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I have New Zealand and Australian passports. I've been to 115 countries. Russia was a bit painful to get a visa due to bureaucracy. But for me so far Turkmenis

I have New Zealand and Australian passports. I've been to 115 countries. Russia was a bit painful to get a visa due to bureaucracy. But for me so far Turkmenistan was the most difficult to get into. I still have the really hard ones to go, though.

disordinary 11y ago
Which passport is best to travel on? I had a bit of bother with police corruption in northern China when they assumed we were Russians, but the NZ passport magically made it all go away.
- contingencies 11y ago
  I have NZ/AU/DE. In general NZ passports are better than Australian, particularly for many Muslim countries, but also for many other places like India, where NZ'ers get visa on arrival. Inexplicably to my knowledge, the reverse was true a few years ago for Tunisia, where Australians had an easier time than Kiwis. Re: police corruption in northern China, I suspect that you may have misinterpreted the situation. Documentation checks for foreigners nearing or leaving border regions are standard in China, I live there and have been through tens of them.
  - disordinary 11y ago
    No, we were pulled into the police station in Harbin after being set up by a taxi driver, they had a Russian translator there for us. When we pulled out the NZ passports the police officer started yelling at the taxi driver and we were herded out of the station. So it seems fairly clear that it was some sort of setup to try and get Russian tourists (who are potentially used to corruption). Or maybe they just don't like Russian's and pull them in to check them out. We also had issues crossing the border from Blagoveshensk to Hei Hei, but that was because the officer at the border (and this was all from body language, there were no translators or anything like that) was not convinced that the NZ passports were not fakes, probably they don't see much variety on that particular border crossing.
- pparkkin 11y ago
  According to this[1], that would be Finland, Sweden, Germany, and UK. I remember they used to provide the full list too, but now that seems to be behind a registration process, which I don't wish to go through. [1] https://www.henleyglobal.com/international-visa-restrictions/ https://www.henleyglobal.com/international-visa-restrictions...
  - harryc2011 11y ago
    The 2014 list is here: https://www.henleyglobal.com/files/download/hvri/HP%20Visa%20Restrictions%20Index%20141101.pdf https://www.henleyglobal.com/files/download/hvri/HP%20Visa%2...
executesorder66 11y ago
How do you manage to travel so much? What is your job, or how do you make money?
- stevoski 11y ago
  I run a software company. A very small software company. Instead of focusing on growing it, I've focused on being able to work part time and remotely.

disordinary 11y ago

Which passport is best to travel on? I had a bit of bother with police corruption in northern China when they assumed we were Russians, but the NZ passport magically made it all go away.

contingencies 11y ago
I have NZ/AU/DE. In general NZ passports are better than Australian, particularly for many Muslim countries, but also for many other places like India, where NZ'ers get visa on arrival. Inexplicably to my knowledge, the reverse was true a few years ago for Tunisia, where Australians had an easier time than Kiwis. Re: police corruption in northern China, I suspect that you may have misinterpreted the situation. Documentation checks for foreigners nearing or leaving border regions are standard in China, I live there and have been through tens of them.
- disordinary 11y ago
  No, we were pulled into the police station in Harbin after being set up by a taxi driver, they had a Russian translator there for us. When we pulled out the NZ passports the police officer started yelling at the taxi driver and we were herded out of the station. So it seems fairly clear that it was some sort of setup to try and get Russian tourists (who are potentially used to corruption). Or maybe they just don't like Russian's and pull them in to check them out. We also had issues crossing the border from Blagoveshensk to Hei Hei, but that was because the officer at the border (and this was all from body language, there were no translators or anything like that) was not convinced that the NZ passports were not fakes, probably they don't see much variety on that particular border crossing.
pparkkin 11y ago
According to this[1], that would be Finland, Sweden, Germany, and UK. I remember they used to provide the full list too, but now that seems to be behind a registration process, which I don't wish to go through. [1] https://www.henleyglobal.com/international-visa-restrictions/ https://www.henleyglobal.com/international-visa-restrictions...
- harryc2011 11y ago
  The 2014 list is here: https://www.henleyglobal.com/files/download/hvri/HP%20Visa%20Restrictions%20Index%20141101.pdf https://www.henleyglobal.com/files/download/hvri/HP%20Visa%2...

executesorder66 11y ago

How do you manage to travel so much? What is your job, or how do you make money?

stevoski 11y ago
I run a software company. A very small software company. Instead of focusing on growing it, I've focused on being able to work part time and remotely.