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Visited Countries Travel Journal

Visited Countries

On this page I list my travels. You can see a map with the journeys made each year.

Viagens em 2013

January: Morocco (Ouarzazate)
February: Morocco (Ouarzazate), Ethiopia (Addis Ababa, Harer, Gondor, Gorgora, Axum, Yeha, Lalibela), Somalia (Hargeisa, Las Gel, Berbera)
March: Ethiopia (Lalibela, Addis Ababa), Morocco (Marrakech, Ouarzazate)
April: Morocco (Ouarzazate, Marrakech, Ait Benhaddou, Oasis Fint, Erg Chebbi Dunes, Hassilabied, Merzouga)
May: Morocco (Ouarzazate, Marrakech, Casablanca, Rabat), Portugal (Lisbon, Sintra)
June: Portugal (Lisbon), Italy (Rome, Venice, Urbino, Pompei), Vatican, San Marino, Ukraine (Kiev, Chernobyl), Poland (Gdansk, Poznan, Katowice), Dominican Republic
July: Dominican Republic, Haiti, Antigua and Barbuda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Dominica
August: Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Barbados, Grenada, Trinidad and Tobago, Mexico
September: Mexico, Guatemala, Belize
October: Belize, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua
November: Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia
December: Ecuador, Peru, Brazil

Travels in 2012

January: Morocco (Ouarzazate, Marrakech), England (Cambridge, London, Marlow), Northern Ireland (Belfast), Ireland (Dublin), Germany (Berlin)
February: Morocco (Ouarzazate, Tinghir Tinejdad, Jorf, Erfoud)
March: Morocco (Ouarzazate, Marrakech)
April: Morocco (Ouarzazate, Kellat M’Gouna, Goulmima, Errachidia, Missouri)
May: Morocco (Ouarzazate), Hungary (Budapest), Serbia, Bulgaria, Turkey, Georgia (Batumi), Russia (North Ossetia, Ingushetia, Chechnya, Dagestan, Astrakhan), Kazakhstan (Beyneu)
June: Uzbekistan (Muynaq, Khiva, Bukhara, Samarkand), Tajikistan (Nurek, Tavildara, Khorog, Murgab, Ishkashim, Dushanbe, Dulsi), Afghanistan (Kunduz, Baghlan, Mazar-e Sharif, Balkh), Iran (Qom, Esfahan, Shiraz, Persepolis, Pasargadae, Rayen, Bam, Yazd, Chak Chak, Meybod, Kharanaq)
July: Iran (Tehran, Mashhad), Tajikistan (Dushanbe), Uzbekistan (Shakhrisabz, Langan, Bukhara, Nurota Lake Aydar, Uxhum, Tashkent, Qo’qon, Fergana, Margilan), Kyrgyzstan (Osh, Kazarman, Baetov, Tash Rabat Lake Issyk Kul, Tamcy, Bishkek), Portugal (Lisbon Carcavelos, Sintra, Colares, Cabo da Roca)
August: Portugal, Morocco (Marrakech, Ouarzazate)
September: Morocco (Ouarzazate)
October: Morocco (Ouarzazate, Marrakech, Essaouira, Safi, Oualidia, El Jadida, Casablanca, Fes, Errachidia, Boumalne Dades)
November: Morocco (Ouarzazate, Zagora, Mhamid Chegaga Dunes, Rissani, Erg Chebbi Dunes, Marrakech, Asilah, Tangier), Portugal (Commendation, Sintra, Lisbon), Holland (Amsterdam), Norway (Oslo)
December: Norway (Oslo), Cyprus (Ayia Napa, Cape Greco Paralimni, Nicosia), Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (Famagusta, Dipkarpaz, Karpas Peninsula, Girne), Morocco (Marrakech, Ouarzazate)

