Here are the nations that I must visit in order to complete The Odyssey Expedition.
As Yakko Warner helpfully points out in the following video, there are a LOT of countries in the world…
Click on the hyperlink to read my blogs about the country in question!
SOUTH AMERICA
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012 THE CARIBBEAN
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023 CENTRAL & NORTH AMERICA
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035 EUROPE
036 Iceland
037 The Netherlands
038 Belgium
039 France
040 England*
041 Wales*
042 Ireland
043 Northern Ireland*
044 Scotland*
045 Luxembourg
046 Germany
047 Denmark
048 Sweden
049 Norway
050 Finland
051 Estonia
052 Russia
053 Latvia
054 Lithuania
055 Belarus
056 Poland
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058 Slovakia
059 Hungary
060 Romania
061 Moldova
062 Ukraine
063 Bulgaria
064 Greece
065 Macedonia
066 Kosovo*
067 Montenegro
068 Serbia
069 Albania
070 Croatia
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072 Slovenia
073 Austria
074 Liechtenstein
075 Switzerland
076 Italy
077 Vatican City*
078 Malta
079 Tunisia (Africa)
080 San Marino
081 Monaco
082 Andorra
083 Spain
084 PortugalAFRICA
085 Morocco
086 Western Sahara*
087 Mauritania
088 Senegal
089 Cape Verde
090 The Gambia
091 Guinea-Bissau
092 Mali
093 Guinea
094 Sierra Leone
095 Liberia
096 Côte D’Ivoire
097 Ghana
098 Togo
099 Benin
100 Burkina Faso
101 Niger
102 Nigeria
103 Cameroon
104 Chad
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107 Gabon
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109 Congo
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111 Angola
112 Namibia
113 South Africa
114 Botswana
115 Lesotho
116 Swaziland
117 Mozambique
118 Zimbabwe
119 Malawi
120 Zambia
121 Tanzania
122 Comoros
123 Madagascar Reunion**
124 Mauritius
125 Rwanda
126 Burundi
127 Uganda
128 Kenya
129 Ethiopia
130 Somalia
131 DjiboutiMIDDLE EAST & ASIA
132 Saudi Arabia
133 Egypt (Africa)
134 Sudan (Africa)
135 Jordan
136 Palestine*
137 Israel
138 Syria
139 Lebanon
140 Turkey
141 Iraq
142 Cyprus (Europe)
143 Libya (Africa)
144 Algeria (Africa)
145 Georgia
146 Armenia
147 Azerbaijan
148 Kazakhstan
149 Uzbekistan
150 Kyrgyzstan
151 Tajikistan
152 Turkmenistan
153 Afghanistan
154 Iran
155 Kuwait
156 Bahrain
157 Qatar
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159 Oman
160 Yemen
161 Eritrea (Africa)
162 Pakistan
163 India
164 Bangladesh
165 Bhutan
166 Nepal
Tibet**
167 China
168 Mongolia
169 South Korea
170 North Korea
171 Japan
172 Taiwan*
173 Vietnam
174 Cambodia
175 Thailand
176 Laos
177 Burma
178 Malaysia
179 Singapore
180 Indonesia
181 Brunei
182 The Philippines
183 East Timor
Oceania
184 Papua New Guinea
185 Solomon Islands
186 Australia
187 Vanuatu
188 Fiji
189 Tuvalu
190 Kiribati
191 Marshall Islands
192 Samoa
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The Final Frontiers
198 Sri Lanka
199 The Maldives
200 The Seychelles
201 South Sudan (new!)* Not a member of the UN, but still counts towards The Odyssey 201.
** Dependency, Territory, Semi-Autonomous Region or Largely Unrecognised De-Facto State. Does not count towards The Odyssey 201.
Very cool! I can only hope to hit a few of these before I go. Congrats!
I don’t see the Cayman Islands on that list …
Hi Hughes,
Have you visited the island, Niue ?
You said you traveled to the Caribbean but there is no mention or record of you visiting the ABC islands (Aruba, Bonaire, Curacao). Why is that ?
I don’t see bermuda on your list. Did you ever make it here and if so by what means?
How come Scotland count as a country – but the Faroe Islands and Greenland don’t?
The Faroe Islands and Greenland both have home rule – and so does Scotland. The Faroe Islands can even control more than the Scottish Parliament can.
Anyway, I have deep respect for this guy. Sad to think that I will never experience so much in my entire life.. But maybe it’s not about quantity but quality?
Good point! Guinness World Records don’t count Scotland OR Greenland as sovereign nations, so for the (world) record it didn’t matter if I went to any of these places or not. In the event, I went to Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland and The Faroe Islands, I’m saving Greenland for my next adventure – The Ones That Got Away…
Ah, so the 201 was the once guinnes acceptes for the record, but how many states did you actually go to, must have been way more, then?
