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KalBahamut's Travel Across Europe Quiz

This is based on an actual trip I'm planning starting in the autumn of 2014 and ending around the spring of 2018. See if you can follow the clues and find out where I'll end up.
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Start in this small Middle Eastern island nation, home to the US Navy's 5th Fleet.
Bahrain
Cross one of the world's longest causeways and head west through the desert for 3 hours to reach this capital city in the middle of nowhere.
Riyadh
Another 12 hours west through the desert and you'll get to this city and site of pilgrimage.
Mecca
North along the coast and eventually you'll cross into this country.
Jordan
On the way to the capital city you can stop at this famous world heritage site carved out of solid rock.
Petra
Cross the Allenby Bridge and go through the West Bank to reach this divided city.
Jerusalem
There is ferry service across the Mediterranean from this northern city.
Haifa
Take the ferry from above to this small island nation.
Cyprus
Cross to the Turkish side of the island and take another ferry, then head west to this resort town.
Antalya
Go east and pass through this town that shares its name with a popular superhero.
Batman
Turn north, you can cross the border at Hopa into this Caucasian country.
Georgia
Assuming you can get a visa, head east until you reach another sea and this historical oil boom town.
Baku
Backtrack west to reach this small Orthodox country.
Armenia
Cross again at Hopi and then follow the coast west to this huge continent-straddling metropolis.
Istanbul
600 km to the north and you'll reach this city on the Black Sea in time for summer.
Constanța
Via Bucharest and Troianul head west to this capital city of the country to the south.
Sofia
Next, via Skopje, arrive at this capital city of a partially recognized country.
Pristina
Head west to the Adriatic coast and arrive in Durrës, the oldest city in this country.
Albania
Follow the coast south until crossing the Gulf of Patras, then turn east to get to this even older city.
Athens
Turn north, pass through Thessaloniki, Plovdiv, and Bucharest. Cross the eastern border near Iasi to this country.
Moldova
Continue east to this, the largest coastal city in the next country.
Odessa
Then head north to this capital city of the same country.
Kiev
Another 536 km north and you'll arrive in this capital city.
Minsk
And then it's northeast to another capital, the closest in that direction though its 700 km away.
Moscow
Proceed northwest to this famous seaside city in the same country.
Saint Petersburg
Then follow the northern coast of the Gulf of Finland to this city of 1.3 million people.
Helsinki
Board the ferry that crosses the gulf for this city to the south.
Tallinn
Continue south passing through 3 countries, then go west to this city that changed its German name.
Gdansk
Pass through Hel, Warsaw, and Lublin before arriving at this ancient capital in the same country.
Krakow
Next head west via Katowice to this charming city on the Vltava River.
Prague
From there go east to Brno, take a sharp turn south, and go to this large German-speaking city.
Vienna
Via Bratislava, head southeast to this large city on the Danube.
Budapest
Then it's 370 km south to this city at the confluence of the Danube and Sava.
Belgrade
After a stop in Sarajevo it's west to the nearly 6000 km of coastline of this country.
Croatia
Following the coast to the north and then west you'll eventually arrive at this famous city of canals.
Venice
Cut across the country to the south until you reach this eternal city.
Rome
Return north via Tuscany to this city famous for its tower.
Pisa
Follow the coast to the west, pass through Monaco, and arrive at this, the oldest city in France.
Marseille
Head northeast through Geneva until reaching this, the oldest city in the same country.
Zurich
600 km to the west and you'll be in this sprawling metro.
Paris
300 km northeast and you'll arrive at this city, home to JCVD.
Brussels
Another 200 km north and you'll be in this capital city.
Amsterdam
Backtrack a bit, turning west at Antwerp, and you'll be "en" this city.
Bruges
Take a train under water to the largest city on the other side.
London
Go back the way you came, then south through Paris and Toulouse to reach this micronation.
Andorra
Continue heading directly south until you reach the sea and this large coastal city.
Barcelona
Take the ferry south to this famous party capital. Possibly stop at Mallorca on the way.
Ibiza
Take the ferry west to this, the nearest large city on the mainland.
Valencia
Via Cordoba, head south to this point in Europe only 7 nautical miles from Africa
Gibraltar
Take the ferry south across the strait then follow the coast to the southwest 400 km.
Casablanca
Head 240 km south to this city in the foothills of the Atlas mountains.
Marrakesh
Provided the ferry service resumes, take one from the southwestern coast to these islands
Canaries
hwes
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Level 85
May 20, 2014
missed two I shouldn't have -- Bruges and Haifa but still managed to post the best score so far. Not exactly the direct route but definitely an interesting trip.
kalbahamut
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Level 82
May 21, 2014
There are 3 main things contributing to the indirectness. 1) I want to visit as many places as possible on the way and I would like to spend more than a few days each of those places. 2) the Schengen Zone means I have to find places on the edge of Europe to stay for 3 months out of every 6, thus the zig-zagging into and out of the Balkans and UK. 3) most of Europe is freaking cold. During the winter months I'll have to retreat as far south as possible because my car doesn't work in snow.
camus
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Level 78
May 20, 2014
Wow, I'm proud now, beating everyone else with a score of 49/52. And I would've got one more if it weren't so difficult to spell 'Riad'.
kalbahamut
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Level 82
May 21, 2014
by the way, Constanta/Mamaia is fantastic. Sand, surf, Romanian girls in bikinis (or less)...
Kyle72211
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Level 59
Jun 19, 2014
Pics or it didn't happen!! haha
kalbahamut
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Level 82
Jun 19, 2014
I have pics but how would I share them here?
Quizzer6794
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Level 65
Jun 23, 2015
Well, you can show it by using this format:

