Countries and Territories Visited According to The Travelers' Century Club
Posted: November 12 2023
The Travelers' Century Club as of January 2022, recognise, state, list, and declare that there are 330 Countries and Territories.
I like the Travelers' Century Club list because it includes principalities, defacto states, autonomous regions, non-recognised states and partially recognised states.
I like the fact that the Travelers' Century Club includes Hong Kong:
I like the Travelers' Century Club list because it includes principalities, defacto states, autonomous regions, non-recognised states and partially recognised states.
I like the fact that the Travelers' Century Club includes Hong Kong:
I like the fact that the Travelers' Century Club includes Taiwan:
At the Southernmost point of Taiwan in 2014:
I like the fact that the Travelers' Century Club includes Kosovo, Transnistria, Western Sahara, Palestine and Abkhazia all of which I have been to. All of which I have backpacked.
But they don't include Nagorno Karabakh. I first went there in 2010 on an 18 hour day trip from Yerevan. I also backpacked Nagorno Karabakh in 2015, including visiting the Ghost City of Agdam.
But they don't include Nagorno Karabakh. I first went there in 2010 on an 18 hour day trip from Yerevan. I also backpacked Nagorno Karabakh in 2015, including visiting the Ghost City of Agdam.
I have 2 visas for Nagorno Karabakh but they don't include it yet they include both Alaska and Tasmania who don't require different visas for you to visit, who don't have their own currency nor licence plates.
They count Ceuta and Melilla (2 Spanish Enclaves in Morocco) as one.
They list the Greek Aegean Islands as being separate from Greece. So what about the island groups in the Philippines?
They list Sumatra separately, Java too but what about Flores?
Russia in Europe, Russia in Asia. Egypt in Africa, Egypt in the Asia. Turkey in Europe, Turkey in Asia. Really?
According to Travelers' Century Club, who stipulate that one must have at least stepped foot in (so being on a plane parked up on the runway doesn't count), at least 100 countries and territories to become a member, I have been to 134 out of the 330.
But their list is too suspect for me to accept and that's why I will never join the elite Travelers' Century Club even if I am eligible.
But here are the 134 Countries and Territories that I have been to according to The Travelers' Century Club, even if I don't accept their criteria:
They count Ceuta and Melilla (2 Spanish Enclaves in Morocco) as one.
They list the Greek Aegean Islands as being separate from Greece. So what about the island groups in the Philippines?
They list Sumatra separately, Java too but what about Flores?
Russia in Europe, Russia in Asia. Egypt in Africa, Egypt in the Asia. Turkey in Europe, Turkey in Asia. Really?
According to Travelers' Century Club, who stipulate that one must have at least stepped foot in (so being on a plane parked up on the runway doesn't count), at least 100 countries and territories to become a member, I have been to 134 out of the 330.
But their list is too suspect for me to accept and that's why I will never join the elite Travelers' Century Club even if I am eligible.
But here are the 134 Countries and Territories that I have been to according to The Travelers' Century Club, even if I don't accept their criteria:
- Australia
- New Zealand
- Tasmania
- Canada
- Mexico
- United States (Contiguous)
- Belize
- Costa Rica
- El Salvador
- Guatemala
- Honduras
- Nicaragua
- Panama
- Albania
- Austria
- Balearic Islands (Mallorca)
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Bosnia & Herzegovina
- Bulgaria
- Corsica
- Crete
- Croatia
- Czech Republic
- Denmark
- England
- Estonia
- Finland
- France
- Germany
- Greece
- Greek Aegean Islands (Cyclades, Dodecanese,
Northern Aegean Islands) - Hungary
- Ireland (Eire)
- Ireland, Northern
- Italy
- Kosovo
- Latvia
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Moldova
- Montenegro
- Netherlands
- North Macedonia
- Norway
- Poland
- Portugal
- Romania
- Russia
- Scotland
- Serbia
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Spain
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Transnistria (Pridnestrovie)
- Turkey in Europe (Istanbul)
- Ukraine
- Wales
- Botswana
- Burundi
- Côte d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast)
- Egypt in Africa
- Ethiopia
- Gambia, The
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Kenya
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Malawi
- Mali
- Mauritania
- Morocco
- Morocco, Spanish (Ceuta, Melilla)
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Rwanda
- Senegal
- Sierra Leone
- South Africa
- Sudan
- Tanzania
- Tunisia
- Uganda
- Western Sahara
- Zambia
- Zanzibar
- Zimbabwe
- Abu Dhabi
- Dubai
- Egypt in Asia (Sinai Peninsula)
- Israel
- Jordan
- Lebanon
- Palestine
- Ras Al Khaimah
- Syria
- Madagascar
- Abkhazia
- Armenia
- Azerbaijan
- Brunei
- Cambodia
- China, People’s Republic
- Georgia
- Hong Kong
- India
- Indonesia (Java)
- Jeju Island (South Korea)
- Kazakhstan
- Korea, South
- Kyrgyzstan
- Laos
- Lesser Sunda Islands (Bali, Timor, Indonesia)
- Malaysia
- Myanmar (Burma)
- Nepal
- Pakistan
- Philippines
- Russia in Asia (incl. Siberia)
- Sabah (North Borneo)
- Sarawak
- Sikkim
- Singapore
- Sri Lanka (Ceylon)
- Sumatra (Indonesia)
- Taiwan. R.O.C.
- Tajikistan
- Thailand
- Turkey in Asia (Anatolia, Ankara, Izmir)
- Uzbekistan
- Vietnam
Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Ras Al Khaimah in the UAE are 3 of the 330 Countries and Territories recognised by the Travelers' Century Club. I spent 5 days in the UAE back in 2016. I landed in Abu Dhabi, took a bus to Dubai, backpacked The Burj Khalifa and the took a bus to Ras Al Khaimah:
Backpacking in Dubai:
Crossing the Equator in Sumatra, which is classed as a Country and Territory in it's own right:
Taking the Ferry to Jeju Island from Busan (I think) and from there we went to Mara Island, the Southernmost point of South Korea:
Hope you have enjoyed the new photos that have never seen the light of day before.
