Oct 19, 2018, 4:49 pm
Poll - how many countries have you visited?
Jan 16, 2019, 11:06 pm
#1486
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The List I tend to follow is the Travelers’ Century Club (TCC) which is currently a list of 327 sovereign states, assorted overseas territories and other categories. Not everyone will agree with the list - Indonesia and the UK, for instance, have seven separate listings each and this is because of their varying degrees of political autonomy. Some islands (such as Crete or Norfolk Island) are listed separately if they are beyond 100 miles of the mainland. I’ve met several people in weird places like Pitcairn Island and Tristan da Cunha who are chasing down this list in quite an obsessive, even slavish manner.
As for myself, I have currently visited 187 of which 118 are fully sovereign/UN member states. My list is divided as per the TCC Club. http://travelerscenturyclub.org/coun...nd-territories
PACIFIC
American Samoa; Australia; Bismarck Archipelago; Cook Islands; Easter Island; Fiji; French Polynesia; Hawaii; New Caledonia; New Zealand; Niue; Norfolk Island; Palau; Papua New Guinea; Pitcairn Islands; Samoa; Solomon Islands; Tonga; Vanuatu; Wallis & Futuna.
NORTH AMERICA
Canada; Mexico; St Pierre & Miquelon; USA.
CENTRAL AMERICA
Belize; Costa Rica; El Salvador; Guatemala; Honduras; Nicaragua; Panama.
SOUTH AMERICA
Argentina; Brazil; Chile; Uruguay.
CARIBBEAN
Anguilla; Antigua & Barbuda; Aruba; Bahamas; Barbados; Bonaire; BVI; Cayman Islands; Cuba; Curacao; Dominica; Dominican Republic; Grenada; Guadaloupe; Jamaica; Martinique; Montserrat; Puerto Rico; Saba & St Eustatius; Saint-Barthelemy; Saint-Martin; St Vincent & The Grenadines; Sint Maarten; St Kitts & Nevis; St Lucia; Trinidad & Tobago; Turks & Caicos Islands; USVI.
ATLANTIC OCEAN
Ascension Island; Azores; Canary Islands; Cape Verde Islands; Falkland Islands; Greenland; Iceland; Madeira; South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands; St Helena; Tristan da Cunha.
EUROPE
Albania; Andorra; Austria; Balearic Islands; Belgium; Bulgaria; Corsica; Crete; Croatia; Cyprus (UK); Cyprus (Rep); Czechia; Denmark; England; Estonia; Finland; France; Germany; Greece; Greece (Rhodes); Greece (Ionian); Hungary; Isle of Man; Italy; Jersey; Latvia; Lithunania; Luxembourg; Malta; Monaco; Montenegro; Netherlands; Norway; Poland; Portugal; Romania; Russia; San Marino; Scotland; Serbia; Sicily; Slovakia; Slovenia; Spain; Sweden; Switzerland; Turkey in Europe; Vatican City; Wales.
ANTARCTICA
British Antarctic Territory; Chilean Peninsula.
AFRICA
Algeria; Angola; Benin; Botswana; Egypt (African); Ghana; Kenya; Libya; Malawi; Morocco; Mozambique; Namibia; Sao Tome & Principe; South Africa; Tanzania; Togo; Tunisia; Zambia; Zanzibar; Zimbabwe.
MIDDLE EAST
Abu Dhabi; Ajman; Bahrain; Dubai; Egypt (Sinai); Fujairah; Jordan; Oman; Qatar; Ras al Khaimah; Sharjah; Syria; Umm al Qaiwan.
INDIAN OCEAN
Amirante Islands (Aldabra); Maldives; Mauritius; Mayotte; Seychelles.
ASIA
Brunei; Cambodia; Hong Kong; India; Indonesia (Java/Lesser Sundas/Malaku/Irian Jaya/Sulawesi); Kazakhstan; Kyrgyzstan; Laos; Macau; Malaysia; Myanmar; Philippines; Sabah; Sarawak; Singapore; Sri Lanka; Thailand; Turkey in Asia; Vietnam.
