It is natural for avid travelers to begin counting countries at some point in their journey. For me, the urge to start keeping count happened in my early 20’s while I was living in Japan and realized that I was closing in on my 25th UN member state. Suddenly I had a goal: visit 30 countries by 30. I really enjoy setting and surpassing goals, and I managed hit that one by my mid-twenties. So, I upped the ante to 50 countries by 30. I beat that, too. But the higher my count climbed and the more I came into contact with fellow country counters, the more I began to struggle with the fact that there really is no universally accepted definition for what qualifies as a visit.
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