{"id":74,"date":"2020-01-24T22:37:14","date_gmt":"2020-01-24T22:37:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mcjones.com\/denise\/?page_id=74"},"modified":"2026-03-06T15:55:39","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T14:55:39","slug":"countries-visited","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/mcjones.com\/denise\/countries-visited\/","title":{"rendered":"Countries visited"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Current count:<\/strong> 87 countries <em>(as of March 2026)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/u\/0\/embed?mid=1N39OSIdsPFiGlplOyGeMXa2vHAk\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><span style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><span style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>Africa &amp; the Middle East<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mcjones.com\/denise\/wp-content\/gallery\/africa-the-middle-east\/botswana.jpg\">Botswana<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/mcjones.com\/denise\/wp-content\/gallery\/africa-the-middle-east\/2025-03-04-11.53.34-1.jpg\">Cabo Verde<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/mcjones.com\/denise\/wp-content\/gallery\/africa-the-middle-east\/egypt.jpg\">Egypt<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/mcjones.com\/denise\/wp-content\/gallery\/africa-the-middle-east\/Ethiopia.jpg\">Ethiopia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/mcjones.com\/denise\/wp-content\/gallery\/africa-the-middle-east\/jordan.jpg\">Jordan<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/mcjones.com\/denise\/wp-content\/gallery\/africa-the-middle-east\/kenya.jpg\">Kenya<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/mcjones.com\/denise\/wp-content\/gallery\/africa-the-middle-east\/morocco.jpg\">Morocco<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/mcjones.com\/denise\/wp-content\/gallery\/africa-the-middle-east\/namibia.jpg\">Namibia<\/a><sup class=\"modern-footnotes-footnote \" data-mfn=\"1\" data-mfn-post-scope=\"000000000000053d0000000000000000_74\"><a href=\"javascript:void(0)\"  role=\"button\" aria-pressed=\"false\" aria-describedby=\"mfn-content-000000000000053d0000000000000000_74-1\">1<\/a><\/sup><span id=\"mfn-content-000000000000053d0000000000000000_74-1\" role=\"tooltip\" class=\"modern-footnotes-footnote__note\" tabindex=\"0\" data-mfn=\"1\">Well, I passed through Namibian side of the Zambezi River..<\/span>, <a href=\"https:\/\/mcjones.com\/denise\/wp-content\/gallery\/africa-the-middle-east\/southafrica.jpg\">South Africa<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/mcjones.com\/denise\/wp-content\/gallery\/africa-the-middle-east\/tanzania.jpg\">Tanzania<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/mcjones.com\/denise\/wp-content\/gallery\/africa-the-middle-east\/2023-09-08-10.45.20.jpg\">Tunisia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/mcjones.com\/denise\/wp-content\/gallery\/africa-the-middle-east\/zambia.JPG\">Zambia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/mcjones.com\/denise\/wp-content\/gallery\/africa-the-middle-east\/zanzibar.jpg\">Zanzibar<\/a><sup class=\"modern-footnotes-footnote \" data-mfn=\"2\" data-mfn-post-scope=\"000000000000053d0000000000000000_74\"><a href=\"javascript:void(0)\"  role=\"button\" aria-pressed=\"false\" aria-describedby=\"mfn-content-000000000000053d0000000000000000_74-2\">2<\/a><\/sup><span id=\"mfn-content-000000000000053d0000000000000000_74-2\" role=\"tooltip\" class=\"modern-footnotes-footnote__note\" tabindex=\"0\" data-mfn=\"2\">Though technically part of Tanzania, Zanzibar operates as a semi-autonomous nation.<\/span><\/p>\nngg_shortcode_0_placeholder\n<h2>Asia &amp; the South Indian Continent<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mcjones.com\/denise\/wp-content\/gallery\/asia-south-indian-continent\/borneo.JPG\">Borneo<\/a><sup class=\"modern-footnotes-footnote \" data-mfn=\"3\" data-mfn-post-scope=\"000000000000053d0000000000000000_74\"><a href=\"javascript:void(0)\"  role=\"button\" aria-pressed=\"false\" aria-describedby=\"mfn-content-000000000000053d0000000000000000_74-3\">3<\/a><\/sup><span id=\"mfn-content-000000000000053d0000000000000000_74-3\" role=\"tooltip\" class=\"modern-footnotes-footnote__note\" tabindex=\"0\" data-mfn=\"3\">Though technically comprised of Indonesian, Brunei, and Malaysian territories, Borneo operates as a semi-autonomous nation.