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"The world is a book, and those who don't travel only read one page." -- Saint Augustine

This dude makes a great point. I'm a slow reader, but on this webpage I still want to list out the countries I've been to, and try to keep it up to date to inspire me to visit more places. :)

Last updated: April 22, 2019

PS: An airport doesn't count... I only qualify places I spent over 24 hours exploring.

Countries

List of Countries I've Been To

There are 196 counties... so I guess I've still done only ~13%:

1. Australia ............ (1983-2010)
2. New Zealand ............ (1990: family trip, sep 2008: paid phd trip)
3. Indonesia ............ (~1989.. several times)
4. Thailand ............ (several times + dec 2018)
5. Singapore ............ (2012 with matt)
6. Borneo ............ (childhood kinabalu)
7. Vanuatu ............ (mar 2017)
8. New Caledonia ............ (mar 2017)
9. Germany ............ (jan 2014 + apr 2019)
10. England ............ (jan 2014)
11. Tanzania ............ (jan 2014)
12. Kenya ............ (jan 2014)
13. Uganda ............ (jan 2014)
14. South Africa ............ (jan 2014)
15. United States ............ (jan 2005 + 2010-present)
16. Canada ............ (sep 2012: ottawa for passport + jul 2015 toronto wedding + jun 2018: vancouver)
17. Mexico ............ (jun 2016: playa del carmen > tulum)
18. Japan ............ (feb 2017)
19. Peru ............ (mar 2018)
20. Bolivia ............ (mar 2018)
21. Chile ............ (mar 2018)
22. Laos ............ (dec 2018)
23. Cambodia ............ (dec 2018)
24. Spain ............ (apr 2019)
25. France ............ (apr 2019)
26. Italy ............ (apr 2019)

Country Wishlist

Roughly in order of preference.

1. Ukraine
2. China
3. Brazil
4. Switzerland
5. Sweden
6. Morocco
7. India

US States

List of US States I've Been To

So there are 50 states, some more fun than others, and I've only done ~32%:

1. California ............ (2010-present: lived)
2. Colorado ............ (jan 2005: 1st visit, jan 2011: family road trip)
3. Arizona ............ (jan 2011: family road trip)
4. Utah ............ (jun 2011, may 2016: bachelor road trip)
5. Nevada ............ (jun 2011, aug 2017: brc, aug 2019: brc)
6. Wyoming ............ (jun 2011 > road trip)
7. Montana ............ (jun 2011 > road trip)
8. Idaho ............ (jun 2011 > road trip)
9. Washington ............ (2015?: graham, aug 2017: wenatchee wedding)
10. New Mexico ............ (may 2013: wedding > road trip)
11. Florida ............ (sep 2015: family road trip)
12. New York ............ (oct 2015 + mar 2019)
13. Alaska ! ............ (jun 2018: cruise > anchorage > drive > denali)
14. Pennsylvania ............ (sep 2018: pittsburg)
15. Texas ............ (oct 2019: houston > austin)
16. Georgia ............ (dec 2019: atlanta)
17. Oregon ............ (may 2020: portland)

Plus:

• Washington DC* ............ (jan 2005: 1st visit) *(not technically a state)

US States Wishlist

1. Hawaii
2. Also Hawaii
3. Tennessee ... (for Nashville)
4. Michigan
5. Lousiana

See Also

• Google Offices and Travel - places I've travelled to and worked at remote Google offices.

Links

• My Facebook Profile - in case I get pretentious and add all the places I've visited here!