List the countries you have visited and lived in
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This should be interesting.
Lived in: USA only
The only states I have not visited are Nebraska, Maine, South Dakota and West Virginia. I've never been to Puerto Rico, Guam and the other US-controlled territories either.
Visited:
Mexico
Canada
Bahamas
Argentina
USSR (1989)/Russian Federation now
UK
France
Switzerland
Italy
Spain
Portugal
China
Singapore (airport only but hey I was there for several hours)
Egypt
Japan (another airport layover)
United Arab Emirates (would not let us out of the fucking plane, how strange)
Australia
I want to go to Germany and Antarctica eventually. Other countries, sure, I'm game.
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Japan
Tahiti
Italy
Spain
France
Scotland
Canada
Mexico
Panama
Vietnam (in the war, but not counting as living there, and three times since the war)
Japan (Army hospital)
Canada
England
France
Italy
Switzerland
Greece
Guam (stopover enroute to VN)
Singapore (stopover)
Taiwan (stopover)
Many, many places I'd like to visit, as well as return to...too many to list. I'd like to have a list like DFW! 
I figured you had some connection to Japan
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Living in India was interesting to say the least.
I was there in 1967-68, a sophomore at the American International School, -now the American Embassy School- in New Delhi. So India was two worlds for me, the school life and the India experience.
The school was pretty much an American experience, AIS/AES is an American school with Indian culture mixed in. House-keeping and maintenance were Indians as were a number of instructors. The student body, while predominately American, was made up of kids from all around the world.
New Delhi, India was a different world. Remember, this was 46 years ago so I can't comment on how things are now, but suspect while much has changed, many things remain the same.
Cows every where. Life much more basic for a segment of the population, many living in huts or tents along the roads, cooking over open fires fueled by dried cow patties, which gave New Delhi it's distinctive fragrance.
There were street vendors, small shops of every type. Beautiful rugs, brassware, artwork, fabric and the like. Food vendors everywhere, although I didn't partake because 'DelhiBelly' was common for us foreigners so we were careful about where we ate.
The infrastructure was chaotic at best, power lines everywhere. Construction was very much labor intensive, women with a basket of rocks balance on their heads, barefoot men using basic tools.
In the suburbs (Kailash colony) where we lived was predominately homes, mostly multi-story square houses with flat accessible roofs and walled in yards. Across the street from us was a tented food vendor. One day I was on the roof taking in the sights when I noticed them using a giant wok like pan to cook with, they filled it partway with sand a set it over the fire. This had my curiosity peaked so I watched, eventually they put something in the hot sand. . .popcorn, and it sold well. No I didn't get any but one could only imagine how gritty it must have been. There are or course the high dollar/rupee areas with great beautiful homes and properties.
We had our car shipped from the states, but my usual transportation, besides the school bus was either taxi or rickshaw
Taxi rides were a trip, the prevailing technique was for the driver to lightly place his thumb on the horn ring so the bumps in the road would cause the horn to sound intermittently, be,be,beep,be,be,beep,beep which was important at night in that they tended to "save" the lights by driving with them off except where absolutely necessary.
We employed a family as staff; cook, maid, bearer, gardener who lived in a two room apt. off of our house. They were nice people who took care of us well. Fortunately the cook was savvy to our Western digestive tracks and kept the Delhibelly to a minimum, he was a good cook as well. He cooked us both American food and Indian food, I found I really enjoyed Indian food, wonderful spices and techniques.
Having said all that, there are many beautiful and unique places and things to see in India, well worth a visit.
I hope I haven't rattled on to much, your question has opened many memories of one of the most interesting years of my life. Bear in mind this is the view of a 16-17 year old plucked from his North American life and set in New Delhi, India for a year or so.
You know I'm going to be thinking about this for the rest of the night, looking at my yearbook and remembering things here and there.
otherwise visited much of this country and...
Mexico
Canada
Barbados
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
St. Lucia
BVI, many of the islands, especially Tortola
AVI only St. Thomas
Curacao
Bonaire
Honduras
Belize
Guatamala
Jamaica
Bahamas
Russia
Germany
All I can think of right now. After the wine goes away I will check the list. I do think it is pretty complete. We have traveled a lot, much of it for scuba vacations, but back to many of these places so it seems like there should be more but perhaps not.
How much time in a country is necessary to determine living versus travel? I currently live in Thailand and have been in Asia now for a number of years. All total I have either traveled or lived in over 100 foreign countries. I was a Peace Corps Volunteer twice in West Africa and then went back on my own as a volunteer in Ethiopia and spent close to two years in East, Central and South Africa. I left for an extended period the first time in 1966 and have had so many wonderful cultural adventures that I have a friend who spent twenty years convincing me I had to write up some of my stories. The first book "Safari na Paka" was published in 2004 followed by a second in 2008. I am currently putting together the stories for my third book "Planet Earth Vagabond." Travel is addicting, but also a lot of fun. 
Grew up in Maine but I think that Oklahoma qualifies as another country. 
Have visited:
England
Wales
Scotland
France
Switzerland
Lichtenstein
San Marino
Austria
Germany
Portugal
Spain
Italy
Greece
Turkey
Morocco
Egypt
Jordan
Mexico
Belize
Roatan, Honduras
Grand Cayman
Jamaica
St Thomas
Dominica
Barbados
St. Lucia
Antigua
St. Kitts
St. Martaan
Curacao
Aruba
Dominican Republic
Grand Turk
Bahamas
Netherlands (hey 4 hour layover)
I live in denial. 
from San Diego as a child to 45 miles south of Canadian border in a town called Colville, Wa.
San Clemente
Long Beach
Burbank
San Fernando
Venice/Santa Monica
Pasadena
Montrose, Colorado (for a summer as a teen doing farm chores for a relative)
Catalina ( a whole summer)
Hawaii (was a territory and became a state while I was stationed there in USMC)
Bakersfield
Lake Isabella
Reno
Truckee
Kings Beach/No. Lake tahoe
Seattle
Oklahoma City
Burning Man
Currently in Portland OR
Have traveled across all southern states (before I-40 on Rt 66) from Cali to Florida.
Check this out. My son's itinerary this year: http://eelstheband.com/tourdates/
