ajGoes

My nine-year-old self takes offense at your remark, even if his half-century older current incarnation has to bow to its logic.

In fact I was well into middle age when I first set foot in Georgia, which would have been my forty-sixth state if only I could have persuaded myself that I could legitimately count ATL as Georgia.

rankourabu

Exactly, my flightmemory only says 91, openflights 93. So there are 40+ missing, which I am guessing I visited by land/sea only.

DutchDelight

1. Argentina
2. Austria
3. Azores (Portugal)
4. Belgium
5. Benin
6. Brazil
7. Brunei
8. Bulgaria
9. Czech Republic
10. Denmark
11. Egypt
12. France
13. Gambia
14. Germany
15. Ghana
16. Greece
17. Guatemala
18. Honduras
19. Hungary
20. Iceland
21. India
22. Indonesia
23. Ireland, Republic of
24. Italy
25. Japan
26. Malawi
27. Malaysia
28. Morocco
29. Namibia
30. Netherlands
31. Norway
32. Paraguay
33. Poland
34. Singapore
35. Slovakia
36. South Africa
37. Spain
38. Sri Lanka
39. Sweden
40. Switzerland
41. Tanzania
42. Togo
43. Turkey
44. United Kingdom
45. United States
46. Uruguay
47. Zambia
48. Zimbabwe

And in April I can add Tunisia to the list.

jackal

Your comment made me chuckle, as it's all too true. There's the "fun" list my inner child keeps track of, and then there's the serious list that my quarter-century-older self would actually share in normal conversation with rational people. But maintaining that fun (and more inflated) list is something no one should deprive me of (and I once had a friend try to do that!).

CMK10

I have a world map on my bedroom wall and the names of the countries I've been to are ringed in sharpie. Next to the names of countries I've just used an airport in (Egypt, Cape Verde and Panama) are an *

elynchking

1. Australia
2. Austria
3. Barbados
4. Belarus
5. Botswana
6. Burma/Myanmar
7. Cambodia
8. Canada
9. China
10. Czech Republic
11. Dominican Republic
12. Ecuador
13. Egypt
14. Fiji
15. France
16. Germany
17. Grand Cayman
18. Guatemala
19. Hong Kong
20. Hungary
21. India
22. Indonesia
23. Italy
24. Jamaica
25. Lesotho
26. Macedonia
27. Madagascar
28. Malawi
29. Mauritius
30. Mexico
31. Moldova
32. Morocco
33. Namibia
34. Nepal
35. Netherlands
36. New Zealand
37. Peru
38. Poland
39. Senegal
40. Serbia
41. Singapore
42. Slovakia
43. Slovenia
44. South Africa
45. St. Vincent and the Grenadines
46. Swaziland
47. Thailand
48. Turkey
49. Ukraine
50. United Kingdom
51. United States
52. Vietnam

Airports only: Japan, Cape Verde, Sweden, Ghana and I'm sure some that I can't remember...

Baldpacker

I now track my lists on my travel blog:

UN+3: http://baldpacker.com/how-many-countries-in-the-world

TCC: http://baldpacker.com/travelers-century-club-countries

Not bad considering I just turned 30 in April...

ironmanjt

1) I absolutely LOVE the name of your blog

2) I'm glad my "UN+3" concept has caught on...it really makes the most sense to me. UN members, plus those that at least half of UN members recognize.

Baldpacker

Thanks man. I like the UN+3 concept but part of me would like to add Taiwan as well (Vatican, Palestine, and Kosovo being the other 3).

In any event, it was just this year that I started learning about the disputed status of countries and the TCC list and whatnot. It has been an interesting geography lesson to say the least!

DesertNomad

Recently added Somaliland and Ethiopia… up to 87 now.

jackal

My list, which I've preemptively updated with the two other new countries I haven't yet visited but will be visiting later this week: http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/12288031-post710.html

I'll post this now that my season of international travel is winding down until I visit New Zealand this October. It's been a productive six months, though, with 16 (by TCC count) new countries added since January.

Totals as of next week: 68 by UN+4 (I'm counting Taiwan--I don't care what anyone says; it's it's own country) and 78 by TCC. Can't believe that the 100 Club is actually within reach!

Next destinations: New Zealand in October and South Africa (and possibly a few surrounding countries) next March/April.

ironmanjt

Great You, the US, Burkina Faso, Paraguay, and a handful of small islands can hang out and proclaim it to be so

If you're counting Taiwan I'm counting Transdniester...they have their own military, sooo

It's a slippery slope! (All meant in jest - no flames please)

ColoradoGal

1. Australia
2. Austria
3. Bahrain
4. Belgium
5. Botswana
6. Brazil
7. Canada
8. China
9. Costa Rica
10. Czech Republic
11. France
12. Germany
13. Greece
14. Hungary
15. Ireland
16. Japan
17. North Korea
18. Liechtenstein
19. Luxembourg
20. Mexico
21. Netherlands
22. New Zealand
23. Peru
24. Poland
25. Russian Federation
26. South Korea
27. Switzerland
28. Turkey
29. United Kingdom
30. Vatican City
31. Zambia
32. Zimbabwe

powerful pete

1. Albania
2. Armenia
3. Austria
4. Belgium
5. Belize
6. China
7. Djibouti
8. Egypt
9. Ethiopia
10. France
11. Germany
12. Georgia
13.Greece
14. Honduras
15. India
16. Iraq
17. Ireland, Republic of
18. Italy
19. Jordan
20. Kenya
21. Kosovo
22. Lituania
23. Macedonia (FYR)
24. Malaysia
25. Mauritania
26. Mexico
27. Moldova
28. Mongolia
29. Morocco
30. Netherlands
31. Poland
32. Romania
33. Saudia Arabia
34. Slovakia
35. South Africa
36. Sweden
37. Switzerland
38. Thailand
39. Tunisia
40. Turkey
41. Ukraine
42. United Kingdom
43. United States
44. Zambia
45. Vatican City

hauteboy

At #162 now (if using UN+4, #161 if UN+3) after my recent trip to the South Pacific. Either way, 35 more to go. I have trips planned to 9-11 more countries through Jan 2015, that will leave me with ~25 more.