Travels in 2011

January: Morocco (Erfoud, Rissani, Erg Chebbi Dunes, Ouarzazate)
February: Morocco (Ouarzazate, Marrakech, Midelt, Missouri, Errachidia)
March: Morocco (Ouarzazate, and Fint oasis, Ksar Tissergate, Marrakech)
April: Morocco, Turkey, Bulgaria (Ouarzazate, Marrakech, Rabat, Casablanca, Istanbul, Sofia, Riga, Veliko Tarnovo, Dryanovski, Lyaskovets, Arbanasi, Nikopolis ad Istrum, Cherven, Ivanovo, Basarbovski, Ruze, Isperih, Sveshtari, Pliska, Madara )
May: Turkey, Georgia (Istanbul, Tbilisi, Zugdidi, Mestia, Ushguli, Batumi, Rize)
June: Turkey (Istanbul)
July: Turkey, Kenya, Uganda, South Sudan, Democratic Republic of Congo, United Arab Emirates (Istanbul, Nairobi, Kampala, Nakaseke, Kituka, Juba, Yei, Lassu, Aba, Faradje, Durba, Aru, Pakwatch, Sharjah, Dubai )
August: UAE, Nepal, Tibet (Dubai, Sharjah, Abu Dhabi, Medina Zaid, Liwa Oasis, Al Ain, Fujairah, Khor Fakkan, Ras Al Khaima, Kathmandu, Pokhara, Tansen, Lumbini, Janakpur, Bhaktapur, Nyalam, Lhatse , Shigatse, Gyantse)
September: Tibet, Nepal, UAE, Ras Musandam, Oman, Turkey, Morocco (Lhasa, Kathmandu, Sharjah, Ras Al Khaima, Khasab, Telegraph Island, Muscat, Samail, Masirah Island, Cape Madrakah, Salalah, Taqah, Mirbat , Shisr, Fuhud, Nizwa, Bahla, Jabrin, Ar Rustaq, Al Hazm, Sharjah, Istanbul, Casablanca, Marrakech, Ouarzazate)
October: Morocco, Portugal (Ouarzazate, Erfoud, Marrakech, Porto, Lisbon)
November: Portugal (Lisbon, Evora, Commendation), Morocco (Marrakech, Ouarzazate)
December: Morocco (Ouarzazate)

Travels in 2010

January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September: Morocco
October: Morocco, Italy, Malta, Gozo (Erfoud, Meknes, Fez, Pisa, San Miniato, Florence, Valletta, Rabat, Mdina, Cirkewwa, Ghajnsielem, Victoria, Xaghra, Rambla Bay)
November: Morocco (Erfoud, Maadid, Ouarzazate, Alnif Tinghir)
December: Morocco (Erfoud, Erg Chebbi Dunes, Merzouga, Ouarzazate)

Travels in 2009

January: Morocco (Erfoud, Merzouga, Erg Chebbi Dunes, Rissani, Ouarzazate)
February: Morocco, Moroccan Western Sahara, Mauritania (Ouarzazate, Marrakech, Casablanca, Agadir, Laayoune, Dakhla, La Gouira, Nouadhibou)
March: Mauritania, Western Sahara Moroccan, Morocco (Nouadhibou, Bou Lanouar, Ben Amera, Atar, Chinguetti, Nouakchott, Laayoune, Foum Zguid, Ouarzazate)
April: Morocco, Spain, Portugal (Erfoud, Errachidia, Ouarzazate, Marrakech, Rich, Casablanca, Rabat, Seville, Tarifa, Evora, Lisbon)
May: Portugal, Morocco, Spain, Germany, Poland, Ukraine (Lisbon, Evora, Erfoud, Errachidia, Ouarzazate, Marrakech, Casablanca, Rabat, Barcelona, Berlin, Warsaw, Przemysl, Lviv)
June: Ukraine, Poland (Przemysl, Lviv)
July: Ukraine, Moldova, Gagauzia, Pridnestrovie (Lviv, Chisinau, Comrat, Tiraspol)
August: Moldova, Romania, Turkey, Iraq, Ukraine (Chisinau, Bucharest, Istanbul, Cizre, Erbil, Salahudin, Dohuk, Aqrah, Amedia, Barzan, Zakho, Gaziantep, Istanbul, Bucharest, Chernivtsi, Lviv)
September: Ukraine, Germany, Portugal (Lviv, Dortmund, Darmstadt, Faro, Portimão, Praia da Rocha, Lisbon)
October: Portugal (Lisbon, Évora)
November: Portugal, Morocco (Lisbon, Sintra, Tanger, Erfoud)
December: Morocco (Erfoud, Merzouga, Erg Chebbi Dunes, Maadid, Ouarzazate)

Travels in 2008

January: Morocco
February: Morocco, Gibraltar, Portugal, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Palestine
March, April: Portugal, Morocco
May: Morocco, Mali
June: Mali, Morocco
July: Morocco, Portugal, Spain, Iceland
August: Iceland, Denmark, Belgium, Morocco, Hungary, Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina
September: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Kosovo, Albania, Macedonia, Bulgaria, Turkey, Georgia, Nagorno-Karabakh, Armenia, Portugal
October: Portugal, Morocco, England (Lisbon, Évora, Faro, Erfoud, Marrakech, Casablanca, London)
November: England, Morocco (London, Marrakech, Erfoud, Erg Chebbi Dunes, Merzouga)
December: Morocco

