Countries of the World

So, during Womancation, 2011, my friends, Mindy, Mariellen and I started discussing how many countries of the world we had been to. None of us were quite sure as we had never sat down and really counted. I decided I wanted to know, so I just sat down and counted. I went to the website www.listofcountriesoftheworld.com and wrote down the countries according to that website. For the most part, that is what is listed here, totaling  252 Countries.  However, officially, there are 196 undisputed countries. Well I guess 195 since Taiwan is disputed.  So anyway, it depends on what list you use, but here is my list in alphabetical order:

1) Afghanistan
2) Albania
3) Algeria
4) Andorra
5) Angola
6) Anguilla
7) Antarctica
8) Antigua and Barbuda
9) Argentina
10) Armenia
11) Aruba (2017 and 2021)
12) Australia
13) Austria (1999)
14) Azerbaijan
15) Bahamas (2012)
16) Bahrain
17) Bangladesh
18) Barbados (2017)
19) Belarus

20) Belgium (1999)

21) Belize (2003)
22) Benin

23) Bermuda (2007)
24) Bhutan
25) Bolivia
26) Bosnia and Herzegovina
27) Botswana
28) Brazil
29) British Virgin Islands (2018)
30) Brunei
31) Bulgaria
32) Burkina Faso
33) Burma
34) Burundi
35) Cambodia (2018 - #42)
36) Cameroon

37) Canada (2012, 2018, 2019)
38) Cape Verde

39) Cayman Islands (2003)
40) Central African Republic
41) Chad
42) Chile
43) China
44) Christmas Island
45) Clipperton Island
46) Cocos (Keeling) Islands
47) Columbia
48) Comoros
49) Congo, Democratic Republic of the
50) Congo, Republic of the
51) Cook Islands
52) Coral Sea Islands

53) Costa Rica (2009)
54) Cote d'Ivoire
55) Croatia
56) Cuba
57) Cyprus
58) Czech Republic (2015)
59) Denmark (2018) #44
60) Dhekelia
61) Djibouti
62) Dominica (2017)

63) Dominican Republic (2008)

64) Ecuador (2010)

65) Egypt (1997)
66) El Salvador
67) Equatorial Guinea
68) Eritrea
69) Estonia
70) Ethiopia
71) Europa Island
72) Falkland Islands
73) Faroe Islands
74) Fiji
75) Finland

76) France (1999, 2015)
77) French Guiana
78) French Polynesia
79) French Southern and Antarctic Lands
80) Gabon
81) Gambia
82) Gaza Strip
83) Georgia

84) Germany (1999, 2022)
85) Ghana

86) Gibralter (2004)
87) Glorioso Islands
88) Greece (2019)
89) Greenland
90) Grenada (2017)
91) Guam
92) Guatemala
93) Guernsey
94) Guinea
95) Guinea-Bissau
96) Guyana
97) Haiti
98) Heard Island and McDonald Islands

99) Holy See/Vatican City (1999)
100) Honduras
101) Hong Kong
102) Hungary

103) Iceland (2005)
104) India
105) Indonesia
106) Iran
107) Iraq
108) Ireland
109) Isle of Man

110) Israel (1997)

111) Italy (1999, 2021, 2022)
112) Jamaica
113) Jan Mayen
114) Japan
115) Jersey

116) Jordan (1997)
117) Juan de Nova Island
118) Kazakhstan
119) Kenya
120) Kiribati
121) Korea, North (2014)
122) Korea, South (2014)
123) Kuwait
124) Kyrgyzstan
125) Laos
126) Latvia
127) Lebanon
128) Lesotho
129) Liberia
130) Libya
131) Liechtenstein
132) Lithuania
133) Luxembourg
134) Macau
135) Macedona
136) Madagascar
137) Malawi
138) Malaysia
139) Maldives
140) Mali
141) Malta
142) Marshall Islands
143) Martinique
144) Mauritania
145) Mauritius
146) Mayotte