Next stop - Peru, Ecuador, Galapagos, Colombia.
As for myself, I have currently visited 187 of which 118 are fully sovereign/UN member states. My list is divided as per the TCC Club. http://travelerscenturyclub.org/coun...nd-territories
PACIFIC
American Samoa; Australia; Bismarck Archipelago; Cook Islands; Easter Island; Fiji; French Polynesia; Hawaii; New Caledonia; New Zealand; Niue; Norfolk Island; Palau; Papua New Guinea; Pitcairn Islands; Samoa; Solomon Islands; Tonga; Vanuatu; Wallis & Futuna.
NORTH AMERICA
Canada; Mexico; St Pierre & Miquelon; USA.
CENTRAL AMERICA
Belize; Costa Rica; El Salvador; Guatemala; Honduras; Nicaragua; Panama.
SOUTH AMERICA
Argentina; Brazil; Chile; Uruguay.
CARIBBEAN
Anguilla; Antigua & Barbuda; Aruba; Bahamas; Barbados; Bonaire; BVI; Cayman Islands; Cuba; Curacao; Dominica; Dominican Republic; Grenada; Guadaloupe; Jamaica; Martinique; Montserrat; Puerto Rico; Saba & St Eustatius; Saint-Barthelemy; Saint-Martin; St Vincent & The Grenadines; Sint Maarten; St Kitts & Nevis; St Lucia; Trinidad & Tobago; Turks & Caicos Islands; USVI.
ATLANTIC OCEAN
Ascension Island; Azores; Canary Islands; Cape Verde Islands; Falkland Islands; Greenland; Iceland; Madeira; South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands; St Helena; Tristan da Cunha.
EUROPE
Albania; Andorra; Austria; Balearic Islands; Belgium; Bulgaria; Corsica; Crete; Croatia; Cyprus (UK); Cyprus (Rep); Czechia; Denmark; England; Estonia; Finland; France; Germany; Greece; Greece (Rhodes); Greece (Ionian); Hungary; Isle of Man; Italy; Jersey; Latvia; Lithunania; Luxembourg; Malta; Monaco; Montenegro; Netherlands; Norway; Poland; Portugal; Romania; Russia; San Marino; Scotland; Serbia; Sicily; Slovakia; Slovenia; Spain; Sweden; Switzerland; Turkey in Europe; Vatican City; Wales.
ANTARCTICA
British Antarctic Territory; Chilean Peninsula.
AFRICA
Algeria; Angola; Benin; Botswana; Egypt (African); Ghana; Kenya; Libya; Malawi; Morocco; Mozambique; Namibia; Sao Tome & Principe; South Africa; Tanzania; Togo; Tunisia; Zambia; Zanzibar; Zimbabwe.
MIDDLE EAST
Abu Dhabi; Ajman; Bahrain; Dubai; Egypt (Sinai); Fujairah; Jordan; Oman; Qatar; Ras al Khaimah; Sharjah; Syria; Umm al Qaiwan.
INDIAN OCEAN
Amirante Islands (Aldabra); Maldives; Mauritius; Mayotte; Seychelles.
ASIA
Brunei; Cambodia; Hong Kong; India; Indonesia (Java/Lesser Sundas/Malaku/Irian Jaya/Sulawesi); Kazakhstan; Kyrgyzstan; Laos; Macau; Malaysia; Myanmar; Philippines; Sabah; Sarawak; Singapore; Sri Lanka; Thailand; Turkey in Asia; Vietnam.
Next stop - Peru, Ecuador, Galapagos, Colombia.
Jan 16, 2019, 11:28 pm
#1487
Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: UK
Posts: 1,643
Pitcairn was great - it's always a risk landing there as there is no protective reef. We went on a 100-passenger expedition cruise ship equipped with zodiacs, making landings 'almost' guaranteed. But you never know. People wanting to visit Pitcairn on a big ship will be disappointed - what happens is that big ships lay offshore and islanders come aboard to sell souvenirs etc. But if you don't land you cannot claim you have been there. The island's Bounty history is of course fascinating and that made it No.1 on my bucket list.
