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.

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Unique Experiences

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Counting Countries 193 Countdown

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20 Best Photos Of 2024

By |December 6th, 2024|Photos|0 Comments

20 Best Photos Of 2024.  I am back again with my annual wrap-up of my best travels from the year.  It was another incredible year of travel, especially the first half of the year.   The [...]

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Faces Of Papua New Guinea

By |August 31st, 2024|Oceania, Photos|2 Comments

Faces of Papua New Guinea.  (There are affiliates in this post.) I do not like throwing around superlatives, but I feel confident to share ... that this was my best tribal photographic experience.  I slept [...]

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A Year In Review 2023

By |December 17th, 2023|Advice|4 Comments

I got my travel mojo back!  2020, 2021 & 2022 were all years of limited travel and missed opportunities.  F Covid! This year was my year of revenge travel, and I came out of the [...]

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20 Best Photos Of 2023

By |December 12th, 2023|Advice, Photos|1 Comment

20 Best Photos Of 2023.  I am back again with my annual wrap-up of my best travels from the year.  It was another incredible year of travel, especially the first half of the year.   The [...]

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The Maverick Show … Hosted By Matt Bowles

By |November 24th, 2024|Podcast|0 Comments

<iframe title="Embed Player" src="https://play.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/34129961/height/192/theme/modern/size/large/thumbnail/yes/custom-color/87A93A/time-start/00:00:00/playlist-height/200/direction/backward/download/yes/font-color/FFFFFF" height="192" width="100%" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen="" webkitallowfullscreen="true" mozallowfullscreen="true" oallowfullscreen="true" msallowfullscreen="true" style="border: none;"></iframe> Hey now, I am your host, Ric Gazarian.  Well not really.  Today I am sharing an interview of me hosted by [...]

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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.