Past travels

To kick things off, I decided to do a quick recap of where I’ve been already to remind myself of how much more I have to see. So here’s a list of countries I’ve visited, in order (updated July 2024):

1. United States (Is it cheating if I was born and live here? Nah.)
2. Scotland (I spent three years outside Glasgow as a tyke, aged 3–6, and revisited in my 20s: Glasgow, Edinburgh, and Saint Andrews.) I also revisited Scotland when I was 36 (Glasgow and Edinburgh) and 41 (Glasgow and Boat of Garten).
3. Mexico (Like most teenagers growing up in Texas, I’ve been to a few different border towns.) I've also been to Puerto Vallarta for a family trip in 2018 and Playa del Carmen in 2021. Andrew and I spent 2 weeks in Guanajuato and 3 weeks in Mexico City in Autumn 2023.
4. England (work-abroad program in London, traveled around the country some as well, Bath, Stonehenge, and Canterbury when I was 21). Went back for a family wedding in 2018 (Beverly) and again in summer 2023 (Lake District, Hexham, Newcastle, and York).
5. The Netherlands (long weekend in Amsterdam with besties who came to visit me in London)
6. Germany (first stop on my backpacking leg to see another bestie who was living in Munich, day trip to Neuschwanstein and another day trip to Garmisch)
7. Italy (solo backpacking to Venice, Rome, Siena, Florence, and Milan)
8. Spain (more backpacking in Madrid and Barcelona)
9. France (ended backpacking in Paris)
10. Belgium (I feel a little guilty including this one because I only got off a train from Paris to London in Belgium to buy some chocolate. I’ll make it back to actually see the country one day.)
11. Costa Rica (San Jose, Monteverde, Tortuguero, Montezuma, and Manuel Antonio)
12. Ireland (Dublin, Cliffs of Moher, Waterford, and Dunmore for a friend’s wedding)
13. Northern Ireland (Belfast on the same trip to the Republic of Ireland)
14. Canada (Vancouver, areas north of the city for hiking, and Victoria; years later work trips to Toronto, Ottawa, and Montreal)
15. Denmark (Copenhagen and Elsinore to see the Hamlet Castle)
16. Sweden (Malmo)
17. Greenland (Kangerlussuaq in a failed attempt to see the Northern Lights)
18. Peru (Lima, Cusco, Inca Trail, and Machu Picchu)
19. Ecuador (Quito and the Galapagos Islands)
20. Jamaica (birthday getaway at an all-inclusive)
21. Tanzania (hiked Kilimanjaro and went on a safari), 2016
22. Cuba (Havana, Vinales, and Trinidad), 2017
23. Iceland (Reykjavik, Golden Circle, and Vik), 2018
24. Sydney, Australia (work trip with a few days tacked on for hiking in the Blue Mountains and sightseeing), 2018
25. Prague, Czech Republic (summer trip with Sarah and Michele), 2019
26. Vienna, Austria (summer trip with Sarah and Michele), 2019
27. Budapest, Hungary (summer trip with Sarah and Michele), 2019
28. Singapore (work trip), 2019
29. KL, Malaysia (extra days after work trip), 2019
30. Belize (quick trip with Andrew, Kara, and Erin right before the world shut down), February 2020
31. Nepal (Kathmandu, hiking in the Himalayas, Pokhara), October 2022
32. India (followed Andrew on his work trip, Bangalore, Mysore, Agra for the Taj Mahal), March 2024
33. Chile (Santiago, Valparaiso, San Pedro de Atacama, La Serena), June and July 2024
34. Argentina (Buenos Aires, Iguazu Falls, and Cordoba), July and August 2024
35. Uruguay (took the ferry from Buenos Aires to Colonia del Sacramento for one night), August 2024 
36. Brazil (day trip to Iguazu Falls and the Bird Park from Puerto Iguazu, Argentina), August 2024

And one more thing to I want keep track of, the states I've been to (updated 2024):

1.  Texas

2.     California

3.     Oregon

4.     Nevada

5.     Utah

6.     Montana

7.     Wyoming

8.     Arizona

9.     New Mexico 

10.  Oklahoma

11.  Louisiana

12.  Arkansas

13.  Missouri

14.  Minnesota

15.  Wisconsin

16.  Illinois

17.  Tennessee

18.  Florida

19.  Georgia

20.  North Carolina

21.  Virginia

22.  West Virginia

23.  Maryland

24.  Delaware

25.  New Jersey

26.  Pennsylvania

27.  New York

28.  Rhode Island

29.  Massachusetts

30.  Maine

31.  Colorado

32.  Washington

33.  South Carolina

34.  Ohio

35.  Michigan

36.  Kansas

37.  South Dakota

38.  New Hampshire

39.  Connecticut (drove through)

40.  Kentucky (drove through)

41.  Iowa (drove through)

42.  Indiana (drove through)

Kangerlussuaq, Greenland (January 2013)