Travel

According to the CIA World Fact Book (April 2024), there are 262 'World Entities,' defined as 'Independent Entities' (e.g. USA, Canada, etc.), 'Other' (Antarctica, EU), 'Dependent Entities' (e.g. Hong Kong, Guam, Puerto Rico, etc.), 'Unresolved' (e.g. Gaza Strip, West Bank, etc.), and 'Other Entities' (5 oceans plus the world as a whole). Therefore, we've been to 48% of total World Entities (120 'Independent' or 'Dependent' plus both 'Other' as well as all 6 'Other Entities').

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     INDEPENDENT 'ENTITIES' Both
of us
Pam
only
Lester
only
Most
recently:
1  Antarctica x     2022
2  Antigua x     2011
3  Argentina x     2022
4  Aruba x     2022
5  Australia  x     2018
6  Austria x     1985
7  Bahamas x     1995
8  Belgium x     2008
9  Belize x     2010
10  Bhutan x     2020
11  Bolivia x     1999
12  Botswana     x 1978
13  Brazil x     1999
14  Bulgaria  x     2007
15  Cambodia  x     2006
16  Canada  x     2014
17  Cayman Islands x     2010
18  Chile x     1999
19  China x     1994
20  Costa Rica  x     2017
21  Curacao x     2022
22  Czech Republic x     1996
23  Denmark x     1997
24  Dominica x     2001
25  Dominican Republic x     2024
26  Egypt x     1994
27  Estonia x     2009
28  Ethiopia     x 2015
29  Fiji  x     2009
30  Finland x     2017
31  France x     2022
32  Germany x     2016
33  Greece x     2023
34  Grenada x     2022
35  Guatemala x     2015
36  Honduras x     2010
37  Hungary  x     2007
38  Iceland x     1996
39  India x     2020
40  Indonesia x     2018
41  Ireland x     2011
42  Israel x     1994
43  Italy x     2018
44  Japan x     2008
45  Jordan x     1994
46  Kenya x     1993
47  Korea, Republic of (South) x     2008
48  Kosovo x     2017
49  Laos  x     2006
50  Latvia x     2009
51  Lesotho      x 1972
52  Liechtenstein   x   1985
53  Lithuania x     2009
54  Luxembourg   x   2002
55  Macedonia x     2017
56  Madagascar x 2012
57  Malaysia x     2008
58  Mauritius x     2012
59  Mexico x     2021
60  Micronesia (Chuuk f.k.a. Truk) x     1994
61  Monaco x     2022
62  Morocco x     2023
63  Namibia     x 1974
64  Nepal x     1994
65  Netherlands x     2002
66  New Zealand  x     2009
67  Nicaragua   x   2007
68  Norway x     1997
69  Palau x     1996
70  Paraguay x     1999
71  Peru x     1999
72 Philippines x     2024
73  Poland x     1996
74  Portugal x     2001
75  Romania  x     2007
76  Russia x     1994
77  Saint Kitts and Nevis x     2022
78  Saint Lucia x     2022
79  Saudi Arabia  x     2014
80  Serbia  x     2014
81  Seychelles x     2012
82  Singapore x     2008
83  Slovenia     x 2003
84  South Africa x     2012 
85  Spain x     2004
86  Sri Lanka  x     2004
87  Swaziland (now Eswatini)     x 1970
88  Sweden x     2017
89  Switzerland x     2018
90  Taiwan  x     2008
91  Thailand  x     2018
92  Tonga x     1994
93  Turkey  x     2007
94  United Arab Emirates (Dubai) x     2012
95  United Kingdom x     2008
96  United States of America x     2011
97  Uruguay x     1999
98  Vatican City (Holy See) x     2009
99  Viet Nam  x     2006
100  Zambia x     1993
101  Zimbabwe x     1993
   
 SELF-GOVERNING DEPENDENT ENTITIES

     
102  Easter Island-Rapa Nui (Chile)  x     2009
103  Galapagos Islands (Ecuador)  x     2009
104  Guam (U.S.A.) x     1996
105  Guernsey (U.K.) x     2011
106  Hong Kong (China) x     2018
107  Ireland, Northern (a.k.a. Ulster, U.K.) x     2011
108  Isle of Man (U.K.) x     2011
109  Jersey (U.K.) x     2011
110  Las Palmas (Canary Islands, Spain) x     2000
111  Macau (China) x     2018
112  Madeira (Portugal) x     2000
113  Puerto Rico (U.S.A.) x     2022
114  Saint Martin (France) x     2001
115    Scotland (U.K.) x     2011
116  Sint Maarten (Netherlands) x     2001
117  Tenerife (Canary Islands, Spain) x     2000
118  Tortola (British Virgin Islands) x     2001
119  U.S. Virgin Islands (St. Croix &
 St. Thomas)
x     2011
120    Wales (U.K.) x     2011

Still to see...

Albania
Algeria
American Samoa
Andorra
Angola
Anguilla
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Barbados
Benin
Bermuda
Bosnia & Herzegovina
Brunei
Cameroon
Cabo Verde
Christmas Island
Cocos Islands
Cook Islands
Cote d'Ivoire
Croatia
Cuba
Cyprus (Akrotiri & Dhekelia)
Djibouti
East Timor
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Falkland Islands
Faroe Islands
French Polynesia
Gabon
Gambia, The
Georgia
Ghana
Gibraltar
Greenland
Kazakhstan
Kiribati
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
Liberia
Malawi
Maldives
 Malta
Marshall Islands
Moldova
Mongolia
Montenegro
Montserrat
Mozambique
Nauru
New Caledonia
Niger
Nigeria
Niue
Norfolk Island
Northern Mariana Isl.
Oman
Panama
Pitcairn Islands
Qatar
Rwanda
Samoa
Saint Barthelemy
Saint Helena
Saint Pierre & Miquelon
Saint Vincent & Grenadines
San Marino
Sao Tome & Principe
Senegal
Sierra Leone
Slovakia
Solomon Islands
Suriname
Tajikistan
Tanzania
Timor-Leste
Togo
Tokelau
Tunisia
Turkmenistan
Turks & Caicos Islands
Tuvalu
Uzbekistan
Vanuatu
Venezuela
Wallis & Futuna

Maybe someday...

  U.S. State Dept:
"Do Not Travel"


Afghanistan
Belarus
Burkina Faso
Burma (Myanmar)
Central African Republic
Haiti
Iran
Iraq
Libya
Mali
North Korea
Somalia
South Sudan
Sudan
Syria
Ukraine
Venezuela
Yemen
U.S. State Dept:
"Reconsider Travel"


Burundi
Chad
Colombia
Congo
El Salvador
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Guyana
Honduras
Jamaica
Lebanon
Mauritania
Niger
Nigeria
Pakistan
Papua New Guinea
Trinidad and Tobago
Uganda