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
Hiring a Float Plane and Being Dropped Off into the Kodiak Island Wilderness for a Week with the World’s Largest Bears
September 2014: As part of a larger trip to Alaska that also included seeing polar bears in the wild in the Inupiat village of Kaktovik, my brother Jesse, friend Evan and I visited Kodiak Island for...
Watching Polar Bears in the Inupiat Village of Kaktovik on the Edge of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
September 2014: Alaska is hands down one of my favorite places on Earth. Its wilderness and wildlife are just simply unparalleled. I have been to Alaska multiple times and I will keep returning. On...
A Few Days in Chinese Hong Kong & Macau-Previously Under British and Portuguese Rule
A Luxurious Stopover: Hong Kong & Macau Before the Wild July 2014: On my way to Vietnam and Cambodia, I had a three-day layover in Hong Kong and Macau, a brief but fascinating detour before an...
A Week of Adventure in the World’s Largest Cave-Hang Son Doong
Largest Cave in World in Terms of VolumeJuly 2014: I first learned about the great cave when I flipped open a National Geographic magazine and saw photos of a place so vast and otherworldly that it...
On Overnight Patrol with Park Rangers in Cardamom National Park, Cambodia
Cambodia and the Cardamom Mountains: A Rain-Soaked Adventure July 2014: As part of a two-week trip that included Hang Son Doong in Vietnam and Thailand, I returned to Cambodia after a decade, eager...
My Nation’s Capital, Old Appalachian Towns, Civil War History & Almost Being Arrested for Trespassing, Virginia
April 2014: Chasing History and Hill Country in Appalachia A Weekend in Virginia and West Virginia with My Brother Reuniting in the Blue Ridge Over a long weekend, I flew to Richmond, Virginia to...
Navigating the Vast Road-less and Narco-Trafficker Ridden Rainforests of La Mosquitia, Honduras
About Las MosquitiaFebruary 2014: The La Mosquitia region of Honduras is the largest rainforest in the Americas north of the Amazon. It is a largely roadless area of indigenous people, rare wildlife...
Spending Christmas in Kurdistan, Iraq
Christmas in Iraq and a Winter Ascent of Mount Nemrut December 2013: One of the key reasons I’ve been able to travel to most of the world while working full-time is my refusal to let any time off go...
Climbing the Mountain of Nemrut in Winter to Gaze into the Mysterious Statues of the Ancient King Antiochos
A Winter Ascent of Mount Nemrut December 2013: I traveled to central Turkey with one goal in mind—climbing Mount Nemrut in winter. Known for its towering ancient statues and massive stone heads,...
A Mountainous Land of Ruined Castles, Soviet Architecture, Stalin’s Birthplace and Medieval Villages of Stone Churches,Georgia
December 2013: I visited Georgia twice. Once on a 4-day trip to see Kazbegi and Gori in 2013 via a private car and driver I hired and again in 2018 to travel across thee far west of the country for...