Originally Posted by AAaLot
I have a friend that is MISSING 23 only countries of the possilbe 317.
He is a memeber of
http://www.travelerscenturyclub.org/countries.html
San Blas Islands,
San Andres and Providencias,
Fernando do Noronha,
Line/Phoenix Islands,
Ogasawara,
Okinawa,
American Samoa,
Tokelau Islands,
Andaman-Nicobar Islands,
Lakshadweep, Lampedusa,
Srpska,
North Yemen,
South Yemen,
Libya,
Afghanistan,
Bhutan,
Hainan Island,
North Korea,
Mongolia,
Siberia,
Sikkim, and
Sri Lanka
Is he the winner so far?
Well, the list of 317 used by the Travelers Century Club is quite different from the list most of us are using. The Travelers Century Club in some cases breaks up sovereign nations into smaller units. For example, the San Blas Islands are part of the Republic of Panama. I've been to those islands, so that would add one to my total count. And I'm pretty sure there are other differences that would also increase my count slightly.
Most of us posting here are more or less using the list of 250 countries that
ozstamps posted at the beginning of this thread:
Originally Posted by ozstamps
These 2 lists do NOT include non-existent "countries" or "territories/dependencies" often commonly misidentified as such - like Scotland, Tasmania, Easter Island, Wales, Newfoundland, Alaska, Micronesia, Lapland, Galapagos Islands, Antarctica, etc, etc
http://www.worldatlas.com/dependtr.htm in conjunction WITH -
http://www.worldatlas.com/nations.htm
All that said, though, I'm not detracting from your friend's achievement!
Have you persuaded him to join FlyerTalk yet, or is he too busy bagging countries?
