Between 1999 and 2019 I have been fortunate enough to visit 71 countries and countless cities, towns and places over 755 days but this will increase to 77 countries over 797 days by June 2023.
Countries Visited in Order
01) United States of America: 1986, 1998, 1999-2000, 2006, 2009, 2009-2010, 2012-2013, 2019 – 155 Days
Places: Anchorage, Boston, Buffalo, Chicago, Dallas, Deadwood, Denali, Flagstaff, Honolulu, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Memphis, Miami, Nashville, New Orleans, New York City, Orlando, Redoubt Bay, San Antonio, San Diego, San Francisco, Santa Fe, Savannah, Sausalito, Seattle, Washington DC, Whittier
02) New Zealand: 1999-2000, 2007, 2009-2010 – 30 Days
Places: Auckland, Bay of Islands, Cambridge, Christchurch, Dunedin, Fox Glacier, Greymouth, Hanmer Springs, Matamata (Hobbiton), Kaikoura, Milford, Picton, Queenstown, Rotorua, Turangi, Wellington
03) England: 1999-2000, 2009, 2012-2013 – 31 Days
Places: Brighton, Cambridge, Carlisle, Chester, Durham, Greenwich, Hampton, Lincoln, London, Oxford, Shrewsbury, Stonehenge, Stratford-upon-Avon, York, Wimbledon, Windsor.
04) Scotland: 1999-2000 – 6 Days
Places: Edinburgh, Glasgow, St Andrews, Stirling
05) Northern Ireland: 1999-2000 – 6 Days
Places: Belfast, Giant’s Causeway, Derry
06) Republic of Ireland: 1999-2000 – 7 Days
Places: Limerick, Waterford, Kilkenny, Dublin
07) Wales: 1999-2000 – 2 Days
Places: Cardiff, Bath
08) South Africa: 2006, 2018 – 31 Days
Places: Johannesburg, Cape Town, Cederberg Mountain, Gariep River, De Hoop Nature Reserve, Knysna, Karoo, Ladyband, Drakensberg, Durban, Dolphin Coast, Zululand, Kruger National Park, Hazyview, Ballule Nature Reserve
09) Swaziland: 2006 – 1 Day
10) France: 2006 – 18 Days
Places: Avignon, Cannes, Paris, Nice
11) Belgium: 2006 – 9 Days
Places: Antwerp, Bruges, Brussels
12) Netherlands: 2006 – 5 Days
Places: Amsterdam, Keukenhof, Deft, The Hague, Madurodam
13) Germany: 2006 and 2012-2013 – 14 Days
Places: Berlin, Frankfurt, Heidelberg, Munich
14) Czech Republic: 2006 – 7 Days
Places: Cesky Krumlov, Dalecin, Moravian Krast, Prague
15) Austria: 2006 – 4 Days
Places: Vienna, Wachau Valley
16) Switzerland: 2006 – 8 Days
Places: Bern, Lauterbrunnen, Lucerne
17) Italy: 2006 – 15 Days
Places: Amalfi, Florence, Isle of Capri, Naples, Orvieto, Pisa, Pompeii, Positano, Sorrento, Ravello, Rome, Venice
18) Vatican City State: 2006 – 1 Day
Places: The Vatican
19) Principality of Monaco: 2006 – 1 Day
Places: Monaco
20) Spain: 2006, 2012-2013: 12 Days
Places: Avila, Barcelona, Madrid, San Sebastián, Segovia
21) Finland: 2006 – 4 Days
Places: Helsinki
22) Russia: 2006 – 8 Days
Places: Novgorod, Moscow, St Petersburg
23) Belarus: 2006 – 2 Days
Places: Minsk
24) Lithuania: 2006 – 2 Days
Places: Trakai, Vilnius
25) Latvia: 2006 – 2 Days
Places: Riga
26) Estonia: 2006 – 2 Days
Places: Tallinn
27) Canada: 2000, 2006 – 15 Days
Places: Banff, Cheainus, Jasper, Kelowna, Lake Louise, Lac Le Jeune, Niagara Falls, Vancouver, Victoria, Whistler
28) Hong Kong: 2006, 2018 – 14 Days
Places: Hong Kong
29) China: 2006 – 14 Days
Places: Beijing, Chongqing, Guangzhou, Guilin, Louyang, Yangtze River, Yangzhou, Yichang, Xi’an
30) Egypt: 2009 – 16 Days
Places: Aswan, Abu Simbel, Cairo, Dahab, Hurghada, Kom Ombo, Luxor, Sinai Desert, Valley of the Kings
31) Brazil: 2009-2010 – 14 Days
Places: Bonito, Iguassu Falls, Ilha Grande, Pantanal, Paraty, Rio da Prata, Rio De Janeiro
32) Argentina: 2009-2010, 2012-2013 – 15 Days
Places: Buenos Aires, El Calafate, El Chalten, Iguassu Falls, Ushuaia
33) Paraguay: 2009-2010 – 1 Day
Places: Itaipu Dam
34) Bolivia: 2009-2010 – 13 Days
Places: Copacabana, La Paz, Potosi, Salt Flats, Santa Cruz, Sucre, Uyuni, Uyuni Desert
35) Peru: 2009-2010 – 19 Days
Places: Arequipa, Cusco, Colca Valley, Colca Canyon, Lake Titicaca, Lima, Nazca, Ollantaytambo, Pisco, Puno, Sacred Valley of the Incas, Inca Trail, Machu Picchu
