Lee Abbamonte
Try to become the youngest person to travel to every country in the world
Asleep in Lesotho
By Lee | 
4 Comments » Driving in Africa is always an adventure. You never know what you are going to run into. Whether its drunk drivers, crazy minibuses or animals hogging the street, you are... [Read this entry]
Djibouti, Djibouti
By Lee | 3 Comments » It’s really fun to say Djibouti. I keep finding myself just saying the word over and over-you should try it, it’s kind of fun. It’s also spelled neatly... [Read this entry]
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
By Lee | 1 Comment » I spent the first half of today in Addis Ababa, which is the pleasant capital of Ethiopia and a major travel hub for Eastern Africa. This was my fifth... [Read this entry]
Climbing Table Mountain
By Lee | 4 Comments » Table Mountain looms over Cape Town, South Africa like a mother elephant looms over her young in the African wild to protect and watch over them. It is a truly... [Read this entry]
The Sands of Time
By Lee | 2 Comments » The Sahara Desert occupies the vast majority of North Africa stretching from the Red Sea and Mediterranean to the Atlantic Ocean. The Sahara, “The Great Desert”, is the world’s largest... [Read this entry]
Robben Island
By Lee | 2 Comments » Robben Island is located about 12 kilometers from Cape Town, South Africa and is reached by ferry from the Victoria and Albert Waterfront. Since 1997, it has become one... [Read this entry]
Death in Maputo, Mozambique
By Lee | 5 Comments » We arrived in Maputo, Mozambique with no expectations. We decided to visit Mozambique on a whim because Mike and I were in nearby Nelspruit, South Africa after a four-day safari... [Read this entry]
Driving in Lesotho
By Lee | 2 Comments » Driving in Africa is always an adventure. You never know what you are going to run into. Whether its drunk drivers, crazy minibuses or animals hogging the street, you are... [Read this entry]
Darfur
By Lee | 3 Comments » As many of you know, I am very interested in the situation in Darfur and have given to the charity at savedarfur.org in the past and closely monitor what happens... [Read this entry]
Climbing Table Mountain
By Lee | 6 Comments » Table Mountain looms over Capetown, South Africa like a mother elephant looms over her young in the African wild to protect and watch over them. It is a truly awe-inspiring... [Read this entry]
Lee Abbamonte is a published travel writer, global adventurer and worldwide travel expert based in New York City. Lee is attempting to become the youngest person to travel to every country in the world. He has currently been to over 164 countries and is only 29 years old. From this site you will be able to relive his past travels, read his blog and interract with him, while following his adventures in pursuit of the record. The record is visiting all 317 countries and unique destinations in the world per the Travelers Century Club list. The current record is 37 years, 9 months, 17 days and Lee hopes to beat it.- Africa
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Hey, Thanks for saying all these good things abou ... [read more] - Lindsey on Central Asia’s Holiest City
always entertaining to see where you are. you're ... [read more] - sue on New 7 Wonders Profile-Pyramids, Egypt
Having been on holiday and visited the pyramids at ... [read more] - Graham Richard. on Delhi
Sounds a bit like Bogota to the extreme. - Alix on Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
You can't have a proper name in Scrabble...right? - Lee on Central Asia’s Holiest City
I literally just posted this story and turned arou ... [read more] - Sveta on Penjikent and the Marguzor Lakes
Tajikistan is an amzing country. I lived there for ... [read more] - Lee on Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
True that! Congrats on your wedding-2 days after m ... [read more] - Jemma on The Golden Road to Samarkand
I've never heard of that place but I like the poet ... [read more] - Melanie on Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
You and I...the only Terps I know who have been to ... [read more]
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