PHOTOS BY COUNTRY

As of January 2011 I have visited 180 of the independent countries of this world. As a reference there are 191 countries in the United Nations, 192 are watched by Amnesty International, 197 participated in the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, and 210 countries and territories are serviced by CNN.

INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL NEWS has compiled a list of 192 countries, of which I have visited 176 as of January 2011.    ITN address

A group called the Travelers' Century Club lists the countries that are sovereign and dependencies which are separate enough due to geography, culture or history to warrant being considered separate territories. As of January 2003 they have 317 designated.

As of January 2011 I have been to 271 of the Travelers' Century Club areas.

This means that there are still about one tenth of the world's places that I have not yet visited. I have no urge to be complete. But I do like the feeling of having viewed most of the world's peoples and seen much of their cultures. Many of the remaining 20 independent countries (including Iraq, Afghanistan, North Korea), 17 in fact, are in Africa, where past colonial political subdivisions have divided them, not true distinctive culture differences. These areas are thus of less interest to me, and also because travel in that area of the world is not very easy, and can be dangerous.

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(In the following list, when a location is highlighted it means that photos are attached. Click on the highlighted location to view.)

ABU DHABI, 1997

ANGUILLA, 1991

ANTARCTICA - ARGENTINE, 1989

ARUBA, 1984

AUSTRALIA, 1977

AUSTRIA, 1957

AZERBAIJAN, 2000

AZORES, 1958

BAHAMAS (PROVIDENCIAS), 1983

BAHRAIN, 1997

BALEARIC ISLANDS (MALLORCA), 1958

BALI, 1979

BANGLADESH, 2000

BARBADOS, 1987

BELARUS, 1995

BELGIUM, 1957

BELIZE, 1990

BERLIN, 1957

BERMUDA, 1974

BHUTAN, 1994

BISMARK ARCHIPELAGO, 1993

BOLIVIA ,1989

BONAIRE, 1984

BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA (SARAJEVO), 1975

BOTSWANA, 1991

BRAZIL, 1992

BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS, 1987

BRUNEI, 1998

BULGARIA, 1986

BURMA, 1984

CAMBODIA, 1993

CANADA, 1945

CANARY ISLANDS, 1990

CAPE VERDE ISLANDS, 1983

CAYMAN ISLANDS, 1983

CHILE, 1985

COMOROS, 1991

COOK ISLANDS, 1992

COSTA RICA, 1985

CRETE, 1992

CROATIA, 1957

CUBA, 1998

CURACAO, 1984

CYPRUS, 1990

CZECH REPUBLIC, 1973

DENMARK, 1957

DODECANESE ISLANDS (RHODES), 1989

DOMINICA, 1994

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, 1962

DUBAI, 1991

EL SALVADOR, 1995

ENGLAND, 1957

ERITREA, 1995

ESTONIAN SSR, 1978

ETHIOPIA, 1995

FALKLAND ISLANDS, 1989

FAROE ISLANDS, 1998

FIJI, 1977

FINLAND, 1957

FRANCE, 1957

GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC, 1963

GERMANY, 1956

GHANA, 1999

GIBRALTAR, 1992

GOA, 1994

GREECE, 1957

GREENLAND, 1999

GRENADA, 1987

GRENADINES, 1989

GUADELOUPE, 1989

GUAM, 1979

GUATEMALA, 1988

GUERNSEY, 1993

GUYANA, 1996