36) Fiji: 2010 – 5 Days
Places: Nadi, Viseisei Village
37) Singapore: 2012-2013 – 3 Days
Places: Singapore
38) Malaysia: 2012-2013 – 7 Days
Places: Cameron Highlands, Kuala Lumpur, Melaka, Penang
39) Thailand: 2012-2013, 2016 – 15 Days
Places: Ayutthaya, Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Koh Phangan, Koh Samui, Nakhon Si Thammarat
40) Iceland: 2012-2013 – 5 Days
Places: Reykjavik
41) Chile: 2012-2013 – 5 Days
Places: Puerto Natales, Torres del Paine National Park
42) Antarctica: 2012-2013 – 11 Days
Places: Drake Passage, Beagle Channel, Half Moon Island, Deception Island, Livingston Island, Paradise Bay, Enterprise Island, Peterman Island, Pleneau Bay, Cuverville Island, Jougla Point, Antarctica Continent, Danko Island, Neko Harbour
43) Mexico: 2012-2013 – 27 days
Places: Cancun, Chichén Itzá, Merida, Mexico City, Oaxaca, Palenque, Playa de Carmen, Puebla, San Cristobal de Las Casas, Tijuana
44) Cuba: 2012-2013 – 8 Days
Places: Cienfuegos, Havana, Trinidad, Vinales
45) Belize: 2012-2013 – 6 Days
Places: Caye Caulker, San Ignacio
46) Guatemala: 2012-2013 – 10 Days
Places: Antigua, Chichicastenango, Flores, Panajachel, Rio Dulce, San Juan
47) Honduras: 2012-2013 – 7 Days
Places: Copán, Roatan Bay Islands
48) Nicaragua: 2012-2013 – 5 Days
Places: Granada, Ometepe
49) Costa Rica: 2012-2013 – 9 Days
Places: La Fortuna, Monteverde, Puerto Viejo, San Jose
50) Panama: 2012-2013 – 10 Days
Places: Bocas del Toro, Boquete, Panama City, Santa Catalina
51) India: 2015 – 16 Days
Places: New Delhi, Agra, Jaipur, Sawarda, Kochi, Kumarakom, Alleppey, Cherrai Beach
52) Japan: 2015 – 14 Days
Places: Kamakura, Koyasan, Kyoto, Hakone, Hiroshima, Yokohama, Miyajima Island, Osaka, Tokyo
53) Laos: 2016 – 4 Days
Places: Luang Prabang
54) Vietnam: 2016 – 6 Days
Places: Ho Chi Ming City, Hanoi, Halong Bay
55) Cambodia: 2016 – 4 Days
Places: Angkor Wat, Phnom Penh, Siem Reap
56) Sri Lanka: 2016 – 18 Days
Places: Anuradhapura, Colombo, Dambadeniya, Galle, Giritale, Hikkaduwa, Kandy, Mirissa, Negombro, Nuwara Eliya, Udawalawe
57) Indonesia: 2017 – 7 Days
Places: Kuta, Ubud
58) United Arab Emirates: 2017 – 1 Day
Places: Dubai
59) Kenya: 2017 – 12 Days
Places: Eldoret, Lake Naivasha, Masai Mara, Nairobi, Nakuru
60) Uganda: 2017 – 8 Days
Places: Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, Jinja, Kampala, Lake Bunyoni
61) Rwanda: 2017 – 1 Day
Places: Kigali
62) Tanzania: 2017 – 10 Days
Places: Arusha, Dar Es Salaam, Iringa, Ngorongoro Crater, Serengeti, Tanga
63) Zanzibar: 2017 – 4 Days
Places: Stone Town, Nungwi Beach
64) Malawi: 2017 – 4 Days
Places: Chitimba Beach, Kande Beach
65) Zambia: 2017 – 5 Days
Places: Livingstone, Lusaka, Petuake, South Luangwa
66) Botswana: 2017 – 9 Days
Places: Chobe National Park, Ghanzi, Maun, Okavango Delta
67) Zimbabwe: 2017 – 4 Days
Places: Victoria Falls
68) Namibia: 2018 – 11 Days
Places: Brandberg, Deadvlei, Estosha National Park, Fish River Canyon, Sesriem, Spitzkoppe, Swapokmund, Windhoek
69) Nepal: 2018 – 6 Days
Places: Kathmandu, Panauti
70) Tibet: 2018 – 10 Days
Places: Lhasa, Gyantse, Shegar, Rombuk, Shigatse, Mount Everest
71) Colombia: 2019 – 16 Days
Places: Bogotá, Armenia, Salento, Medellín, Cartagena, Minca, Guatape, Taganga, Tayrona, Santa Marta
72) Türkiye: 2023 – 14 Days
Places: Istanbul, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale, Troy, Epesus, Selcuk, Pamukkale
73) Kyrgyzstan: 2023 – 6 Days
Places: Bishkek, Chong-Kemin, Song Kul, Tamga, Karakol
74) Kazakhstan: 2023 – 2 Days
Places: Saty Village, Almaty
75) Tajikistan: 2023 – 4 Days
Places: Dushanbe, Gazza Village, Kuli Iskandarkul, Khujand
Planned May 2023 to June 2023
76) Uzbekistan: 2023 – 9 Days
Places: Tashkent, Samarkand, Aydar Kul Camp, Bukhara, Khiva
77) Turkmenistan: 2023 – 6 Days
Places: Dashoguguz, Darvaza, Ashgabat
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