Johnny Trip to Every Country in the World - the State Register and FAQ

I'd like to impart my advancement to you all as I gradually move towards my objective of being the first Irishman to visit each nation on the planet to the extent I know (193 nations altogether, a greater amount of that in the FAQ beneath), and one of the most youthful in history to do it! 

This rundown is in sequential request of where I've been, and where I think I'll generally be going next up until fruition. I would like to complete towards the end of one year from now, 2016, in Autumn/Fall however it all relies on upon whether the last couple of troublesome nations award me a visa to visit. Wish me fortunes please! 

There are a few FAQs toward the end, on the off chance that you folks have any more inquiries told me and I'll include them at the base too :) 

Right then, so here is a rundown of the nations I've gone to in this way, every one of the 149/193 of them, and the ones I've yet to visit in the request that I think I'll hit them. 

The ٭ image means it's not entirely an UN perceived nation, but rather I went there at any rate 

ALREADY VISITED 

Republic of Ireland – Where I was conceived, in Galway 

UK – I experienced childhood in Northern Ireland 

France 

The Netherlands 

Belgium 

USA 

Canada 

Thailand 

Laos 

Cambodia 

China 

Bangladesh 

India 

Nepal 

South Korea 

Vietnam 

Malaysia 

Singapore 

Japan 

The Philippines 

Brunei 

Indonesia 

East Timor 

Australia 

Sri Lanka 

Zimbabwe 

Zambia 

Botswana 

South Africa 

Swaziland 

Mozambique 

Malawi 

Tanzania 

Kenya 

Uganda 

Rwanda 

Ethiopia 

Somalia 

Djibouti 

Sudan 

Egypt 

Jordan 

Syria 

Lebanon 

Burma 

*Taiwan 

*Hong Kong 

*Macau 

North Korea 

Mongolia 

Russia 

Kazakhstan 

Finland 

Estonia 

Latvia 

Lithuania 

Belarus 

Ukraine 

Moldova 

*Transniistria 

Romania 

Bulgaria 

Macedonia 

*Kosovo 

Greece 

Albania 

Montenegro 

Croatia 

Bosnia & Herzegovina 

Serbia 

Hungary 

Israel 

*Palestine 

Italy 

*Vatican City 

San Marino 

Switzerland 

Liechtenstein 

Slovenia 

Austria 

Slovakia 

Czech Republic 

Poland 

Germany 

Denmark 

Sweden 

Luxembourg 

Qatar 

Bhutan 

UAE 

Portugal 

Spain 

Andorra 

Monaco 

Iceland 

Papua New Guinea 

New Zealand 

Solomon Islands 

Vanuatu 

Fiji 

Tonga 

Samoa 

*American Samoa 

Kyrgyzstan 

Tajikistan 

Uzbekistan 

Iraq 

Maldives 

Iran 

Azerbaijan 

Georgia 

Armenia 

*Nagorno Karabahk 

Turkey 

Malta 

Cyprus 

Mexico 

Belize 

Guatemala 

El Salvador 

Honduras 

Nicaragua 

Costa Rica 

Panama 

Brazil 

Uruguay 

Paraguay 

Venezuela 

Colombia 

Ecuador 

Peru 

Bolivia 

Argentina 

Chile 

*Antarctica 

Suriname 

Guyana 

Trinidad and Tobago 

Grenada 

Holy person Vincent and the Grenadines 

Holy person Lucia 

Barbados 

Dominica 

Antigua and Barbuda 

St Kitts and Nevis 

Dominican Republic 

Haiti 

Cuba 

Bahamas 

Jamaica 

Bahrain 

Kuwait 

Algeria 

Tunisia 

South Sudan 

Just Republic of Congo 

Burundi 

Comoros 

Madagascar – WHERE I'M WRITING THIS NOW 

STILL TO GO 

Seychelles 

Mauritius 

Lesotho 

Namibia 

Angola 

Republic of Congo 

Gabon 

Sao Tome and Principe 

Central Guinea 

Cameroon 

Focal African Republic 

Chad 

Nigeria 

Benin 

Togo 

Niger 

Burkina Faso 

Ghana 

Ivory Coast 

Liberia 

Sierra Leone 

Guinea 

Guinea-Bissau 

Senegal 

Gambia 

Cape Verde 

Mali 

Mauritania 

*Western Sahara 

Morocco 

Kiribati 

Tuvalu 

Marshall islands 

Nauru 

Palau 

Micronesia 

Turkmenistan 

Pakistan 

Afghanistan 

Oman 

Yemen 

Saudi Arabia 

Libya 

Eritrea 

Norway 

FAQS 

What number of nations arrive on the planet? 

