Previous Trips

How much do you have to travel to be well travelled? It all depends on how you see the world.

The UN recognises 193 countries, but according to most standard definition there are 317 countries and territories in the world, at present I am on 37. If you add more obscure islands and provinces of places like the US, Brazil and India, the total can rise to 673, and my tally becomes 42.

Visits are counted as just touching the soil or refuelling stops. However I think this is kind of ridiculous, any millionaire with a private jet and yacht can easily get to 99% of the places (some are closed military bases, so perhaps you would need a private minisub too..,) but would be completely ignorant of the places he see and the people that live there. Your average America Tourist on vacation doing “14 days, 14 countries” has no idea of what they just missed. To travel is to be in tune with the world and its people.

My list comprises of:

Europe: Childhood trips with my parents/School

England, Spain, France, Germany, Monaco

First trip around the world for 2 years

USA, Hawaii, Cook Islands, Fiji, New Zealand, Australia, Thailand, Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, Sweden.

My European University Years

Denmark, Canada, Netherlands, Norway, Cambodia

Second trip for 2 years

Finland, Russia, Siberia, Mongolia, China, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Laos, Japan

Working in the UK

Czech republic, Switzerland, Egypt, Ghana, UAE, Uganda, India

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