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One has to wonder what counts as a "country," and when you can say you've done them all: As for least favorite, well, I was served goat in Somaliland in a
by andyking 14y ago
One has to wonder what counts as a "country," and when you can say you've done them all:
As for least favorite, well, I was served goat in Somaliland
in a situation where it was difficult to decline.
As far as I know, Somaliland is a bit of a 'limbo' state, it isn't universally recognised and many see it as just a region of Somalia.
If he visits Somaliland and counts that, did he also visit Transnistria? And if so, how low down the list do you go - do you then have to visit every self-declared nation-state all the way down to Sealand?
The list that fascinates me is the amateur radio DXCC list of "entities" which count separately. Many of them are dependencies of other countries, a lot are uninhabited (I might book my next holiday on Peter I Island or Scarborough Reef) but there are currently 340 of them: http://www.arrl.org/country-lists-prefixes http://www.arrl.org/country-lists-prefixes
It's all really interesting stuff!
- k-mcgrady 14y agoHe states in the article that he visited all countries officially recognised by the UN.
- precisioncoder 14y agoFrom the article: "How did you define “country?” for this trip? I used the U.N. standard. There were 192 countries when I started, and one was added (more on that in a moment). I've also been to plenty of regions, islands, and culturally distinct places that don't technically count as member countries: Taiwan, Kosovo, Kurdistan, etc."
- mmayberry 14y agoBig gray area in this one. During his visit to Eritrea he was denied entry at the airport and never made it past security. However, because he "talked" to people from Eritrea on the plane and disembarked from the plane he considers it a visit even though he was DENIED ENTRY into the country. My neighbor is from Iran and I was once denied entry into Iran because I have an Israeli stamp in my passport yet I've never claimed to have visited Iran. Chris however, would probably disagree ;)
- Fuzzwah 14y agoNot only is the status of Somaliland questionable, so is his bad mouthing goat. It is delicious.