img src="(URL)" (after you upload them onto a comutersoftware, of course!)

kalbahamut
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Level 82
Jun 23, 2015
I see. Though I guess it needs to be the right size.
kalbahamut
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Level 82
Jun 25, 2015
That's the Haggia Sofia.
kalbahamut
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Level 82
Jun 25, 2015
and don't say my car is the bomb... they can be a bit jumpy when it comes to security around here.
peardestroyer
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Level 56
Sep 15, 2020
You can resize images:

<img src="URL" width="x" height="y">

You have to experiment with different widths & heights to get the right size (x and y represent numbers)

sillie
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Level 77
Jun 10, 2014
I got lost somewhere along the way..
WhiskeyTangoFoxtrot
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Level 57
Jun 26, 2014
I enjoyed this quiz a lot! Only missed Haifa and Marrakesh. Gdansk took a little while to figure out because I was thinking about Kaliningrad/Königsberg.
kalbahamut
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Level 82
Jun 26, 2014
That's great. I hadn't considered Kaliningrad. I suppose that fits the clue just as well as Gdansk does. Oh well, adds to the challenge. :)
beetboy12
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Level 37
Aug 1, 2014
Great quiz! Just needed a hair more time. Also, I believe Chur is the oldest city in Switzerland. Unless you wouldn't call it a city.
kalbahamut
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Level 82
Aug 1, 2014
Glad you enjoyed the quiz! I'm not sure about Chur... I just read about it now for the first time. It may be that it was not considered a proper city. I don't know why but it seems like many of these cities on the oldest cities quiz I've done were places that were settled first by Phoenicians, Greeks, Romans or later European empires; I suppose the settlements of locals before then didn't count? Or perhaps at some point the line of continual habitation was broken. However, settlement of Zurich might have been as early as 6400 years ago, and the claim of oldest continually inhabited city is given to it for its Roman founding in 15 AD.
gtohara
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Level 58
Aug 2, 2014
Fun quiz! I was way too slow though. I'll try it again in a week or so and try to focus more. I imagine no one has ever accused you of allowing too much time!
kalbahamut
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Level 82
Sep 7, 2014
In the immortal words of Shang Tsung: It has begun.

