Definitely Irish. We only fight amongst ourselves and have never invaded anywhere.

Yes, I'm new. No, I don't have a bike...although I did have a go on a friends and managed to crash it within 5 minutes..... and being a selfish cow I only joined in the hope of getting a lift to Mauritania.

An Irish passport actually isn't good EVERYWHERE. I've been living in Colombia for a couple of years, where they require visas for Irish citizens, but not for almost anybody else.

Turns out that a few years back the Colombian government found out that the IRA had sold at least a few guns and bombs to the FARC (the marxist guerilla force that has been terrorizing Colombia for about 40 years), and threw in some military training as well. The visa isn't difficult to obtain, but you can't just show up at the border and cruise right in. They might spend a little time search the bike (and hard to reach body crevices) for some pocket-rocket-launchers.

I'm a dual citizen with the USA and New Zealand....and yes, I usually use my NZ passport, depending on how much time they'll give each citizenship in which ever country I'm entering. But the US one actually isn't that bad, at least not regarding hassle etc crossing borders. In some countries you might not want to tell some people that you're from the US, especially if they're toting a large fire-arm and wearing an anti Bush T-shirt, but in general I haven't had any problems.

I'll still stick to the NZ one however, just to make things a little easier should I happen to run into that marxist guerilla when I'm hitting up dirt tracks in the Colombian jungle.

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Mika, I know what you mean about small European countries having "good" passports, but if you ever take the train from Malmo to Kiruna, you'll never call Sweden a small country again! (and I'm sure you meant population-wise, I'm only remembering that long trip). My wife is Swedish and has had great luck around the world with her passport. I would disagree with you about the American passport being bad for travel, I've never had a passport problem in more than 40 countries. Having said that, there are some areas in the world I might visit with a Swedish passport that I wouldn't visit with an American passport (my application is currently underway with the Swedish government). Ride safe everyone, Dave.

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I have travelled around Africa, Europe, South America and the US for the past 10 - 15 years (only recently so on a bike during my Nigeria - Ghana trip) and have learnt to appreciate the advantages of my Argentinean passport.

1. No hassles in Europe or the US as long as you can provide a convincing explanation as to why you are visiting and why you will not overstay.
2. Can back up your low profile, I'm not rich approach when in Sub-Saharan Africa much better than an European or US passport would. Note: It won't work if you are sitting on a '06 1200GS
3. When in football (soccer in the US) loving countries, you can always get the meanest customs officers to smile and go easy on you by mentioning Maradona.
4. Not many people really know where Argentina is nor are they aware of our position on any conflicts.
5. You won't need visas that others don't apart from the US one and regional exceptions (eg: Nigerians travelling to Benin).

Note: probably a Brazilian passport would do the job marginally better on point 3 above as Maradona's era is long gone and Ronaldinho is much more widely known these days.