In order to document the number of countries I’ve traveled to thus far (life list item “Travel to 50 countries”), I had to take a closer look at the ones I’ve visited in the Caribbean since that’s where the bulk of my travels have been (other than Canada, the US, Mexico and Greece).
Here’s a breakdown of countries in the Caribbean, dependencies/territories of overseas nations as well as countries bordering the Caribbean Sea. The green ones are the ones I’ve visited.
Caribbean Countries (11 of 25)
- Anguilla
- Antigua & Barbuda
- Aruba
- Bahamas
- Barbados
- Bermuda
- British Virgin Islands
- Cayman Islands
- Cuba
- Dominica
- Dominican Republic
- Grenada
- Guadeloupe
- Haiti
- Jamaica
- Martinique
- Montserrat
- Netherlands Antilles
- Puerto Rico (I’ve passed through here but never visited so it doesn’t count)
- St. Kitts & Nevis
- St. Lucia
- St. Vincent & the Grenadines
- Trinidad & Tobago
- Turks & Caicos Islands
- U.S. Virgin Islands
Mainland countries bordering the Caribbean Sea (4 of 13)
- Belize
- Colombia
- Costa Rica
- French Guiana
- Guatemala
- Guyana
- Honduras
- Nicaragua
- Mexico
- Panama
- Suriname
- United States
- Venezuela
And as further detail about the dependencies and/or territories of other nations:
- Anegada (British Virgin Islands)
- Bonaire (Netherlands Antilles)
- Curacao (Netherlands Antilles)
- Jost Van Dyke (British Virgin Islands)
- Key West (Florida, US)
- Saba (Netherlands Antilles)
- St. Barthélemy (Guadeloupe)
- St. Croix (U.S. Virgin Islands)
- St. Eustatius (Netherlands Antilles)
- St. John (U.S. Virgin Islands)
- St. Maarten (Netherlands Antilles)
- St. Martin (Guadeloupe)
- St. Thomas (U.S. Virgin Islands)
- Tortola (British Virgin Islands)
- Virgin Gorda (British Virgin Islands)
Which means that my total of countries I’ve travelled to is 17 of 50. I made sure not to double-count the US and Mexico.
Long ways to go yet to get to 50, and we already have plans in the works for our next travels. Stay tuned. 🙂
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