It is
time to update this list again, at the end of the “year of rooster/2017” and the beginning of "Year of Dog/2018"(Though, actually, 2018 has started one and half a month ago) . While I visited
24 new countries/territories in 2016, I only visited 4 new ones in 2017.
However, in the first 5 weeks of 2018 (though still a part of “Year of Rooster
in the lunar year), I have already visited 4 new TCC destinations and reached
“Oceania Grand Slam.”
(Please
see this Master List to view what TCC-Travlers Century Club considers as
“countries”: http://travelerscenturyclub.org/cou...
)
It
looks like 2018/Year of Dog can be a very promising year for traveling to many
more new places.
The
following is the countries/territories and TCC (Travelers’ Century Club)
destinations I have visited in my life, in chronological order:
1. TAIWAN (Country of Birth)
2. South Korea
(1983)
3. Japan (1983)
4. Hawaii - US
state (1984)
5. United States
- Lower 48 states (1984)
6. Mexico (1984
- but no overnight stay... until 2015!)
7. Hong Kong
(1991)
8. Australia
(1991)
9. New Zealand
(1991)
10. England
(1991) ==> First visit to Europe
11. France (1991)
12. Belgium
(1991)
13. Holland
(1991)
14. Germany
(1991)
15. Switzerland
(1991)
16. Liechtenstein
(1991)
17. Austria
(1991)
18. Italy (1991)
19. Vatican
(1991)
20. Macau (1991)
21. People
Republic of China (1991)
22. Singapore
(1992)
23. Dubai - UAE
(1992)
24. Egypt (1992)
25. Denmark
(1993)
26. Sweden (1993)
27. Norway (1993)
28. Finland
(1993)
29. Scotland
(1993)
30. Greece -
Mainland (1993)
31. Wales (1993)
32. Monaco (1993)
33. The Bahamas
(1993)
34. Canada (1994)
35. Czech
Republic (1995)
36. Spain (1995)
37. Puerto Rico
(1996)
38. US Virgin
Islands (1996)
39. St. Maarten -
Netherlands Antilles (1996)
40. St. Martin
(French Oversea Territory) (1996)
41. Dominica
(1996)
42. Barbados
(1996)
43. Martinique
(French Oversea Territory) (1996)
44. Thailand
(1996)
45. Russia (1997)
46. Malaysia
(1998)
47. Gibraltar
(1998)
48. Portugal
(1998)
49. Peru (1999)
50. South Africa
(2000)
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| The trail toward Cape of Good Hope, right outside Cape Town, South Africa. |
51. Bermuda
(2001)
52. Balearic
Islands - Spain (2002)
53. Andorra
(2002)
54. Ecuador
(2003)
55. Galapagos
Islands- Ecuador (2003)
56. Laos (2004)
57. Myanmar
(2004)
58. Cambodia
(2004)
59. Vietnam
(2004)
60. Guatemala
(2004)
61. Honduras
(2004)
62. Canary
Islands - Spain (2005)
63. Turkey
(European parts) (2005)
64. Turkey (Asian
parts) (2005)
65. Slovakia
(2005)
66. Hungary
(2005)
67. Poland
(2005)
68. Chile (2006)
69. Argentina
(2006)
70. Uruguay
(2006)
71. Brazil (2006)
72. Paraguay
(2006)
73. Serbia (2006)
74. Srpska - Serb
part of Bosnia (2006)
75. Bosnia &
Herzegovina (2006)
76. Montenegro
(2006)
77. Croatia
(2006)
78. Slovenia
(2006)
79. Corfu -
Ionian Islands (Greece) (2006)
80. Albania
(2006)
81. Lithuania
(2006)
82. Latvia
(2006)
83. Estonia
(2006)
84. Ukraine
(2006)
85. Romania
(2006)
86. Bulgaria
(2006)
87. Bali - Lesser
Sunda Islands of Indonesia (2006)
88. Ireland
(2006)
89. Northern
Ireland (2006)
90. Luxembourg
(2006)
91. St. Kitts
& Nevis (2007)
92. Aruba (2007)
93. Curacao
(2007)
94. Namibia
(2007)
95. Botswana
(2007)
96. Zambia (2007)
97. Zimbabwe
(2007)
98. Malawi (2007)
99. Tanganyika -
Tanzanian mainland (2007)
100. Zanzibar (May 26th, 2007)
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| Stone Town, Zanzibar, May 26th 2007...possibly still the best day of my life. |
101 Kenya (2007)
102. Uganda (2007)
103. San Marino
(2007)
104. Former
Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (2007)
105. Kosovo (2007)
106. Alaska, a
state of US (2007)
107. Ethiopia
(2007 in transit; first “real” visit in 2009)
108. Abu Dhabi - UAE (2008, a new home for 3 years!)
109. Qatar (2008,
airport only through the years)
110. Iceland
(2009)
111. Republic of
Cyprus - Greek part (2009)
112. Turkish
Republic of Cyprus (2009)
113. Malta (2009)
114. Sharjah - UAE
(2009)
115. Umm Al
Qaiwain - UAE (2009)
116. Ras Al
Khaimah - UAE (2009)
117. Fujeirah UAE
(2009)
118. Philippines
(2009)
119. India (2010)
120. Jordan (2010)
121. Israel (2010)
122. Palestine
(2010)
123. Sicily -
Italy (2010)
124. Sri Lanka
(2010)
125. Maldives
(2010)
126. Lebanon
(2010)
127. Bahrain
(2010)
128. Ajman - UAE
(2011)
129. Moldova
(2011)
130.
