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Cyprus -152nd Country

By |2023-04-14T10:35:54-05:00April 14th, 2023|Categories: Counting Countries 193 Countdown|

Cyprus – 152nd 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. Cyprus is my 152nd country. Check out the best 193 travel books to read!  Cyprus is the third largest island in Europe located in [...]

Barry Hoffner … Connecting The Dots

By |2023-04-12T08:31:08-05:00April 12th, 2023|Categories: Podcast|

Barry Hoffner has traveled to 155 countries  Barry should be much better known in the travel community than he is today.  He showed up on my radar screen when we connected on Instagram.  I follow many who are Chasing 193.  Barry later became a generous supporter of Counting Countries via Patreon, and we connected on the [...]

Riza Rasco … Embedding While Traveling

By |2023-03-15T11:13:40-05:00March 15th, 2023|Categories: Podcast, Uncategorized|

 Riza Rasco has traveled to 192 countries. Riza Rasco Counting Countries Riza Rasco is a well-known person in the extreme travel community.  And I have crossed paths with her twice, once for breakfast in the North End of Boston and for the multi-day Extraordinary Travel Festival in Armenia. She is a prolific and immersive traveler [...]

Katelyn Jarvis … Giving Back In West Point

By |2023-01-31T07:14:48-06:00January 31st, 2023|Categories: Podcast|

Katelyn Jarvis has traveled to 150 countries.  Katelyn Jarvis Counting Countries Katelyn is one of many who has been on my radar screen for some time as we passed each other like two ships during the night on FB.   I finally got to meet Katelyn in person at the Extraordinary Travel Festival in Yerevan and [...]

Ildiko Szabo … Daydreaming Of Koalas

By |2023-01-04T09:40:55-06:00January 4th, 2023|Categories: Podcast|

Ildikó Szabó has traveled to every country in the world.  Ildiko Szabo Counting Countries I knew of Ildy for several years and had noted her social media presence, but it wasn’t until October of this year when I met her in person at the Extraordinary Travel Festival in Yerevan.  I shared several conversations with her and [...]

A Year In Review 2022

By |2022-12-29T11:31:11-06:00December 6th, 2022|Categories: Advice, Photos|

Looking back, I can confidently say this was an incredibly memorable year with some adventurous travels and the organization and production of the Extraordinary Travel Festival.  (There are affiliates in this post.)  I started off the New Year at my home in Bangkok and contracting Covid on my first night back while celebrating NYE with some [...]

20 Best Photos Of 2022

By |2022-12-06T08:51:43-06:00December 6th, 2022|Categories: Photos, Uncategorized|

20 Best Photos Of 2022.  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 second half of the year was spent mostly planning the Extraordinary Travel Festival.  As always, there are not really 20 photos [...]

The Kidnapping Of Dr Song (Nopparat Rattanawaraha)

By |2022-10-23T10:51:42-05:00October 23rd, 2022|Categories: Podcast, Uncategorized|

Dr Song Nopparat Rattanawaraha Counting Countries Breaking News I speak with a 193 Insider who was working intimately to free Dr. Song from his kidnappers.  Dr. Song is Chasing 193 and I was kidnapped by bandits as crossed by land from Burkina Faso to Mali.  Dr. Song was held in captivity for 3 weeks until a [...]

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