Places I've Been
Here is a list of the cities and countries I’ve been to. The purpose here isn’t to brag or anything like that, this is literally just for me to keep track of everywhere I’ve been. I’m not including countries I have no memory of because I visited as a young child (eg. apparently I’ve been to Gabon).
Most of these countries were visited over the last year and a half when I left NYC to travel the world.
I’m not on a mission to visit every country for the sole purpose of knocking off some checklist. I think it’s way more meaningful to spend a good amount of time in a single country and really get to know the people, culture, language, etc vs. flying to a capital city for a couple days, checking off landmarks, treating the trip like a visit to your local amusement park, and leaving without any real understanding of the culture.
Central America
Mexico
Cuba
- Havana (4 days)
- Santa Maria beach (day trip)
- Viñales (day trip)
Dominican Republic
Turks & Caicos
South America
Colombia
- Medellin (1.5 months)
- Cartagena (2 days)
- Baranquilla (3 days)
- Bogota (2 weeks)
Brazil
- Rio de Janeiro (3 weeks)
- Sao Paulo (3 weeks)
- Ilha Grande
- Paraty
- the Amazon (I was ~12 when I went but still remember it)
Argentina
Buenos Aires (1.5 weeks)
Europe
Iceland
Reykjavik, Iceland (2 days)
United Kingdom
- London (3 days)
- Edinburgh, Scotland (2 days)
Barcelona, Spain (5 days)
Poland
- Warsaw (1.5 weeks)
- Krakow (1.5 weeks)
Ukraine
- Lviv (3 days)
- Kiev (~3 months)
- Odessa (3 days)
Copenhagen, Denmark (5 hours)
Stockholm, Sweden
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Prague, Czech Republic
Budapest, Hungary
Vienna, Austria
Berlin, Germany
Asia
Israel
Tel Aviv (2 weeks)
Turkey
Thailand
- Bangkok (~1 week)
- Chiang Mai (~4 days)
- Pai (~1 week)
- Mae Hong Song
- Wat Pa Tam Wua Forest Monastery
- Ko Samui (1 week)
- Koh Phangan
- Krabi (Ao Nang, Railay Beach)
- Ko Phi Phi
- Ko Lanta
Indonesia
Bali (1 month)
Singapore (1.5 weeks)
Malaysia
- Kuala Lumpur
- Penang
Vietnam
- Hanoi
- Ho Chi Minh City
- Nha Trang
Philippines
Manila (3 days)
Korea
Japan
- Tokyo
- Osaka
- Kyoto
- Mie (spent my summers there as a child)
North America
U.S.
I love travel as it can broaden one’s horizons and change one’s perspective.
But I don’t mean to instill FOMO. One of the downsides of travel is that you can only visit a place for the first time once. So be curious and go out there and see the world, but if you’re going to visit somewhere - make it count!
That’s the full list as of now. I’ll keep updating it when I get the time.