This year the list is India (maybe), UAE (probably), France (possibly) and New Zealand (definitely). You can probably guess which of those are for work. Well, I say 'you' but I don't think anyone is actually reading.
With two days of remorseless batting ahead in the cricket and no chance of a result I began listlessly browsing the Web for inspiration and I came across a page which let me enter in every country I've visited. It's pretty cool to look at a map of the world in this way and work out where you'd need to visit to make a sizeable increase in the imprint.
Going to countries like Brazil, USA and Australia really helps to make me look more worldly than my trips to Antigua or Malawi for instance. While I'm aware that the one afternoon I spent in a market on the Chinese border isn't really deserving of earning a massive blue splodge.
Not sure 'splodge' is the correct terminology but it passes the spellcheck test.
It has made me think that my next destinations need to be new ones and big ones. I need to fill up the map fast before family and life get in the way of my travelling. Looking back at the possibilities for this year India would be ideal but France has already been ticked off, or filled in in this case. Hmmmmm.
My mind flicks to the possibility of going to Russia for the World Cup in 2018 and India for the cricket as two great opportunities. While I am also oh-so-aware that a trip to Antartica would not only mean I've visited every continent it's huge as well.
I thought of posting my map to Facebook but decided nothing screams self-indulgence more than posting a chart of all the countries they've been fortunate enough to visit. Well apart from posting it on your own 'blog, that is.
Create Your Own Visited Countries Map
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