Saturday, December 17, 2016

A new travel challenge

My coworker Nick Dare told me about a friend of his who has resolved to have visited more countries than her age for the rest of her life.  I thought this was an interesting challenge, and that I am probably close to my age on both number of countries visited and number of states visited.  Having recently turned 35, that is my target for the next year or so.  Below is my current list of both countries and states.  For both, I am only counting places where I have spent a night and/or done some sort of activity besides transiting through.  I'm within striking distance in both categories, though I am far more likely to reach my age in states sooner than in countries - due to being closer, ease, and plans in the works.  I hope to conquer the challenge for states in the next year and maintain the lead in that category until I turn 50.  I'll need to pick up my game in terms of international travel.

#     Country             State
1ArgentinaAlaska
2AustraliaArizona
3AustriaCalifornia
4BrazilColorado
5CanadaFlorida
6ChileGeorgia
7ChinaHawaii
8Czech RepublicIdaho
9EnglandIllinois
10EstoniaIndiana
11FinlandIowa
12FranceKansas
13GermanyLouisiana
14GreeceMaryland
15ItalyMassachusetts
16JapanMichigan
17KuwaitMissouri
18MexicoMontana
19NetherlandsNevada
20New ZealandNew Jersey
21NigeriaNew Mexico
22NorwayNew York
23Paraguay?Ohio
24PeruOregon
25RussiaPennsylvania
26SpainSouth Dakota
27SwedenTennessee
28SwitzerlandTexas
29TurkeyUtah
30Ukraine?Virginia?
31USAWashington
32--Wisconsin
33--Wyoming