Lester Daron Robert Thompson, MD

According to the CIA World Fact Book (June 2009), there are 194 "independent countries" but a total of 266 "world entities" thanks to territories like Guam, Puerto Rico, etc. Hmmmm. So, depending on your point of view, we've seen either 33% or 42% of world. Ironically the world itself is considered one of the "world entities" as are each of the five oceans...!
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Countries or Territories We've Visited
	Country or Territory	Both of Us	Pam Only	Lester Only	Last Visited In...

1	Argentina	x			1999
2	Australia	x			2009
3	Austria	x			1985
4	Bahamas	x			1995
5	Belgium	x			2008
6	Bolivia	x			1999
7	Botswana			x	1978
8	Brazil	x			1999
9	Bulgaria	x			2007
10	Cambodia	x			2006
11	Canada	x			2003
12	Chile	x			1999
13	China	x			1994
14	Czech Rep	x			1996
15	Denmark	x			1997
16	Dominica	x			2001
17	Easter Island (Chile)	x			2009
18	Egypt	x			1994
19	Estonia	x			2009
20	Fiji	x			2009
21	Finland	x			1997
22	France	x			2005
23	Galapagos Islands (Ecuador)	x			2009
24	Germany	x			1988
25	Greece	x			1994
26	Guam	x			1996
27	Guernsey		x		2001
28	Hong Kong	x			1994
29	Hungary	x			2007
30	Iceland	x			1996
31	India	x			1994
32	Israel	x			1994
33	Italy	x			2009
34	Japan	x			2008
35	Jordan	x			1994
36	Kenya	x			1993
37	Laos	x			2006
38	Las Palmas	x			2000
39	Latvia				2009
40	Lithuania				2009
41	Luxembourg		x		2002
42	Madeira	x			2000
43	Malaysia	x			2008
44	Mexico	x			2005
45	Monaco	x			2005
46	Namibia			x	1974
47	Nepal	x			1994
48	Netherlands	x			2002
49	New Zealand	x			2009
50	Nicaragua		x		2007
51	Norway	x			1997
52	Palau	x			1996
53	Paraguay	x			1999
54	Peru	x			1999
55	Poland	x			1996
56	Portugal	x			2001
57	Puerto Rico	x			2001
58	Romania	x			2007
59	Russia	x			1994
60	Singapore	x			2008
61	Solvenia			x	2003
62	South Africa	x			1997
63	Spain	x			2004
64	South Korea	x			2008
65	Sri Lanka	x			2004
66	St. Kitts & Nevis	x			2001
67	St. Maartens	x			2001
68	Sweden	x			2009
69	Switzerland		x		1985
70	Taiwan	x			2008
71	Tenerife	x			2000
72	Thailand	x			2004
73	Tonga	x			1994
74	Tortola	x			2001
75	Turkey	x			2007
76	U.K.	x			2008
77	Uruguay	x			1999
78	Vatican City State (Holy See)	x			2009
79	Vietnam	x			2006
80	Zambia	x			1993
81	Zimbabwe	x			1993

Still on our "to do" list:

Afghanistan
Albania
Algeria
American Samoa
Andorra
Angola
Anguilla
Antarctica
Antigua and Barbuda
Armenia
Aruba
Azerbaijan
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Barbados
Belarus
Belize
Benin
Bermuda
Bhutan
Bosnia & Herzegovina
Brunei
Burkina Faso
Burma
Burundi
Cameroon
Cape Verde
Cayman Islands
Central African Rep.
Chad
Christmas Island
Cocos Islands
Colombia
Comoros
Congo
Cook Islands
Costa Rica
Cote d'Ivoire
Croatia

Cuba
Cyprus
Djibouti
Dominican Republic
East Timor
El Salvador
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Falkland Islands
Faroe Islands
French Guiana
French Polynesia
Gabon
Gambia, The
Georgia
Ghana
Gibraltar
Greenland
Grenada
Guadeloupe
Guatemala
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Guyana
Haiti
Honduras
Indonesia
Iran
Iraq
Ireland
Isle of Man
Jamaica
Jersey
Kazakhstan
Kiribati
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
Lebanon

Lesotho
Liberia
Libya
Macau
Macedonia
Madagascar
Malawi
Maldives
Mali
Malta
Marshall Islands
Martinique
Mauritania
Mauritius
Mayotte
Micronesia
Moldova
Mongolia
Montserrat
Mozambique
Nauru
Netherlands Antilles
New Caledonia
Niger
Nigeria
Niue
Norfolk Island
North Korea
Northern Mariana Isl.
Oman
Pakistan
Panama
Papua New Guinea
Philippines
Pitcairn Islands
Qatar
Reunion
Rwanda
Samoa

San Marino
Sao Tome & Principe
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Serbia & Montenegro
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Slovakia
Solomon Islands
Somalia
St Helena
St Lucia
St Pierre & Miquelon
St Vincent & Grenadines
Sudan
Suriname
Swaziland
Syria
Tajikistan
Tanzania
Togo
Tokelau
Trinidad &Tobago
Tunisia
Turkmenistan
Turks & Caicos Islands
Tuvalu
Uganda
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
Uruguay
Uzbekistan
Vanuatu
Venezuela
Wallis & Futuna
Western Sahara
Yemen

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