Travels in 2007

April: Morocco, United States of America, Canada
July, August: Morocco
September: Morocco, Cuba
October: Cuba
November, December: Morocco

Travels in 2006

January, February, March, April, May: Morocco
August: Morocco

Travels in 2005

January: France, Luxembourg, Germany, Czech Republic, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Finland
February: Finland, Sweden, Russia
March: Russia, Finland
April: United States of America
May: Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia, Austria, Liechtenstein, Switzerland, Germany, France, Andorra
June: United States (New York)
July, August: Morocco
December: Morocco, Western Sahara Moroccan

Travels in 2004

January: Mauritania, Western Sahara Moroccan (Nouadhibou, Dakhla, La Gouira)
March: Spain, Morocco, Moroccan Western Sahara, Mauritania (Casablanca, Marrakech, Cape Boujador, Dakhla, Nouadhibou, National Park Banc d’Arguin, Nouakchott, Akjoujt, Chinguetti, Rosso)
April: Mauritania, Senegal, Gambia, Western Sahara unprotected, Moroccan Western Sahara, Morocco (Rosso, Saint Louis, Ndioum, Tambacounda, Dakar, Ile de Goree, Atar, Choum, Zouerat, Fderik, Bir Moghrein, Gueltat Zemmour, Laayoune, Seville)
June: Portugal, Germany, Kazakhstan (Lisbon, Frankfurt am Main, Almaty)
July: Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan (Almaty, Medeu, Bear Gorge, Ile Alatau National Park, Shymkent, Turkestan, Tashkent, Charvik, Bukhara, Samarkand)
August: Uzbekistan, Iran, Turkey, Spain, Portugal, Morocco (Tashkent, Tehran, Qom, Shiraz, Bandar Abbas, Qeshm Island, Marv Dasht, Persepolis, Istanbul, Beykoz, Seville, Evora, Lisbon, Chefchaouen, Fez, Meknes, Volubilia, Friouato Caves, Mount Bou Iblane, Errachidia, Erfoud, Erg Chebbi Dunes, Merzouga, Hassilabied)
September: Morocco, Portugal (Tinghir Tamtettoucht, Ait Hani, Imilchil, Asilah, Ceuta, Évora)
December: Morocco

Travels in 2003

February: Morocco
May: Morocco
August: Morocco, France, Switzerland, Austria, Poland
September: Germany, Slovenia, Bulgaria, Turkey, Greece, Macedonia, Serbia, Switzerland, Poland
October: Poland, Germany (Wroclaw, Poznan, Berlin)
December: Morocco, Moroccan Western Sahara, Mauritania (Fez, Erfoud, Erg Chebbi Dunes, Merzouga, Hassilabied, Tinghir Tamtettoucht, Agadir, Inzegane, Cape Boujador, Laayoune, Dakhla, La Gouira, Nouadhibou, Banque d’Arguin National Park, Rosso, National Park Diawling, Diama)

Travels in 2002

January: Poland, Romania, Czech Republic, Slovakia, England, Morocco (Wroclaw, Poznan, Bucharest, London, Fez, Erfoud, Erg Chebbi Dunes, Merzouga)
April: Morocco
August: Morocco

Travels in 2001

January: Morocco, Spain, Portugal, United States of America (Gorges du Todra, Kellat M’Gouna, Ouarzazate, Marrakech, Ceuta, Algeciras, Seville, Lisbon, New York)
February, March, April: United States, Portugal (New York, Middletown, Swan Lake, White Lake, Liberty, Lisbon, Évora)
June: Portugal, France, Belgium, Germany, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria (Évora, Lisbon, Paris, Brussels, Berlin, Prague, Brno, Bratislava, Budapest, Bucharest, Constanta, Costinesti, Neptun, Mangalia , Varna)
July: Bulgaria, Romania, Croatia, United States of America (Plovdiv, Asenograv, Bachkovo, Sofia, Sighisoara, Brasov, Zagreb, Lisbon, New York)
August: United States (New York)
December: Portugal, England, Romania, Hungary, Yugoslavia, Poland, Czech Republic (Évora, Lisbon, London, Bucharest, Poznan, Wroclaw, Subotica, Mali Ides, Olomouc)

