In addition to decades of exploring the universe I have also endeavored to explore our planet. Consulting a list from the Travelers Century Club I have been to 294 countries and territories. This is not an official UN country list but one which was established based upon cultural differences as well as boundaries. Where I have been able to append a picture showing that I was actually there, I have done so below. In other cases either I did not have a camera or it was not possible for other reasons (landing at night briefly or not being permitted to get out of the aircraft). I substituted an airline ticket or passport stamp in those situations. In a couple of cases I had no documentation since I passed through via train, ship or bus or the photos were lost.
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Antarctica (Falkland Islands Dependencies) King George Island, Shetland Is. March 9, 2012
Antarctica (Argentine Palmer Peninsula) March 11, 2012
Antarctica (Chilean Palmer Peninsula) in Neko Harbor, March 10, 2012
Mariehamn, Aaland Islands, October 29, 2011
Sukhum, Abkhazia, September 10, 2013
Albania border near Struga, Macedonia, Sep. 7, 2009
Punta Delgado, Azores, March 2009
Kabul, Afghanistan September 30, 2007
In Buenos Aires, Argentina May 22, 1984
Sydney, Australia November 2003
Abu Dhabi (UAE) May 22, 2005
Anchorage, Alaska June 2005
Algiers, Algeria August 2, 2005
Armenia June 16, 2002 (AIR TICKET ONLY)
Aruba June 26, 2016
Anguilla (passport stamp only) Dec. 6, 1993
Little Bay, Antigua December 2012
Andorra (passport stamp only) 2003.
Austria May, 2017.
Baku, Azerbaijan, September 10, 2011
Ajman (UAE), January 24, 2013
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At the entrance to the Road of Death, Bolivia, May 5, 2014
Norman Island, British Virgin Islands, December 22,2011
Bujumbura, Burundi Jan. 9, 2010
Thimphu, Bhutan Sep. 23, 2015
Bulgaria border near Palanka, Macedonia, Sep. 8, 2009
Sarajevo, Bosnia June 5, 2008
Entikong, Indonesian Borneo, February 17, 2006
Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei February 19, 2006
Soller, Mallorca, Ballearic Islands May 11, 2004
Belize City, Belize February 1991
Outside Manaus, Brazil
Bridgetown, Barbados November 1991
Sofia, Bulgaria September 1994
Outside Cotonou, Benin
Manama, Bahrain August 1993
Chobe, Botswana 1985
Hamilton, Bermuda 2002
Waterloo, Belgium
Bonaire Oct. 1992
Nassau, Bahamas (passport stamp only) July 27, 2002.
Dhaka, Bangladesh (passport stamp only) Oct 27, 1996.
Belarus (passport stamp only)
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Chatham Islands, April 10, 2019
Cocos Islands, January 24, 2009
Christmas Island, January 31, 2009
Havana, Cuba March 15, 2008
Split, Croatia, November 2007
Ajaccio, Corsica, November 2007
Lake Guatavita, Colombia 1977
Ankgor Wat, Cambodia March 2003
Punta Arenas, Chile 1990
St. Leonard, New Brunswick, Canada July 7, 1972
Larnaca, Cyprus December 1997
Crete June, 2000
Taiyuan, China September 1987
Prague, Czech Republic 1981
San Jose, Costa Rica December 1983
Hell, Cayman Islands December 1993
Curacao February 1998
La Palma, Canary Islands November 1999
Cook Islands September 1993
Cape Verde Islands, November 2013
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Djibouti City, Djibouti Nov 28, 2011
Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, Jan. 12, 2010
Copenhagen, Denmark 1996
Dodecanese Islands (Rhodes) June, 2000
Dominica-no photo
Dominican Republic (passport stamp only) Oct. 29, 1992
Dubai (UAE), January 25, 2013
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Asmara, Eritrea, September 6, 2018
Dili, East Timor (Timor Leste) September, 2014
Easter Island, January 2014
Malabo, Equatorial Guinea September 2012
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Nov. 26, 2011
Quito, Ecuador November 2009
London, England December 1996
Giza, Egypt in Africa, December 1997
San Salvador, El Salvador
Tallinn, Estonia June 1996
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Gustavia, St. Barthelmy, French West Indies December 19, 2011
