I REACHED 30 COUNTRIES!!
So regardless of if you know me from real life, work, or @dejatheexplorer: you know I've had this goal for the last few years. This goal was to visit 30 countries before I turned 30 years old. But guess what?! I REACHED IT EARLY!!
By the grace of God (and some pretty good deal-finding), I was able to visit 30 countries before I turned 25... which is five whole years early. It's so crazy because I've been working to reach this goal for a while. When I realized I was close to reaching it, I got a bit anxious lol. I didn't want to tell too many people I was getting close because I was afraid that something would happen and I wouldn't be able to do what I planned (especially given everything going on with COVID).
But wow, I really really made it! I'm still so surprised at myself LOL. For this blog post, I'm just hear to share the good news. I'm going to be creating more content related to me reaching my goal soon, so make sure y'all let me know what kind of content y'all want to see.
Before I go, I'll just share all 30 countries that I've been to:
1. Bahamas ๐ง๐ธ - 03/16, 07/17, 04/19
2. Mexico ๐ฒ๐ฝ - 03/17
3. Panama ๐ต๐ฆ - 08/17
4. Dominican Republic ๐ฉ๐ด - 08/17
5. Haiti ๐ญ๐น - 08/17
6. Australia ๐ฆ๐บ - 02/18
7. Costa Rica ๐จ๐ท - 03/18
8. Netherlands ๐ณ๐ฑ - 05/18
9. Belgium ๐ง๐ช - 05/18
10. Germany ๐ฉ๐ช - 05/18
11. Italy ๐ฎ๐น - 05/18
12. Greece ๐ฌ๐ท - 05/18
13. Luxembourg ๐ฑ๐บ - 06/18
14. France ๐ซ๐ท - 06/18
15. Spain ๐ช๐ธ - 06/18
16. United Kingdom ๐ฌ๐ง - 06/18
17. Iceland ๐ฎ๐ธ - 06/18
18. Cuba ๐จ๐บ - 11/18
19. Guatemala ๐ฌ๐น - 02/19
20. El Salvador ๐ธ๐ป - 03/19
21. Belize ๐ง๐ฟ - 05/19
22. Curaรงao ๐จ๐ผ- 05/19
23. Thailand ๐น๐ญ - 08/19
24. Peru ๐ต๐ช - 10/19
25. Canada ๐จ๐ฆ - 02/20
26. Aruba ๐ฆ๐ผ- 9/20
27. Honduras ๐ญ๐ณ - 04/21
28. Portugal ๐ต๐น - 06/21
29. Morocco ๐ฒ๐ฆ - 06/21
30. Jamaica ๐ฏ๐ฒ - 07/21
That's 30 countries. 6 continents. 4 years. Amazing.
I've been spending time thinking about how to update my goal now that I've reached the original one... I'm thinking 50 by 30? What do y'all think? I'll figure it out soon enough lol.
Ciao for now,
DejaTheExplorerโจ