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
					(32 Total w Mex & Can)