Expedition cruise ships also visit the other islands in the Pitcairn group - Oeno, Ducie and Henderson which is a World Heritage Site. These islands are uninhabited atolls and are great places for sea bird colonies.
Our trip sailed from Tahiti and went to Easter Island.
Expedition cruise ships also visit the other islands in the Pitcairn group - Oeno, Ducie and Henderson which is a World Heritage Site. These islands are uninhabited atolls and are great places for sea bird colonies.
Our trip sailed from Tahiti and went to Easter Island.
Last edited by Pausanias; Jan 17, 2019 at 1:05 am
Jan 17, 2019, 9:57 am
#1488
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: HKG/YVR/NYC
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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...
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...
Jan 17, 2019, 10:23 am
#1489
Join Date: Sep 2007
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Comparing to alot of veterans on this list, Hauteboy, Ironmanit, rankourabu, US Fly Guy, DanielW and many other...
Really feels I've been nowhere in this world
Luckily still made 100 Countries by 30
1. Hong Kong (Born)
2. United States (1989)
3. Canada (1989)
4. Macau (1993)
5. China, People's Republic (1993)
6. South Korea (1994)
7. Singapore (1995)
8. Malaysia (2004)
9. Mexico (2005)
10. Taiwan (2010)
11. Germany (2010)
12. Switzerland (2010)
13. Australia (2010)
14. Turkey (2011)
15. United Kingdom (2011)
16. Thailand (2011)
17. Denmark (2011)
18. Finland (2011)
19. Estonia (2011)
20. Russia (2011)
21. Sweden (2011)
22. Austria (2011)
23. Hungary (2011)
24. France (2011)
25. Belgium (2011)
26. Japan (2012)
27. Liechtenstein (2012)
28. Ireland, Republic of (2012)
29. Italy (2012)
30. Vatican City (2012)
31. Burma/Myanmar (2012)
32. The Netherlands (2013)
33. Azerbaijan (2013)
34. Sri Lanka (2013)
35. Qatar (2013)
36. United Arab Emirates (2013)
37. Jordan (2013)
38. Chile (2013)
39. Indonesia (2013)
40. Poland (2013)
41. Croatia (2013)
42. Bosnia & Herzegovina (2013)
43. Slovenia (2013)
44. South Africa (2013)
45. Namibia (2013)
46. Portugal (2014)
47. Cambodia (2014)
48. Luxembourg (2014)
49. Bahrain (2014)
50. Oman (2014)
51. Vietnam (2014)
52. Argentina (2014)
53. Paraguay (2014)
54. Uruguay (2014)
55. Bolivia (2014)
56. The Philippines (2014)
57. Czech Republic (2014)
58. Slovakia (2014)
59. Greece (2015)
60. Morocco (2015)
61. Laos (2015)
62. Norway (2015)
63. Kuwait (2015)
64. Nepal (2015)
65. Brazil (2015)
66. Lithuania (2015)
67. Maldives (2015)
68. Mongolia (2015)
69. Panama (2015)
70. Brunei (2015)
71. San Marino (2015)
72. Cyprus (2015)
73. New Zealand (2015)
74. Serbia (2015)
75. Georgia (2016)
76. Romania (2016)
77. Moldova (2016)
78. Egypt (2016)
79. Bangladesh (2016)
80. Iceland (2016)
81. India (2016)
82. Spain (2016)
83. Andorra (2016)
84. Timor-Leste (2016)
85. Colombia (2016)
86. Peru (2016)
87. Algeria (2017)
88. Monaco (2017)
89. Ethiopia (2017)
90. Latvia (2017)
91. Belarus (2017)
92. Ukraine (2017)
93. Tonga (2017)
94. Fiji (2017)
95. Samoa (2017)
96. Nicaragua (2018)
97. El Salvador (2018)
98. Seychelles (2018)
99. Lebanon (2018)
100. Bulgaria (2018)
