what's the best country to go to when its your first trip abroad?

My trip out of the country was actually to France and England with a group called People to People. It was mostly something that was planned for me and I didn't really choose the countries (although I certainly did choose to go on the trip). It was a good trip and it started some more traveling in my case. The year after that I went to Japan and then a couple years after that I went to Australia. For neophyte travelers, I think it depends on where their from and how comfortable they are with certain languages and how comfortable they are with being in a place that may not speak their language. Personally though, I'd recommend Australia as a first trip abroad. There's a ton of things you can do (since you can quite literally travel down their entire east coast or explore a bit of the outback by heading west) and if you're familiar with or are a native English speaker, then you're pretty well set in that regards.

When my father was alived he used to drive a Caravan and he and my mum traveled all across Europe - while she was pregnant of me she was in Ireland(and for this reason when I was born my head was full of freckles :P). They continued to travel until I was 5 and bought me with them, so I don't really remember what was the first country I visited(probably one between Denmark, Norway and Finland). But I do believe the best country to go for a first trip should be one close to your own - and one you know the language of.

Can I join in this discussion or is this discussion devoted only to them who have been away from their country? If I am allowed to give comment, I would be glad to say or tell which country I would like to visit on my first journey. According to me, the best country to go for the first trip is the country that you know well about it and reachable according to your financial states. I live in South-east Asia and my country situated nearby Singapore. So,I would really like to visit Singapore on my first trip. Singapore is Asian modern country in Asia and its port and harbor is the busiest in the world. I ventured out visiting this country.

My first big out of the country travel was ireland. For my first big trip, I wanted to go where I could understand the language, doing the money conversion was hard enough to remember! It was one of the places that i wanted to go. I had the best experience and learned so much of their culture. I definitely want to go back. For being there only a week & toured every day, there is so much I didn't get to see. Ireland is back on my list!!!

Hi friend my first travel in abroad is kuwait, its not really nice though because of their culture and environment and i hate sunstorm too. For me if i travel again i wish to fly U.S.A for the reason of to be with my fiancee and hopefull it will happen next year. Have a blessed day friend.

I would love to go to France (Paris to be specific) and it is something that I have been planning to do with my sister for quite a while now.I hope we can make it in 2012! :)

I think that a person wishing to visit his or her first country he or she should choose a country close to his or her home country. It should not have a very different culture for an easy and enjoyable first trip overseas. My home country is England and it is part of the United Kingdom. I visited France when I was a child, Greece at age 14, the Netherlands at age 17 and around Europe by train at 18 years old. At 19 years old I went to Tunisia in North Africa and St Lucia in the Caribbean. I traveled around the world when I was 20 to 21 years old. If a person comes from Germany any European country would be a suitable choice. If the person lives in Australia then New Zealand or Indonesia would be a good choice. I visited a place in Indonesia and amazingly the people hadn't been to Singapore. It was just four hours away by ferry. Now I am in my late thirties I have been to plenty more places in the world. I went to Colombia this year, Canada last year and South Africa the year before last.

Hello all, i have never been abroad i don even have a passport but the best country to go for my first trip will be America, America is the land of dreams its the land of opportunities and many such wonderful things and for the people outside India i would welcome you all to visit my country once so that you can see the most ancient temples monuments and the world famous Tajmahal and many more ancients places to visit. India is a land of heritage with unity in diversity I love my India..

Not any in particular but I would say somewhere that you know about and that you would be going there for a reason like a particular museum or landmark or something like that.

Like you said it depends on the ease of transport, attractions, language the cost of going there and staying there. The first trip abroad that I made was to Canada. In fact it is the only trip abroad that I have made. Canada has a lot of good attractions. Now in some parts of Canada the speak Canadian-French. In quite a few places though I have noticed that they to speak English though. Yeah it is a little more expensive there than Vietnam but it is cheaper to travel there than it is to fly to Cambodia or Vietnam.

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For me I will choose Jerusalem.I want to visit the place Jesus Christ was born.