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 330 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. :)
For the record, I choose not to include places I just stopped at the airport.
North America (3)
–Canada
-Mexico
-United States (mainland)
Central America (1)
-Costa Rica
South America (2)
-Argentina
-Colombia
Caribbean (7)
-Cuba
-Dominican Republic
-Jamaica
-Martinique
-Puerto Rico
-Sint Maarten (Netherlands)
-Virgin Islands, U.S. (St. Thomas)
Europe and the Meditteranean (33)
-Austria
-Balearic Islands (Mallorca)
-Belgium
-Croatia
-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 (10)
–China, People’s Republic
–Jeju Island (South Korea)
–Korea, South
–Lesser Sunda Islands (Bali, Timor, Indonesia)
–Malaysia
–Mongolia, Rep.
-Russia in Asia (incl. Siberia)
–Singapore
–Thailand
–Turkey in Asia (Anatolia, Ankara, Izmir)
Africa (1)
-Morocco
Atlantic Ocean (2)
-Madeira
-Canary Islands
Pacific Ocean (1)
-Hawaiian Islands