Well, sort of... I still have two weeks of work left in Dammam and some other things to take care of here. But I already drove the Viper from Bahrain to Saudi Arabia so in a way I've started the trip.

relessness
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Level 47
Sep 13, 2014
How long will this trip take? I'm gonna miss your comments! But seriously, have fun!!!!!
kalbahamut
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Level 82
Sep 13, 2014
It says in the quiz description, if everything goes according to plan I'll be doing this until Spring 2018. I have never planned a trip quite this ambitious before, so, I'm not sure if I'll actually make it or not. I could get bored or tired or sick, or my car could die on me, or I could run out of money - I've done budgets for long trips before but never ones so long that I had to factor in inflation and currency trends. :) So... we'll see.
tschutzer
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Level 91
Sep 15, 2014
Please reroute your trip around Ukraine. Otherwise, you're going to prove right all of those Aussies who think you're nuts. Seriously, good luck and stay safe.
kalbahamut
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Level 82
Sep 16, 2014
I'm not planning on going to eastern Ukraine. Odessa and Kyiv I believe are still fine. Though, if need be, that portion of the quiz would be easy enough to modify. I could just drive directly north from Romania after a pit-stop in Moldova, spend an extra month each in Belarus and Russia. That's assuming Russia doesn't stop issuing visas to Americans out of spite by then.
TenThousand
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Level 76
Sep 16, 2014
This quiz is a hoot! Have a great trip. My only comment is that Marrakesh is on a flat plain; it took over an hour driving across it to reach the Atlas foothills.
kalbahamut
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Level 82
Sep 16, 2014
oh okay. :) well, I haven't been there before. I guess I would have found out in 4 years if you hadn't already spoiled the surprise.
xkhan44x
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Level 60
Dec 5, 2014
49/52. Very jealous sounds like an awesome trip. Should plan some more trips like this because it was a fun quiz lol.
kalbahamut
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Level 82
Dec 5, 2014
hm.... I could make a quiz about the summer I spent in Asia in 2008...
kalbahamut
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Level 82
Dec 5, 2014
or the several trips I've taken across various parts of the United States
Thorvald
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Level 69
Dec 17, 2014
I've made it! 52/52, though Bruges and Marrakesh got me stuck for a while :) Write here when you'll be in Krakow, I'll recommend some nice places to visit here ;)
KatMoe
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Level 62
Dec 26, 2014
I only made it to 50%, but I really enjoyed it!

Very nice quiz, I'd love to solve more of this type :)

kalbahamut
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Level 82
Dec 26, 2014
I did this one, based on a trip I took around Asia in 2008. and I was planning to do another based on Che Guevara's Motorcycle Diaries but didn't get around to making that one yet.
KatMoe
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Level 62
Dec 27, 2014
Nice, thanks!
rawe
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Level 66
Apr 4, 2015
Awesome quiz! Got 45. Sound fine from a 17 years old from Argentina.

Good luck, looks like an awesome trip! Enjoy!

kalbahamut
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Level 82
Apr 6, 2015
Thanks. Having fun so far. Writing from Cappadocia in Turkey today.
PorcNBeanz
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Level 57
Apr 23, 2015
This question or clue needs to be modified. It doesn't state what you're looking for:

"Take the ferry south across the strait then follow the coast to the southwest 400 km."

Am I looking for a country, city, town, rock, etc.

kalbahamut
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Level 82
Apr 23, 2015
You have a point and I noticed this minor discrepancy before... but... almost every other answer is a city. There are 3 answers that are countries, and 1 that is an island chain, and 48 cities. I thought.... so close to the end of the quiz... people would recognize the pattern and be able to get it.

In a sequel, of sorts, to this quiz... which I am working on presently and will finish by 2018 (when I complete this trip in real life), I intend to rectify this and put in more names of museums, cathedrals, sites of interest and so on. This version represents more of a rough outline.

