Country Counting – What Counts As A Visit?
A screen shot of my "Where I've Been" map, keeping track of all the countries I've visited
Anybody that's traveled extensively will tell you that eventually your ego gets involved in your travel decision making. At a certain point, a point which surely depends on the person, you start to count the countries you've been to, and you begin to collect the "notches under your belt". When you're making travel plans, you start to consider neighboring countries to your prime destination, not because they're of particular interest to you, but because you feel like you're so close you may as well check it off the list. It's at this point that you have to ask yourself, what constitutes a visit to a country?
