I recently had some interviews in Reykjavik about potentially being the most traveled living Icelander. It´s never fair to measure or compete in ´travel´, but they say 222 countries may be the record. Some are still unclear how many countries there are in the world (including me) but I tried to explain the numbers once here: “How many countries are there in the world?” When asked what countries are left, these are the 25ish countries, territories and islands I´m still on my way to, whether or not they count.
- Tokelau
- Tajikistan
- Turkmenistan
- Uzbekistan
- Ngorno-Karabakh
- Iraq
- Syria
- Yemen
- Eritrea
- South Sudan
- Libya
- Chad
- Niger
- Central African Republic
- Cameroon
- Congo Brazzaville
- Gabon
- Angola
- Equatorial Guinea
- Sao Tome Principe
- Pitcairn island
- Falkland Islands
- South Georgia and South Sandwich islands
- St. Helena, Ascension and Tristan de Cunha
- Saint-Pierre and Miquelon
I´ve never traveled to check countries off a list, I simply travel to go to new places. However, its fun to count, continents, islands or borders or passport stamps, whatever system you like keeping track with, and the definition of a country has many interpretations. I think it´s weird to say I´ve been to Denmark when I went to Greenland, and even weirder to say I went to France when I went to Guadaloupe. Check out my blog on other examples, and please don´t be fooled the UN member states that total only 196 countries – many countries and sovereign territories are still fighting to be recognised and we should honor that.