• London

• Bangkok

• New York

Unexpected pleasures

• Milwaukee

• Torres del Paines National Park, Chile

• Custer State Park, S.D.

• Puglia, Italy

States not yet visited

• Kentucky

• North Dakota

• Indiana

• Iowa

• Mississippi

BY THE NUMBERS

Miles flown: 1.4 million

Countries visited: 99

Years traveling abroad: 30

U.S. states visited: 45

Foreign countries where I've bought lamps: 8 (Morocco, Guadeloupe, Britain, Myanmar, Thailand, Germany, Bali, Canada)

Foreign countries where I've had heat exhaustion: 5 (China, Nepal, India, Vietnam, Thailand)

Cities where I've had food poisoning: 3 (Danang, Vietnam; Las Vegas; New York)

Countries where I've ridden camels: 5 (Tunisia, Mongolia, Egypt, Jordan, Mali)

Countries where I've ridden elephants: 2 (Laos, Thailand)

Countries where I've almost been arrested: 1 (Tibet)

Continents: 6

Countries in Asia: 24

Countries in Africa: 11

Countries in Latin America: 12

Countries in the Caribbean: 18

Countries in Europe: 25

Countries in the Middle East: 3

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