Travels


In 2007 I made it my goal to visit one new country each year for the rest of my life. No excuses. Even if I visit ten countries in one year, I must still make it to a new place the following year. 
So far, I have managed to pull it off. 

To catch up, I created an additional goal of traveling to 40 countries by the time I am 40 years old. Almost there! 


Countries I've Visited


NumberCountryCities/States
1USAWA, OR, CA, NV, UT, AZ, NM, CO, KS, OK, TX, AR, MO, LA, MS, AL, GA, FL, IL, MN, PA, NY, MA, HI, TN
2GreeceAthens, Ikaria
3JapanTokyo, Osaka, Nagoya, Kyoto, Hiroshima, Fukuoka, Nagasaki, Ehime, Yamaguchi, Shimane, Okayama, Tottori, Chiba, Kanagawa, Ibaraki, Hokkaido
4Hong KongHong Kong
5South KoreaSeoul
6Czech RepublicPrague
7GermanyBerlin, Munich
8EnglandLondon
9CanadaVancouver, Montreal
10MexicoPuerto Vallarta, Guanajuato
11Iceland Reykjavik
12NorwayOslo
13SwedenStockholm
14DenmarkCopenhagen
15FinlandHelsinki
16TaiwanTaipei, Urai
17UAEDubai
18QatarDoha
19PakistanKarachi, Hyderabad, Lahore, Islamabad
20IndonesiaBali
21SingaporeSingapore
22MalaysiaJahor Bahru, Kuala Lumpur, Mulu, Kuching, Penang
23ThailandHua Hin, Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai
24MyanmarYangon, Mandalay, Bagan
25LaosLuang Prabang, Vientiane
26VietnamHanoi, Halong Bay, Hue, Danang, Hoi An, Nha Trang, Saigon
27CambodiaPhnom Penh, Siem Reap
28NetherlandsAmsterdam, Haarlem
           29Portugal                  Lisbon, Porto                                                                             
30EthiopiaAddis Ababa
          31Ireland                      Dublin, Belfast                                                                             
32The GambiaBanjul, Upper River Region




Timeline Breakdown
YearCountry
1987USA
1989Greece
2001Greece (2nd)
2002Japan
2005Japan (2nd)
2006Japan (3rd)Japan (4th)
2007Hong KongSouth KoreaJapan (5th)
2008Czech RepublicGermanyEnglandJapan (6th)
2009CanadaJapan (7th)
2010MexicoJapan (8th)
2011IcelandNorwaySwedenDenmarkFinland
2012TaiwanJapan (9th)
2013UAEQatarPakistanTaiwan (2nd)Japan (10th)
2014Japan (cont)South Korea (2nd) IndonesiaSingaporeMalaysiaThailandMyanmarLaosVietnam
2015Vietnam (cont)CambodiaThailand (2nd)
2016Greece (3rd)NetherlandsIceland (2nd)
    2017 Japan (11th)Mexico (2nd)
    2018 Mexico (3rd) Portugal  Taiwan (3rd)
    2020 Ethiopia (3rd) 
    2022 IrelandThe Gambia




What's next? 

India, China, Mongolia, and Greenland! 

Food Cart Days

Casual day grabbing lunch at the food carts with my family. I dressed up a very casual summer outfit with my white Mansur Gavriel bucket bag...