Travelling Abroad

Country Statistics

The following table shows the total duration and number of stays in the different countries of the world. I have decided to count the number of nights (i.e. overnight stays), as the definition of a "night" seems to be less confusing than the definition of a "day". For example, when arriving in a country at 8.00 a.m., and departing the next day at 8.00 p.m., are we talking about just one day or already two? The number of nights is much easier to count.

Of course, there are still some problems: What to do with nights spent aboard an airplane or a train travelling between two countries? Therefore, I introduced three categories which do not represent an actual country: "International Airspace" for nights aboard airplanes, "Ground Travel with Border Crossing" for nights aboard ground travel (currently just trains) on the way between two countries, and "International Date Line" for nights lost or gained due to crossing this line.

#	Country	Duration	Multi-day trips	Day trips	Transit	First visit	Last visit
1	Austria	9556 nights				08/1981	08/2010
2	Greece	308 nights	16 times			07/1984	07/2005
3	United States	214 nights	10 times			08/2003	05/2010
4	New Zealand	66 nights	1 times			11/2008	01/2009
5	Italy	53 nights	8 times	2 times		07/1982	06/2007
6	Great Britain	46 nights	5 times	1 times	3 times	08/1994	05/2009
7	Costa Rica	44 nights	2 times			03/2009	04/2009
8	Canada	41 nights	4 times			08/2005	05/2009
9	Australia	38 nights	2 times			06/2004	10/2008
10	Nicaragua	37 nights	1 times			02/2009	03/2009
11	Argentina	18 nights	4 times			12/2007	01/2008
12	Taiwan	18 nights	1 times			09/2008	10/2008
13	Cook Islands	16 nights	1 times			01/2009	01/2009
14	Germany	15 nights	6 times	2 times	9 times	07/1992	02/2008
	International Airspace	14 nights	14 times			12/2003	05/2010
15	Ireland	14 nights	1 times			06/2007	06/2007
16	Fiji	12 nights	1 times			10/2008	11/2008
17	Chile	10 nights	1 times			01/2008	01/2008
18	Poland	9 nights	1 times			06/1998	07/1998
	Romania	9 nights	1 times			07/1999	07/1999
	Norway	9 nights	1 times			05/2005	05/2005
	Ground Travel with Border Crossing	8 nights	8 times			05/1996	01/2005
21	France	7 nights	2 times		1 times	08/1996	05/2010
22	Egypt	7 nights	1 times			12/1999	12/1999
23	Panama	4 nights	1 times			04/2009	04/2009
24	Switzerland	3 nights	1 times	1 times		08/1996	05/2006
25	Singapore	2 nights	1 times		3 times	06/2004	10/2008
26	Denmark	2 nights	1 times			08/1993	09/1993
27	Hungary	1 night	1 times	2 times		06/1994	07/2007
28	Slovakia	0 nights		4 times		05/1993	06/2004
29	Czech Republic	0 nights		3 times		09/1993	05/2005
30	Slovenia	0 nights		1 times		08/1995	08/1995
	Vatican City	0 nights		1 times		03/1997	03/1997
	Uruguay	0 nights		1 times		12/2007	12/2007
	Brazil	0 nights		1 times		01/2008	01/2008
34	Spain	0 nights			2 times	12/2007	01/2008
35	Liechtenstein	0 nights			1 times	08/1996	08/1996
	Netherlands	0 nights			1 times	05/2010	05/2010
	International Date Line	-1 night	1 times			01/2009	01/2009
	Total	10580 days
	of that outside of Austria	1024 days	48 times	19 times	20 times

Trip Statistics

The following tables shows my longest stays abroad (i.e. outside of Austria).

Trip	Duration	Start	End
RTW Trip 2008/09	235 nights	September 25, 2008	May 18, 2009
Auslandssemester in New York	144 nights	August 5, 2003	December 27, 2003
Australia 2004	35 nights	June 22, 2004	July 27, 2004
Canada 2005	32 nights	August 3, 2005	September 4, 2005
Patagonia 2007/08	30 nights	December 26, 2007	January 25, 2008

Yearly Trip Statistics

The following tables shows my stays abroad grouped by year (limited to the 15 years with the longest stays abroad).

Year	Duration	Multi-day trips	Day trips	Transit
2003	144 nights	1 times
2009	137 nights	1 times
2008	124 nights	3 times		4 times
2005	70 nights	7 times
2004	58 nights	3 times	1 times	6 times
1997	41 nights	3 times
1999	30 nights	3 times
1998	30 nights	2 times
1996	29 nights	3 times	2 times	2 times
1993	29 nights	2 times	1 times
2007	27 nights	4 times	1 times	2 times
2006	23 nights	3 times		3 times
2010	23 nights	1 times		2 times
1994	21 nights	2 times	2 times
1995	21 nights	1 times	2 times

"Extreme" Destinations

In the following, I would like to give a short overview about my most "extreme" destinations: What are the most northerly, southerly, easterly and westerly points on Earth I have ever been to (while not flying in an airplane)? Where is the highest and lowest point?

Unfortunately, even despite owning a GPS, I had to estimate my positions furthest to the North, East, and West. My most southerly position, however, was actually tracked with GPS. It is quite certain that I managed to get at least as far as shown in the table below.

Type	Date	Location	Latitude	Longitude
North	23.05.2005	Aboard Hurtigrute in Trondheimfjord, Norway	63° 38' 40'' North	9° 44' East
South	20.01.2008	Cruise on Beagle Channel, Argentina	54° 52' 22.08'' South	68° 5' 38.23'' West
East	23.10.2008	Nadi Airport, Fiji	17° 45' 19'' South	177° 26' 36'' East
West	11.01.2009	Aitutaki, Cook Islands	18° 54' 45'' South	159° 49' 40'' West

My altitude records shall be mentioned as well.

Type	Date	Location	Altitude
Highest Elevation	17.03.2009	Volcán Irazú, Costa Rica	11260 Feet
Lowest Elevation	16.08.2003	Badwater Basin, Death Valley, CA, United States	-282 Feet
Highest climbed mountain	05.01.2008	Volcán Villarrica, Chile	9310 Feet

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