I am often asked how many countries I’ve been to. While I don’t visit countries just to check them off a list, like most people, I do know where I’ve been. This list is taken from the Traveler’s Century Club (TCC) list of 329 places around the world. The TCC rules state that any visit counts as a visit, no matter how short. I have made a note when I have visited a location only on a layover or passed through in a car without stopping.
The TCC definition of a country is more expansive than just the members of the United Nations. It includes geographic, historic, and culturally distinct places. Yes, I know that Hawaii and Tasmania are not “countries” in any normal sense of the word, but they are distinct geographic places separated from their country’s mainland.
I use the TCC list just because I think it is more useful from a travel perspective than the list of UN member states, which excludes places like Taiwan, Hong Kong, French Polynesia, Cook Islands, Antarctica, Aruba, and American Samoa. There are many disagreements I have with the TCC list, but I find it a useful third-party list of destinations for travelers.
This list marks the first time I visited a place, not my most recent visit. Many of the places on this list I’ve visited multiple times and will visit again in the future. I intend to remove all footnotes attached to destinations in the future.
BOLD (#)= UN Member States
Number | Country | Date | Region | Footnote |
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1 | 1969 | North America | ||
2 | 1977 | North America | ||
3 | 1995 | North America | ||
4 |
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1998 | Caribbean | |
5 |
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1999 | North America | |
6 |
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1999 | Asia | |
7 |
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1999 | Asia | |
8 |
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1999 | Asia | |
9 |
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1999 | Europe | |
10 |
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1999 | Europe | |
11 |
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1999 | Europe | |
12 |
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1999 | Europe | |
13 |
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2000 | Atlantic Ocean | |
14 |
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2005 | South America | |
15 |
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2006 | Pacific Ocean | |
16 |
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2007 | Pacific Ocean | |
17 |
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2007 | Pacific Ocean | |
18 |
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2007 | Pacific Ocean | |
19 |
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2007 | Pacific Ocean | |
20 |
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2007 | Pacific Ocean | |
21 |
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2007 | Pacific Ocean | |
22 |
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2007 | Pacific Ocean | |
23 |
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2007 | Pacific Ocean | |
24 |
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2007 | Pacific Ocean | |
25 |
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2007 | Pacific Ocean | |
26 |
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2007 | Pacific Ocean | |
27 |
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2007 | Pacific Ocean | 1 |
28 |
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2007 | Pacific Ocean | 2 |
29 |
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2007 | Pacific Ocean | |
30 |
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2007 | Pacific Ocean | |
31 |
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2007 | Pacific Ocean | |
32 |
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2007 | Pacific Ocean | |
33 |
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2007 | Pacific Ocean | |
34 |
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2007 | Asia | |
35 |
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2007 | Asia | |
36 |
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2007 | Asia | |
37 |
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2007 | Asia | |
38 |
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2007 | Asia | |
39 |
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2007 | Asia | |
40 |
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2008 | Asia | |
41 |
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2008 | Asia | |
42 |
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2008 | Asia | |
43 |
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2008 | Asia | |
44 |
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2008 | Asia | |
45 |
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2008 | Pacific Ocean | |
46 |
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2008 | Pacific Ocean | |
47 |
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2008 | Pacific Ocean | |
48 |
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2008 | Pacific Ocean | |
49 |
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2008 | Asia | |
50 |
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2008 | Asia | |
51 |
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2008 | Asia | |
52 |
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2008 | Asia | |
53 |
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2008 | Asia | |
54 |
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2008 | Asia | |
55 |
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2009 | Middle East | |
56 |
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2009 | Middle East | |
57 |
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2009 | Middle East | |
58 |
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2009 | Middle East | 3 |
59 |
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2009 | Middle East | |
60 |
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2009 | Middle East | 3 |
61 |
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2009 | Middle East | 3 |
62 |
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2009 | Middle East | |
63 |
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2009 | Middle East | |
64 |
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2009 | Middle East | |
65 |
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2009 | Africa | |
66 |
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2009 | Middle East | |
67 |
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2009 | Middle East | |
68 |
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2009 | Middle East | |
69 |
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2009 | Middle East | |
70 |
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2009 | Europe | |
71 |
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2009 | Europe | |
72 |
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2009 | Europe | |
73 |
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2009 | Europe | |
74 |
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2009 | Europe | |
75 |
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2009 | Europe | |
76 |
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2009 | Europe | |
77 |
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2009 | Europe | |
78 |
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2009 | Caribbean | |
79 |
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2009 | Central America | |
80 |
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2010 | Europe | |
81 |
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2010 | North America | |
82 |
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2010 | Africa | |
83 |
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2010 | Africa | |
84 |
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2010 | Caribbean | |
85 |
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2010 | Caribbean | |
86 |
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2010 | Caribbean | |
87 |
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2011 | Caribbean | |
88 |
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2011 | Europe | |
89 |
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2011 | Europe | |
90 |
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2011 | Europe | |
91 |
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2011 | Europe | |
92 |
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2011 | Europe | |
93 |
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2011 | Europe | |
94 |
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2011 | Europe | |
95 |
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2011 | Europe | |
96 |
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2011 | Europe | |
97 |
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2011 | Europe | |
98 |
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2011 | Europe | |
99 |
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2011 | Europe | |
100 |
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2011 | Asia | |
101 |
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2011 | Europe | |
102 |
