Country bagging
His Britannic Majesty's Secretary of State requests and requires in the Name of His Majesty all those whom it may concern to allow the bearer to pass freely without let or hindrance and to afford the bearer such assistance and protection as may be necessary.
Europe
Asia
Rest of the World
Overall
|
Andrew |
Matthew |
Richard |
Overall total |
67 countries
58 overnights
56 capitals
| 68 countries
60 overnights
56 capitals
| 56 countries
41 overnights
42 capitals
|
Key
have set foot on or passed through country on land-based transport
have stayed within the country for a continuous 24 hour period
set foot in the city centre of the country's capital city
Gallery
Infrequently asked questions
- Can I count England, Scotland, Wales, Hong Kong, Easter Island (...) separately?
- No. Dependencies, territories, subdivisions etc are counted as part of
their "parent" countries, for example Hong Kong to China, Wales to United Kingdom and Easter Island to Chile.
- Can I count Kosovo, Palestine, Taiwan, South Ossetia...?
- We recognise all UN member states (193), UN observer states (Vatican City and Palestine), and states recognised by at least 10 UN member states (Kosovo, Western Sahara, Taiwan).
- What about former countries, like East Germany or Czechoslavakia?
- We use current boundaries, so if you visited Bratislava in 1981, this currently counts as a bag of Slovakia. If you visited both East and West Germany before the fall of the Berlin Wall, you now only get the single bag of Germany.
- What if I visit Crimea?
- A lively argument will ensue.
- Does it count if I'm just changing planes at an airport?
- For countries, provided you get off the plane, yes. For capitals, no.
- But that's unfair and illogical! You haven't seen a country properly if you just see the airport.
- Nobody claimed this game was fair or logical.
Latest activity
- 2019-2022 - A global pandemic ensues
- December 2019 - Ruby enters the game
- Feburary 2019 - Matt
sleeps in Qatar, bags
Colombia,
Panama City and
Panama (claiming the baton)
- Feburary 2019 -
Macedonia is renamed to
North Macedonia
- November 2017 - Andrew bags
Podgorica
- October 2017 - Julia enters the game
- September 2017 - Gabriel enters the game
- May 2017 - Richard bags
Amsterdam
- March 2017 - Andy bags
Warsaw
- February 2017 - Andy bags
Helsinki
- January 2017 - Matt
bags
Madrid,
Cuba and
Havana , and
Mexico
- December 2016 - Andy bags
Lisbon
- May 2016 - Matt bags
Santiago and
Chile
- April 2016 - Matt bags
Washington D.C.
- March 2016 - Andy bags
Rabat
- January 2016 - Andy bags
Berlin
- August 2015 - Matt bags
Liechtenstein and
Vaduz
- April 2015 - Richard bags
Kazakhstan,
Kyrgyzstan and
Bishkek
- March 2015 - Richard bags
Uzbekistan and
Tashkent
- March 2015 - Andy bags
Tunisia and
Tunis ,
Uzbekistan and
Tashkent
- Feburary 2015 - Andy bags
Portugal
- January 2015 - Andy bags
Nicaragua (claiming the baton) and
Managua, and
Costa Rica
- December 2014 - Andy bags
Bucharest and
Romania,
Chisinau and
Moldova , and
United States
- June 2014 - Matt bags
Reykjavik and
Iceland
- April 2014 - Andy bags
Madrid
- April 2014 - Richard bags
Moscow and
Russia
- February 2014 - Andy bags
Nairobi and
Kenya
- December 2013 - Andy
sleeps in Morocco
- September 2013 - Matt
sleeps in Slovakia
- July 2013 - Andy bags
Pristina and
Kosovo, bags
Skopje and
sleeps in Macedonia, bags
Tirana and
sleeps in Albania
- July 2013 - Matt bags
Malé and
Maldives
- February 2013 - Richard bags
Tel Aviv and
Israel,
Jerusalem and
Palestine
- February 2013 - Andy bags
Colombo and
Sri Lanka
- December 2012 - Matt bags
Muscat and
Oman
- November 2012 - Andy bags
Sofia
- October 2012 - Matt bags
Kiev and
Ukraine
- August 2012 - Andy bags
San Marino and
San Marino
- June 2012 - Andy bags
Liechtenstein and
Vaduz
- April 2012 - Matt bags
Tokyo
- April 2012 - Richard bags
Singapore
- February 2012 - Richard bags
Thailand and
Australia , Andy bags
Qatar
- December 2011: Andy bags
Jordan and
Amman
- July 2011: Richard bags
Canada and
Ottawa
- July 2011:
South Sudan declares independence from
Sudan
- May 2011: Matt
sleeps in Taiwan and bags
Taipei , bags
Bangkok
- March 2011: Matt bags
Samoa and
Apia
- February 2011: Matt bags
New Zealand and
Wellington ,
Tonga and
Nuku'alofa
- January 2011: Matt bags
Australia
- October 2010: Matt bags
Hanoi
- May 2010: Andy
sleeps in Hungary
- December 2009: Andy bags
Hanoi. Matt bags
Romania and
Bucharest
- November 2009: Andy bags
Vientiane and
Cambodia,
Phnom Penh and
Vietnam.
