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Anonymous09/01/25, 21:34No.2819222Real Traveler's map™ thread, sponsored by SPLORED.COM©
Post your travel maps in this thread. Pic related is the official /trv/ Real Traveler's map™, edition 4.0.5
Fill in the countries and subdivisions you have visited, talk about your map and ask others about their maps. You can use the map however you like, the colors are more like suggestions, you don't have to use them, and you don't have to use all of them. You can add or remove colors and change the map as much as you want in any way you want. Don't like this map? Upload a completely different one. Up to you. Despite what some might say, there's no "wrong" way to use the map, and new posters and less travelled people are welcome and encouraged to stay and post :) This map is a group effort by our board, and we can only improve it if people reach out to share suggestions or corrections.
This is the newest edition of the map, edition 4.0.5, updated for September 2025. Thanks to an Anon in the previous thread, it is now easier than ever to fill in the map. You can use the website splored.com to easily color in entire countries with a single click. At the time of making this thread, it uses the old 4.0.4 template, so you still need to update it to 4.0.5 with the simplified template, but hopefully Anon will update the website after I make this thread.
Topic for this thread: Should we have a Real Traveler's Discord? Just something I've been thinking about. I don't use Discord myself, so it's not important to me, but it could be nice to have a hangout for the regulars or a "backup" in case 4chan goes down again or somewhere to share subdivision news if there's no thread up. Just interested in hearing your opinions on this.
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Anon09/01/25, 21:34No.2819223
Pic rel is a simple template you can paste over your old map to update it, but only if your old map is the 4.0.4 edition. Otherwise you have to use the template in the OP.Changelog for the 4.0.5 edition:
>changed to the borders of the Historical Latvian Lands, formerly the Cultural Regions of Latvia
>added three new provinces of Angola
>added nine new regions of Mali
>reduced the number of provinces in Burundi as per their new administrative reform
>added five new city and city-and-county councils in Ireland (Galway, Cork, Dublin)
>merged the provinces of Vietnam following their regional reform
>tweaked the borders of Iraq and the Republic of the Congo
>joined Trinidade and Martim Vaz to Espiritu Santu in Brazil, as per an Anon's request
>fixed some pixels in Indonesia
>new DLC, Danish counties and Montenegrin municipalities (IMHO they didn't turn out that pretty, but hey, they're there if you want to use them)
>the British Indian Ocean Territory will be handed over to Mauritius, but the deal isn't ratified yet so I've waited to include it on the map
Philippines. Too complicated for a single line of greentext. Fixed the regional borders, I added Negro Islands Region as well as separated Sulu from Bangsamoro, Sulu is not a part of any region anymore but it's not a region in itself either, so who knows what they're doing. I then replaced the regions with the provinces, as those are the ones actually used for administrative purposes, I THINK. It's not entirely clear. I asked /asean/ on /int/ and that was how I understood it, that the provinces are the primary administrative division, and the regions are more statistical groupings. Manila and Zamboanga City are not part of any province, so they are added separately. The city of Isabela is part of Zamboanga REGION, but Basilan PROVINCE. Correct me if I'm wrong in any of this. In any case, the regions have been added as DLC.
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Anon09/01/25, 21:35No.2819225
This map comes with "DLC", which are optional regions you can add for a few select countries. It's hard to make a good Real Traveler's Map without having some regions be too small or too large, or sometimes the official divisions are not perfect for a traveler for whatever reason. Up to you if you want to change one or more countries. Feel free to add or suggest others if you want.What counts as having visited or lived in a subdivision? Completely up to you, use your own definition. If you need official guidance however, I personally like this Anon's post:
https://archive.4plebs.org/trv/thread/2337267/#2340603In short, any visit of any length counts as a visit as long as you made a conscious effort to go there for touristic reasons. This excludes layovers and transits and such, but includes short visits such as leaving the airport for a few hours during a layover. For living, more than a month for non-touristic reasons, meaning you could travel around while there, but the reason you went was work or study or such.
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Anon09/01/25, 21:35No.2819226
There's also the Ultra Deluxe Autism Edition, with second level subdivisions for the USA, Canada, Russia, China and India. This was made as a one-off and won't be updated regularly. It's accurate as of March 2023, if you spot a mistake, please notify OP and it'll be fixed.
