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
Exploring the Haunted Poveglia Island-Final Resting Place for Thousands of Plague Victims and Location of an Abandoned Mental Asylum
September 2019: Journey to Poveglia Island An Obsession with Haunted Places Haunted places have always fascinated me, and when I first learned about Poveglia Island, I knew I had found the ultimate...
A Short Layover in Helsinki to Meet My Friends and Explore the City, Finland
September 2019: As part of a larger two-week trip through Southern Russia, South Ossetia, and Italy, I spent a day in Helsinki, Finland, on a stopover with Finnair en route to Moscow. Finland, a...
Yellowstone National Park in Winter
March 2019: Yellowstone in Winter: A Different World Childhood Memories of Yellowstone When I was a kid, I visited Yellowstone with my family a few times. Back then, it felt like the most exotic...
Swimming with Sperm Whales-World’s Largest Toothed Predator and Exploring Dominica’s Wealth of Natural Treasures
Swimming with Moby DickDominica: The Caribbean’s Untouched Eco-Paradise I categorize Caribbean countries into two types: large, bustling nations and smaller, quieter islands. I tend to prefer the...
Swimming with Southern Sting Rays in Antigua
A Layover Adventure in Antigua In July 2019, during a day-long layover between our flights from: Montserrat Island – Exploring the Exclusion Zone where a volcano destroyed the capital city of...
Visiting the Pompeii of the Caribbean-Exclusion Zone Where a Volcano Destroyed the Capitol City of Plymouth, Montserrat
Montserrat: The Pompeii of the Caribbean July 2019: Paula and I couldn’t visit the Lesser Antilles without stopping in Montserrat, a British Overseas Territory often called the Pompeii of the...
Venturing into the Northern Jungles of Htamanthi Reserve, Myanmar as One of the First Tourists to Obtain a Permit to Visit the Region
March 2019: As part of a larger 10-day trip that involved visiting Afghanistan, I also visited Myanmar for 4 days, a country that couldn't be any different on the cultural spectrum. This was...
Trip to Bamiyan, Afghanistan in Winter Two Years Before the Taliban Takeover
A Return to Afghanistan: February 2019 This trip was part of a 10-day round-the-world journey, departing from Los Angeles and traveling through Myanmar, Thailand, and Afghanistan, before flying home...
Abseiling into the World’s Deepest Pit Cave-Sotano de las Golondrinas
The World's Largest Cave Shaft February 2019: Over a decade and a half ago, I watched the nature series Planet Earth on Discovery Channel. The episode on the worlds greatest caves opened with the...
Entering the Kingdom as One of the First Foreigners to be Issued a Tourist Visa to Explore Desert Caves Only Known to Local Bedouin, Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia: The Once-Impossible Journey December 2018: For years, Saudi Arabia topped my list of must-visit destinations, but as a country closed off to tourists, it remained an impossible dream....