Monthly Archives: November 2014

It all depends what you count as a “country”, but I’ve been to:

• 104 of the 195 countries (sovereign states) officially recognised by the UN
• 2 of the 11 disputed states partially recognised by most UN countries
• 13 of the 39 additional territories, islands, and dependencies from the Matador Network list which are not countries in the internationally agreed and recognised sense, but which are quite distinct from their parent country. For example, Greenland is technically part of Denmark, but you can’t go to Copenhagen and consider that a tick in the box for Greenland, ditto for the Faroe Islands. Likewise, a visit to Paris doesn’t really tick the box for the French Polynesian islands of Tahiti and Bora Bora, or French Guiana in South America. While it’s certainly easy to tick off the UK, that really doesn’t cover you for the Isle of Man, Falkland Islands, Gibraltar, British Virgin Islands, Guernsey, Jersey…

The Complete List of Places I’ve Been

Albania, Andorra, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Canada, Chile, China, Comoros, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, Faroe Islands, Fiji, Finland, France, French Polynesia, Georgia, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Guernsey, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Isle of Man, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jersey, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Korea (South), Kosovo, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Latvia, Lesotho, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macao, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malaysia, Maldives, Malta, Mauritius, Mayotte, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Morocco, Myanmar, Namibia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Oman, Panama, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Reunion, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Scotland, Serbia, Seychelles, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Swaziland (eSwatini), Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Vatican City, Vietnam, Wales, Zambia, Zimbabwe

USA

Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Montana, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia, Wyoming.