Countries

Whilst on a 24 hr coach journey in Argentina with my fellow travel buddy Al, we decided to make a list of every country we’d been together, it was sizeable. As with everything in my life, I made it competitive; “Right, who’s been to the most countries? Loser buys the first round…. Go!”. A brief discussion was held over whether we could count the various countries of the UK and as part of that England itself, “It’s a country isn’t it? Course you can count it”. Frantically scribbling down everywhere I’d been, I was thinking, my body has been used as a pin cushion by the travel nurse for the last few years, I’m immune to all diseases known to man pretty much therefore I must have a decent chance at winning this, “39” I professed, Al cursed me, “38, you b@$tard!”. That was 2 years ago and I can now lay claim to another 12 with my current total at 50.

There are 196 countries in the world, I’m aiming to have hit 100 by the time I’m 50.

Here is a list of where I’ve blogged…

Argentina

Salta, Puerto Iguazú, Buenos Aires,

Australia

Cairns, Port Douglas, Airlie Beach, Whitsundays, To wn of 1770, Fraser Island, Noosa, Brisbane, Surfers Paradise, Byron Bay, Bondi Beach, Sydney, Canberra, Melbourne, Great Ocean Road,

Benin

Cotonou, Ganvié, Nattitingou, Parc National De Penjari,

Bolivia

Copacobana, La Paz, Death Road, Salar D’Uyuni, Far South West,

Brazil

Foz D’Iguacu,

Brunei

Bandar Seri Begawan,

Burkina Faso

Ouagadougou, Bobo-Dioulasso, Banfora, Sindou Peaks,

Cambodia

Siem Reap, Angkor Wat, Phnom Penh,

Canada

Niagara, Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal, Mt Tremblant,

Chile

San Pedro De Atacama,

Estonia

Talinn,

Fiji

Mamanuca Islands,

Finland

Helskinki,

Germany

Munich,

Ghana

Accra, Tamale, Mole N.P, Bolgatanga, Hamele, Kumasi, Lake Bosumtwe, Busua, Axim, Cape Coast,

India

Delhi, Jaipur, Agra, Gorakphur, Palolem, Anjuna, Agonda, Mumbai, Varanasi, Shimla, Manali, Amristar, Jodphur, Jaisalmer, Great Thar Desert, Udaipur,

Indonesia

Bali,

Laos

Vientiene, Vang Vieng, Luang Prabang,

Latvia

Riga, Sigulda,

Malaysia

Kuala Lumpur, Kota Kinabalu, Sepilok, Uncle Tans,

Mexico

Tijuana,

Nepal

Kathmandu, Pokhara, Royal Chitwan N.P,

New Zealand

Christchurch, Lake Tekapo, Dunedin, Milford Sound, Queenstown, Wanaka, Fox Glacier, Franz Josef, Abel Tasman N.P, Wellington, Paraparaumu, Napier, Taupo, Rotorua, Auckland, Pahia,