<\/span>, <a href=\"https:\/\/mcjones.com\/denise\/wp-content\/gallery\/asia-south-indian-continent\/cambodia2.jpg\">Cambodia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/mcjones.com\/denise\/wp-content\/gallery\/asia-south-indian-continent\/china.jpg\">China (Hong Kong)<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/mcjones.com\/denise\/wp-content\/gallery\/asia-south-indian-continent\/bali.jpg\">Indonesia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/mcjones.com\/denise\/wp-content\/gallery\/asia-south-indian-continent\/japan.jpg\">Japan<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/mcjones.com\/denise\/wp-content\/gallery\/asia-south-indian-continent\/laos.jpg\">Laos<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/mcjones.com\/denise\/wp-content\/gallery\/asia-south-indian-continent\/malaysia.JPG\">Malaysia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/mcjones.com\/denise\/wp-content\/gallery\/asia-south-indian-continent\/maldives.jpg\">The Maldives<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/mcjones.com\/denise\/wp-content\/gallery\/asia-south-indian-continent\/nepal.jpg\">Nepal<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/mcjones.com\/denise\/wp-content\/gallery\/asia-south-indian-continent\/manila.jpg\">The Philippines<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/mcjones.com\/denise\/wp-content\/gallery\/asia-south-indian-continent\/singapore.JPG\">Singapore<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/mcjones.com\/denise\/wp-content\/gallery\/asia-south-indian-continent\/srilanka.jpg\">Sri Lanka<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/mcjones.com\/denise\/wp-content\/gallery\/asia-south-indian-continent\/thailand.jpg\">Thailand<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/mcjones.com\/denise\/wp-content\/gallery\/asia-south-indian-continent\/vietnam.jpg\">Vietnam<\/a><\/p>\nngg_shortcode_1_placeholder\n<h2>Central &amp; South America<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mcjones.com\/denise\/wp-content\/gallery\/south-central-america\/argentina.jpg\">Argentina<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/mcjones.com\/denise\/wp-content\/gallery\/south-central-america\/brazil.jpg\">Brazil<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/mcjones.com\/denise\/wp-content\/gallery\/south-central-america\/cr.jpg\">Costa Rica<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/mcjones.com\/denise\/wp-content\/gallery\/south-central-america\/ecuador.jpg\">Ecuador<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/mcjones.com\/denise\/wp-content\/gallery\/south-central-america\/guatemala.jpg\">Guatemala<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/mcjones.com\/denise\/wp-content\/gallery\/south-central-america\/panama.jpg\">Panama<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/mcjones.com\/denise\/wp-content\/gallery\/south-central-america\/peru.jpg\">Peru<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/mcjones.com\/denise\/wp-content\/gallery\/south-central-america\/uruguay.jpg\">Uruguay<\/a><\/p>\nngg_shortcode_2_placeholder\n<h2>Europe<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mcjones.com\/denise\/wp-content\/gallery\/europe\/albania.jpg\">Albania<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/mcjones.com\/denise\/wp-content\/gallery\/europe\/andorra.jpg\">Andorra<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/mcjones.com\/denise\/wp-content\/gallery\/europe\/austria.jpg\">Austria<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/mcjones.com\/denise\/wp-content\/gallery\/europe\/belgium.jpg\">Belgium<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/mcjones.com\/denise\/wp-content\/gallery\/europe\/bosnia.jpg\">Bosnia-Herzegovina<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/mcjones.com\/denise\/wp-content\/gallery\/europe\/bulgaria.jpg\">Bulgaria<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/mcjones.com\/denise\/wp-content\/gallery\/europe\/croatia.jpg\">Croatia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/mcjones.com\/denise\/wp-content\/gallery\/europe\/cyprus.jpg\">Cyprus<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/mcjones.com\/denise\/wp-content\/gallery\/europe\/prague.jpg\">Czechia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/mcjones.com\/denise\/wp-content\/gallery\/europe\/denmark.jpg\">Denmark<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/mcjones.com\/denise\/wp-content\/gallery\/europe\/estonia.jpg\">Estonia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/mcjones.com\/denise\/wp-content\/gallery\/europe\/finland.jpg\">Finland<