travelling wilbury...
i would in the 20 first years of life i had visited about 10 countries.... in the 30 first years about 60... and in the 34 years, all the 192 UN-recognised countries...
best,
Reply to this Anthony: I see you are a photographer - are most of the visits due to work?
Or do you visit new countries in order to photograph from there?
Which is the last country you visited?
Either way - congratulations 😊 - can't be many people who've managed this.
Reply to this a little of both....
4 years ago i have founded the non for profit organisation Art in All of Us (www.artinallofus.org) to teach photography and other art forms in schools around the world....
my last country was Luxembourg...
Reply to this Which UN recognised countries have you not yet visited?
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Just to say that travelling to all the countries in the world is my 6 year olds life ambition He has a little map and colours in each country we go to. Hes a little dissapointed that we are visiting Australia again as part of our bigger trip in a couple of weeks as its already been coloured in on his map!
My grandfather travelled to 150 countries in his life time, very impessive as he started travelling in 1919 when travel options were somewhat limited! My father is going to type up all his memoirs at some point, they make such interresting reading.
Reply to this anthony!!! i just checked you out on wikipedia. first off, its SO COOL what you do for a living, how else could i describe it? i commend you for your efforts to help children across the globe with your organization. you are truly making a difference. i am instantly a fan of your beliefs...
truly,
melissa
Reply to this Terry-Ann, your grandfather's book would make fascinating reading! Please encourage him to get writing.
I did meet two fellow travellers from Brisbane, they were at the 117 country mark - a mother and her son - and like most of us, they only travel through their holidays - so this is a very impressive achievement.
Though there are 192 countries, I think if you include territories it increases to about 262. I think it is more accurate to include territories - for example, if you have visited Greenland, can you really claim that you have visited Denmark and vice-versa?
And keep up your great work Anthony!
Reply to this I was reading the profile page of a new member this morning. He has been to over 120 countries. I forget his user name, so if it is you, post here and tell us which countries you have not been to and if you intend to go to them. 😊
Reply to this This Swiss guy travelled 194 in one year: http://www.touchtheworld.ch/index.php?id=270&L=1
He was so determined to set the record and it was very well planned.
Reply to this 194 in one year? That's not travelling - that's country hopping.
I don't know if I would want to travel all the countries of the world; there's countries that I have no interest in whatsoever, for example: Angola; to me, the stress of getting there, getting in, getting out isn't worth it. Just to tick a country of a list?
Fair enough if you actually have an objective - you want to meet a particular group of people, do something in particular but to just say you've been there? What is the point?
Reply to this Yes, that is a good point Krystie - spending less than two days in each country is really country hopping and just collecting as many visas as possible. I've heard of people doing this in the Caribbean, but that is understandable, since many nations are quite small - but couldn't see how one would want to do that in Africa or South America (to name just two continents).
As long as there is something of interest in a country - it might be the whole nation, or as small as an historic building or a national park, or maybe even to see a sporting event or a concert - to me that justifies it as a destination. The only reason I sometimes visit a country which does not hold much appeal is if I am in transit to another country.
Reply to this the travel camel .. i totally agree with you on the whole "can you say you've really visited denmark if you've been to greenland" thing. i technically think you could say that you've been to denmark, since there is no greenlandic (?!) citizenship, so you'd be meeting people with danish citizenships, buuut that being said, it's NOTHING alike. i hold a danish citizenship & on some level, i consider greenland a country of its own, even though I KNOW it's a territory under the Danish crown. so i guess the thing you should really consider when counting countries is if you want to count cultures or world recognized countries.
Reply to this The Travel Camel, "couldn't see how one would want to do that in Africa"? On the page below, this same Swiss guy is bragging about "visiting" (?) 5 African countries in 7 hours:
http://www.touchtheworld.ch/index.php?id=289&L=1
I totally agree with you guys. What is the point? His world record isn't worth anything. He was just driving through the countries, which for me is the same as you fly over the countries. He might well have been travelling with his eyes closed while the other guy was driving the car as he was totally exhausted and bored to death.
Reply to this Well spotted Yuan Liu! I think he chose one of the few parts of Africa you could do such a task. I'm sure for a bit of fun it is possible (I did 4 countries in Europe in a day - Woke up in Amsterdam, drove through Belgium into Luxembourg for a late lunch and a look around, and that evening I crossed into France - however I had already spent time in each of those countries previously except for Luxembourg) but that is as far as it goes.
What is more interesting about that blogger is that he claims to have done 22 "mainly African countries" in 6 days - which is even more bewildering than 5 in 7 hours - and then the ultimate is 20 European countries in a 24 hour period. Yes, it is an achievement to have done this, but I wouldn't class it as travelling.
MJ, it is great to hear from someone who holds Danish citizenship about the Greenland question - I've always wanted to ask someone from that part of the world, but it has never happened until now!
Reply to this can anyone even get into north korea? without getting arrested that is
Reply to this not that difficult to get in North Korea.... i can take up to 6 months to obtain your "tourist visa" to North Korea. BUT for me it took me 2,5 years of negotiation with the local government to work in a local school.
Reply to this My cousin Lee is actually trying to beat the record of the youngest person to travel to every country in the world. He is 31 and blogs about all of his trips. It is really interesting to follow. I believe this is what you are looking for: http://www.leeabbamonte.com/
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