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Sascha Grabow … avoiding watermelons on the road

By |2019-05-25T08:13:37-05:00February 7th, 2019|Categories: Podcast|

Sascha has traveled to 193 countries On today’s episode, I welcome Sascha Grabow to Counting Countries.  I noted Sascha’s name on the top of the Nomad Mania’s best traveled for quite some time.  We spent numerous months scheduling this conversation taking into account our travels as well as some time that Sascha spent in prison [...]

What You Need To Know When Traveling To Luanda, Angola

By |2020-02-26T21:41:08-06:00January 18th, 2019|Categories: Advice, Africa, Unique Experiences|

Luanda Angola Travel Overview.  Angola is the 7th largest country in Africa with 25 million souls located on the Atlantic Ocean. While Angola has been inhabited since Paleolithic times and was later colonized by the Portuguese, who appeared beginning in the 16th century. Angola gained its independence in 1975 from the Portuguese. A nearly 30-year, [...]

Planes, Trains, and Visas

By |2019-12-08T19:50:23-06:00January 18th, 2019|Categories: Advice|

In this ongoing post, I will document my travels in regard to the minutia of recording my flights, hotels, food, visas, lounges and other travel trivia. January 7 - Thailand Checking in at O'hare's international terminal with Korean Air. The first flight of the year was a long and uncomfortable ride from Chicago to Seoul.  Sitting [...]

Petro Marais … and the slow boat to Laos

By |2019-05-25T12:47:33-05:00January 10th, 2019|Categories: Podcast|

Petro has traveled to 63 countries Embed Code: On today’s episode, I welcome Petro Marais to Counting Countries.  Petro and I have been internet friends for over a year, as we are both fellow moderators in the Facebook group of Every Passport Stamp.  We communicate on a frequent basis, but this was the first opportunity I [...]

Visiting The Remote, Eastern Part Of Bhutan

By |2023-06-22T01:21:37-05:00January 5th, 2019|Categories: Asia, Unique Experiences|

Visiting East Bhutan.  In the world of tourism, Bhutan is often an afterthought.  Miniscule Bhutan located at the end of the Eastern Himalaya is squeezed between twin population bombs of China and India.  Only 700,000 people call Bhutan home.  Approximately 250,000 tourists made a visit to Bhutan in 2017, with 180,000 visiting from the region (mostly [...]

Visiting West Burkina Faso

By |2019-07-06T11:54:41-05:00December 23rd, 2018|Categories: Africa, Unique Experiences|

Visiting West Burkina Faso.  I didn’t expect I would be back in Burkina Faso for a second visit after my initial visit to Ouagadougou, the capital, in 2017.  In November of 2018 I partook in a six country West African road trip, which included a drive through Burkina Faso as I exited Ivory Coast and before [...]

A Year In Review 2018

By |2020-01-29T09:59:01-06:00December 17th, 2018|Categories: Africa, Asia, Oceania, Unique Experiences|

A Year In Review 2018. It was a busy travel year in 2018 with some incredible experiences. After spending New Year’s Eve in NYC, I began my country collecting in Fiji (after my flight was delayed for three days due to a Boston snow storm). Fiji was my 116th country. And in November, I visited my [...]

Debjeet Sen … and the seduction of travel

By |2019-05-25T12:58:10-05:00December 13th, 2018|Categories: Podcast|

Debjeet Sen … and the seduction of travel Debjeet has traveled to 119 countries On today’s episode I will be speaking with world traveler Debjeet Seb.  Debjeet was brought to my attention by Ryan Gazder, a fellow moderator of Every Passport Stamp.  Ryan spoke very highly about Debjeet and I believe you will be charmed with [...]

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