Counting Countries
With a membership of only around 100, it’s one of the most exclusive clubs on Earth. In fact, more people have been to outer space than have earned their way into this, the ultimate travel club. According to the United Nations there are 193 sovereign nations in the world. Welcome to the only podcast to bring you the stories from the dedicated few who’ve spent their lives on the singular quest of traveling to them all. Welcome, to Counting Countries. With your host, Ric Gazarian.
The Maverick Show ... Hosted By Matt Bowles
Extraordinary Travel Festival II Update #11 - Charles Veley
Phillips Connor … IBZ To SIN Via GGR
Extraordinary Travel Festival II Update #10 – ETF/ABS Index, Baba Ahmed El Bekay, Ahmed Abdulrazzaq, & NM Awards
Andy Hicks ... Recatalogging DNA
Extraordinary Travel Festival II Update #9 - Matt Bowles And Ian Cumming
Luisa Yu … The Black Sheep
Extraordinary Travel Festival II Update #8 - Fadi Assi, Jon Beardmore, Evelthon Vassiliou
Jason Wang … No Poop Left Behind
Extraordinary Travel Festival II Update #7 – Meet The Attendees II
Joel Oleson … Hungry For Travel
Extraordinary Travel Festival II Update #6 - Meet The Attendees
Nabil Kazi … Make Every Day Count
Extraordinary Travel Festival II Update #5 - Richard Barrow
Tan Wee Cheng … An Iconoclast
Elena Chechina … A Lost Day Of Your Life
Hayley Kennedy … Overcoming Obstacles
Extraordinary Travel Festival II Update #4
Raiiq Ridwan … The Travel Bug
Extraordinary Travel Festival II Update #3
Thor Pedersen … He Did It!I
Extraordinary Travel Festival Update II #2 With Lakshmi Parthasarathy
Michael Noel … Spinning The Globe
Orest Zub … To The Extreme
Extraordinary Travel Festival II Update #1
Ed Hotchkiss ... On The Quest
Ross OC Jennings … Opening Doors
David Yang … Always On The Move
Renee Bruns … Live More Authentically
Barry Hoffner … Connecting The Dots
Riza Rasco … Embedding While Traveling
Katelyn Jarvis … Giving Back In West Point
Ildiko Szabo ... Daydreaming Of Koalas
The Kidnapping Of Dr Song (Nopparat Rattanawaraha)
Extraordinary Travel Festival Update #6
Paul Barbato … Embrace The Trainwreck
Sultan Of Slowjamastan
Lucy Hsu … It’s A Compromise
Extraordinary Travel Festival Update #5
Jorge Serpa … Worst Day On The Road
The Cassie De Pecol Lawsuit
Drew Binsky … We Are All The Same
Extraordinary Travel Festival Update #4
Extraordinary Travel Festival Update #3
Extraordinary Travel Festival Update #2
Mette Ehlers Mikkelsen … Four Generations Of Female Travelers
Tommy Shuai Shao … Chasing 244
Counting Countries - Special Announcement
Ted Nims … Hanging With Alferd Packer
Ben Dowson … Nicking Sheeps
Nick Butter … Don’t Wait For A Diagnosis
Gina Morello … No Roof On Your Dreams
Indy Nelson…Looking For The Pieces Of A Puzzle
Jack Goldstein…Itching To Cross Borders
Natasha Keary … Lived In 10 Different Countries
Graham Hughes…Three Hobbits Named Mohammed
Very Hungry Nomads…On Their Reverse Retirement
Chris Sutherland…Striking Out On His Own
Joss Stone…Performing In Every Country In The World
Francis Tapon … Traveled Africa With Three Thousand Friends
Melissa Roy…Dreams From Her Father
Lorenzo Riccardi…Marrying Economics And Travel
Slawek Muturi…A Neighbor Of The World
Stefan Krasowski and Jakob Oster … Return Again
Maryam Sultan Abdullah … The Wonder Woman Of Travel
Kach Howe … Dreamed Of Being A Diplomat
Charles Veley … And The Commitment To Travel
Per Besson … On The Road To Turkmenistan CORRECTED
Lexie Alford … Collecting 10,000 Documents
Live From Dubai! … A Conversation With Four Extreme Travelers
Live From Sealand! … Extreme Travelers Gather & A Conversation With Prince Michael
Palle Bo … re-invented himself at 50
Adam Hickman … striving to travel to every country before he turns 40
Felix Mechnig-Giordano … flirting with disaster in Syria
Thor Pedersen … left home in October of 2013 to travel the world without taking any flights
Sascha Grabow … avoiding watermelons on the road
Petro Marais … and the slow boat to Laos
Debjeet Sen … and the seduction of travel
Rus Margolin … from communist to capitalist
Danay Bustamante … introduces us to the three wise men of Burkina Faso
Jenna Klotz … making friends in Mogadishu
Robert A. (Bob) Bonifas … is ranked #2 on MTP
Mar Pages … has completed her 100th country
Stephen Hughes … is a threat to national security
Boris Kester … has completed the 193
Maurice Brand … has completed 148 UN countries
Michael Runkel … has completed 193 UN countries
Lexie Alford
Taylor Demonbreun … has completed 125 UN countries
Jorge Sanchez: Ranked first on Nomad Mania
Peleg Cohen … has completed 133 UN countries as he gives back to the local community
Samer Kawar … has completed 145 UN countries, while marrying his passion for travel and architecture
Frank Grosse-Oetringhaus … has created a list of 5,000 places in the world to visit
Jeff Shea summited the Seven Summits, traveled to all 193 countries, and much more!
