75. Visit 100 different countries

With my love of travel i thought i would incorporate a goal to visit as much of this amazing planet we call Earth. I started very early with my travel with my first overseas adventure staring at the age of 2.

The first country off my list was my place of birth and therefore the easiest to complete - England. 

The next and a frequent destination was France with trips to Paris, Bayeux (the amazing bayeux tapestry) and St. Mont Michel whilst living in England and a return visit to Paris and a road trip through the south of France from Perpignon to Nice in 2008 with my brother.

The next overseas holiday was to the US when i was 7 and 9 with a trip to Orlando to visit Disneyland and Busch Gardens. I also returned to the US in 2002 to work at a Ski resort in California and had a month of travel around the West Coast. My brother and I also went to both coasts on our world trip in 2007/8 with stops in Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco, Las Vegas and Grand Canyon, New York, Washington DC, Boston, Niagara Falls and Miami.

In 1997 we moved across to Australia stopping in Malaysia for 3 days on the way and added another 2 countries to the list. We also headed back to visit England twice more over the next few years and made stopover on the way back to Singapore and Thailand.

The next place to add to the list was possibly our least favourite family holiday with a trip to Fiji.

Before meeting my brother in Los Angeles for our trip around the world, i spent six weeks on my own in November 2007 in Canada visiting Polar bears and Toronto, before heading for warmer climates of Jamaica, Cayman Islands and Mexico.

After 6 weeks in the US, my brother and I flew to Dublin, Ireland for a stopover before heading to England to visit relatives and planning the rest of our tour around Europe. The tour of Europe ticked off 23 countries off the list - Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Slovakia, Wales and Vatican City.

My two month overland trip through Africa starting in the South West of Africa in Cape Town and finishing in East Africa in Nairobi, Kenya ticked off a further 10 countries - South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda.

I reached country number 50 with a short 9 day trip in April/May 2016 to Indonesia including Bali, and a trip to Flores to see the fearsome Komodo dragons and beautiful volcanic lakes of Kelimutu and explore the rural countryside, villages and rice fields of Flores

Final List of Countries

1. England

2. France

3. USA

4. Malaysia

5. Australia

6. Singapore

7. Thailand

8. Fiji

9. Canada

10. Jamaica

11. Cayman Islands

12. Mexico

13. Ireland

14. Wales

15. Andorra 

16. Spain

17.Luxembourg

18. Belgium

19. Netherlands

20. Germany 

21. Denmark

22. Sweden

23. Norway

24. Finland

25. Estonia

26. Russia

27. Monaco

28. Switzerland

29. Austria

30. Czech Republic

31. Slovakia

32. Hungary

33. Poland

34. Italy

35. Vatican City

36. China

37. Hong Kong

38. Egypt

39. United Arab Emirates

40. South Africa

41. Namibia

42. Botswana

43. Zambia

44. Zimbabwe

45. Malawi

46. Tanzania

47. Kenya

48. Uganda

49. Rwanda

50. Indonesia