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
A Few Bizarre Days in Minsk, Belarus Meeting New Friends-Communicating Only Through Vodka-and Exploring the Freezing City in November
Three Days in Belarus: A Glimpse into an Authoritarian State November 2006: As part of a larger journey through Iran, Moscow, and Rajasthan, India, I spent three days in Belarus, traveling en route...
White Water Rafting in the Category Five Rapids of the Zambezi River Beneath the Worlds Longest Waterfalls-Victoria Falls,Zambia
September 2006: As part of a 10-day adventure that included cage diving with great white sharks in South Africa-Cage Diving with Great White Sharks in Guadalupe Island, Mexico & South Africa |...
Attacked by a Hippo in Mana Pools National Park, Zimbabwe
September 2006: My friend Matt and I backpacked across Zambia-White Water Rafting in the Category Five Rapids of the Zambezi River Beneath the Worlds Longest Waterfalls-Victoria Falls,Zambia |...
Camping on Deserted Islands in the Los Roques Islands and Swimming Under the World’s Tallest Waterfall in an Amazonian Lost World, Venezuela
May 2006: As part of a two-week trip that also included Colombia-Colombian Cocaine Labs, Indians and Hiking to the Paramilitary Controlled Lost City of Tayrona | Venture The Planet, I visited...
Colombian Cocaine Labs, Indians and Hiking to the Paramilitary Controlled Lost City of Tayrona
May 2006: In 2006, Colombia was just beginning to open to tourism after decades of war and conflict. Peace agreements between paramilitaries, guerrillas, and the government were in place, but crime...
Communist Cuba Under Fidel Castro-Homestay with Cuban Family, Visiting the Bay of Pigs Invasion Site, and Exploring the Wild Caves of Vinales
April 2006: Cuba is one of the last remaining Marxist-communist countries in the world and the only one left in the Western Hemisphere. It is also an island that, at the time of my trip, I was...
Petting Grey Whales in the Lagoons of Baja, Mexico
February 2006: A Magical Encounter with Baja’s Grey Whales Sometimes, the best trips are the ones right in your backyard, and for me, Baja, Mexico has always been one of those places. Few...
Trekking Deep into Mountains of the Isolated Himalayan Buddhist Kingdom of Bhutan to Visit the Layap People and Penis Temples
November 2005: I am not Buddhist but to me being in the Himalayas is a spiritual experience. it is hard to not feel God when you are surrounded by the highest and most majestic mountains on earth...
Experiencing the Madness of Calcutta and the Tribes and Wildlife of Similipal National Park in Orissa
November 2005: Into India’s Wild East Exploring Calcutta & Simlipal National Park on a Two-Week Trip Through India, Bangladesh, and Bhutan As part of a larger two-week adventure across Bhutan,...
Searching for the Man-Eating Tigers of the Sundarbans, World’s Largest Mangrove Forest, Bangladesh
November 2005: The Sunderbans, the largest mangrove forest in the world, forms the delta of the Ganges River's tributaries. Spanning across both Bangladesh and India, this vast forest is home to a...