Trans-dniester (2011)
131. Bolivia
(2011)
132.
Palmer Peninsula - British Antarctica (2011) => All Seven Continents Grand Slam Achieved!
133.
Palmer Peninsula - Chilean Antarctica (2011)
134.
Palmer Peninsula - Argentine Antarctica (2011)
135. Easter Island
(2011)
136. Tasmania,
Australia (2012)
137. Djibouti
(2012)
138. Armenia
(2012)
139. Georgia
(2012)
140. Azerbaijan
(2012)
141. Cuba (2012)
142. Siberia,
Russia (2012)
143. Mongolia
(2012)
144. Colombia
(2012)
145. Panama (2012)
146. Costa Rica
(2012)
147. Brunei (2013)
148. Angola (2013)
149. Congo -
Brazzaville (2013)
150. Sao Tome e
Principe (April 16, 2013)
151. Benin (2013)
152. Togo (2013)
153. Ghana (2013)
154. Sierra Leone
(2013)
155. The Gambia
(2013)
156. Senegal
(2013)
157. Corsica,
France (2013)
158. Svalbard
(Norway) (2013)
159. Greenland
(2013)
160. Nepal (2013)
161. Sarawak
(Malaysia) (2014)
162. Sabah
(Malaysia) (2014)
163. Cayman
Islands (2014)
164. Jamaica
(2014)
165. Haiti (2014)
166. St. Lucia
(2014)
167. St.
Barthelemy (French Oversea Territory) (2014)
168. Ceuta (Spain)
(2014)
169. Åland Islands
(Finland) (2014)
170. Belarus
(2014)
171. Morocco
(2014)
172. Faroe Islands
(2014)
173. Isle of Man
(UK) (2014)
174. Madeira
(Portugal) (2014)
175. Jersey (UK)
(2014)
176. Guernsey (UK)
(2014) => TRUE Europe Grand Slam Achieved!
177. Belize (2014)
178. Turks and
Caicos (2014)
179. Dominican
Republic (2014)
180. Trinidad and
Tobago (2014)
181. Guyana (2014)
182. Suriname (2014)
183. French Guyana
(French Oversea Territory) (2014)
184. El Salvador
(2014)
185. Venezuela
(2014) => South America Grand Slam Achieved
186. British
Virgin Islands (2014)
187. Antigua
(2014)
188. Guadeloupe
(French Oversea Territory) (2014)
189. Anguilla
(2014)
190. Swaziland
(2015)
191. Mozambique
(2015)
192. Lesotho
(2015)
193. Ryukyu
Islands/Okinawa (Japan) (2015)
194. Nicaragua
(2015)
195. Grenada
(2015)
196. St. Vincent
and the Grenadine (2015) => North America Grand Slam Achieved, sort
of ....
197. Iran (2015)
198. Oman (2015)
199. Cook Islands
(2016)
200. New Caledonia
(2016)
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| Watching sunset on a beach outside Noumea, New Caledonia, March 6th 2016. It was a short and lonely visit to my Country 200, so I made a very harsh pledge (毒誓）, which I might regret...for the rest of my life! |
201. Tonga (2016)
202. Fiji (2016)
203. Vanuatu
(2016)
204. French
Polynesia (2016)
205. Marquesas,
actually a part of French Polynesia (2016)
206. Sardinia,
Italy (2016)
207. Kuwait (2016)
208. Kazakhstan
(2016)
209. Kyrgyzstan
(2016)
210.
Tajikistan (2016)
211. Uzbekistan
(2016)
212. Dodecanese
Islands, Greece (2016)
213. Crete ,
Greece(2016)
214. Papua New
Guinea - Mainland (2016)
215. Bismarck
Archipelago, Papua New Guinea (2016)
216. Solomon
Islands (2016)
217. Nauru (2016)
218. Gilbert
Islands Group, Kiribati (2016)
219. Marshal
islands (2016)
220. Federated
States of Micronesia (2016)
221. Guam, USA
(2016)
222. Commonwealth
of Northern Mariana, USA (2016)
223. Palau (2016)
224. Timor Leste
(2017)
225. Sumatra,
Indonesia (2017)
226. Java,
Indonesia (2017)
227. Democratic
people’s Republic of Korea (2017)
228. Line Islands
Group, Kiribati (2016)
229. Tuvalu (2018)
230. Samoa (2018)
231. American
Samoa (2018) => Oceania Grand Slam Achieved
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| This is where I am, at the beginning of 2018 (or, using lunar calendar, at the end of "Year of Rooster." I only have 18 to go, before I have to stop visiting new countries, based on my 2016 pledge. |
So, I
have only 19 countries/territories to go before I reach big 2-5-0 and
eligible for TCC’s platinum member. However, on that sorrowful day I made it,
all by myself, all alone, forlornly, to my Country 200 in New Caledonia, I made
a very harsh pledge. Because this pledge, I might never ever be allowed to
reach my Country 250. Once I reach Country 249, I have to stop visiting new TCC
destinations.
Thus,
I can have only 18 to go, unless....
#NoHoneymoonNo250thCountry #NoTravelByMyselfTo250
【T0 be continued】