Devils Island, French Guiana August 1989
On the way to Rovaniemi, Finland
Nadi, Fiji May 2013
Carcasonne, France July, 1989
Falkland Islands 2002
Faroe Islands, May 2003
Fujairah (UAE) August 1993
French Polynesia (Moorea, Tahiti) December 26, 2005
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Guernsey
Tbilisi, Georgia September 11, 2011
Banjul, Gambia February 2011
Galapagos Islands,November 2009
Point-a-Pitre, Guadeloupe September 2006
Gibraltar, May 2004
Kulusuk, Greenland May 2003
Ghana November 1985
Grenada & Deps. (Union Island, Grenadines) October 1993
Pt. Gentil, Gabon March 1987
Athens, Greece December 1997
Pacaya Volcano, Guatemala 1998
Guayana, Sept. 18, 1979 Passport stamp only
Frankfurt, Germany, September 10, 2011
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Roatan, Honduras December 26, 2006
Labadee, Haiti August 2005
Hong Kong March 1997
Budapest, Hungary January 1994
Den Haag, Holland July 1990 making a presentation (in silhouette) at the COSPAR conference
Maui, Hawaii asteroid occultation 2003
Sanya, Hainan Island, August 2007
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Sorong (West Iryan Jaya, West Papua), October 2014
Erbil, Iraq, March 31, 2011
Corfu, Ionian Islands, November 2007
Isle of Man May, 2004
Ivory Coast Mar. 31, 1987
Jaipur, India 1980
Bangil, Java, Indonesia June 1983
Venice, Italy 1999
Tehran, Iran April 1999
Iceland, May 2003
Ireland (passport stamp only) May 10, 1994.
Israel-May 2017
Northern Ireland-no photo
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Jeju Island, South Korea May 18, 2012
Jersey, Channel Islands 1996
Negril, Jamaica 1991
Amman Jordan
Tsukuba, Japan July 2003
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Tarawa, Kiribati May 2013
Almaty, Kazakhstan May 2012
Biskhek, Kyrgyzstan May 2012
Kosovo border, Sep. 6, 2009
Srinigar, Kashmir October 1, 2007
Southern Kenya, February 1980
Kuwait City, Kuwait August 1993
Kaliningrad June 28, 2002 (AIR TICKET ONLY)
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Lampedusa, May 2017
Lord Howe Island, December 14, 2014
Saba, Leeward Islands, December 21, 2011
Tripoli, Libya February 2005
Riga, Latvia February 1994
Vaduz, Lichtenstein May 1995
Baalbek, Lebanon April 1995
Near Luang Prabang, Laos March 2003
Lesotho, December 2001
Lesser Sunda Islands (Bali) June 1983
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Ternate (Molucca Islands), September 2014
Melilla (Spain) July 9, 2014
Nouadhibou, Mauritania, November 2013
Little Bay, Montserrat December 2012
Lilongwe, Malawi September 2012
Chisinau, Moldova Nov 3, 2010
Midway Island, June 3, 2010
Macedonia border, Sep. 6, 2009
Kotor, Montenegro, November 2007
Monte-Carlo, Monaco, November 2007
Port Louis, Mauritius June 2004
Maputo, Mozambique December 2001
Nose Comba, Madagascar 2001
Kurumba Island, Maldives February 1995
Funchal, Madeira 1996
Valleta, Malta
Myanmar September, 2001
Majuro, Marshall Islands
Johore Baru, Malaysaia
Darhan, Mongolia February, 1997
Fort de France, Martinique December 1995
Nuku Hiva, Marquesas Islands, December 2004
Acapulco Bay, Mexico watching annular eclipse December 24, 1973
Federated States of Micronesia (Otta Island, Truk) January 1992
Casablanca, Morocco (passport stamp only) Aug 19, 1979.
Macao (passport stamp only) Oct. 5, 1996.
Mayotte-no photo
Margrita Island, Venezuela (1995)-no photo
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Niue, October 23, 2016
Nauru, November 2015
Norfolk Island, December 19, 2014
Nakchivan City, Nakchivan September 11, 2011 (ticket only)
Noumea, New Caledonia September 26, 2008
Nevis June 1992
North Island, New Zealand January 1991
Rabaul, New Britain
Oslo, Norway 1999
Mt. Etjo, Namibia 1985
Kathmandu, Nepal
Pyongyang, North Korea October 15, 2005
Nigeria-no photo
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Muscat, Oman August 1993
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Pitcairn Island, January 2014
Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, October 15, 2006.