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/mcjones.com\/denise\/wp-content\/gallery\/europe\/france.jpg\">France<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/mcjones.com\/denise\/wp-content\/gallery\/europe\/germany.jpg\">Germany<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/mcjones.com\/denise\/wp-content\/gallery\/europe\/athens.jpg\">Greece<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/mcjones.com\/denise\/wp-content\/gallery\/europe\/hungary.jpg\">Hungary<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/mcjones.com\/denise\/wp-content\/gallery\/europe\/iceland.jpg\">Iceland<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/mcjones.com\/denise\/wp-content\/gallery\/europe\/ireland.jpg\">Ireland<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/mcjones.com\/denise\/wp-content\/gallery\/europe\/italy.jpg\">Italy<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/mcjones.com\/denise\/wp-content\/gallery\/europe\/latvia.jpg\">Latvia<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mcjones.com\/denise\/wp-content\/gallery\/europe\/2023-12-29-11.13.20.jpg\">Lithuania<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/mcjones.com\/denise\/wp-content\/gallery\/europe\/luxembourg.jpg\">Luxembourg<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/mcjones.com\/denise\/wp-content\/gallery\/europe\/malta.jpg\">Malta<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/mcjones.com\/denise\/wp-content\/gallery\/europe\/monaco.jpg\">Monaco<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/mcjones.com\/denise\/wp-content\/gallery\/europe\/montenegro.jpg\">Montenegro<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/mcjones.com\/denise\/wp-content\/gallery\/europe\/netherlands.jpg\">The Netherlands<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/mcjones.com\/denise\/wp-content\/gallery\/europe\/macedonia.jpg\">North Macedonia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/mcjones.com\/denise\/wp-content\/gallery\/europe\/norway.jpg\">Norway<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/mcjones.com\/denise\/wp-content\/gallery\/europe\/poland.jpg\">Poland<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/mcjones.com\/denise\/wp-content\/gallery\/europe\/portugal.jpg\">Portugal<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/mcjones.com\/denise\/wp-content\/gallery\/europe\/romania.jpg\">Romania<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/mcjones.com\/denise\/wp-content\/gallery\/europe\/2024-12-07-WA0003.jpg\">San Marino<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mcjones.com\/denise\/wp-content\/gallery\/europe\/2023-12-07-11.37.16.jpg\">Serbia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/mcjones.com\/denise\/wp-content\/gallery\/europe\/bratislava.jpg\">Slovakia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/mcjones.com\/denise\/wp-content\/gallery\/europe\/slovenia.jpg\">Slovenia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/mcjones.com\/denise\/wp-content\/gallery\/europe\/spain.jpg\">Spain<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/mcjones.com\/denise\/wp-content\/gallery\/europe\/sweden.jpg\">Sweden<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/mcjones.com\/denise\/wp-content\/gallery\/europe\/switzerland.jpg\">Switzerland<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/mcjones.com\/denise\/wp-content\/gallery\/europe\/turkey.jpg\">T\u00fcrkiye<\/a>, The United Kingdom (<a href=\"https:\/\/mcjones.com\/denise\/wp-content\/gallery\/europe\/london.jpg\">England<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/mcjones.com\/denise\/wp-content\/gallery\/europe\/scotland.jpg\">Scotland<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/mcjones.com\/denise\/wp-content\/gallery\/europe\/wales.jpg\">Wales<\/a>)<sup class=\"modern-footnotes-footnote \" data-mfn=\"4\" data-mfn-post-scope=\"000000000000053d0000000000000000_74\"><a href=\"javascript:void(0)\"  role=\"button\" aria-pressed=\"false\" aria-describedby=\"mfn-content-000000000000053d0000000000000000_74-4\">4<\/a><\/sup><span id=\"mfn-content-000000000000053d0000000000000000_74-4\" role=\"tooltip\" class=\"modern-footnotes-footnote__note\" tabindex=\"0\" data-mfn=\"4\">The UK is comprised of England, Scotland, Northern Ireland, and Wales&#8230;FOR NOW. And these countries are so different, I personally consider them four different countries.