Having completed my 10th year of blogging and a little more than a quarter of the way through my 11th, I thought I’d check to see my world coverage. The U.S. recognizes about 195 countries / territories. I believe the U.N. is upwards of about 210. | |
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Aside from the normal (“expected”) ones missing (Cuba and North Korea), I’m still missing almost 15% of the world’s countries from at least one visit / view. As near as I can tell, here is my list of countries which I have not had a view from (in alphabetical order): | |
1) Benin | |
2) Burkina Fasq | |
3) Central African Republic | |
4) Chad | |
5) Côte d’Ivoire | |
6) Cuba | |
7) Djibouti | |
8) Equatorial Guinea | |
9) Eritrea | |
10) Gabon | |
11) Guinea | |
12) Guinea-Bissau | |
13) Haiti | |
14) Liberia | |
15) Mali | |
16) Mauritania | |
17) Niger | |
18) North Korea | |
19) North Macedonia | |
20) Sierra Leone | |
21) Sao Tome and Principe | |
22) South Sudan | |
23) Suriname | |
24) Togo | |
25) Turkmenistan | |
26) Uzbekistan | |
27) Vatican City | |
28) Western Sahara | |
29) Yemen | |
I know it is pure vanity to imagine it — given my relatively small number of followers (1,400-ish), but I like to imagine if I cannot personally visit every country in the world in my lifetime, at least my blog has been viewed by at least one person in each country. | |
Like I said — pure vanity — but at the end of each year I seem to inch a little closer to my goal. Someone should tell them: “Assimilation is inevitable. Resistance is futile…” (LoL!) | |
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On This Day In: | |
2018 | Best Wishes For 2019! |
2017 | Best Wishes For 2018! |
2016 | Best Wishes For 2017! |
2015 | Better Red Than Dead |
Tomorrow Starts A New Year | |
2014 | Recovering |
Best Wishes For 2015! | |
2013 | Best Wishes For 2014! |
2012 | My Creed |
2011 | It Probably Isn’t So |
World Views: End Of 2019
December 31, 2019 by kmabarrett
Interesting analysis, good luck👍
Hi Doc,
Thanks for the visit and for leaving a comment. Happy New Year!
I don’t think “luck” will have much to do with it. Several of the countries are extremely poor and the chance of anyone stumbling across my blog in those places will be extremely unlikely. I am surprised to have “touched” as many countries as I have. Although I stated my “goal”, the post was really meant as a bit of humor to close out the year.
Kevin