Changelog for US and Canada:
https://archive.4plebs.org/trv/thread/2337267/#2342099
There's also this map:
https://archive.4plebs.org/trv/thread/2427017/#2427024
with more second level subdivisions, but I haven't gone over it and can't guarantee its accuracy.I combined it all into one map for simplicity. Link to the individual countries here:
>USA
https://i.imgur.com/XpinlB0.png
>Canada
https://i.imgur.com/KgWPFHe.png
>USA and Canada
https://i.imgur.com/cU5xf8N.png
>Russia
https://i.imgur.com/WvR20fF.png
>China
https://i.imgur.com/cXZls4F.png
>India
https://i.imgur.com/oOInCV5.png
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Anon09/01/25, 21:36No.2819227
Instructions on how to use the map with MS Paint, courtesy of Dutch Anon.How do you fill in the map? It's very easy. You only need to use two buttons, which I have circled in red.
Say you want to colour a specific region light red, you click the tool that I marked B, and you'll see your cursor takes the shape of that tool. Then you left click the colour you want to use, i.e. the big circle. You'll notice that colour 1, which I marked C, changes to light red.
If you repeat this process but you RIGHT click a coloured circle instead of left clicking it, you will select the colour as colour 2. Let's click dark red. This way you can have both shades of red selected at the same time, which makes colouring in the map more convenient, especially when doing big countries.
Now you select the tool which I marked A. Let's get to colouring. Say you want to colour Indiana in light red and you want to colour Ohio in dark red. Easy. Left click Indiana and right click Ohio.
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Anon09/01/25, 21:36No.2819228
Obscure and overlooked territories cheat sheet. Fun and useful map made by another Anon about the small island nations, various dependencies and other territories that can be difficult to pinpoint on the map.
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Anon09/01/25, 21:37No.2819229
And finally, here's my map. As usual I haven't done anything particularly interesting the past year. Only addition so far in 2025 is that I went on a roadtrip to Møre og Romsdal county. Super nice nature, you should go there if you get the chance.
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Anon09/01/25, 22:26No.2819255
Next destination: INDIA!!!
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Anon09/03/25, 18:33No.2819927
This is splored anon, great work bro.I'll add the map update to the todo list. I'm currently working on a map model which can be used to add a bunch of new features like map region labels, more advanced filters for the community page, give stats for your map and other stuff. It's a pretty long tedious task so it won't be that fun but I'll chip away at it.I think the discord is a good idea, if you set it up I'll add a link to it in the sites nav.
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Anon09/06/25, 07:25No.2820841
Just got back from Japan and I'm already thinking about a second trip there.But before that I probably will want to do a trip to Italy and one to Poland for genealogy stuff.My trip to Japan was two weeks but now I think it might be a more efficient use of PTO to do two one week trips a year than one two week trips. At least until I switch jobs and have an opportunity to take a longer one between jobs.Learned a few things from Japan, including not to go there during the summer and also it's probably worth not being so cheap with hotels and also that it's a good idea to include rest days on a longer trip.If I go to Italy I can't decide if I would rather do Florence Rome and Naples or a Northern Italy trip to Venice during Carnival and then go skiing and see an Opera in Milan.If I go to Poland I'm not sure if I would rather do the entire trip in Poland, or add on either Ukraine or Czechia.
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Anon09/06/25, 18:58No.2821056
Lol why would I give you free data so you earn money? Go scrape this site like everyone else.
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Anon09/07/25, 04:48No.2821274
>Own country
Tijuana, Saltillo, San luis, Guadalajara, Cdmx, Cd Neza
>USA
Los Angeles, Hoboken, Manhattan
>Japan
Tokyo, Chiba, Nagoya, Kyoto, Nara, Osaka
>China
Beijing.No hate against China but that was my first time traveling to a country where I couldn't communicate efficiently with people. Their broken english was worse than the japanese and even when they used their phones to translate to english it was a nightmare.
Plus it's not my first language either so I'll just stick with more Japan, English and Spanish speaking countries in the future.
