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My Travel Destinations

Places I've been to, and more to come. 

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"It is not down on any  map, true places never are".

 
Wim watching world globe

Visited Countries

134

North and Central America + Caribbean: 36

South America: 7

Europe: 42

Asia: 21

Oceania: 10

Africa: 18

= including Overseas Territories

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That's 56% of the world

And still counting............

Airlines

47

American Airlines, Pan Am, Continental Airlines, Air Florida, United, Delta, Air Canada, British Airways, SAS, Lufthansa, Swiss Air, Air France, KLM, Sabena, Sobelair, Air Belgium, Air Europe, Brussels Airlines, Easyjet, Tuifly, Vueling, Jetairfly, Eurowings, ITA-Airlines, Aeroflot, Iberia, TAP Air, Alitalia, Olympic Airways, Aegean, SkyExpress, Turkish Airlines, Freebird, Laker Airlines, Singapore Airlines, Emirates, Etihad, Royal Jordanian, Air Austral, Air Mauritius, Vietnam Airlines, Thai Airways, Bangkok Airways, EVA Airways, Qatar Airways, Virgin Atlantic Airways

(and also: Ryanair 😊)

Visited Cities

Visited Sights & Places

1 063

941

Visited Islands

143

Asia

Indonesia: Bali, Java, Lombok - Thailand: Phuket, Ko Phi Phi, Ko Samet (Thailand) - Vietnam: Ha Long Bay - Papua (New-Guinea) - Philippines: Luzon - Japan: Honshu, Kyushu, Jeju-Do - Taiwan - Singapore - Malaysia: Langkawi, Penang - Andaman & Nicobar Islands: Port Blair (India) - Emirates: Yas

 

Atlantic Ocean

Canarian Islands: Tenerife, Gran Canaria, Lanzarote, La Gomera, La Palma – Madeira - Azores

 

Caribbean

Bahamas - Turks and Caicos - Greater Antilles: Cuba - Hispaniola: Haïti, Dominican Republic - Jamaica – Puerto Rico
Lesser Antilles: (Leeward): US Virgin Islands: St. Thomas, St. John, St. Croix - British Virgin Islands: Tortola - Virgin Gorda - Jost Van Dyke – Anguilla - Sint-Maarten/ Saint-Martin – Saint-Barthélemy - Saint Kitts & Nevis - Antigua and Barbuda -  Montserrat – Guadeloupe
(Windward): Dominica – Martinique – Saint Lucia - Barbados - Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: Bequia – Grenada – Curaçao – Aruba - Bonaire - Trinidad en Tobago -
Mexico: Isla Mujeres, Cozumel (Mexico) - Belize: Cay Caulkner – Cayman Islands

 

East and South Europe

Baleares: Mallorca, Menorca, Ibiza, Formentera - Greece: Rhodos, Kos , Samos , Lesbos, Aegina, Poros, Hydra, Naxos, Zefiros, Milos, Santorini, Kreta, Rhodos, Kos, Karpathos, Evia, Paros, Patmos, Korfoe, Zakynthos, Naxos –
Italy: Siciliy, Elba, Sardinia, Capri – Cyprus – Corsica – Malta - Croatia: Hvar, Korcula, Ugljau, Mjlet, Kro

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Indian Ocean

Sri Lanka – MaldivesSeychelles – La Réunion - Mauritius – Zanzibar - Prison Island

 

North America

Canada: Prince Edward Island - USA: Rhode Island, Long Island, Catalina Island, Hawaii: Oahu, Hilo, Maui, Hawaii - Bermuda

 

North and West Europe

Iceland – Gotland – Maga Oroya (North Cape) - Spitsbergen - Faroe Islands - Orkney Islands – Great Britain – Ireland - Guernsey – Jersey - NL: Texel

 

Oceania

Australia - New-Zealand - French Polynesia: Tahiti, Bora Bora, Moorea, Tuamotu, Rangiroa, Huahine Iti - Society Islands: Raiatea - Fiji – Samoa – American Samoa - New-Caledonia – Vanuatu - Marquesas: Nuku Hiva - Tonga

 

South America

Isla Margarita - Tierra del Fuego (Ushaia)

 

West Africa

Cabo Verde - Sao Tomé & Principe: Bom Bom Island - Senegal: Gorée

"Once a year go somewhere you have never been before" (Dalai Lama)

world map of visited countries Wim Van Besien
tags of visited sort places by Wim 1
tags of visited sort places by Wim 2
tags of visited sort places by Wim 3
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