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Been There (the scorecard)

current total:  77

There are many ways to count countries.  I've decided to use the method devised by The Travelers' Century Club.

Flag Country Approximate Date of first visit #
  USA I was born on 24 December 1946.  So, that was my first country. 1
  Mexico We took a family vacation in 1958 (I think). 2
  Canada My father and I took a road trip in 1960 and it included Eastern Canada. 3
  Jamaica Diana and I went on a holiday to Jamaica in 1988. 4
  Tahiti 6/22/2001.  Tahiti was the first stop on my epic journey. 5
  Rarotonga 7/6/2001 6
  Fiji 7/27/2001 7
  New Zealand 9/29/2001 8
  Australia 11/1/2001 9
  Tasmania 1/19/2002 10
  Indonesia 3/25/2002 11
  Malaysia 5/26/2002 12
  Singapore Late May or early June, 2002 13
  Thailand 6/12/2002 14
  Cambodia 7/14/2002 15
  Vietnam 7/23/2002 16
  Laos 8/20/2002.  The first time was only a stop-over at the airport.  But, it counts. 17
  Hong Kong 3/10/2004 18
  China (PRC) 3/15/2004 19
  Japan 3/25/2004 20
  Korea 4/8/2004 21
  Mongolia 4/29/2004 22
  Siberia 5/2/2004 23
  Russia 5/8/2004 24
  Finland 5/15/2004 25
  Sweden 5/21/2004 26
  Aland Islands 5/22/2004.  Sure, the boat only stopped so they could sell duty-free liquor.  But, it counts. 27
  Denmark 6/3/2004 28
  England 6/13/2004 29
  Belgium 6/20/2004 30
  Germany 6/21/2004 31
  Poland 7/8/2004  The European Motorcycle Journey begins. 32
  Lithuania 7/12/2004 33
  Latvia 7/13/2004 34
  Estonia 7/15/2004 35
  Netherlands 8/2/2004 36
  Scotland 8/18/2004 37
  Ireland, Northern (Ulster) 8/23/2004 38
  Ireland (Eire) 8/25/2004 39
  Wales 9/1/2004 40
  France 9/3/2004 41
  Luxembourg 9/7/2004 42
  Czech Republic 9/14/2004 43
  Hungary 9/17/2004 44
  Slovakia 9/19/2004 45
  Austria 9/20/2004 46
  Slovenia 9/23/2004 47
  Croatia 9/25/2004 48
  Bosnia 9/27/2004 49
  Kosovo 9/28/2004.  A half-century! 50
  Macedonia 9/30/2004 51
  Greece 10/17/2004 52
  Italy 10/7/2004 53
  Vatican City 10/12/2004 54
  Monte Carlo 10/17/2004 55
  Spain 10/21/2004 56
  Gibraltar 11/4/2004 57
  Morocco 11/5/2004 58
  Portugal 11/8/2004.  Then I took two ferries from Bilbao to Portsmouth,  Hull to Cuxhaven and returned The Thunderbolt Grease Slapper to Frank 59
  Hawaiian Islands 2/3/2005 60
  Taiwan 5/5/2006.  I took Nee to visit Mike in Taiwan. 61
  India 4/7/2008.  The start of my 2008 tour 62
  Nepal 4/8/2008 63
  Israel 4/25/2008 64
  Palestine 4/28/2008 65
  Jordan 4/30/2008 66
  Egypt 5/1/2008 67
  Turkey (Europe) 5/5/2008 68
  Turkey (Anatolia) 5/8/2008 69
  Alaska 7/22/2008.  I started my 2008 motorcycle tour on 6/19/2008. 70
  Belize 10/26/2008 71
  Guatemala 11/2/2008 72
  El Salvador 11/10/2008 73
  Honduras 11/16/2008 74
  Nicaragua 11/23/2008 75
  Costa Rica 12/10/2008 76
  Panama 1/14/2009.  My motorcycle tour ended on 1/22/2009 when I sold the Black Cherry to a man in Costa Rica.  77

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