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) Antarctica
7) Antigua and Barbuda
8) Argentina
9) Armenia
10) Aruba (2017 and 2021)
11) Australia
12) Austria (1999)
13) Azerbaijan
14) Bahamas (2012, 2024)
15) Bahrain
16) Bangladesh
17) Barbados (2017)
18) Belarus

19) Belgium (1999)

20) Belize (2003)
21) Benin

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

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

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

50) Costa Rica (2009)
51) Cote d'Ivoire
52) Croatia (2024)
53) Cuba
54) Cyprus
55) Czech Republic (2015)
56) Denmark (2018) #44
57) Dhekelia
58) Djibouti
59) Dominica (2017)

60) Dominican Republic (2008, 2024)

61) Ecuador (2010)

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

73) France (1999, 2015, 2025)
74) French Guiana
75) French Polynesia
76) French Southern and Antarctic Lands
77) Gabon
78) Gambia
79) Gaza Strip
80) Georgia

81) Germany (1999, 2022)
82) Ghana

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

96) Holy See/Vatican City (1999)

97) Honduras
98) Hong Kong
99) Hungary

100) Iceland (2005, 2025)
101) India
102) Indonesia
103) Iran
104) Iraq
105) Ireland
106) Isle of Man

107) Israel (1997)

108) Italy (1999, 2021, 2022, 2024)
109) Jamaica
110) Jan Mayen
111) Japan
112) Jersey

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

144) Mexico (2012)
145) Micronesia, Federated States of
146) Moldova
147) Monaco
148) Mongolia
149) Montserrat

150) Morocco (2004)
151) Mozambique
152) Namibia
153) Nauru
154) Navassa Island
155) Nepal 

156) Netherlands (1999, 2025)
157) New Caledonia
158) New Zealand
159) Nicaragua
160) Niger
161) Nigeria
162) Niue
163) Norfolk Island
164) Northern Mariana Islands
165) Norway (2025 #52)
166) Oman
167) Pakistan
168) Palau
169) Panama
170) Papua New Guinea
171) Paracel Islands
172) Paraguay

173) Peru (2006)
174) Philippines
175) Pitcairn Islands
176) Poland
177) Portugal (2019, #47)

178) 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!)

179) Qatar
180) Reunion
181) Romania
182) Russia
183) Rwanda
184) Saint Kitts and Nevis (2018)
185) St. Lucia (2005)
186) Saint Pierre and Miquelon
187) Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
188) Samoa
189) San Marino
190) Sao Tome and Principe
191) Saudi Arabia
192) Scotland (2018) #43
193) Senegal
194) Serbia and Montenegro
195) Seychelles
196) Sierra Leone
197) Singapore
198) Slovakia
199) Slovenia (2024)
200) Solomon Islands
201) Somalia

202) South Africa (2011)
203) South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

204) Spain (2004, 2009, 2019)
205) Spratly Islands
206) Sri Lanka
207) Sudan
208) Suriname
209) Svalbard
210) Swaziland

211) Sweden (2005)

212) Switzerland (1999)
213) Syria
214) Taiwan
215) Tajikistan
216) Tanzania

217) Thailand (2004 and 2018)
218) Timor-Leste
219) Togo
220) Tokelau
221) Tonga
222) Trinidad and Tobago
223) Tromelin Island
224) Tunisia
225) Turkey
226) Turkmenistan
227) Turks and Caicos Islands (2024)
228) Tuvalu
229) Uganda
230) Ukraine
231) United Arab Emirates

232) United Kingdom (1999, 2004, 2022)

233) United States (1976 - 2025)
234) Uruguay
235) Uzbekistan
236) Vanuatu
237) Venezuela
238) Vietnam (2014)

239) Virgin Islands
240) Wake Island
241) Wallis and Futuna
242) West Bank
243) Western Sahara
244) Yemen
245) Zambia
246) Zimbabwe

20%

52/246

Asia: 7/50

Antarctica: 0/1

Australia: 0/1

Africa: 3/54
Europe: 16/44
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.