One personal aim has been to see as much of the world as possible before reaching the age where such travel becomes impossible, either because of the frailties of the body or the exorbitant cost of travel insurance.
This section describes some of the places visited in recent years along with any traveller's tales experienced along the way. Hopefully, the former provide ideas on places to visit while the latter describe circumstances, both good and bad, that may assist in deciding how to go about experiencing these locations.
A checklist of countries visited on each continent is included to measure progress. So far only, 28 of the 193 countries listed (14.5%) have been visited. That probably means its time to start planning another trip.
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