Red: Countries still to visit.

Orange: Territories still to visit.

Light blue: Territories visited.

Dark blue: Countries visited.

According to Nomadmania.com, I’m currently the sixth most travelled person in the UK and the 96th in the world. The rankings change quite quickly! I'm well on the way to travelling to all the countries in the world. It’s a pretty challenging task. But before you can even start moving, you have to decide what a country is. There are sovereign states - which are UN recognised countries. There are 193 of those. But I’ve added Vatican State, Kosovo and Taiwan. That makes 196. Progress is recorded here (of course) and on Instagram – @sue3travels_every_country_countdown. 7 countries to go! See the map...

But there are also other self-ruled areas of land in this world. I make it 247, but this number is definitely open to debate. I’ve done 235 of those (Instagram - @every_territory_in_the-world). A couple – Pitcairn and Tokelau - are very difficult indeed.

The posts on this website tell the story of my travels so far, often solo, recorded in words and pictures – my own window on the world. I’m not going into competition with Lonely Planet. The posts are informative (I hope) but also a subjective travelogue, recounting my adventures, reflecting my own impressions and experiences, been there, saw that, thought this, was scared by that. Dive in and read about the countries you’ve visited and the ones you haven’t. I’d love to hear your experiences, so please do email, comment, get in touch…