{"id":4437,"date":"2025-05-04T18:18:58","date_gmt":"2025-05-04T10:18:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nolligan.ie\/SU\/?p=4437"},"modified":"2025-05-05T04:15:08","modified_gmt":"2025-05-04T20:15:08","slug":"countries-visited","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.nolligan.ie\/SU\/countries-visited\/","title":{"rendered":"Countries visited"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
\"Countries<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Countries visited, 34 (or 35*) so far:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/td>Country<\/strong><\/td>First visit<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
1<\/td>UK<\/td>N\/A<\/td><\/tr>
2<\/td>France<\/td>1976<\/td><\/tr>
3<\/td>Germany<\/td>1976<\/td><\/tr>
4<\/td>Italy<\/td>1980<\/td><\/tr>
5<\/td>Belgium<\/td>1980<\/td><\/tr>
6<\/td>Luxembourg<\/td>1980<\/td><\/tr>
7<\/td>Netherlands<\/td>1980<\/td><\/tr>
8<\/td>Switzerland<\/td>1980<\/td><\/tr>
9<\/td>Zambia<\/td>1984<\/td><\/tr>
10<\/td>Zimbabwe<\/td>1984<\/td><\/tr>
11<\/td>India<\/td>1986<\/td><\/tr>
12<\/td>Nepal<\/td>1986<\/td><\/tr>
13<\/td>USA<\/td>1997<\/td><\/tr>
14<\/td>PRC<\/td>2003<\/td><\/tr>
15<\/td>Ireland<\/td>2007<\/td><\/tr>
16<\/td>Austria<\/td>2008<\/td><\/tr>
17<\/td>Czechia<\/td>2008<\/td><\/tr>
18<\/td>Vatican<\/td>2008<\/td><\/tr>
19<\/td>Belarus<\/td>2010<\/td><\/tr>
20<\/td>Mongolia<\/td>2010<\/td><\/tr>
21<\/td>Poland<\/td>2010<\/td><\/tr>
22<\/td>Russia<\/td>2010<\/td><\/tr>
23<\/td>Vietnam<\/td>2015<\/td><\/tr>
24<\/td>Philippines<\/td>2016<\/td><\/tr>
25<\/td>Finland<\/td>2017<\/td><\/tr>
26<\/td>Malaysia<\/td>2018<\/td><\/tr>
27<\/td>Thailand<\/td>2018<\/td><\/tr>
28<\/td>Denmark<\/td>2019<\/td><\/tr>
29<\/td>Sweden<\/td>2019<\/td><\/tr>
30 <\/td>ROC*<\/td>2023<\/td><\/tr>
31<\/td>Laos<\/td>2024<\/td><\/tr>
32<\/td>Singapore<\/td>2024<\/td><\/tr>
33<\/td>Cambodia<\/td>2024<\/td><\/tr>
34<\/td>Japan<\/td>2025<\/td><\/tr>
35<\/td>United Arab Emirates<\/td>2025<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

*I’m not getting into the PRC\/ROC debate<\/sub><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’d highly recommend: pony trekking in Mongolia, taking a mini-cruise down the Mekong in Laos, walking across the Knife-Edge Bridge at Victoria Falls<\/a>, fishing on Lake Kariba<\/a>, taking the Trans Mongolian railway<\/a>, trekking on (but not all of) the Annapurna Circuit<\/a>, buying a regional eurail pass<\/a>, camping at Tuolumne Meadows Lodge<\/a>, Yosemite National Park, the Via Appia Antica<\/a>, the Plze\u0148sk\u00fd Prazdroj (Pilsner Urquell Brewery)<\/a>, take a drive across the Golden Gate, march march march across Red Square, do all the things you never dared…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Take time to see the wonders of the world
To see the things you’ve only ever heard of
Dream life the way you think it ought to be
See things you thought you’d never ever see<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Countries visited, 34 (or 35*) so far: Country First visit 1 UK N\/A 2 France 1976 3 Germany 1976 4 Italy 1980 5 Belgium 1980 6 Luxembourg 1980 7 Netherlands 1980 8 Switzerland 1980 9 Zambia 1984 10 Zimbabwe 1984 … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[113],"class_list":["post-4437","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-travel","tag-travel"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t