Travels in 2000

May: Portugal, Morocco (Évora, Lisbon, Erfoud, Erg Chebbi Dunes)
October, November: Portugal, United States of America (Lisbon, Évora, Faro, New York)
December: Portugal, Morocco, Spain (Évora, Algeciras, Tangier, Marrakech, Ouarzazate, Kellat Mgouna Tinghir, Erfoud, Erg Chebbi Dunes, Errachidia, Midelt, Madrid, Lisbon)

Travels in 1999

October: Portugal, France (Lisbon, Évora, Faro, Paris, Versailles)

UN countries (in order of visit)

  1. Portugal
  2. Spain
  3. France
  4. Morocco
  5. USA
  6. Belgium
  7. Germany
  8. Poland
  9. Czech
  10. Slovakia
  11. Hungary
  12. Romania
  13. Bulgaria
  14. Croatia
  15. UK
  16. Serbia
  17. Switzerland
  18. Austria
  19. Slovenia
  20. Bulgaria
  21. Turkey
  22. Greece
  23. Macedonia
  24. Mauritania
  25. Senegal
  26. Gambia
  27. Kazakhstan
  28. Uzbekistan
  29. Iran
  30. Luxembourg
  31. Lithuania
  32. Latvia
  33. Estonia
  34. Finland
  35. Sweden
  36. Russia
  37. Liechtenstein
  38. Andorra
  39. Canada
  40. Cuba
  41. Egypt
  42. Israel and Palestine
  43. Jordan
  44. Mali
  45. Iceland
  46. Denmark
  47. Bosnia and Herzegovina
  48. Montenegro
  49. Republic of Kosovo
  50. Albania
  51. Georgia
  52. Armenia
  53. Azerbaijan
  54. Ukraine
  55. Moldavia
  56. Iraq
  57. Italy
  58. Malta
  59. Kenya
  60. Uganda
  61. South Sudan
  62. Democratic Republic of Congo
  63. United Arab Emirates
  64. Nepal
  65. China
  66. Oman
  67. Ireland
  68. Tajikistan
  69. Afghanistan
  70. Kyrgyzstan
  71. Netherlands
  72. Norway
  73. Republic of Cyprus
  74. Ethiopia
  75. Somalia
  76. Monaco (still in 2013)
  77. Vatican (still in 2013)
  78. San Marino (still in 2013)
  79. Dominican Republic (still in 2013)
  80. Haiti (also in 2013)
  81. Antigua and Barbuda (still in 2013)
  82. Saint Kitts and Nevis (also in 2013)
  83. Dominica (still in 2013)
  84. Santa Lucia (still in 2013)
  85. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (still in 2013)
  86. Barbados (still in 2013)
  87. Granada (still in 2013)
  88. Trinidad and Tobago (also in 2013)
  89. Guatemala (still in 2013)
  90. Belize (still in 2013)
  91. Honduras (still in 2013)
  92. El Salvador (still in 2013)
  93. Nicaragua (still in 2013)
  94. Costa Rica (still in 2013)
  95. Panama (still in 2013)
  96. Colombia (still in 2013)
  97. Ecuador (still in 2013)
  98. Peru (also in 2013)
  99. Brazil (also in 2013)

Unrecognized countries and autonomous regions (in order of visit)

  1. Ceuta
  2. Unprotected Western Sahara
  3. Gibraltar
  4. Palestinian National Authority
  5. Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh
  6. Autonomous Territorial Unit of Gagauzia
  7. Pridnestrovie Moldavian Republic of
  8. Iraqi Kurdistan
  9. Tibet Autonomous Region
  10. Ras Musandam Peninsula
  11. Republic of Kabardino-Balkaria
  12. Republic of North Ossetia-Alania
  13. Republic of Chechnya
  14. Republic of Kalmykia
  15. High-Badakhshan Autonomous Province
  16. Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
  17. Republic of Somaliland

Full Map of visited countries and future countries until end of 2013

red lived countries, blue visited countries, green next countries until end of 2013.


João Leitão - Author of this website
Joao Leitao

“HELLO! I'm João Leitão, originally from the city of Lisboa, the capital of Portugal. Since 1999 I've been traveling on a 6 months year average. I now count 4 full passports, more then 80 countries and regions and I've lived in places such as Kazakhstan, Finland, USA, Turkey, Ukraine & Morocco (where I permanently have my house since 2006). On this website I share useful travel info and advice.”

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