I'm sorry to say that I've never been out of the USA. I don't count Tijuana (Mexico) when I went there for a couple of hours with my family when I was in high school. I have a master's in Chinese studies and am a Buddhist from a sect out of Japan, but I've never been fortunate enough to go to any part of Asia. Would love to go to Australia, New Zealand, parts of Asia, Russia, Sweden, and Norway (since I still have relatives in Sweden and Norway). Maybe someday...when I win the lottery....

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