Pluto666
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Level 52
May 13, 2015
thank you for interesting quiz
Quizzer6794
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Level 65
Jul 1, 2015
So... how are you enjoying your trip? Where are you now?
kalbahamut
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Level 82
Jul 2, 2015
Some ups some downs. Currently on the Black Sea coast of Romania (the Atlantic Ocean according to jetpunk). Not as much fun as I remembered from my last trip here in 2004, but we've had beautiful weather the whole time I've been here and the beaches are full of gorgeous naked women so can't complain too much.
Quizzer6794
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Level 65
Jul 2, 2015
We? Did you take dhowe1461?
kalbahamut
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Level 82
Jul 3, 2015
Well... we as in me and my car... and everybody else in Constanta/Mamaia/Eforie.
kalbahamut
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Level 82
Jan 13, 2020
Man... looking back on these comments from 2020 it's interesting musing on some of the series of radical unforeseen changes that would take place in my life shortly after making this comment. Exactly 2 weeks later. Wish I had a time machine and could go back and warn my past self about a few things.
Emric
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Level 58
Apr 28, 2020
What do you mean kalbahamut ?
kalbahamut
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Level 82
Apr 28, 2020
Don't feel like getting in to it all. Just personal stuff.
Emric
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Level 58
Apr 29, 2020
I see. I don't think I'd like traveling alone for such a long time. Anyway, that's sad you couldn't make it until France, I bet you'd have loved it !
kalbahamut
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Level 82
Apr 29, 2020
My first trip overseas anywhere was to Paris in 1999 and I did love it there. Wonderful city. I was looking forward to returning. I got pretty close. I didn't abandon the trip until I was in Italy so France was the next stop. I went to Tunisia instead and then to the Philippines.
skiesboy
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Level 65
Jul 6, 2015
darn, I've only just seen this now, I have enjoyed reading your comments for a while now, and I was going to see if we could meet up when you were in Israel, but it looks like I missed the boat (or car in this case :-). Have a great trip I hope it all works out for you.
kalbahamut
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Level 82
Jul 6, 2015
I had a great time in Israel. Fascinating place. I spent a couple weeks near the old city of Jerusalem, by the old train station near Emek Refaim. Another couple weeks in Tel Aviv. A few days in Haifa. A month in Ramot. and a month in Beit Hanina. Plus day trips various other places. I think this gave me a pretty complete picture of what life is like there.
skiesboy
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Level 65
Jul 7, 2015
now I am even more gutted, cause I am living on Emek Refaim. Anyway, I can only wish you all the best on your further travels. I am glad you enjoyed Israel
kalbahamut
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Level 82
Jul 7, 2015
I loved that area. I miss the bagel shop that was right down the street from where I was staying. It was sooo good.
skiesboy
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Level 65
Jul 8, 2015
:) I think I know the one you are talking about, but find it a bit pricey. I guess one gets what one pays for. Do you have a link to a blog so that we can keep up with your travels, apart from stalking you on here :) lol
kalbahamut
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Level 82
Jul 8, 2015
Nah, I don't keep a blog. People have told me I should but I just never felt like it.
Dechnord
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Level 75
Aug 26, 2015
Only missed Constanta and Batman (Batman !!???!!).

But I really needed to stop the timer !

kalbahamut
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Level 82
Aug 27, 2015
Batman is unfortunately one of the destinations that was left off the final version of this trip.
gzx5
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Level 71
Nov 2, 2015
Out of all the countries you're visiting, why did you leave Germany out?
kalbahamut
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Level 82
Nov 3, 2015
1. I don't find Germany particularly interesting.