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Anon09/08/25, 00:12No.2821550
Just finished up a trip to Iceland with my girl, was a pretty amazing place. Reminded me a lot of Alaska and Highlands Scotland, really enjoyed getting off the beaten path and dipping in random hot springs
Mostly focused on hitting all 50 states right now. Just in the preliminary stages for a few potential tripsIndiana: I think it would be cool to see the Indy500, poke around Indianapolis and go to the Indiana DunesMississippi: For this I'd either chill in some town on the gulf, I've heard they have some underrated spots for that, or do a civil war trip with my dad for the Mississippi river campaign. We went to Gettysburg and Antietam alreadyWashington: I've always wanted to take the sleeper Amtrak to Seattle, would be fun to check out Spokane as well.I'm sure there are a lot more I could do, I prefer to spend about a week in each state driving around and doing stuff so I can actually see a fair amount. Suggestions appreciated
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Anon09/08/25, 15:24No.2821749
Next destination : a lot of France and probably Ireland in the next years
I would also like to visit Italia a bit more than I did
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Anon09/12/25, 02:12No.2822868
>Montenegro
Cringe
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Anon09/13/25, 12:30No.2823317
Just came back from a quick work trip to Ingerland
Vacation to Tunisia with the gf is next
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Anon09/13/25, 13:54No.2823324
i got bored filling in regions visited.
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Anon09/13/25, 14:09No.2823327
So do you all admit that the main reason you travel is to mark off the places you’ve been on a map and show people? Travelers are such insufferable and obnoxious faggots
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Anon09/13/25, 17:05No.2823365
Here's mine
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Anon09/14/25, 20:51No.2823704
How am I doing at 24 years old?
This winter i'll add Korea, China, Thailand and possibly Laos or the Philippines
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Anon09/15/25, 18:11No.2823960
Been doing quite a bit of travel, but mostly to the same countries/regions as I've already visited. The new ones since the last time I posted are Stockholm, the Warsaw region and Antalya.Thinking of not traveling much, in the immediate future, but might try to fill out all of Finland soon.
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Anon09/17/25, 18:30No.2824617
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Anon09/19/25, 13:34No.2825286
I'd really like to go to one of those North Atlantic Islands. I'm not sure if its a good idea for someone who can't drive though.I'd like to get the mainland UK done though.
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Anon09/21/25, 11:45No.2825948
Added some more regions in China and did a train ride from Kunming to Vientiane in Laos. Next trip will be exploring more of central asia and stan countries. My autism also requires me to 100% europe at some point not much left.
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Anon09/21/25, 22:29No.2826093
Literally just started traveling on my own for the first time this year at 25. Everything outside of Germany is just family trips from years ago or places near me. I've been traveling around my own region lately, seeing new places in states I've already been, which isn't reflected on this map.
In October I'm taking a New England road trip, In November I'm in Quebec, and then in December, I haven't fully decided, but I'm either going somewhere new in Europe, or to the freaking Caucasus in Georgia/Armenia
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Anon09/23/25, 02:11No.2826458
Here's mine, just came back from Colombia.
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Anon09/28/25, 10:12No.2828059
Almost everything done by bicycle.
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Anon10/04/25, 02:01No.2829602
Back from Croatia/Bosnia, fun trip overallMight do Paris in December, also still unsure about my longer vacation for spring 2026, torn between Taiwan with a side trip to Japan, Nepal/Bhutan or Australia (or something else I haven't come up with yet)
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Anon10/04/25, 04:21No.2829629
I really don't understand europeans who have never been to some of their neighbouring countries that are no more than a few hours driving away. (and even more convenient with trains)
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Anon10/04/25, 17:59No.2829770
I will focus on Europe for the upcoming years. Plan to visit most of Ireland, north of Italy, and South of Germany.
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Anon10/04/25, 21:27No.2829804
>>t. 19 yo boy in collegeHonestly id like advice from what seem to be great people. My life was pretty great up until a month ago when my girl said I wanted to kill her.
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Anon10/08/25, 05:08No.2830713
There's so much to see in the world fuck
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Anon10/08/25, 06:57No.2830745
It's not much but I like to really see a country. Regional there is a lot but I can't quite remember everywhere and it's very tedious to do. Southern Hemisphere is just a distance thing, I have plans.
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Anon10/19/25, 00:32No.2833724
Bump