A childish obsession of mine is ticking off as many countries as possible. I wrote an article on this for the Ninemsn website in Australia, but suffice to say that I’m determined to have reached 60 countries by the age of 30.
So far, my list is as follows:
Countries visited due to living there or visiting relatives
1. England
2. Wales
3. Scotland
Countries visited pre Year 2000
These countries were all visited on family holidays, before I really started travelling independently.
4. France
5. Spain
6. Greece
7. Tunisia
8. Andorra
9. Bulgaria
10. Dominican Republic
11. St Kitts
12. Antigua
13. Turkey
14. Republic of Ireland
Countries visited in 2000
This was the year where I took a month of summer out for a debauched interrailing trip
15. The Netherlands
16. Belgium
17. Luxembourg
18. Germany
19. Czech Republic
20. Poland
21. Austria
22. Italy
Countries visited since 2000
23. Indonesia
24. Australia
25. New Zealand
26. Portugal
27. The Gambia
28. Senegal
29. Malta
30. Slovenia
31. Croatia
32. Hungary
33. Norway
34. Latvia
35. Vatican City
36. Finland
37. Estonia
So that leaves just under two years to do another 23… I’m nearly running out in Europe, but have plenty left in Asia, Oceania, the Caribbean and Africa, plus the whole American continent. Bring it on!