Travel is not about how many countries you’ve been to or how many stamps you have in your passport. But I will admit that I find a little bit of list ticking to be entertaining.
By request, here is a list of countries I’ve been to roughly in order, with year(s) visited:
- USA – lived there for the first 31 years of my life, 1980-2011, 2012, 2015, 2018
- Canada – 1993, 2001, 2011
- England – 1994, 2010, 2015
- France – 1994, 1995, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017
- Monaco – 1994
- Switzerland – 1994, 1996, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2019
- Italy – 1995, 1996, 1999, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2019
- Vatican – 1995, 1999, 2013
- Spain – 1995, 2000, 2011, 2012, 2014/2015, 2017, 2019, 2020
- Germany – 1996, 2010, then moved there 2011-present
- Austria – 1996, 2011, 2018, 2023
- Portugal – 2000, 2012, 2020, 2023, 2024
- Gibraltar * – 2000
- Morocco – 2000, 2014
- Mexico – 2003
- Greece – 2008
- Chile – 2009, 2012
- Antarctica * – 2009
- Argentina – 2009
- Malta – 2009
- Croatia – 2009, 2017, 2018
- Hong Kong * – 2010, 2018
- Macau * – 2010, 2018
- Malaysia – 2010, 2011, 2014
- Singapore – 2010, 2011, 2014
- Australia – 2010, 2011
- Ecuador – 2010
- Czech Republic – 2010, 2016, 2018, 2022, 2023
- Liechtenstein – 2011
- Indonesia – 2011
- Brunei – 2011
- Cambodia – 2011, 2014
- Laos – 2011
- Vietnam – 2011
- New Zealand – 2011/2012
- French Polynesia * – 2012
- Turkey – 2012
- Belgium – 2012, 2013
- Andorra – 2012
- Luxembourg – 2013
- Netherlands – 2013, 2015
- San Marino – 2013
- Poland – 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
- Thailand – 2014
- Hungary – 2014
- Denmark – 2015, 2019
- Belize – 2016
- Guatemala – 2016
- Honduras – 2016
- El Salvador – 2016
- Cyprus – 2016
- Northern Cyprus * – 2016
- Kosovo – 2016
- Panama – 2017
- Costa Rica – 2017
- Nicaragua – 2017
- Bosnia & Herzegovina – 2017
- Montenegro – 2017
- Slovenia – 2017
- Russia – 2018
- Finland – 2018
- Estonia – 2018
- Uganda – 2019
- Japan – 2019
- Slovakia – 2019
- Latvia – 2019
- Zambia – 2022
- Romania – 2023
- South Africa – 2024
- Botswana – 2024
- Zimbabwe – 2024
- Ireland – 2024
* These countries aren’t technically countries, but I count them anyway. For one reason or another they have enough separation from the country they’re actually a part of, so I count them as a separate country. As for Antarctica, it doesn’t belong to anyone and has no permanent residents, so again, it seems separate enough. Also, that means most of these are included on the map with the country they officially belong to, and Antarctica sadly doesn’t show up on the map at all.
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Ali Garland is a travel packing expert who loves to explore the world. She has 20 years of experience traveling with only carry on bags. On Travel Made Simple, she shares her best tips for packing less, dealing with layovers, and more tips that will help you have the best vacation. Originally from the US, she now lives in Berlin with her husband and their Yorkie. Read more 
