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So go on, put us all to shame and list the countries you have ridden in.

And another thing, when are you going to start on your US trip??




Shaun,

I know the list is big but not really as long as could be considering I have geared a lot of my life since 1981 (practice runs from '77 while a teenager) to riding longish expeditions.
I have also probably left a few out.

Many of these countries (primarily in Europe, Morroco and the Near East) I have ridden through again and again and again.
Some (around 25) I have ridden again on the Speedmaster (as marked).

1 Andorra (also done on the Speedmaster)
2 Albania
3 Armenia
4 Austria (also done on the Speedmaster)
5 Italy (also done on the Speedmaster)
6 Germany (also done on the Speedmaster)
7 Netherlands (also done on the Speedmaster)
8 Belguim (also done on the Speedmaster)
9 Luxembourg (also done on the Speedmaster)
10 France (also done on the Speedmaster)
11 Monaco (also done on the Speedmaster)
12 Lichtenstein (also done on the Speedmaster)
13 Spain (also done on the Speedmaster)
14 Portugal (also done on the Speedmaster)
15 Denmark (also done on the Speedmaster)
16 Sweden (also done on the Speedmaster)
17 Finland (also done on the Speedmaster)
18 Norway
19 England
20 Scotland
21 Ireland
22 Macedonia
23 Serbia
24 Croatia
25 Bosnia
26 Slovenia
27 Montenegro
28 Bulgaria (also done on the Speedmaster)
29 Romania (also done on the Speedmaster)
30 Moldovia
31 Estonia (also done on the Speedmaster)
32 Latvia (also done on the Speedmaster)
33 Lithuania (also done on the Speedmaster)
34 Belarus
35 Hungary (also done on the Speedmaster)
36 Poland (also done on the Speedmaster)
37 Czech Republic (also done on the Speedmaster)
38 Slovakia (also done on the Speedmaster)
39 Russia (West only)
40 Ukraine
41 Turkey
42 Syria
43 Jordan
44 Iraq
45 Lebanon
46 Israel
47 Yemen
48 Cyprus (also done on the Speedmaster)
49 Egypt
50 Lybia
51 Tunisia
52 Algeria
53 Morocco (also done on the Speedmaster)
54 Mauritania
55 Mali
56 Senegal
57 Gambia
58 Guinea Bissau
59 Guinea
60 Sierra Leone
61 Liberia
62 Cote d'Ivoire
63 Ghana
64 Togo
65 Benin
66 Nigeria
67 Cameroon
68 Equatorial Guinea
69 Gabon
70 Congo
71 Angola
72 Namibia
73 Botswana
74 Zimbabwe
75 South Africa
76 Greece (of course) - (also done on the Speedmaster)

I have often thought and attempted to write travelogues (and failed as they tend to be too long - as are the rides involved) but have now more or less set my mind on one day perhaps writing a series of short stories (other than a fictional book based on real events I have already started ... well sort of) since I have very many in mind ... some perhaps good, some probably indifferent.

... and thereby hangs a tale (I think it was Shakespeare).

Bedouin. Blessed are those eyes that have seen more roads than any man! (Homer).