Nathan's Insights

I guess I’ve always known that goals help focus me. It’s not like I achieve them all, running a half marathon is looking unlikely, but as they say its the journey that really matters.

Well a colleague got me thinking the 100 country club, basically visiting 100 countries. I travel because I want to see this vast world and our different cultures so this seems like a good objective.

So far I’ve visited 50 countries. So how many countries are there, well it depends on how you classify, there are 193 member states of the United Nations with no disputes but the number can go as high as 231.

So who are the next fifty worth visiting? India seems like a major missing destination and I see this as somewhere to visit very soon. Vietnam is a must, Turkey and Japan as well.

Over the next few weeks I’m going to start pulling together my bucket list. Any suggestions?