<\/span>, <a href=\"https:\/\/mcjones.com\/denise\/wp-content\/gallery\/europe\/vatican.jpg\">Vatican City<\/a><\/p>\nngg_shortcode_3_placeholder\n<h2>North American &amp; the Caribbean<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mcjones.com\/denise\/wp-content\/gallery\/north-american-the-caribbean\/Barbados.jpg\">Barbados<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/mcjones.com\/denise\/wp-content\/gallery\/north-american-the-caribbean\/canada.JPG\">Canada<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/mcjones.com\/denise\/wp-content\/gallery\/north-american-the-caribbean\/jamaica.jpg\">Jamaica<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/mcjones.com\/denise\/wp-content\/gallery\/north-american-the-caribbean\/Martinique-1.jpg\">Martinique<\/a><sup class=\"modern-footnotes-footnote \" data-mfn=\"5\" data-mfn-post-scope=\"000000000000053d0000000000000000_74\"><a href=\"javascript:void(0)\"  role=\"button\" aria-pressed=\"false\" aria-describedby=\"mfn-content-000000000000053d0000000000000000_74-5\">5<\/a><\/sup><span id=\"mfn-content-000000000000053d0000000000000000_74-5\" role=\"tooltip\" class=\"modern-footnotes-footnote__note\" tabindex=\"0\" data-mfn=\"5\">Martinique is technically a part of France, though it is considered its own country.<\/span>, <a href=\"https:\/\/mcjones.com\/denise\/wp-content\/gallery\/north-american-the-caribbean\/mexico.jpg\">Mexico<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/mcjones.com\/denise\/wp-content\/gallery\/north-american-the-caribbean\/pr.jpg\">Puerto Rico<\/a><sup class=\"modern-footnotes-footnote \" data-mfn=\"6\" data-mfn-post-scope=\"000000000000053d0000000000000000_74\"><a href=\"javascript:void(0)\"  role=\"button\" aria-pressed=\"false\" aria-describedby=\"mfn-content-000000000000053d0000000000000000_74-6\">6<\/a><\/sup><span id=\"mfn-content-000000000000053d0000000000000000_74-6\" role=\"tooltip\" class=\"modern-footnotes-footnote__note\" tabindex=\"0\" data-mfn=\"6\">Though Puerto Rico is an unincorporated US territory, it is considered a culturally different country.<\/span>, <a href=\"https:\/\/mcjones.com\/denise\/wp-content\/gallery\/north-american-the-caribbean\/StLucia.jpg\">Saint Lucia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/mcjones.com\/denise\/wp-content\/gallery\/north-american-the-caribbean\/seattle.jpg\">The United States of America<\/a><\/p>\nngg_shortcode_4_placeholder\n<h2>Oceania<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mcjones.com\/denise\/wp-content\/gallery\/oceania\/australia.jpg\">Australia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/mcjones.com\/denise\/wp-content\/gallery\/oceania\/newzealand.jpg\">New Zealand<\/a><\/p>\n<p>ngg_shortcode_5_placeholder<script src=\"moz-extension:\/\/5f583c64-4874-4a95-a3ea-149101c3089a\/js\/app.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><script src=\"moz-extension:\/\/d2a42669-6219-4a2e-8c5e-9fb56d6297ef\/js\/app.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><script src=\"moz-extension:\/\/d2a42669-6219-4a2e-8c5e-9fb56d6297ef\/js\/app.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Current count: 87 countries (as of March 2026) \ufeff\ufeff\ufeff Africa &amp; the Middle East Botswana, Cabo Verde, Egypt, Ethiopia, Jordan, Kenya, Morocco, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, Tunisia, Zambia, Zanzibar &nbsp; Asia &amp; the South Indian Continent Borneo, Cambodia, China (Hong Kong), Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, The Maldives, Nepal, The Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mcjones.com\/denise\/countries-visited\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Countries visited&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-74","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/PbDn0K-1c","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/mcjones.com\/denise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/74","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/mcjones.com\/denise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/mcjones.com\/denise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mcjones.com\/denise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mcjones.com\/denise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74"}],"version-history":[{"count":37,"href":"http:\/\/mcjones.com\/denise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/74\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":737,"href":"http:\/\/mcjones.com\/denise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/74\/revisions\/737"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/mcjones.com\/denise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}