2. I was there before, in 2004.

3. the most important reason.. the Schengen Area means that I can only stay in the part of Europe covered by this zone for 3 months out of any given 6 months. My car means that I cannot be anywhere where it snows or I will get stuck. Most of the Schengen Area countries are in western, central, and northern Europe. Combine these factors together, and it becomes difficult to include certain countries on the route, such as Germany, Denmark, Sweden, and Norway. If I could have fit in more Scandinavian countries I definitely would have it was just difficult given these constraints. The path I take is a winding one because I need to move in and out of Schengen every 3 months to stay legal and I have to also stay to the south by the sea during the winter months or I get snowed on.

kalbahamut
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Level 82
Apr 24, 2016
btw I think I will pass through Germany now. And Sweden and Norway and Denmark. I think I found a way to squeeze them all in.
kalbahamut
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Level 82
Aug 20, 2016
and now that I'm in Sweden, I would say if there was any good reason to leave these countries out it would be that they are CRAZY expensive. Wth.

In Odessa I had a gorgeous high-rise apartment on the 19th floor overlooking the Black Sea, with floor to ceiling windows, with a kitchen, free underground parking, basically right on the beach, for $27/day.

Here in Stockholm a bed in a hostel dorm room is $50/night. Insanity. And Swedish girls aren't nearly as hot as you've heard. Gotta get out of here.

benzeller
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Level 64
Apr 23, 2016
Wow. I know I'm a bit late commenting, but this sounds like an amazing trip! How has it been?
kalbahamut
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Level 82
Apr 24, 2016
Some ups. Some downs. A lot of changes to the original plan (I think I will release a revised version when I'm done reflecting what actually happened). I'm in Thessaloniki right now. Car is in Skopje for some repairs. Hoping to start on my way to Ukraine after the weekend.
Neptune777
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Level 70
Jun 19, 2016
45/52! Have fun in Minsk!
Magarara
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Level 54
Aug 1, 2016
Great road trip. Love your quizzes.
SouthwestChief
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Level 72
Oct 15, 2016
Geez Kal, good luck. Only makes me more happy about the new country map feature.
kalbahamut
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Level 82
Oct 16, 2016
over 2 years down and a little more than 1 left to go.
Magarara
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Level 54
Dec 5, 2016
What a fascinating adventure! I do not understand the area you must pass through to remain legal though? What country do you call home? Do you begin to miss it at times? Have you experienced waking up and not having a vague idea where you are yet?
kalbahamut
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Level 82
Dec 5, 2016
The biggest hurdle about remaining legal is the Schegen Area because it encompasses so many different countries and I'm only legally allowed to stay there 90 out of any 180 calendar days. Though I do have two valid passports so I could cheat and stay there all the time if I wanted to.

As indicated in my profile, I am homeless.

When you have no home, there is nothing to miss about it. :) But there are things I miss about many different places I've been before. I miss friends and family all over the place but mostly in Virginia. I miss wonderful jambalaya pasta, basil duck, Todai sushi, etc etc from Virginia; $1 pho from Saigon, $4 portions of kalbi from Seoul; the excellent smoked mutabel and fantastic fried chicken I used to get down the street from my place in Riyadh; the amazing gyros from Cyprus; and so on. I miss the ass hoses of Saudi Arabia, as well as the warm weather in November. I miss the women in the Philippines and Thailand and Russia.

kalbahamut
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Level 82
Dec 5, 2016
I have indeed woken up several times and not been able to remember exactly where I was. Or remembered something and not been sure where it was that I formed that memory... that's a much more common problem.
sulfuratus
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Level 66
Feb 7, 2017
Really one of my favourite quizzes here. Might need a minute more or maybe it's just my tired brain at 3 am that takes eternities to read all the clues.
TinklePork
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Level 62
Apr 7, 2017
Kal, if you don't mind me asking, what do you do? I'm fascinated with all these places you've been, and it makes me wonder about your background. Are you a skilled tradesman? Do you have an inheritance or do you rely on the generosity of people in each country you visit?
kalbahamut
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Level 82
Apr 7, 2017
Unfortunately no inheritance. I have met others on this journey who have been traveling about for years with little or no cash at all- they hitchhike, volunteer, busk, beg, steal, camp, sleep on the street, dumpster dive, food save, couchsurf, etc to get by. But that's not me. I like CouchSurfing but more to meet people. I travel cheaply but there are some comforts and conveniences I'm not willing to give up. I made most of my money in Saudi Arabia where I worked at a couple different universities for about six years. They were well paid positions, taxes in Saudi are zero, and cost of living there is very low.
starfast
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Level 58
Apr 10, 2017
Wow... I'm not gonna lie I'm a little bit jealous. I'd love to do more travelling, but not having a job is making that kinda difficult at the moment. As of writing this, I've only travelled outside of North America once
geographyisthebestsubject
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Level 61
Apr 10, 2017
Impressive!
kalbahamut
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Level 82
Apr 11, 2017
How are so many people finding this all of a sudden?