HAITI, 1962

HAWAIIAN ISLANDS, 1977

HONDURAS, 1988

HONG KONG, 1979

HUNGARY, 1973

ICELAND, 1976

ILES LES SAINTES, 1991

INDIA, 1964

INDONESIA (JAVA), 1979

IRAN, 1964

IRELAND, 1963

IRELAND, NORTHERN, 1993

IRIAN JAYA, 1993

ISLE OF MAN, 1993

ISRAEL, 1964

ITALY, 1957

IVORY COAST, 2001

JAMAICA, 1962

JAPAN, 1966

JERSEY, 1993

JORDAN, 1995

KALININGRAD, 2001

KAMPUCHEA, 1993

KASHMIR, 1964

KAZAKH SSR, 1963

KENYA, 1987

KIBRIS (TURKISH REPUBLIC OF NORTHERN CYPRUS), 1998

KIRIBATI, 1998

KOREA, 1988

KOSOVO, 1957

KUWAIT, 1997

KYRGYZSTAN, 2001

LAOS, 1993

LATVIA, 1995

LEBANON, 2000

LESOTHO, 2008

LIBYA, 2002

LIECHTENSTEIN, 1968

LITHUANIA, 1995

LUXEMBOURG, 1957

MACAO, 1991

MACEDONIA, 1957

MADEIRA, 1986

MALAGASY REPUBLIC, 1991

MALDIVES, 2000

MALAWI, 1992

MALAYSIA, 1979

MALI, 1993

MALTA, 1975

MARQUESAS, 1995

MARSHALL ISLANDS, 1989

MARTINIQUE, 1987

MAURITIUS, 1991

MAYOTTE, 1991

MEXICO, 1960

MICRONESIA, FEDERATED STATES OF, 1989

MIDWAY ATOLL, 1999

MOLDOVA, 2001

MOLUKA, 1993

MONGOLIA, 1991

MONOCO, 1957

MONTENEGRO, 1957

MONTSERRAT, 1996

NAMIBIA, 1991

NAURU, 1998

NEPAL, 1964

NETHERLANDS, 1957

NEVIS, 1996

NEW CALEDONIA, 1998

NEW ZEALAND, 1977

NICARAGUA, 1995

NIGER, 2001

NIGERIA, 1999

NORFOLK ISLAND, 1998

NORTHERN MARIANAS, 1989

NORWAY, 1957

OMAN, 1997

PAKISTAN, 1964

PALAU, 1999

PALESTINE, 1993

PANAMA, 1985

PAPUA NEW GUINEA, 1985

PARAGUAY, 1992

PERU, 1982

PHILIPPINES, 1979

POLAND, 1963

PORTUGAL, 1958

PRIBILOF ISLANDS, 1994

PUERTO RICO, 1962

QATAR, 1997

REUNION, 1991

RHODES, 1992

ROMANIA, 1986

RUSSIAN SSR (SOVIET UNION), 1963

SABA, 1996

SABAH, 1998

SAMOA (AMERICAN), 1977

SAMOA, WESTERN, 1992

SAN BLAS ISLANDS, 2002

SAN MARINO, 1957

SARAWAK, 1979

SARDINIA, 1989

SARK, 1993

SAUDI ARABIA, 2000

SCOTLAND, 1963

SENEGAL, 1993

SERBIA, 1957

SEYCHELLES, 1991

SHARAJH, 1997

SIBERIA, 1991

SIKKIM, 1994

SICILY, 1976

SINGAPORE, 1979

SLOVAKIA, 1990

SLOVENIA, 1957

SOLOMON ISLANDS, 1998

SOUTH AFRICA, 1983

SOUTH GEORGIA, 1989

SOUTH ORKNEYS, 1989

SPAIN, 1958

SPITSBERGEN, 2000

SRI LANKA, 1979

ST. BARTS, 1991

ST. EUSTATIUS, 1996

ST. KITTS, 1996

ST. LUCIA, 1987

ST. MAARTEN, 1982

ST. MARTIN, 1982

ST. PIERRE & MIQUELON, 1993

ST. VINCENT, 1989

SUDAN, 1957

SUMATRA, 1979

SURINAM, 1996

SVALBARD, 2000

SWAZILAND, 1983

SWEDEN, 1957

SWITZERLAND, 1957

SYRIA, 1995

TAJIKISTAN, 2001

TAHITI, 1977

TAIWAN, 1987

TANZANIA, 1987

TASMANIA, 1977

THAILAND, 1984

TIBET, 1992

TONGA, 1992

TRINIDAD & TOBAGO, 1987

TUNISIA, 1975

TURKEY (ASIA), 1957

TURKEY (EUROPE), 1957

TURKMENISTAN, 2001

TURKS & CAICOS ISLANDS, 1991

UGANDA, 2001

UKRANIAN SSR, 1963

UM AL-QUIWAIN, 1997

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, 1997

UNITED STATES, 1931

URUGUAY, 1994

UZBEK SSR, 1963

VANUATU, 1992

VATICAN CITY, 1957

VENEZUELA, 1987

VIET NAM, 1993

VIRGIN ISLANDS (U.S.), 1987

WALES, 1976

YAP, 1999

YEMEN, 1990

ZAMBIA, 1983

ZANZIBAR, 2001

ZIL ELWANNYEN SESEL, 1991

ZIMBABWE, 1983

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