- October 2009: Andy bags
United Arab Emirates,
Malaysia and
Kuala Lumpur,
Thailand,
Myanmar (Burma) and
Laos.
- June 2009: Andy bags
Iceland and
Reykjavik
- April 2009: Andy bags
Andorra and
Andorra La Vella
- March 2009: Andy bags
Morocco
- January 2009: Andy bags
Gambia . Matt bags
Brunei and
Bandar Seri Begawan .
- December 2008: Richard bags
Liechtenstein and
Vaduz,
Slovakia and
Bratislava,
Hungary and
Budapest
- November 2008: Matt controversially bags
Taiwan (Republic of China)
- August 2008: Matt bags
South Korea and
Seoul
- July 2008: Andy bags
Cyprus and
Nicosia . His visit to
Northern Cyprus is not recognised at the present time.
- April 2008: Matt bags
Vientiane ,
Cambodia and
Phnom Penh
Vietnam ,
Singapore and
Singapore .
Richard bags
Sarajevo .
- March 2008: Matt
sleeps in Malaysia and
bags
Thailand ,
Myanmar (Burma)
and
Laos
- February 2008: Andy bags
Poland
- November 2007:
Kosovo declares independence from
Serbia
- October 2007: Matt bags
Canada
- September 2007: Richard and Andy bag
Bosnia and Herzegovina,
Montenegro and
Albania and
sleep in Croatia.
- August 2007: Matt bags
North Korea and
Pyongyang
- July 2007: Matt bags
Qatar and
Doha
- May 2007: Richard bags
Latvia and
Riga,
Estonia and
Tallinn,
Finland and
Helsinki
- April 2007: Richard bags
Poland and
Warsaw,
Lithuania and
Vilnius
- March 2007: Matt bags
Japan
- February 2007: Andy bags
Estonia and
Tallinn,
Latvia and
Riga,
Lithuania and
Vilnius
- December 2006: Matt bags
United States
- October 2006: Andy bags
Malta and
Valletta.
- September 2006: Richard bags
UAE,
China and
Beijing.
- July 2006: Matt bags
Philippines and
Manila
- June 2006: Serbia and Montenegro dissolves. Previous visits are now counted as
Serbia
- April 2006: Richard bags
Andorra and
Andorra de Vella,
Monaco and
Monaco-Ville,
San Marino and
San Marino
- November 2005: Matt
sleeps in Poland, bags
Hungary and
Budapest
- October 2005: Matt bags
Beijing,
Mongolia,
Ulan Batur,
Russia and
Moscow.
- September 2005: Matt bags
Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia,
Indonesia and
China.
- August 2005: Andy bags
India and
Delhi, Richard bags
India and
Delhi, Matt bags
UAE,
Sri Lanka and
Colombo.
- June 2005: Andy
sleeps in Slovakia
- January 2005: Matt bags
Delhi.
- September 2004: Matt bags
India.
- August/September 2004: Richard bags
Roseau,
Dominica and
Antigua & Barbuda
- July 2004: Andy bags
Finland
- July 2004: Matt bags
Turkey and
Bulgaria, Andy bags
Bulgaria, Richard bags
Turkey.
Maps
A "hexagonal visualisation" of this page is also available. Each country is represented by a hexagon of equal size: here are the maps for
Andrew,
Matthew and
Richard and our
combined map.
You can also link here to create your own map using an URL of the following form. name should be a URL-escaped name, and countries should be a comma-separated list of uppercase ISO country codes.
https://www.mattmayer.com/fun/countries/map/?name=Your%20name&countries=GB,IE,AU
Links
Other country-baggers (who may use rather looser definitions
of 'country' can be found here and here.
If you're a country-bagger and would like a link to your website, do feel free to contact me.