Anyway, update, April 2017... for myriad different reasons... I decided to cut the trip short. I'm in Tunisia right now. Was recently in Italy. Made it about 2.5 years in to the trip which was supposed to last 3.5 years before running out of steam. I guess that's pretty good.

I'll post an updated version of this at some point since this quiz turned out to be so unexpectedly popular.

geoffers
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Level 82
Jun 21, 2017
Really interesting quiz, first one of hundreds that's caused me to comment! I'm looking forward to the updated version . . .
TWM03
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Level 70
Dec 4, 2017
If you type your name into the search box it comes up.
Malbaby
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Level 71
Apr 19, 2017
Kal I know you like a challenge so try my new Puzzle-Quiz called 'The CHALLENGE'........... it may get you thinking for a while.

http://www.jetpunk.com/user-quizzes/120558/the-challenge

MavsFanForLife25
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Level 73
Mar 11, 2018
I love this quiz! I only missed Ibiza
kalbahamut
+1
Level 82
Mar 12, 2018
Happy you enjoyed it. I never actually made it to Ibiza or Spain. Took a detour after Italy and abandoned the remainder of the trip. I've been meaning to make an updated version for over a year now.
ADPW
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Level 59
Mar 22, 2018
If you don't mind me asking, where are you from? I've always wondered. If its too personal a queston then don't worry :)
atothenthony
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Level 24
May 29, 2018
Kalbahamut, I made a quiz about where you've been around the world! Hope you check it out. Although I'm not too sure about the small European countries because I couldn't see if they were green or not. Please let me know if I got it right.
kalbahamut
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Level 82
May 29, 2018
the tiny countries I've been to that you might have missed include Vatican City, San Marino, Singapore, Bahrain (not recognized on JetPunk: Palestine, Transnistria, Adjara, Northern Cyprus, Disney World).

I've never been to Malta, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Monaco, or Andorra. I was planning to visit at least the last 2 and maybe the last 3 but I cut my trip through Europe short.

OfficerDibble
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Level 80
Aug 16, 2018
I've been to three of those. Not much to see in Liechtenstein - Vaduz is tiny, like a village in Switzerland. Luxembourg is pretty and pleasant and prosperous but as dull as you'd imagine. I'm surprised you haven't been to Monaco (I'm surprised you haven't lived there, in fact). A sunny place for shady people as they say, but spectacular in its way, and there's fun to be found. Well worth a visit.
kalbahamut
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Level 82
Aug 16, 2018
Of the 3 that was the one I was most looking forward to. I at least wanted to drive my Viper around the F1 circuit.
abalaji
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Level 36
Feb 20, 2019
why are your destinations a lot of middle eastern? Were you born in one of the middle eastern countries?
kalbahamut
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Level 82
Feb 20, 2019
I was born in the USA but I was working in Saudi Arabia for six years and I had an apartment in Bahrain, that's why my trip started there.
abalaji
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Level 36
Feb 20, 2019
But your trip seems very fun. Travelling is one of my favorite things to do:)
killuaoddly
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Level 45
Mar 8, 2019
Wow, I absolutely want to go on a trip like that! I wouldn't have to see Vienna, Zurich, Prague or Paris again (I live in western Austria about 2 hours away from Salzburg) but the other places like Petra or Odessa are an absolute "must" for me! But you are also going to non-touristy destinations like Georgia or Azerbaijan or Armenia! That sounds very interesting to me!