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2011 | Atlantic Ocean | |
103 |
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2011 | South America | |
104 |
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2011 | Pacific Ocean | |
105 |
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2011 | Europe | |
106 |
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2011 | Europe | |
107 |
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2011 | Europe | |
108 |
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2011 | Europe | |
109 |
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2011 | Europe | |
110 |
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2012 | Atlantic Ocean | |
111 |
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2012 | Antarctica | |
112 |
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2012 | Antarctica | |
113 |
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2012 | Antarctica | |
114 |
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2012 | Antarctica | |
115 |
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2012 | Central America | |
116 |
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2012 | Pacific | |
117 |
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2012 | Europe | |
118 |
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2012 | Europe | |
119 |
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2012 | Europe | |
120 |
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2012 | Africa | |
121 |
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2012 | Africa | |
122 |
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2012 | Europe | |
123 |
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2013 | Central America | |
124 |
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2013 | Central America | |
125 |
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2013 | Central America | |
126 |
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2013 | Europe | |
127 |
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2013 | Europe | |
128 |
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2013 | Europe | |
129 |
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2013 | Caribbean | |
130 |
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2013 | Caribbean | |
131 |
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2013 | Caribbean | |
132 |
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2013 | Caribbean | |
133 |
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2013 | Caribbean | |
134 |
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2013 | Caribbean | |
135 |
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2013 | Caribbean | |
136 |
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2013 | Caribbean | |
137 |
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2013 | Caribbean | |
138 |
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2013 | Caribbean | |
139 |
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2013 | Caribbean | |
140 |
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2013 | Caribbean | |
141 |
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2013 | Caribbean | |
142 |
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2013 | Caribbean | |
143 |
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2013 | Caribbean | |
144 |
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2013 | Caribbean | |
145 |
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2013 | Caribbean | |
146 |
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2013 | Caribbean | |
147 |
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2013 | Central America | 4 |
148 |
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2013 | Africa | |
149 |
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2014 | Africa | |
150 |
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2014 | Africa | |
151 |
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2014 | Africa | |
152 |
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2014 | Africa | |
153 |
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2014 | Africa | |
154 |
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2014 | Africa | |
155 |
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2014 | Atlantic Ocean | |
156 |
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2014 | Africa | |
157 |
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2014 | Africa | |
158 |
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2014 | Africa | |
159 |
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2014 | Africa | |
160 |
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2014 | Africa | |
161 |
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2014 | Africa | |
162 |
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2014 | Africa | |
163 |
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2014 | Africa | |
164 |
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2014 | Africa | |
165 |
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2014 | Atlantic Ocean | |
166 |
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2014 | Caribbean | |
167 |
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2014 | Europe | |
168 |
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2014 | Europe | |
169 |
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2014 | Europe | |
170 |
|
2014 | Europe | |
171 |
|
2014 | Europe | |
172 |
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2014 | Europe | |
173 |
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2014 | Europe | |
174 |
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2014 | Europe | |
175 |
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2015 | Europe | |
176 |
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2015 | Caribbean | |
177 |
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2015 | Caribbean | |
178 |
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2015 | South America | |
179 |
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2016 | Asia | |
180 |
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2016 | Africa | |
181 |
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2016 | Europe | |
182 |
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2016 | Europe | |
183 |
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2016 | Europe | |
184 |
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2016 | Europe | |
185 |
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2016 | Europe | |
186 |
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2016 | Asia | |
187 |
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2016 | Asia | |
188 |
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2016 | Asia | |
189 |
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2016 | Asia | |
190 |
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2016 | North America | |
191 |
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2016 | Pacific Ocean | |
192 |
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2017 | Europe | |
193 |
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2017 | South America | |
194 |
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2018 | Europe | |
195 |
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2018 | Europe | |
196 |
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2018 | Europe | |
197 |
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2018 | Europe | |
198 |
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2018 | Europe | |
199 |
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2018 | Asia | |
200 |
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2018 | Asia | |
201 |
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2018 | Middle East | |
202 |
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2019 | Asia | |
203 |
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2019 | Europe |
Upcoming Countries
Number | Country | Date | Region | Footnote |
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Atlantic Ocean | |||
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Caribbean | |||
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Central America | |||
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Caribbean | |||
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South America | |||
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Europe | |||
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Europe | |||
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Europe |
Footnotes
- I spent about an hour at the Nauru airport in the middle of the night on a layover from the Solomon Islands to Kiribati. We got off the plane and actually touched the soil. I even purchased something in the gift shop, however, I never got beyond passport control.
- I was denied entry into Kiribati because my passport got wet in the Solomon Islands and the ink on the page that said what dates the visa was valid bled off the page. I spent about 6 hours in Tarawa before heading to Fiji.
- I took a taxi from Kashab in the Musandam Peninsula of Oman to Dubai. We drove through several of the smaller emirates but didn’t stop in any other than Ras Al Kaimah.
- I had a layover in Panama City on a flight from Trinidad to Mexico City.