Travel (Fabian R Lischka)
Quality: Favorite places
I like to travel. Here are some of my favorite places.
- Tikal, Guatemala. Awe inspiring Maya ruins in a hauntingly beautiful setting amid the jungle. On the way there, Hacienda Tijax, and a boat trip down the gorges of the Rio Dulce.
- Galapagos Islands, Ecuador. Fearless wildlife in a rugged landscape.
- Iguazu, Argentina/Brazil/Paraguay. Stunning waterfall.
- Cordoba, Spain. La Mesquita - a huge mosque with a Christian church in its centre. Edifying.
- Iran. Extraordinarily hospitable and friendly people (with notable exceptions), beautiful historical cultural sites.
- East Africa (Kenya, Tanzania, Zanzibar, Rwanda). Wildlife in the Masai Mara, Serengeti, Ngoro Ngoro crater, mountain gorillas of Rwanda; scuba diving off Watamu.
- Palau. This group of islands in the North Pacific has amazing scuba diving, and extraordinarily beautiful and romantic beaches.
Quantity: List
One of my goals is to see half the world’s countries (to make an informed decision on where to stay), and I’m getting close: I’ve been to 109 countries, if you use a generous count, in which e. g. China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macao, USA, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands count as 8 countries (specifically, using the list by the Traveler’s Century Club, which incidentally I could now join). Using a stricter count (in which for example the territories listed above count as only 2 countries), it’s been 89.
- 1972: Argentina
- 1972: Germany
- 1975: Egypt
- 1976: Corsica
- 1982: India
- 1983: Spain
- 1984: France
- 1985: Morocco
- 1986: Portugal
- 1987: England (UK)
- 1987: Saudi Arabia
- 1988: Mauritius
- 1989: Ireland (Eire)
- 1989: Luxembourg
- 1990: Poland
- 1990: Switzerland
- 1992: Malaysia
- 1992: Singapore
- 1992: Sumatra (Indonesia)
- 1992: Belgium
- 1992: Netherlands
- 1992: Hong Kong
- 1992: Macao
- 1992: Thailand
- 1993: Turkey (Europe)
- 1993: Turkey (Asia)
- 1993: Jersey (UK)
- 1993: Austria
- 1993: Czech Republic
- 1993: United States
- 1993: Mexico
- 1993: Puerto Rico
- 1994: Ireland (Ulster, UK)
- 1995: Canada
- 1995: Ecuador
- 1995: Galapagos Island
- 1995: Bolivia
- 1995: Chile
- 1995: Vatican (Holy See)
- 1996: Denmark
- 1996: Uruguay
- 1996: Brazil
- 1996: Paraguay
- 1997: Philippines
- 1997: Viet Nam
- 1997: Italy
- 1998: Japan
- 1998: Hungary
- 1998: Slovakia
- 1999: Guatemala
- 1999: Belize
- 1999: Tunisia
- 1999: Scotland (UK)
- 2000: South Africa
- 2000: Canary Islands (Spain)
- 2002: Australia
- 2002: Fiji
- 2002: Zimbabwe
- 2002: Zambia
- 2002: Malawi
- 2002: Tanzania
- 2002: Zanzibar (Tanzania)
- 2002: Kenya
- 2002: Uganda
- 2002: Rwanda
- 2003: Costa Rica
- 2004: Cuba
- 2004: Honduras
- 2004: Romania
- 2004: Bulgaria
- 2004: Balearic Islands (Spain)
- 2005: Ukraine
- 2005: China
- 2005: Russian Federation
- 2006: Nicaragua
- 2006: Namibia
- 2007: Cambodia
- 2007: Korea, Republic of (South Korea)
- 2008: China, Republic of (Taiwan)
- 2009: Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Laos)
- 2009: Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE)
- 2009: Lesser Sunda Islands (Indonesia)
- 2010: Palau
- 2010: Finland
- 2010: Estonia
- 2012: Guam (US Territory)
- 2012: Micronesia, Federated States of
- 2012: Northern Mariana Island, Commonwealth of
- 2012: Burma (Republic of the Union of Myanmar)
- 2012: Java (Indonesia)
- 2012: Sabah (Malaysia)
- 2012: Brunei
- 2012: Sarawak (Malaysia)
- 2012: Mongolia
- 2012: Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of (North Korea)
- 2012: Nepal
- 2012: Qatar
- 2012: Iran, Islamic Republic of
- 2013: New Zealand
- 2013: Cook Islands
- 2014: Sri Lanka
- 2014: Norway
- 2015: Timor Leste
- 2015: Sweden
- 2015: Latvia
- 2015: Lithuania
- 2015: Croatia
- 2015: Bosnia and Herzegovina
- 2015: Montenegro