I consider myself a seasoned traveler – however the total number of countries that I have visited in my short life is only 25. Now that is considerably more than a lot of people that I know, but really falls short compared to some seasoned travelers that I have met on the road. See Resume of a Traveler.

I attribute my rather low total due to the fact that unlike other travelers, I have never been to Europe, where there are so many countries packed into a small geographical area – Spain, France, Germany, Italy, Holland, Denmark, Belgium, Andorra, Poland, Portugal, Italy, Switzerland, Andorra, Austria etc - and I have been a repeat traveler to many of the countries that I have visited – that includes Jamaica (over 30 times), Mexico (about 20 times), Thailand (8 times) and Costa Rica and Barbados (7 times each) rather than visiting a new destination from trip to trip. Another way of looking at this is that I favor quality over quantity.

Now I was really blown away by the travel resume of Dean Oman – this young fellow has visited over 100 countries. Now Dean, who chronologically is a little younger than yours truly, looks to be the measuring stick of a seasoned traveler. For really interesting reading check out his World according to Dean - travel summaries and maps to over 100 different countries. Some very interesting reading; I have bookmarked his site.

Looks like I have a little bit of catching up to do in the 2nd half of my life, if i want to reach my goal of 100 countries. Oh well…

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