100 Countries as of Sep 2018 and should get at least 2-3 more in the next month or so
Really feels I've been nowhere in this world
Luckily still made 100 Countries by 30
1. Hong Kong (Born)
2. United States (1989)
3. Canada (1989)
4. Macau (1993)
5. China, People's Republic (1993)
6. South Korea (1994)
7. Singapore (1995)
8. Malaysia (2004)
9. Mexico (2005)
10. Taiwan (2010)
11. Germany (2010)
12. Switzerland (2010)
13. Australia (2010)
14. Turkey (2011)
15. United Kingdom (2011)
16. Thailand (2011)
17. Denmark (2011)
18. Finland (2011)
19. Estonia (2011)
20. Russia (2011)
21. Sweden (2011)
22. Austria (2011)
23. Hungary (2011)
24. France (2011)
25. Belgium (2011)
26. Japan (2012)
27. Liechtenstein (2012)
28. Ireland, Republic of (2012)
29. Italy (2012)
30. Vatican City (2012)
31. Burma/Myanmar (2012)
32. The Netherlands (2013)
33. Azerbaijan (2013)
34. Sri Lanka (2013)
35. Qatar (2013)
36. United Arab Emirates (2013)
37. Jordan (2013)
38. Chile (2013)
39. Indonesia (2013)
40. Poland (2013)
41. Croatia (2013)
42. Bosnia & Herzegovina (2013)
43. Slovenia (2013)
44. South Africa (2013)
45. Namibia (2013)
46. Portugal (2014)
47. Cambodia (2014)
48. Luxembourg (2014)
49. Bahrain (2014)
50. Oman (2014)
51. Vietnam (2014)
52. Argentina (2014)
53. Paraguay (2014)
54. Uruguay (2014)
55. Bolivia (2014)
56. The Philippines (2014)
57. Czech Republic (2014)
58. Slovakia (2014)
59. Greece (2015)
60. Morocco (2015)
61. Laos (2015)
62. Norway (2015)
63. Kuwait (2015)
64. Nepal (2015)
65. Brazil (2015)
66. Lithuania (2015)
67. Maldives (2015)
68. Mongolia (2015)
69. Panama (2015)
70. Brunei (2015)
71. San Marino (2015)
72. Cyprus (2015)
73. New Zealand (2015)
74. Serbia (2015)
75. Georgia (2016)
76. Romania (2016)
77. Moldova (2016)
78. Egypt (2016)
79. Bangladesh (2016)
80. Iceland (2016)
81. India (2016)
82. Spain (2016)
83. Andorra (2016)
84. Timor-Leste (2016)
85. Colombia (2016)
86. Peru (2016)
87. Algeria (2017)
88. Monaco (2017)
89. Ethiopia (2017)
90. Latvia (2017)
91. Belarus (2017)
92. Ukraine (2017)
93. Tonga (2017)
94. Fiji (2017)
95. Samoa (2017)
96. Nicaragua (2018)
97. El Salvador (2018)
98. Seychelles (2018)
99. Lebanon (2018)
100. Bulgaria (2018)
100 Countries as of Sep 2018 and should get at least 2-3 more in the next month or so
Jan 17, 2019, 10:36 am
#1490
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Canada
Programs: UA*1K MM
Posts: 23,293
Congrats, my 100th was also at age 30. Now in my latter part of my 30s, it does become increasingly harder to add new ones. Some places I just have no desire to visit, and some I keep going back to.
Jan 17, 2019, 8:01 pm
#1491
formerly dave h.
Join Date: Jul 2015
Location: Seattle - it's not Hell, but you can SEA it from here!
Programs: SkyMiles, IHG nobody, HH nobody
Posts: 192
Australia
Canada,
England
France
Germany
Greece
Hong Kong
Ireland
Italy
Mexico
Morocco
Scotland
Spain
Vatican City
trying to add Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Russia, Latvia, Turkey, Malta this summer.
Canada,
England
France
Germany
Greece
Hong Kong
Ireland
Italy
Mexico
Morocco
Scotland
Spain
Vatican City
trying to add Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Russia, Latvia, Turkey, Malta this summer.
