Countries I've Ticked Off

I've been inspired by a fellow travel blogger to adopt the rather daunting goal of travelling to 40 countries before I'm 30. This page tracks my progress...

Update: on 22 October 2012, I reached my goal! I'll still keep recording countries visited here...

#43.  Tonga
Upcoming trip: April 2014
#42.  Canada
March 2014:  Toronto
#41.  Jordan
October 2012:  Petra, Wadi Rum, Aqaba, Amman
#40.  Israel
October 2012:  Jerusalem, Dead Sea, Bethlehem, Nazareth, Galilee
#39.  Egypt
October 2012:  Cairo, Aswan, The Nile, Luxor, Dahab, Mt Sinai

#38.  Iceland
October 2012:  ReykjavikJökulsárlón

#37.  Finland
September 2012:  Helsinki 

#36.  Estonia
September 2012:  Tallinn

#35.  Ireland
September 2012:  Dublin, Galway, Cliffs of Moher

#34.  Greece
August 2012:  Athens, Naxos, Santorini, Rhodes

#33.  Turkey
June 2012:  Istanbul, Gallipoli
August 2012:  Turquoise Coast, Istanbul

#32.  Bulgaria
June 2012:  Sofia, Plovdiv

#31.  Serbia
June 2012:  Belgrade

#30.  Bosnia and Herzegovina
June 2012:  Mostar, Sarajevo

#29.  Cyprus
May 2012:  Paphos, Polis, Nicosia, Northern Cyprus, Cape Greco


#28.  The Netherlands
April 2012:  Amsterdam, The Hague

#27.  Belgium
April 2012:  Brussels

#26.  Norway
March 2012:  Oslo

#25.  Denmark
January 2012:  Copenhagen

#24.  Russia
December 2011:  Moscow, St Petersburg

#23.  Switzerland
December 2011:  Lucerne

#22.  Portugal
October 2011:  Algarve
July 2012:  Porto


#21.  Morocco
September 2011:  Marrakesh, Casablanca, Meknes, Fez, Chefchaouen

#20.  Montenegro
July 2011:  Kotor, Budva

#19.  Croatia
July 2011:  DubrovnikKorčula
June 2012:  Split

#18.  Monaco
June 2011:  Monte Carlo

#17.  Spain
May 2011:  Madrid
August 2011:  Majorca
October 2011:  Barcelona
July 2012: Islas Cíes

#16.  Sweden
April 2011:  Gothenburg
March 2012:  Stockholm

#15.  Mexico
March 2011:  Rosarito Beach

#14.  Indonesia
July 2010:  Nusa Dua, Kuta, Denpasar, Ubud, Sanur

#13.  Singapore
March 2006:  Singapore

#12.  Czech Republic
February 2006:  Prague

#11.  Poland
February 2006:  Krakow, Auschwitz

#10.  Hungary
February 2006:  Budapest

#9.  Austria
February 2006:  Vienna
Christmas 2011:  Salzburg

#8.  Germany
February 2006:  Frankfurt, Heidelberg
May 2011:  Dusseldorf, Cologne
November 2011:  Berlin
(excluding underground visits)

#7.  The Vatican
February 2006:  Vatican City
May 2012:  Vatican City

#6.  Italy
February 2006:  Rome, Venice
July 2011:  Cinque Terre, Pisa, Florence, Siena, Rome, Positano, Capri, Pompeii
Christmas 2011:  Venice
May 2012:  Rome

#5.  France
January 2006:  Paris
March 2011:  Paris
June 2011:  Marseilles, Nice
November 2011:  Paris
June 2011: Carcassonne, Nîmes, Avignon, Gordes, Aix-en-Provence

#4.  United Kingdom
January 2006:  London
April 2011 - November 2012:  home
April 2011:  The Lakes
May 2011:  Glasgow, Edinburgh
July 2011:  Wales
August 2011:  failed trip to Edinburgh
April 2012:  Belfast, Giant's Causeway
May 2012:  York, Lincoln
June 2012:  Brighton
August 2012:  Edinburgh, Loch Ness, Isle of Skye

#3.  USA
January 2006:  Los Angeles, New York
July 2009:  Oahu (Hawaii)
December 2009:  Maui (Hawaii)
March 2011:  Los Angeles, San Diego, Grand Canyon,  Las Vegas, New York
November 2012: San Francisco, Yosemite
March 2014: Las Vegas, New York

#2.  Australia
September 1990:  Sydney, Caloundra,  Fraser Island
July 2004:  Gold Coast, Sydney
February 2005:  Melbourne
June 2007:  Cairns, Gold Coast, Melbourne
August 2008:  Melbourne
November 2009:  Sydney
August 2010:  Brisbane
October 2010:  Hamilton Island
November 2010:  Sydney
July 2013, Melbourne, Great Ocean Road, Adelaide, Grampians
New Years 2013-2014, Sydney
#1.  New Zealand
July 1986 -  March 2011:  home
December 2012:  returning home again!