Go for it now. The future is promised to no one.
~Wayne Dyer
This is just a way for me to keep track of the places I’ve seen. I used the Traveler’s Century Club’s Official List of 321 Countries to help me catalogue the ones I’ve visited so far. If you take a look at the list, you’ll probably notice that some countries have been included even though they are not technically countries in their own right – they’ve been included because they are removed from parent, either geographically, politically, or ethnologically. It makes sense when you think about it… visiting the Canary Islands is a completely different experience from visiting mainland Spain, and you can’t really say you’ve been to America if all you’ve seen is Hawaii. It’s just a different way to look at the world, I suppose. And it means there are that many more places to visit! ;)
As I continue to blog about these places, they’ll start to show up as links and in the drop-down “destinations” menu above. :)
Oh, and for the record, I’ve not counted places where I just stopped at the airport.
North America (3)
-Canada
-Mexico
-United States (mainland)
Caribbean (3)
-Dominican Republic
-Cuba
-Martinique
Europe and the Meditteranean (32)
-Austria
-Balearic Islands (Mallorca)
-Belgium
-Czech Republic
-Cyprus, Republic
-Cyprus, Turkish Fed. State
-England
-France
-Germany
-Greece
-Hungary
-Ionian Islands (Corfu)
-Ireland
-Italy
-Latvia
-Lithuania
-Macedonia
-Malta
-Netherlands
-Norway
-Poland
-Portugal
-Russia
-Scotland
-Serbia
-Slovenia
-Spain
-Sweden
-Switzerland
-Turkey in Europe (Istanbul)
-Vatican City
-Wales
Asia (9)
-China
-Indonesia (Java)
-Jeju Island (R.O.K.)
-Korea, South
-Malaysia
-Mongolia, Rep.
-Singapore
-Thailand
-Turkey in Asia (Anatolia, Ankara, Izmir)
Africa (1)
-Morocco
Atlantic Ocean (2)
-Madeira
-Canary Islands
Pacific Ocean (1)
-Hawaiian Islands
TOTAL
51 countries visited.
270 to go.
What strikes me is not how much I’ve seen… but how much I haven’t seen (especially outside of the northern hemisphere!). ^^