Last edited by Dave737; Jan 22, 2019 at 8:57 pm
Jan 18, 2019, 8:56 am
#1492
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: EYW
Programs: AA Exe Platinum, AA & Delta Million Miler, Hilton Diamond, Marriott LT Titanium, United Silver
Posts: 521
Pitcairn was great - it's always a risk landing there as there is no protective reef. We went on a 100-passenger expedition cruise ship equipped with zodiacs, making landings 'almost' guaranteed. But you never know. People wanting to visit Pitcairn on a big ship will be disappointed - what happens is that big ships lay offshore and islanders come aboard to sell souvenirs etc. But if you don't land you cannot claim you have been there. The island's Bounty history is of course fascinating and that made it No.1 on my bucket list.
Expedition cruise ships also visit the other islands in the Pitcairn group - Oeno, Ducie and Henderson which is a World Heritage Site. These islands are uninhabited atolls and are great places for sea bird colonies.
Our trip sailed from Tahiti and went to Easter Island.
Expedition cruise ships also visit the other islands in the Pitcairn group - Oeno, Ducie and Henderson which is a World Heritage Site. These islands are uninhabited atolls and are great places for sea bird colonies.
Our trip sailed from Tahiti and went to Easter Island.
Jan 19, 2019, 2:31 am
#1493
Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: UK
Posts: 1,643
https://www.flickr.com/photos/up70mm/albums
Jan 20, 2019, 1:28 am
#1494
Join Date: Feb 2017
Location: US east coast
Programs: All US FF programs! (Except Spirit)
Posts: 25
Jan 21, 2019, 8:59 am
#1495
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: EYW
Programs: AA Exe Platinum, AA & Delta Million Miler, Hilton Diamond, Marriott LT Titanium, United Silver
Posts: 521
Thanks for asking . . . but no, I don't. Probably should have! I do have a Flickr account for photos -
https://www.flickr.com/photos/up70mm/albums
https://www.flickr.com/photos/up70mm/albums
Jan 21, 2019, 10:18 am
#1496
Ambassador: World of Hyatt
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: UK - the nearest airport is named after a motorway !
Posts: 4,229
53, and cunningly getting in most of the big ones (excepting Russia) so it looks more impressive here 
I feel like I've been to lot of places in the last 14 years, since posting 53, but I'm only up to 83 - although added Russia, and quite a lot of Africa ... map
Jan 22, 2019, 5:19 am
#1497
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: HKG/YVR/NYC
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I agree once 30 hits the dot, it means the marriages, babies and everything will trample over travels
And will get harder to add new countries since there are still your annual trips that are must-do.
No one is fighting for a rock in the ocean LOL and Oddly enough HK is visa-free to Yemen (accordingly to IATA)
*Still don't want to end up on any watchlist
[I saw the 'i've posted to this thread arrow' against this in travelbuzz, and looked for my post - above, from 2004.]
I feel like I've been to lot of places in the last 14 years, since posting 53, but I'm only up to 83 - although added Russia, and quite a lot of Africa ... map
I feel like I've been to lot of places in the last 14 years, since posting 53, but I'm only up to 83 - although added Russia, and quite a lot of Africa ... map
Those Pacific and Caribbean Islands barely show up on the map
Jan 22, 2019, 8:40 am
#1498
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Feb 6, 2019, 10:04 pm
#1499
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Posts: 38,310
I visited a different country.
I have been in Mexico, The Bahamas, Canada, Israel, Switzerland, UK, Netherlands, Germany, France, and Italy, as well.
I never been in Asia, Australia, South Pacific, South America and South Africa. We don't go to other Middle Eastern countries. We are not allowed to go there. Due to the Middle Eastern restrictions.
I have been in Mexico, The Bahamas, Canada, Israel, Switzerland, UK, Netherlands, Germany, France, and Italy, as well.
I never been in Asia, Australia, South Pacific, South America and South Africa. We don't go to other Middle Eastern countries. We are not allowed to go there. Due to the Middle Eastern restrictions.
