Monday, December 13, 2010

Where I've been...

My dad... has been bugging me since mid-summer to send him a spreadsheet of all the places I’ve been since moving to Qatar. Three years worth of travel and a major chunk of my savings… all put down into the format that my retired accountant father understands best. I stayed late at work one night last week digging up dates and places. I had to reread my own blog to find out where the hell I went! My email calendar was necessary to get the correct dates. I even had to search my airline frequent flyer miles site and look up obscure Indian national holidays to get the days in order. But finally, I came up with a pretty accurate list… check it out at the end of the page.

Also, I’ve decided to add the map below from the facebook application “Where I’ve Been” to the blog every time I update… which is rarely. Seriously, I’m still four… shit… five trips behind with another trip coming up… I’ve got to get ahead of the game over the holidays.



I’ll be spending the holidays working, moving chemicals from our old labs and into the new (now three years old) building. Doha simply gets too hot from spring to fall to safely move explosive and flammable liquids in my car. I will be taking a little trip with some friends after Christmas to Croatia… so at least I have that to look forward to.

To everyone… have a very, Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

ben

Arrival Date
Leave Date City Country Different Countries Visited

1/3/2008 Houston, TX USA 1
1/3/2008
8/3/2008 Doha Qatar 2
8/3/2008
8/8/2008 Mauritius Mauritius 3
9/27/2008
9/29/2008 New Dehli India 4
9/29/2008
9/29/2008 Agra India
9/29/2008
10/1/2008 Thekkadi India
10/1/2008
10/4/2008 Kumarakom India
10/4/2008
10/6/2008 Munnar India
10/6/2008
10/7/2008 Kochi India
11/20/2008
11/23/2008 Dubai United Arab Emirates 5
12/3/2008
12/3/2008 Frankfurt Germany 6
12/3/2008
12/6/2008 Munich Germany
12/6/2008
12/8/2008 Salzburg Austria 7
12/8/2008
12/13/2008 Paris France 8
12/14/2008
1/3/2009 Houston, TX USA
1/3/2009
3/21/2009 Doha Qatar
3/21/2009
3/24/2009 Cairo Egypt 9
3/24/2009
3/25/2009 Alexandria Egypt
3/25/2009
5/28/2009 Doha Qatar
5/28/2009
5/30/2009 Bangkok Thailand 10
5/30/2009
6/2/2009 Nakhon Ratchasima Thailand
6/2/2009
6/6/2009 Ao Nang Thailand
6/6/2009
6/8/2009 Bangkok Thailand
6/8/2009
9/3/2009 Doha Qatar
9/3/2009
9/7/2009 Maldives Maldives 11
9/7/2009
9/17/2009 Doha Qatar
9/17/2009
9/21/2009 Beijing China 12
9/21/2009
9/23/2009 Xian China
9/23/2009
9/25/2009 Shanghai China
9/25/2009
11/26/2009 Doha Qatar
11/26/2009
12/2/2009 Albany, OR USA
12/2/2009
12/19/2009 Doha Qatar
12/19/2009
12/21/2009 Bangkok Thailand
12/21/2009
12/22/2009 Chiang Mai Thailand
12/22/2009
12/22/2009 Chiang Rai Thailand
12/22/2009
12/23/2009 Chiang Kong Laos 13
12/23/2009
12/24/2009 Pakbeng Laos
12/24/2009
12/27/2009 Luang Prabang Laos
12/27/2009
12/29/2009 Vieng Vang Laos
12/29/2009
12/31/2009 Vientiane Laos
12/31/2009
1/1/2010 Lak Sao Laos
1/1/2010
1/3/2010 Hanoi Vietnam 14
1/3/2010
1/5/2010 Ha Long Bay Vietnam
1/5/2010
1/8/2010 Sapa Vietnam
1/8/2010
1/9/2010 Hanoi Vietnam
1/9/2010
1/10/2010 Kuala Lumpur Malaysia 15
1/10/2010
2/25/2010 Doha Qatar
2/25/2010
2/28/2010 Goa India
2/28/2010
3/21/2010 Doha Qatar
3/21/2010
3/22/2010 Houston, TX USA
3/22/2010
3/26/2010 San Francisco, CA USA
3/26/2010
3/28/2010 Houston, TX USA
3/28/2010
3/29/2010 Doha Qatar
4/8/2010
4/10/2010 Manama Bahrain 16
4/10/2010
5/31/2010 Doha Qatar
5/31/2010
6/1/2010 Nairobi Kenya 17
6/1/2010
6/2/2010 Mt. Kenya Kenya
6/2/2010
6/4/2010 Samburu Kenya
6/4/2010
6/4/2010 Lake Naguru Kenya
6/4/2010
6/5/2010 Nyahururu Kenya
6/5/2010
6/7/2010 Masai Mara Kenya
6/7/2010
6/8/2010 Nairobi Kenya
6/8/2010
6/25/2010 Doha Qatar
6/26/2010
6/27/2010 Stockholm Sweden 18
6/27/2010
6/28/2010 Helsinki Finland 19
6/29/2010
6/29/2010 Tallinn Estonia 20
6/29/2010
7/2/2010 Tartu Estonia
7/2/2010
7/3/2010 Helsinki Finland
7/3/2010
7/16/2010 Doha Qatar
7/16/2010
8/2/2010 Lake, MI USA
8/3/2010
9/11/2010 Doha Qatar
9/11/2010
9/12/2010 Amman Jordan 21
9/12/2010
9/12/2010 Mt. Nebu, Dead Sea Jordan
9/12/2010
9/14/2010 Petra Jordan
9/14/2010
9/15/2010 Amman Jordan
9/15/2010
9/25/2010 Doha Qatar
9/25/2010
9/26/2010 Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates
9/26/2010
10/11/2010 Doha Qatar
10/11/2010
10/14/2010 Berlin Germany
10/14/2010
10/16/2010 Prague Czech Republic 22
10/16/2010
10/17/2010 Bratislava Slovakia 23
10/17/2010
10/19/2010 Vienna Austria
10/19/2010
12/28/2010 Doha Qatar
12/28/2010
12/30/2010 Split Croatia 24
12/30/2010
12/30/2010 Neum Bosnia & Herzegovina 25
12/30/2010
1/1/2011 Dubrovnik Croatia
1/1/2011
2/15/2011 Doha Qatar
2/15/2011
2/15/2011 Dubai United Arab Emirates
2/15/2011
2/18/2011 Doha Qatar
2/18/2011
2/19/2011 Rome Italy 26
2/19/2011
2/20/2011 Genoa Italy
2/20/2011
2/21/2011 Marseilles France
2/21/2011
2/23/2011 Rabat Malta 27
2/23/2011
2/25/2011 Alexandria Egypt
2/25/2011
2/26/2011 Port Said, Cairo Egypt
2/26/2011
2/27/2011 Jerusalem, Bethlehem Israel 28
2/27/2011
2/28/2011 Paphlos Cyprus 29
2/28/2011
3/1/2011 Crete Greece 30
3/1/2011
3/3/2011 Naples Italy
3/3/2011
3/4/2011 ?? Italy
3/4/2011
3/5/2011 ?? Italy
3/5/2011
3/6/2011 ?? Italy
3/6/2011
3/7/2011 ?? Italy
3/7/2011
3/8/2011 Rome Italy
3/8/2011
3/24/2011 Doha Qatar
3/24/2011
3/27/2011 Anaheim, CA USA
3/28/2011
?? Doha Qatar





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