I get this question all the time, “Where are you headed to next?” The reality is that I never know where I am going next, rather it’s usually a surprise when it finally becomes a reality. I do, however, have a bucket list for the next 55 countries I would like to visit in order to reach my first 100. So far I have visited most of Central America and 24 countries in Europe, but I am still missing several amazing ones. At the moment my travel plans are a 10-day relaxing honeymoon in St. Lucia, but this is not a work trip…actually it’s the first vacation I’ll have in quite a long time.
As for 2013, it is still completely open, but I am in talks with many tourism boards and will be meeting with over 25 of them in London at the World Travel Market this November. I may not get the chance to visit all the countries on this list because, unlike other travel bloggers, I have to spend a considerable amount of time in each place in order to get all I need to make travel guides. So it’s taking me a lot longer (5 to 10 per year).. but so what because I’m going to reach 100 eventually! Smaller countries like Bahrain will take me 4 days tops, but large countries like India would be divided into separate trips with each trip focused on a specific region rather than just hitting the major tourist stops.
In no particular order, here’s my Bucket List to reach 100:
1. Chile
2. Serbia Visited in April of 2014
3. Oman
4. Ethiopia
5. Senegal
6. Suriname
7. Myanmar
8. Lebanon
9. Honduras
10. French Guyana
11. Algeria
12. Israel
13. Nepal
14. Paraguay
15. Belize
16. Bhutan
17. India
18. Uganda
19. Brunei
20. Uzbekistan
21. New Zealand
22. Thailand Visited in January 2014
23. Armenia
24. Rwanda Visited in September 2013
25. Malaysia Visited in February 2014
26. Kyrgyzstan
27. Cambodia
28. Bolivia
29. Egypt
30. Sierra Leone
31. Botswana
32. Greece Visited in May 2013
33. Ghana
34. Pakistan
35. Azerbaijan
36. Swaziland Visited in August 2013
37. Bangladesh
38. Brazil
39. Namibia
40. Vietnam
41. Kuwait
42. Moldova Visited in October 2013
43. Mongolia
44. Latvia
45. Zambia
46. Georgia
47. Qatar
48. Lithuania
49. Bulgaria Visited in July 2013
50. Albania
51. Macedonia
52. Bosnia and Herzegovina
53. Romania
54. Madagascar
55. Maldives
I’m sharing my list with you so that you keep dropping by the website and communicating with and following Davidsbeenhere.com on social media as I embark on these legs of my journey around the world. So much has happened in the last year that I couldn’t have predicted, I know that next year will be even better! My business is growing, I have met so many incredible travel bloggers and I have great things in the works for 2013.
The one place I left off the list (because it’s a continent, not a country) is Antarctica.. waiting on a confirmation to get this trip rolling.
As of May 2014, I have managed to visit Greece, Bulgaria, Swaziland, Rwanda, Moldova, Serbia, Thailand and Malaysia from this list.
David
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