Where We Been
COUNTRY COUNT
80
Officially Recognized Countries
NORTH AMERICA
SOUTH AMERICA
CENTRAL AMERICA
CARIBBEAN
EUROPE & MEDITERRANEAN
AFRICA
MIDDLE EAST
ASIA
PACIFIC OCEAN
The official number of countries in
the world is generally listed at 195
(including Vatican City & Palestine).
Travelers' Century Club offers its
own intriguing list of 330 countries
and territories. Per their website:
"Although some [listings] are not
actually countries in their own right,
they have been included because
they are removed from the parent
country, either geographically,
politically, or ethnologically" (e.g.,
Hawaii and Alaska). We include
these unofficial country and
territory listings in gray text below.
ATLANTIC OCEAN
Blue Text = Officially Recognized Country
Gray Text = Unofficial Country or Territory
Note: In cases where multiple links were
possible, we linked to our most extensive trip to
a particular country or territory. Countries with
no links were visited before our website began.
It's a big world out there -- we still have a long ways to go!
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