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Uncategorized Oct 23, 2025
Reviews Jun 26, 2025
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I am at 70 countries (plus 6 new ones in 2018). I don’t have any ambition to visit every country. I am not as interested in some countries as others and also there are many countries I have travelled to several times and intend to visit many more times. I don’t want a goal of visiting all countries to interfere with those priorities.
I think you make a great point, going to every country is what a lot of people want to do to say they’ve done it. The desire for each individual country may not be there but they want to say they’ve done it. My wife and I are much like you in that we go to the countries with something we want to see. Not just to say we’ve done it. I understand every country has "something" to offer but I think travelling is more about go where you want to go rather than trying to tick a box. Much like points redemptions, don’t redeem just because it’s good value and don’t avoid redeeming if it’s where you want to go. Go where you want to go.
I agree with all your points. Basically, I think people who want to visit every country in the world should be doing it for the right reasons. If it’s just to say they’ve done it or to "tick a box", that’s kind of silly. But if they’re genuinely curious and think they’ll find something interesting to see in each country (as I’d like to think I am), I think it’s a worthy goal.