World Traveller: 7 Continents, 90 Countries, 871 Days Overseas
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Established: 1921
Population: 1,885,400
Religion: 48% Protestants, 45% Catholics
Language: English
Capital: Belfast
Order of Visit: Fifth
First Visit: 15 February 2000
Last Visit: 20 February 2000
Duration: 6 Days
Must Do: Exploring Belfast murals of the Troubles, Irish pubs, Experience the Giant’s Causeway, The green countryside
Cities: Belfast, Giant’s Causeway, Derry
Northern Ireland Journal Entries
Friday 25 January 2020
Each year since the Australian Open moved to Melbourne Park (formerly Flinders Park) in 1988 I’ve attended the local Australian Tennis Grand Slam missing only 2000, 2010, and 2013 when overseas, so 30 times out of 33 Australian Opens.
I managed back in 2018 to attend the Men’s Final watching the great Roger Federer beat Marin Cilic. But most years it’s a ground pass to watch some matches. This year it was a Margaret Court Arena ticket given to me as a gift by my brother Reagan which made this our second Grand Slam in a row after we both went to the US Open late last year.
Official Name: Republic of Fiji
Established: 10 October 1970 (from the United Kingdom)
Population: 912,241 (2018 estimate)
Religion: 64.4% Christianity, 27.9% Hinduism
Language: English, Fiji Hindi
Capital: Suva
Order of Visit: Thirty-Sixth
First Visit: 1 November 2010
Last Visit: 5 November 2010
Duration: 5 Days
Must Do: Gardens of the Sleeping Giant, Viseisei Village, Vuda Lookout, Sunset Cruise, Swimming and Relaxing
Places Visited: Nadi, Viseisei Village
Fiji Journal Entries
Established: 1840 (Treaty of Waitangi)
Population: 4.47 million
Religion: Christianity (47.65%)
Language: English
Capital: Wellington
Order of Visit: Second
First Visit: 11 November 1999
Last Visit: 21 January 2010
Duration: 31 Days
Visit Highlights: Explore Waitomo Caves, Visit Bay of Islands, Remember Lord of the Rings at Hobbiton, Hike anywhere in New Zealand (but beware changing weather), and have fun in Queenstown.
Places Visited: Auckland, Bay of Islands, Cambridge, Christchurch, Dunedin, Fox Glacier, Greymouth, Hanmer Springs, Matamata (Hobbiton), Kaikoura, Milford, Picton, Queenstown, Rotorua, Turangi, Wellington
New Zealand Journal Entries
Established: 1581
Population: 14.4 million (2018 estimate)
Religion: Non-religious (51%), Catholic (21%)
Language: Dutch
Capital: Amsterdam
Order of Visit: 12
First Visit: 6 May 2006
Last Visit: 10 May 2006
Duration: 5 Days
Must Do: Stunning flowers at Keukenhof, Model Town of Madurodam, Amsterdam Red Light District, Anne Frank House, Bike ride around Amsterdam, Marijuana Cafes
Cities: Amsterdam, Keukenhof, Deft, The Hague, Madurodam
Netherlands Journal Entries
Established: 1965 (As Rhodesia with White minority rule) / 1980 (As Zimbabwe with universal enfranchisement)
Population: 14.4 million (2018 estimate)
Religion: Christian (84.1%)
Language: 16 Languages – most used languages are English, Shona, and Ndebele
Capital: Harare
Order of Visit: Sixty Seventh
First Visit: 29 December 2017
Last Visit: 01 January 2018
Duration: 4 Days
Must Do: Helicopter Flight over Victoria Falls, Night Game Drive at Stanley Livingstone Private Park, Sunset Cruise On the Zambezi
Cities: Victoria Falls
Zimbabwe Journal Entries
Established: 1810
Population: 48 million (2019 estimate)
Religion: Catholic (70%)
Language: Spanish
Capital: Bogota
Order of Visit: 71
First Visit: 10 August 2019
Last Visit: 25 August 2019
Duration: 16 Days
Must Do: A coffee farm experience, Cocora Valley, Rock of Guatape, Rosario National Park, Tayrona National Park, Medellin Comuna 13 visit
Cities: Tayrona, Santa Marta, Taganga, Minca, Cartagena, Medellin, Guatape, Salento, Armenia, Bogota
Ranked 067 on the IMDb Top 100 Movie List (as May 2017). Watched December 2019.
Cast: Gene Hackman (Jimmy “Popeye” Doyle), Roy Scheider (Buddy “Cloudy” Russo), Fernando Rey (Alain Charnier), Tony Lo Bianco (Sal Boca), Marcel Bozzuffi (Pierre Nicoli), Frédéric de Pasquale (Devereaux), Bill Hickman (Mulderig), Ann Rebbot (Marie Charnier)
Director: William Friedkin
My rating: 6.0 / 10
The tourists and guide deaths on White Island, Whakaari / New Zealand is very tragic and sad.
When visited: January 2020
Nathan's Insights 