{"id":816,"date":"2015-10-24T03:14:14","date_gmt":"2015-10-24T10:14:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/clubjosh.com\/diaries\/?page_id=816"},"modified":"2025-09-22T22:54:02","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T05:54:02","slug":"joshs-country-list","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/clubjosh.com\/diaries\/joshs-country-list\/","title":{"rendered":"Josh’s Country List"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the 30 years I have had Club Josh, many people ask me which countries I have been to around the world. It can bring up further questions, so I decided to post my list of countries with the rules behind a) what is a country and b) what constitutes a “visit”. For both of these rules, I rely heavily on an organization dedicated to promoting travel, The Traveler’s Century Club<\/a>. It is a group where the members consist of people who have visited 100 or more countries and I hope to meet the requirements one day.<\/p>\n

What is a country? <\/strong>
\nMany different people use different criteria as to what is a country and what counts as having “been to a country”. The TCC indicates a “country” on this page<\/a>.<\/p>\n

What is a “visit”<\/strong>
\nThe TCC rules for determining if you have been to a country is a follows: “Members are serious about visiting the destinations and most stay at least a day or two, or more. They are encouraged to do so, but short visits, even a port of call or a plane fuel stop, qualify as a stay. (Some places may be too dangerous or too remote to allow longer stays.) However, one must actually set foot in the destination.” (From TCC’s History page<\/a>). Personally, I feel that you must do more than set foot in a country, so I only count countries that I have used the restroom (hey, it’s like marking a territory like an animal!)<\/p>\n

Josh’s Countries Visited<\/strong>
\nName of Country – Year of First Visit
\n(updated September 2025)<\/em><\/p>\n

USA – pre-1980
\nMexico – pre-1980
\nHawaii – 1985
\nCanada – 1987
\nFrance – 1990
\nWest Germany (Germany) – 1990
\nEast Germany (grandfathered) – 1990
\nBerlin (grandfathered) – 1990
\nAustria – 1990
\nItaly – 1990
\nEngland – 1996
\nCzech Republic – 1997
\nVatican – 1997
\nBelgium – 1998
\nNetherlands – 1998
\nDenmark – 1999
\nSweden – 1999
\nFrench Polynesia – 2001
\nJapan – 2004
\nHong Kong – 2005
\nAustralia – 2006
\nNorway – 2007
\nWales – 2007
\nScotland – 2007
\nArgentina – 2009
\nUruguay – 2009
\nPuerto Rico – 2011
\nSpain – 2014
\nPortugal – 2014
\nMadeira – 2014
\nAndorra – 2015
\nChina – 2015
\nMacau – 2015
\nMalaysia (Sabah) – 2015
\nBrunei – 2015
\nHainan Island – 2016
\nSingapore – 2016
\nThailand – 2016
\nCambodia – 2016
\nSt. Lucia – 2017
\nMartinique – 2017
\nSt. Kitts & Nevis – 2017
\nAntigua and Barbuda – 2017
\nUS Virgin Islands – 2017
\nBermuda – 2023
\nAzores – 2023
\nBaleric Islands – 2023
\nGuatemala – 2024
\nCosta Rica – 2024
\nPanama – 2024
\nColumbia – 2024
\nTaiwan – 2025<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In the 30 years I have had Club Josh, many people ask me which countries I have been to around the world. It can bring up further questions, so I decided to post my list of countries with the rules behind a) what is a country and b) what constitutes a “visit”. For both of these rules, I rely heavily on an organization dedicated to promoting travel, The Traveler’s Century Club. It is a group where the members consist of people who have visited 100 or more countries and I hope to meet the requirements one day. What is a country? Many different people use different criteria as to what is a country and what counts as having “been to a country”. The TCC indicates a “country” on this page. What is a “visit” The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-816","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/clubjosh.com\/diaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/816","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/clubjosh.com\/diaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/clubjosh.com\/diaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/clubjosh.com\/diaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/clubjosh.com\/diaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=816"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"http:\/\/clubjosh.com\/diaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/816\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2711,"href":"http:\/\/clubjosh.com\/diaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/816\/revisions\/2711"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/clubjosh.com\/diaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=816"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}