The road to 100

With 5 new countries in the last calendar year I'm well on the way to getting to 100 different countries, count as at Jul 2025 is #82.

Let's air a few potential controversial inclusions. I count England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland as 4 rather than 1 United Kingdom.  Also in my 82 I count Jersey as it is in most lists as a separate country.

Less controversial I also include day trips (rather than overnight stays) to Countries, excluding day trips would rule out Uruguay, Brazil, Gibraltar (twice) and Luxembourg. I never include airplane stop overs, 

Those 5 new countries were relatively low hanging fruit. 

#78 Gibraltar Dec 2023

#79 Turkey Jun 2024

#80 Faroe Islands Jul 2024

#81 Tunisia Nov 2024

#82 Morocco Dec 2024

So plotting the rest of my route to 100 is difficult. Some obvious European countries to fill in the gaps are, Andorra, Liechtenstein, San Marino, Cyprus and Monaco. I could possibly include other channel islands and Isle of Man?

Further afield into Africa, we have Cape Verde, Egypt. If I had the chance I like to tick off Mauritius (COVID cancellation) and / or Seychelles. Namibia and Tanzania have always been on my bucket list.

If like to complete Asia, Japan (planned Aug 2025) Nepal, Brunei, East Timor, North Korea (not doable but have been in the DMZ), Bhutan. Pakistan and Afghanistan (again tough one to get in). 

I fancy the Stans such as Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan. 

I'd hope to add in Oman, Saudi and the likes as part of a layover.

I'd love the chance to get some Pacific Ocean countries in such as Fiji and Samoa but this is unlikely.

Obvious omissions from the Americas are Mexico, Costa Rica, Caribbean islands such as Grenada, Dominican Republic. Then I'd also love to get Canada in one day.

Plenty to go at. The route to 100 is still very much definitely on, I'll not do it before I'm 50 (next year) but maybe I'll have it in the bag before I'm 60.