Travel

According to the CIA World Fact Book (October 2011), there are 196 "independent countries" but a total of 267 "world entities" thanks to territories like Guam, Puerto Rico, etc. Hmmmm. So, depending on your point of view, we've seen either 33% or 42% of world. Ironically the world itself is considered one of the "world entities" as are each of the five oceans...!

See photos from recent major trips:

   

 

     INDEPENDENT COUNTRIES Both
of us		 Pam
only		 Lester
only		 Most
recently:
1  Antigua x     2011
2  Argentina x     1999
3  Australia  x     2009
4  Austria x     1985
5  Bahamas x     1995
6  Belgium x     2008
7  Belize x     2010
8  Bolivia x     1999
9  Botswana     x 1978
10  Brazil x     1999
11  Bulgaria  x     2007
12  Cambodia  x     2006
13  Canada x     2003
14  Cayman Islands x     2010
15  Chile x     1999
16  China x     1994
17  Czech Republic x     1996
18  Denmark x     1997
19  Dominica x     2001
20  Egypt x     1994
21  Estonia x     2009
22  Fiji  x     2009
23  Finland x     1997
24  France x     2005
25  Germany x     1988
26  Greece x     1994
27  Grenada x     2011
28  Honduras x     2010
29  Hungary  x     2007
30  Iceland x     1996
31  India x     1994
32 Ireland x     2011
33  Israel x     1994
34  Italy x     2009
35  Japan x     2008
36  Jordan x     1994
37  Kenya x     1993
38  Korea, Republic of (South) x     2008
39  Laos  x     2006
40  Latvia x     2009
41  Liechtenstein   x   1985
42  Lithuania x     2009
43  Luxembourg   x   2002
44  Malaysia x     2008
45  Mexico x     2006
46  Monaco x     2005
47  Morocco   x   2000
48  Namibia     x 1974
49  Nepal x     1994
50  Netherlands x     2002
51  New Zealand  x     2009
52  Nicaragua   x   2007
53  Norway x     1997
54  Palau x     1996
55  Paraguay x     1999
56  Peru x     1999
57  Poland x     1996
58  Portugal x     2001
59  Romania  x     2007
60  Russia x     1994
61  Saint Kitts and Nevis x     2001
62  Singapore x     2008
63  Slovenia     x 2003
64  South Africa x     1997
65  Spain x     2004
66  Sri Lanka  x     2004
67  Sweden x     2008
68  Switzerland   x   1985
69  St. Lucia x     2011
70  Thailand  x     2004
71  Tonga x     1994
72  Turkey  x     2007
73  United Kingdom x     2008
74  United States of America x     2011
75  Uruguay x     1999
76  Vatican City (Holy See) x     2009
77  Viet Nam  x     2006
78  Zambia x     1993
79  Zimbabwe x     1993
           
    TERRITORIES        
80  Easter Island-Rapa Nui (Chile)  x     2009
81  Galapagos Islands (Ecuador)  x     2009
82  Guam (U.S.A.) x     1996
83  Guernsey (U.K.) x     2011
84  Hong Kong (China) x     1994
85    Ireland, Northern (Ulster) x     2011
86 Isle of Man x     2011
87  Jersey x     2011
88  Las Palmas (Canary Isl's, Spain) x     2000
89  Madeira (Portugal) x     2000
90  Puerto Rico (U.S.A.) x     2011
91    Scotland (U.K.) x     2011
92  St. Maartens (Netherlands) x     2001
93  Taiwan (China) x     2008
94  Tenerife (Canary Islands, Spain) x     2000
95  Tortola (British Virgin Islands) x     2001
96  U.S. Virgin Islands (St. Croix &
 St. Thomas)		 x     2011
97    Wales (U.K.) x     2011

Still on our "to do" list:
Afghanistan
Albania
Algeria
American Samoa
Andorra
Angola
Anguilla
Antarctica
Armenia
Aruba
Azerbaijan
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Barbados
Belarus
Benin
Bermuda
Bhutan
Bosnia & Herzegovina
Brunei
Burkina Faso
Burma
Burundi
Cameroon
Cape Verde
Central African Rep
Chad
Christmas Island
Cocos Islands
Colombia
Comoros
Congo
Cook Islands
Costa Rica
Cote d'Ivoire		 Croatia
Cuba
Cyprus
Djibouti
Dominican Republic
East Timor
El Salvador
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Falkland Islands
Faroe Islands
French Guiana
French Polynesia
Gabon
Gambia, The
Georgia
Ghana
Gibraltar
Greenland
Guadeloupe
Guatemala
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Guyana
Haiti
Indonesia
Iran
Iraq
Jamaica
Kazakhstan
Kiribati
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
Lebanon 		Lesotho
Liberia
Libya
Macau
Macedonia
Madagascar
Malawi
Maldives
Mali
Malta
Marshall Islands
Martinique
Mauritania
Mauritius
Mayotte
Micronesia
Moldova
Mongolia
Montserrat
Mozambique
Nauru
Netherlands Antilles
New Caledonia
Niger
Nigeria
Niue
Norfolk Island
North Korea
Northern Mariana Isl.
Oman
Pakistan
Papua New Guinea
Philippines
Pitcairn Islands
Qatar 		Reunion
Rwanda
Samoa
San Marino
Sao Tome & Principe
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Slovakia
Solomon Islands
Somalia
St Helena
St Pierre & Miquelon
St Vincent & Grenadines
Sudan
Suriname
Swaziland
Syria
Tajikistan
Tanzania
Togo
Tokelau
Trinidad &Tobago
Tunisia
Turkmenistan
Turks & Caicos Islands
Tuvalu
Uganda
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
Uruguay
Uzbekistan
Vanuatu
Venezuela
Wallis & Futuna
Western Sahara
Yemen