YOU FORGOT PUERTO RICO! It’s an american territory like the US Virgin Islands. It is right next to these islands but it is not part of them. We are like a country but treated as a colony of the US. You forgot to visit us! 🙁 Even though we even have recognition as a country in the Miss Universe pageant people seem to not know about us or forget about us! However, congratulations on completing the Odyssey! Saludos desde Puerto Rico!!
So typical, all you can say about Zimbabwe is something bad smh
Ok, I understand Transnistria doesn’t technically qualify as a sovereign state, but really it is. And once in Moldova it would have been a stone throw away. I would have included it. Probably the ugliest place I’ve ever been to.
Really great website and journey.
But England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland should not count as single countries. They are the United Kingdom. But maybe Scotland will totally independent!
What a fantastic adventure and story. Really cool website, looking for ward to reading the blogs on Sudan, Eritrea and South Sudan, before I head there myself. Hope you raised lots of money for water aid. I’m totally blind, but travel the world solo. My goal is to visit every country including the ones that belong to other contries like Greenland etc. Check out my book Seeing the world my way, published 2010, about a totally blind-partially deaf guy’s travel adventures – travel with a difference. Thanks for the website, happy adventures.
What happened to Greenland and cook slands…couldnt see them on the map…
Howd you travel between all of the island countries? & can you tell someone roughly how much would cost for someone to re do your odyssey ?
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Greenland is a Danish Territory, Cook Islands are a New Zealand Territory. There for, they don’t count towards the over all total. Do you not read or something before posting stupid questions?
He traveled between island nations using mostly cargo ships and occasionally hitching free rides on cruise ships and on one occasion; a canoe to Cape Verde.
Greenland is not danish territory – they got their independance in 2009 – on the 21’st of june.. so it should count as a country.. Dont you know your facts before you call other ppl stupid?
It’s an autonomous country, still a part of the kingdom of denmark. It’s like what Gibraltar is to the UK. The deal from 2009 wasn’t for independence, but it was a promise that when they are ready, Denmark will grant them independence.
Greenland has had home rule since 1979 but is still a part of the kingdom.
But if Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland counts as countries, so should Greenland and the Faroe Islands.
Morten so is Faroe Islands (Færøerne), so he shouldnt have visited them either !
If technology prevails always remember, The Moon, is waiting for men like you.
It might be hard to get to the moon without flying
Nah… alls I needs is a REALLY long rope…!
How about http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transnistria – In Moldova, but with its own currency, flag and government.
Non soverign state with limited recognition. it is currently only recognized by Abkhazia, South Ossetia and Nagorno-Karabakh. Therefore no need to visit. 😉
Hi, have you visited the Pitcairn islands? Why is it not on your list?
The Pitcairn Islands aren’t a sovereign nation, they are a British dependency.
interesting country count – leaving out French Polynesia for example, saved you a lot of travel! Most Tahitians argue there’s is an independent country. The fact that you mention New Caledonia,(and even went there) and Reunion, but not French Polynesia, all of which have the same ‘colonial’ status under the French constitution, suggests an inconsistent approach to your definitions.
If you look at the key down the bottom, you’ll notice that it explains when there are two asterix’s next to an entry on this list, it means it was visited but is doesn’t count towards the overall total of 201. He just happened to visit New Caledonia, but it doesn’t count. The same would have happened if he’d have visited French Polynesia.
The overall total only takes into account the 193 UN members (The United Kingdom being divided into four entries), the four countries of the UK (England Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland), Palestine, Western Sahara, Vatican City, Kosovo and Taiwan (Republic of China).
The non UN members included are only there in the interest of a round number (200, before South Sudan became independent turning it into an unround number of 201 😛 ).
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Fantastic site and an even more fantastic adventure
Hi!
what an amazing adventure)
have you gone through West Papua yet?
I went there 2 years ago following the independence movement – me loads of incredible people, human rights activists, freedom fighters, musicians….women who have been raped by indonesian soldiers, families who have had their homes burnt to the ground by indonesian military, children whose fathers have been imprisoned for raising their flag, men who have been tortured by the security forces. West Papuans are Melanesians like Fijians, Australian aborigines, people from PNG, Vanuatu, Soloman Islanders, Hawaiians…. they do not want to be part of Indonesia and have thousands of Its soldiers, killing, raping, torturing and intimidating their people.
I hope you met lots of West Papuans whilst you were there… heard the PAPUA MERDEKA shout out… and got to understand the true spirit of these amazing people at what they are having to live with everyday. It is a beautiful place to travel to, but it is important that tourists who go there share with their friends the story of the West Papua people and their Freedom struggle. check out this amazing short film explaining whats going on, West Papua – Crisis Time: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Mef36R2iJk&feature=related
thanks for reading,
Clare