How awesome is that! I will be going on a tour through Scandinavia soon! I really recommend it, I've been to Norway and Iceland before already!

kalbahamut
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Level 82
Mar 9, 2019
Georgia is great and pretty popular with tourists now, though of course they don't get as many as most countries in Western or Central Europe. I never actually made it to Azerbaijan; I decided that the visa was too expensive just for a brief detour, so I spent more time in Georgia and Armenia instead. And I did go through Scandinavia: every Scandinavian and Nordic country except for Iceland, actually. I've been meaning to do a follow-up to this quiz about my actual trip rather than just the plan for it, but I haven't finished that one yet.
benjaminmarker
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Level 71
Sep 9, 2019
If you get the chance, you should go to Mount Athos in Greece. I've been there 3 times, and it is really a magical place. (Well, if you don't mind being woken up be the monks at 4am).
kalbahamut
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Level 82
Sep 9, 2019
I actually considered it, but decided not to.
GeoPhilia
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Level 56
Apr 18, 2020
100th comment
idontlikeit
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Level 43
Feb 11, 2021
how did the trip go
kalbahamut
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Level 82
Feb 11, 2021
Parts were great, parts were awful, I didn't finish the whole thing as planned but I might some day publish a quiz that reflects the actual events.
filiphoset
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Level 60
Mar 4, 2021
Planing any new trips in the future?
kalbahamut
+1
Level 82
Mar 4, 2021
Not right now, no. Gotta get my head right first.
SouthwestChief
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Level 72
May 20, 2021
Are you still living in Tunisia, or did you head back to the States? Also, did you buy a new car after yours was stolen by corrupt Serbians, or did you find other ways to get from Serbia to Tunisia?

Still hoping you one day may the updated quiz of where you actually went!

kalbahamut
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Level 82
May 20, 2021
Serbia > Kosovo by commuter van. Kosovo > Albania by rental car. Albania > Montenegro > Southern Croatia by bus. I think I found a cheap flight from Dubrovnik to Zagreb, then I was there for a while before flying back to the States around Christmas 2016. Then I flew from Washington to Los Angeles to meet someone. Flew back to Europe via London and then back to Serbia because I was still fighting to get my car back through their ridiculous kangaroo courts. In Zagreb the month before I had been trying to find some cheap 2nd-hand car I could buy in Europe but I had no luck with that. I think I got another rental car to get myself from Nis to Sarajevo. Then took a bus to Ljubljana. Train to the Slovene border and taxi across the border to Trieste because the train didn't hook up anymore. Another train to Venice, another to San Marino, another to Rome. My dad and sister flew over to meet me there and we took a rental car down the coast to Naples. I flew alone to Tunisia.
kalbahamut
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Level 82
May 20, 2021
I was only in Tunisia a couple of weeks before leaving and taking another flight to the Philippines. I'd be in the Philippines, Thailand, and Japan for the next year and half. Then I got an unexpected invite to see someone back in the States and so I went and wound up back here. I'm still in Virginia right now. This is now by far the longest I have been in the USA continuously since I graduated university back in January 2007.
SouthwestChief
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Level 72
Jun 7, 2021
I see. That doesn't sound as fun as driving around in the Viper. Now that you're in the States semi-permanently, are you back to teaching ESL? Or are you still living off of what you made in the KSA?
kalbahamut
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Level 82
Jun 8, 2021
Remarkably I still have a little bit of savings left. I live pretty frugally in most ways, in spite of what some people here seem to think of me. I've thought about going back to teaching but I haven't as of yet.
Dollyfroggy
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Level 60
May 12, 2023
Somehow I did really well with this quiz because my knowledge aligns with the answers. Some answers (Gdansk, Krakow, Marseille, Ibiza) that I haven't used in a while showed up here! Sounds like quite a fun trip.

Could you accept Marakesh, by any chance?

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