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 47% of total World Entities (119 '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  Egypt x     1994
26  Estonia x     2009
27  Ethiopia     x 2015
28  Fiji  x     2009
29  Finland x     2017
30  France x     2022
31  Germany x     2016
32  Greece x     2023
33  Grenada x     2022
34  Guatemala x     2015
35  Honduras x     2010
36  Hungary  x     2007
37  Iceland x     1996
38  India x     2020
39  Indonesia x     2018
40  Ireland x     2011
41  Israel x     1994
42  Italy x     2018
43  Japan x     2008
44  Jordan x     1994
45  Kenya x     1993
46  Korea, Republic of (South) x     2008
47  Kosovo x     2017
48  Laos  x     2006
49  Latvia x     2009
50  Lesotho      x 1972
51  Liechtenstein   x   1985
52  Lithuania x     2009
53  Luxembourg   x   2002
54  Macedonia x     2017
55  Madagascar x 2012
56  Malaysia x     2008
57  Mauritius x     2012
58  Mexico x     2021
59  Micronesia (Chuuk f.k.a. Truk) x     1994
60  Monaco x     2022
61  Morocco x     2023
62  Namibia     x 1974
63  Nepal x     1994
64  Netherlands x     2002
65  New Zealand  x     2009
66  Nicaragua   x   2007
67  Norway x     1997
68  Palau x     1996
69  Paraguay x     1999
70  Peru x     1999
71 Philippines x     2024
72  Poland x     1996
73  Portugal x     2001
74  Romania  x     2007
75  Russia x     1994
76  Saint Kitts and Nevis x     2022
77  Saint Lucia x     2022
78  Saudi Arabia  x     2014
79  Serbia  x     2014
80  Seychelles x     2012
81  Singapore x     2008
82  Slovenia     x 2003
83  South Africa x     2012 
84  Spain x     2004
85  Sri Lanka  x     2004
86  Swaziland (now Eswatini)     x 1970
87  Sweden x     2017
88  Switzerland x     2018
89  Taiwan  x     2008
90  Thailand  x     2018
91  Tonga x     1994
92  Turkey  x     2007
93  United Arab Emirates (Dubai) x     2012
94  United Kingdom x     2008
95  United States of America x     2011
96  Uruguay x     1999
97  Vatican City (Holy See) x     2009
98  Viet Nam  x     2006
99  Zambia x     1993
100  Zimbabwe x     1993
   
 SELF-GOVERNING DEPENDENT ENTITIES

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