George Kashouh has summited the highest mountain on six of the seven continents!
Babis Bizas - 193 countries ... and travels 300 days a year for several decades
Artemy Lebedev - 193 countries ... and exploring over 1500 cities
Jonny Blair - 113 countries ... a Northern Irishman in Poland
Tony Giles - 110 countries ... and blind and mostly deaf
Special Report - Turmoil In The Travel Community - The William Baekeland Controversy
James Asquith - 193 countries ... and Guinness World Record Holder
Pongtharin Tanthasindhu - 113 countries ... and travelling on a Thai passport
Arvinder Bahal - 178 countries ... and on his way to outer space!
Nina Sedano - 193 countries ... and one of the few women to accomplish this goal
Ellany Lea - 104 countries ... and living as a digital nomad
Jakob Øster - 178 countries ... and travels with his family to Somalia and Afghanistan!
Maurizio Giuliano - 193 countries ... and in 2004 was the youngest person to travel to every country in the world!
Fabio Cao - 180 countries ... and counting!
Drew Binsky - 110 countries ... Guinness World Record Holder!
Randy Williams - 86 countries ... and counting!
Eric Nguyen - 193 countries ... at the age of 24!
Dustin Pfundheller - 193 countries ... at the age of 30 with the help of Tinder!
Thomas Brackmann - 155 countries ... and planning on finishing in 2 years!
Thanos Koukoutsakis - 146 countries ... with a doctorate in physics!
Audrey Walsworth - 193 countries ... and 324/325 on the TCC List!
Gary Arndt - 119 countries ... and over 300 UNESCO World Heritage Sites!
Lee Abbamonte - 193 countries ... and the North and South Pole!
João Paulo Peixoto - 193 countries ... and wedding ceremonies in 8 different countries!
Sepp Kaiser - 190 countries ... on a single 10 year trip!
Dave Levart - 140 countries ... and has visited over 850 wineries in Napa Valley!
David Langan - 176 countries ... and counting!
Lawrence Williams - 152 countries ... and spreading his Uncle’s ashes in every country!
Don Parrish - 193 countries ... and is the most traveled person on MTP!
Rick Shaver - 81 countries ... and counting!
Lillie Echevarria - 105 countries ... and counting!
Stefan Krasowski - 186 countries... and counting!
Sal Lavallo - 151 countries ... and only 26!
Savannah Grace - 107 countries ... and left to travel the world as a 14 year old!
Michael Runkel - 176 countries ... and counting!
Anna Zavialova - 92 countries ... and counting!
Anthony William - 38 countries ... accomplished in a wheelchair!
William Baekeland - 154 countries ... and is traveling to another list of 12,000 places!
Mario Hardy - 82 countries ... and counting!
Thor Pedersen - 132 countries and no airplane flights!
Johnny Ward - 190 countries ... and only 3 more to go!
Markus Lundgren - 193 countries … and then some!
April Peregrino - 84 countries … and closing in on 100!
Henrik Jeppesen - 193 countries … at age 27!
Anthony Asael - 193 countries … and taught children in every country!
Erick Prince - 88 countries … and on his way to 198!
Gunnar Garfors - 193 countries ... And World Record Holder!
Samu Viljanen - 193 countries!
Mike Spencer Bown - 193 countries