147) Mexico (2012)
148) Micronesia, Federated States of
149) Moldova
150) Monaco
151) Mongolia
152) Montserrat

153) Morocco (2004)
154) Mozambique
155) Namibia
156) Nauru
157) Navassa Island
158) Nepal 

159) Netherlands (1999)
160) New Caledonia
161) New Zealand
162) Nicaragua
163) Niger
164) Nigeria
165) Niue
166) Norfolk Island
167) Northern Mariana Islands
168) Norway
169) Oman
170) Pakistan
171) Palau
172) Panama
173) Papua New Guinea
174) Paracel Islands
175) Paraguay

176) Peru (2006)
177) Philippines
178) Pitcairn Islands
179) Poland
180) Portugal (2019, #47)

181) Puerto Rico (2006, 2021, 2022) (So, I know this is a US ter. but this website listed as a country, so I'm going with it!)

182) Qatar
183) Reunion
184) Romania
185) Russia
186) Rwanda
187) Saint Helena
188) Saint Kitts and Nevis (2018)
189) St. Lucia (2005)
190) Saint Pierre and Miquelon
191) Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
192) Samoa
193) San Marino
194) Sao Tome and Principe
195) Saudi Arabia
196) Scotland (2018) #43
197) Senegal
198) Serbia and Montenegro
199) Seychelles
200) Sierra Leone
201) Singapore
202) Slovakia
203) Slovenia
204) Solomon Islands
205) Somalia

206) South Africa (2011)
207) South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

208) Spain (2004, 2009, 2019)
209) Spratly Islands
210) Sri Lanka
211) Sudan
212) Suriname
213) Svalbard
214) Swaziland

215) Sweden (2005)

216) Switzerland (1999)
217) Syria
218) Taiwan
219) Tajikistan
220) Tanzania

221) Thailand (2004 and 2018)
222) Timor-Leste
223) Togo
224) Tokelau
225) Tonga
226) Trinidad and Tobago
227) Tromelin Island
228) Tunisia
229) Turkey
230) Turkmenistan
231) Turks and Caicos Islands
232) Tuvalu
233) Uganda
234) Ukraine
235) United Arab Emirates

236) United Kingdom (1999, 2004, 2022)

237) United States (1976 - 2022)
238) Uruguay
239) Uzbekistan
240) Vanuatu
241) Venezuela
242) Vietnam (2014)

243) Virgin Islands
244) Wake Island
245) Wallis and Futuna
246) West Bank
247) Western Sahara
248) Yemen
249) Zambia
250) Zimbabwe

19%

48/250

Asia: 7/50

Antarctica: 0/1

Australia: 0/1

Africa: 3/54
Europe: 13/44
North America: 12 /23

South America: 2/14

#113: West Virginia's White-Water Rafting (pg 737, 2nd Ed pg 901)

August 1, 2011: It was a deal on Travelzoo I couldn't refuse. $65 per person for a White Water Rafting expedition on the Lower New River that included two nights of camping, a light breakfast both mornings and lunch along the river during the White Water Rafting adventure. I've been White Water Rafting once in Colorado during high school and once in Dec. 2009 in Costa Rica. And I had an absolute blast, so I was very excited about checking out the West Virginia rapids!

We booked our excursion through River Expeditions and our guide in our raft was named Joe. He was 43 years old and had been a guide for 12 years. He knew everything there was to know about that River!

And going through rapids like this, I'm glad he did! I'm the one in the back left with the pink helmet and sunglasses.

And can you believe, nobody fell out of our raft during this?

See? All in one piece!

Verdict: Yes. SO much fun! I would do it again in a heartbeat. Only next time, I want to do the Gauley. Joe tells us that the Lower Gauley (did he say Upper or Lower? I can't remember?) Anyway, one of the Gauleys is "a few steps up from what we did today" and the other Gauley is "a whole staircase." How fun would THAT be? BTW, if you have young children, you can book a rafting adventure on the Upper New River for some Level 1-2 rapids and maybe a couple 3's. Kids as young as six are allowed to raft that river.