Bethlehem, Palestine May 2017
Panama City, Panama March 8, 2004
Kwikila, Papua New Guinea November 1984
Warsaw, Poland January 1994
Iguassu Falls, Paraguay Oct. 29, 1993
Lisbon, Portugal
Machu Pichu, Peru 1993
Karachi, Pakistan October 1986
Palau January 1992
Baguio, Philippines January 1982
San Juan, Puerto Rico December 17, 2011
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Qatar August 1993
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Robinson Crusoe Island, Juan Fernandez Island group, December 2013
Ryuku Islands (Okinawa), May 16, 2012
Sinaia, Romania September 1994
Kigali, Rwanda Jan. 9, 2010
Reunion Island, June 2004
Rodriguez Island, June 2004
Star City, Russia 2001
Karymskii Volcano, Kamchatka Russia September 1992
Ras Al Khaymah (UAE), August 1993
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Sharm-el-Sheikh, Sinai, September 6, 2018
Mogadishu, Somalia, April 2017
Hargeisa, Somaliland, April 2017
Makassar (Sulawesi), September 2014
Apia, Samoa –November 2015
Longyearbyen, Spitzbergen, Svalbard Archipelago February 1, 2014
Gangtok, Sikkim September 2015
Honiara, Solomon Islands May 2013
Bintan Island, Riau Archipelago, Sumatra March 29, 2013
Victoria, Seychelles September 2012
Pago Pago, American Samoa Sept. 1993
Dakar, Senegal Feb. 25, 2011
Serbia border, Sep. 8, 2009
Republic of Srpska June 5, 2008
Tebedu, Sarawak, February 17, 2006
Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, February 13, 2006
San Andres Island, November 24, 2005
Mamitupu, San Blas Archipelago April 4, 2005
Palau, Sardinia May 2004
Stockholm, Sweden 1996
Mt. Etna Sicily 2002
Swaziland, December 2001
Singapore August 1998
Colombo, Sri Lanka February 1995
El Geteina, Sudan May 1985
Saudi Arabia August 1993
Capetown, South Africa March 2001
St. Maarten
Leeward Is, French (St. Martin)
Ljubljana, Slovenia May 1995
Seoul, South Korea
San Marino May, 1985
Syria 1993
Toledo, Spain December 1991
Zermatt, Switzerland
St. Pierre, St. Pierre et Miquelon, August 31, 2007
EUROSOM satellite conference, Edinburgh Scotland Oct. 19, 1996
Sharjah (UAE), January 25, 2013
Suriname (passport stamp only), Sept. 4, 1989
Saint Lucia (passport stamp only), Oct. 11, 1993
Slovakia-May 2017
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Funafuti, Tuvalu, November 2015
Ercan, Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus August 17, 2014
Buston, Tajikistan May 2012
Ashgabat, Turkmenistan June 6, 2012
Tiraspol, Transnistria November 2, 2010
Nuku’alofa Tonga, September 13, 2010
Lhasa, Tibet July 16, 2009
Trinidad and Tobago (passport stamp only) Dec. 8, 1979.
Grand Turk, Turks & Caicos Islands October 20, 2006
Lulin Observatory, Taiwan, September 2, 2006
Istanbul, Turkey December 1997 (Europe)
Istanbul, Turkey December 1997 (Asia)
Hobart, Tasmania November 2003
Lama Kara, Togo 1985
Bangkok, Thailand 1983
Tinian June, 2002
Moshi, Tanzania March 2007
Tunisia-no photo
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Tashkent, Uzbekistan June 2012
Transnistria border, Ukraine November 2, 2010
Montevideo, Uruguay (passport stamp only) February 13, 1992
Equatorial monument, Uganda Jan. 14, 2010
Umm Al Quwain (UAE) August 1993
Portland, Maine USA Oct. 2010
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Iwo Jima, Volcano Islands, March 18, 2009
Mystery Island, Vanuatu, September 27, 2008
Hue, Vietnam March 2003
Tucacas, Venezuela September 1996
St. Thomas, Virgin Islands (US)
Tortola, Virgin Islands (British) (passport stamp only) July 24, 1992.
Vatican City-no photo
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Wallis and Futuna, November 2015
Dahkla, Western Sahara, October 2013
Wrexham, Wales October 27, 2009
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Sanaa, Yemen October 1994
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Pwani Mchangani, Zanzibar March 2007
Lusaka, Zambia December 2001
Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe December 2001Copyright © 2018 – Paul D. Maley. All rights reserved.
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