Countries Visited
In just over 28 years I have been able to visit ALL of the world’s countries (197/197 U.N Countries & 250 Plus Total Territories/Countries). I have set foot in all seven continents, and I hope to continue exploring every hidden corner of this incredible planet. Click on a country below to see my related pages.
Travel Stories
Expedition into Cueva de los Tayos, Where Explorers Including Neil Armstrong Have Searched for the Legendary Golden Tablets with Alien Like Symbols
November 2022: In early 2022, I first learned about the Cave of the Tayos when my brother, Jesse tagged me on a Facebook post from Outdoor Magazine with a message, "Let's do this.". According to the article, it is a cave not only full of tarantulas, scorpions, and...
Penguins, Sheep, Sea Lions and Battlefields-Week in the British Falkland Islands
November 2022: To complete my visit of all South American countries, I felt that I would be leaving too much out by not visiting the Falkland Islands. The remote British archipelago with abundant wildlife that lies between Patagonia and Antarctica, fought over in a...
Crossing the Río de la Plata River by Ferry to the Uruguayan, Colonial Era Town of Colonia de Sacramento
November 2022: On a trip to South America primarily to visit the Falkland Islands and Cuevo de los Tayos in Ecuador, I also flew to Buenos Aires, Argentina for a few days to visit my last South American country, Uruguay and also one of the last United Nations...
Walking the Enchanting Barcelona Alleys at Night, and a Drive through the Spanish and French Pyrenees Mountains to the Micro-Nation of Andorra
October, 2022: As part of a larger European trip and in order to complete my last European countries, Andorra, and Monaco, my wife and mother-in-law flew to Barcelona, Spain. This was my second visit to Spain, my first being to Madrid in September 2006. The main...
Exploring Lava caves of Europe’s Largest Active Volcano, Mount Etna in the Beautiful Island of Sicily
October 2022: The island of Sicily has been on my bucket list for a while. I have wanted to see the highest active volcano in Europe, Mount Etna and learn more about the island made famous by the movie Godfather and its mafia history.About Siciliy Sicily...
Malta-Exploring Catacombs, and Forts Ranging from the Era of the Crusaders to World War II
October 2022: Malta is a small country but one packed with lots and lots of history. Its location in the middle of the Mediterranean just off the shore of Sicily, Italy and Tunisa have made it very strategically important throughout history and almost every empire in...
Road Trip Across the Swiss Alps to My Last Visited Country in Europe-Lichtenstein
October 2022: In order to visit my last country in Europe, Lichtenstein, my wife, I and mother-in-law flew into Zurich, Switzerland, rented a car to make our way across the eastern Swiss Alps to cross into Lichtenstein. It was good to be back in Switzerland, a country...
A Day Trip to Glitz and Glamour of the Principality of Monaco
October 2022: Visiting every country wasn't always my goal but over the years I realized it is suddenly possible and I am actually within reach of accomplishing something I never thought possible. So, this quest has brought me to countries like Monaco that I never...
Hippies, History and Happiness in Copenhagen, Denmark
October 2022: Throughout my travels, the Nordik country of Denmark somehow managed to escape my sights. The same cannot be said about its territories, the Faroe Islands and Greenland but the actual country itself had evaded me up until now. On a 10-day trip around the...
United Arab Emirates-Wave Surfing in the Desert, Snow Skiing in Shopping Malls and Infinity Pools on Top of a 75 Story Building……………
I admit the United Arab Emirates (UAE), a country governed by sheikhs compared to Oman, Saudi Arabia and Yemen, isn't my favorite Gulf country and there is definitely a level of decadence and superficialness about the UAE that doesn't appeal to me. For years I...