (Ichinomia and Karia/Anjo), Tokyo (Kichijouji) and Kyoto (Yamashina Ku). I have been a guest speaker at the Tokyo Linux Users Group twice - what a cool group of people. Just proves that Linux rocks around the world! Japan is an amazing place. I really enjoy the culture and food. While I was there, I picked up the language and spent the next ten years or so putting myself through college as a Japanese speaking tour guide. I drove Japanese couples and large groups all over the SouthWest of North America and other cool palces including all the National Parks in Utah (Bryce Canyon, Canyonlands, Arches, Zion NP, etc.), Moab, Lake Powell, North into Yellowstone and the Tetons, Devils Tower, Custer State Park, and tons of other places. It was one of the most enjoyable times I’ve had.

Last summer, I took a trip to Europe for the first time ever and took a lot of pictures. Take some time and go through the various pages that have pictures of Spain, Denmark, Sweden and Germany if you want. It was awesome!

You can create your own visited countries map thanks to Douwe Osinga who currently works for Google.

I hope to do more traveling soon…