Originally Posted by US Fly Guy

OK, spent 2 weeks in Papua New Guinea in September, then 12 days in October visiting (safe) places in Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso (Burkina was the most fun btw).

So now I'm down to just 4 countries left to visit:
(1) Pakistan
(2) Syria
(3) Yemen
and (shudder) the exotic and elusive
(4) Bahamas.

Also, while I was in PNG, I visited Bougainville for a couple of days, since they're having an independence referendum next June which seems highly likely to pass (the New Caledonia one next month will almost certainly fail). I'll be heading for Pakistan in December, and trying for Damascus early next year. Yemen is a bigger problem...

But there is light at the end of the tunnel! There are varying opinions online as to how many people have done this, so not sure where I fit in...