Great inquiry! There are a couple of distinctive responses to this – the United Nations list, the FIFA list, the voyagers century club list, yet I've run with the most universally perceived rundown, endorsed by the UN. That states there are 193 nations, and despite the fact that I don't entirely trust that, I have to go off some official rundown, and that is in the same class as any. Albeit actually I'd say Palestine, Taiwan, Kosovo, Hong Kong and so on are nations as well, yet they don't number towards my objective. 

What number of People Have Visited Every Country In The World? 

The last I listened, 91 individuals have done it, the vast majority of whom are more seasoned Americans who sold organizations, got rich and afterward spent their retirement chasing another objective. I'm trusting there will be another type of more youthful individuals doing it, building something as they go. Chris Guillabeau did that, and was a major motivation for me. Likewise, more ladies and individuals from diverse ethnic foundations would be amazing to see as well. 

To what extent have you been doing this? 

I began this objective path in 2006, straight subsequent to leaving college. I ceased to show English in Thailand, played with a 'genuine occupation' in Sydney, Australia for a year and celebrated a bit too hard in Bangkok once I began profiting on the web, however other than that I've basically been out and about the entire time. Once done, it'll have taken me the best piece of 10 years. 

To what extent do you stay in every nation to make the most of it? 

I do this in light of the fact that I cherish travel, even nine years on, despite everything I adore it – intersection outskirts, new monetary standards, pushing about logistics, I'm dependent on it all. What's more, in spite of the fact that I might just stay two or three days in the more perilous nations – Burundi for instance as of late, truly I've spent two or three weeks in every spot. Presently the nations are more dark and turn into a little scarier, the time has decreased, however I do it for the travel, not for the container ticking. 

I know many individuals who have finished this objective take a gander at it marginally uniquely in contrast to me. You may have known about Graham Hughes – the first fellow to visit each nation without flying or Lee Abbamonte – most youthful American to visit each nation – or Chris Guillabeau, one of my motivations. Those gentlemen ran about it with a perspective to get in, get out, proceed onward. They helped me trust it was conceivable, and I'll generally be appreciative for that however I like to attempt to "feel" the nation before taking off. It's not a case ticking activity for me. 

Where conceivable I overland – Japan, to East Timor, Mexico to Argentina. China to Ireland, Cape Town to Cairo. It's fun, I get the opportunity to see the nations and it's less expensive, yet here and there it's unrealistic because of visa issues and so on. 

All that being said, I don't generally have rules regarding what tallies, however in any event you'd need to get stamped in the nation by their migration, in spite of the fact that it will be much cooler on the off chance that I can really go all through the nation, or overland through it. 

What amount of does it cost to go to each nation on the planet? 

Great inquiry, and it's the inquiry I continued attempting to discover the response to when I initially began. I'll ascertain it appropriately when I complete yet it's in six figures without a doubt, USD. On the other hand, that is not as emotional as it sounds I've been doing this as a way of life for the best piece of 10 years, so this voyage is not 'a trek' as much as it's my life, so similarly I figure I could ask what amount did your life cost in the course of the most recent nine years? Most likely something like my goes, actually presumably more. 

How would you support this? Do you have a backer? You originate from a rich gang? and so on and so forth and so on. 

I began this outing when I was poverty-stricken, and for the initial five years I went on a strangely little spending plan, at one point spending around $2kUSD in five months of consistent travel, chicken transports, sitting with goats, bumming a ride on load watercraft, riding on the highest point of trains. 

I then began my online journal and 1step4ward11.blogspot.com and began to offer promoting on it and When I understood how web advertising, and SEO work, I began a media organization and 1step4ward11.blogspot.com and so I fill in as I travel and it's worked out alright at last. Join that with the way that I have a group of magnificent individuals who work with me for my organizations implies I can continue going until I