Originally Posted by
paul4471
Hey no-one commented on your admirable goal of all countries in 5 years. I did a rough calc and given there at least 192 recognized countries in the world (an a lot more depending on how you define them) you would have to be getting to a new country about every 9 days starting now! I hope you already have some countires up your sleeve or you will deifintely become the ultimate road warrior - at least you'll be likely to win the AA competition when you write of your travels
Looks like a lot of DONE6's to me as well!
My more tame goal is to stay ahead of my Birth in years. I'm 36 and well ahead at the moment but I'm already noticing that it is becoming increasingly harder to add countries. Africa is getting me a few at the moment but the OW services (or lack thereof) in there are killing me - RJ has definitely improved things but I wish EK was part of the alliance too.
Good Luck, paul4471^
My thoughts too. 5 years for approx 200 countries (depending on which list you use) is very ambitious. I try to visit 12+ new countries each year (average 1 per month). It is getting harder to achieve this every year.