About GlobalGaz
Hi, I am Ric Gazarian aka GlobalGaz. I am on a quest to travel to all 193 UN countries and I plan to share with my readers; must-see places, unique experiences, and off-the-beaten path locations.
There are so many great travel content creators sharing advice on traveling to amazing places all around the world. But my goal is to help travelers visit locations that are less visited with less actionable information. I will share with you my travels to countries like Afghanistan, Algeria, Mauritania, or Pakistan. Or places, that people love to debate if they are even a country like the Principality of Sealand, Transnistria, or Abkhazia.
Check to see what countries I have been to so far.
Categories
A Guide: Seven Days In Oman
A Guide: Seven Days In Oman. Oman is the Quiet Man of the Middle East. Think about, you don’t hear much about it compared to its neighbors. War in Yemen and Syria. The ongoing violence [...]
Five Days At The Russian Cosmodrome Baikonur For A Manned Space Launch Day Two
Five Days At The Russian Cosmodrome Baikonur For A Manned Space Launch Day Two. The morning was grey. I tapped on my phone and called a car using my Yandex app (Russia’s answer to Uber). [...]
Vanuatu’s Heart: Full Of Love Or Hate?
Vanuatu’s Heart: Full Of Love Or Hate? In my quest to travel to every country in the world, I visited the remote Pacific island nation of Vanuatu. While on the island I had a health [...]
Five Days At The Russian Cosmodrome Baikonur For A Manned Space Launch Day One
Five Days At The Russian Cosmodrome Baikonur For A Manned Space Launch Day One. My afternoon flight from Almaty touched down at the Kyzylorda domestic airport. I had landed in Kyzylorda, a city founded in [...]
Kazakhstan – 118th Country
Kazakhstan – 118th Country. To see where I have been so far, check out my map as I count down the final 93 countries on the road to all 193 UN countries. Kazakhstan is my 118th [...]
Around The World On TV
Around The World On TV. I have had an odd and uncanny ability to get on TV. But only after I have departed the US. In fact, the camera is not too fond of me [...]
Regions
Boris Kester … has completed all 193 UN countries
Boris completed the quest of visiting all 193 countries last year On today’s episode, I welcome Boris Kester to Counting Countries. Boris caught my attention last year when he posted some information on Every Passport [...]
Maurice Brand … has completed 148 UN countries
Maurice is planning on completing his quest next year On today’s episode, I welcome Maurice Brand to Counting Countries. Maurice of course is a fellow country chaser as well as one of my neighbors in [...]
Michael Runkel … has completed 193 UN countries
Michael has visited every country in the world and is ranked #10 on Nomad Mania On today’s episode, I welcome back Michael Runkel back to Counting Countries. Michael first appeared on Episode 17, back in [...]
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Ric Gazarian is on a quest to travel to every country in the world.He has visited over 130 countries, with more every year.
He shares his experience on off-the-beaten path locations, unique experiences and must-see places.
Ric is a professional photographer, writer, author, podcaster, film producer and blogger.
He is also a travel leader and influencer. He founded and organizes a 3.000 person travel networking group in Bangkok. He is also the Chapter Leader of Travel Massive in Bangkok. Ric was the former Secretary in the Professional Travel Blogger Association.