Countries visited
14
47 total
Asia
Exploring Asia
Those of us lucky enough to fall in love with Asia know that it's an affair that's as long as it is resonant.
On the map
Where Asia lives on my map — how many countries already have a hub, how many place stories are live, and a chart you can flip between country view and individual pins.
Coverage
29.8%
Places Visited
64
Map mode
Countries
Aggregated by country centroid
Asia visited map
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Most explored countries in this view
- Kyrgyzstan16 places
- Jordan10 places
- Kazakhstan6 places
- Tajikistan6 places
- Uzbekistan6 places
Special territories
Territories with their own story collections — listed here so you can open them quickly; they don’t count as extra countries in the regional totals.
Countries
Every country in this region that I track on the site is listed below — one steady roll-call so the map and the numbers tell the same story. 13 of 47 already open to a hub with published guides; the rest stay on the list so you can see what I haven’t written yet.Countries with a hub or place pages are listed first. The other 34 sit under “Open full list of countries” — expand it for the complete UN set (including countries that already have guides), aligned with the map totals, without scrolling past dozens of tiles to find what you can read today.
Hubs & place stories
IsraelIsrael changed my life. It is one of the most amazing countries that I have ever been to.- Frank Grillo
JordanJordan has a strange, haunting beauty and a sense of timelessness.- KazakhstanKazakhstan is steppe wind, Silk Road memory, and cities rising faster than the maps.
- KyrgyzstanKyrgyzstan is yurt smoke, mountain passes, and tea poured for strangers like family.
MalaysiaMalaysia is a country unlike any other: Full of promise and fragility. - Tariq Ramadan
NepalNepal is wondrous. It is full of ancient stories and beautiful temples, not to mention the world’s most magnificent mountain range
PalestineI would like to go and dance in Palestine one day, with great pleasure, great pleasure.
SingaporeThere's nowhere that looks like Singapore; it's absolutely beautiful on a purely aesthetic level- Lisa Joy- TajikistanTajikistan holds the Pamirs like a spine of snow above every valley story.
ThailandThailand was built on compassion
TürkiyeIstanbul is the city where continents argue in whispers and call it music.
TurkmenistanTurkmenistan: A Land Of Health And Happiness...And Horses- UzbekistanUzbekistan is blue domes, bazaar noise, and desert heat that remembers every caravan.
Open full list of countries
34 without a guide
Every sovereign state in this region on the UN list — same as the map totals — with links where a hub or place page exists.
- AfghanistanAfghanistan: place guides with photographs, maps, and notes from the road.
- ArmeniaArmenia: place guides with photographs, maps, and notes from the road.
- AzerbaijanAzerbaijan: place guides with photographs, maps, and notes from the road.
- BahrainBahrain: place guides with photographs, maps, and notes from the road.
- BangladeshBangladesh: place guides with photographs, maps, and notes from the road.
- BhutanBhutan: place guides with photographs, maps, and notes from the road.
- BruneiBrunei: place guides with photographs, maps, and notes from the road.
- CambodiaCambodia: place guides with photographs, maps, and notes from the road.
- ChinaChina: place guides with photographs, maps, and notes from the road.
- GeorgiaGeorgia: place guides with photographs, maps, and notes from the road.
- IndiaIndia: place guides with photographs, maps, and notes from the road.
- IndonesiaIndonesia is seventeen thousand islands of smoke, surf, and voices that never quite agree — and that is the point.
- IranIran: place guides with photographs, maps, and notes from the road.
- IraqIraq: place guides with photographs, maps, and notes from the road.
- IsraelIsrael changed my life. It is one of the most amazing countries that I have ever been to.- Frank Grillo
- JapanJapan: place guides with photographs, maps, and notes from the road.
- JordanJordan has a strange, haunting beauty and a sense of timelessness.
- KazakhstanKazakhstan is steppe wind, Silk Road memory, and cities rising faster than the maps.
- KuwaitKuwait: place guides with photographs, maps, and notes from the road.
- KyrgyzstanKyrgyzstan is yurt smoke, mountain passes, and tea poured for strangers like family.
- LaosLaos: place guides with photographs, maps, and notes from the road.
- LebanonLebanon: place guides with photographs, maps, and notes from the road.
- MalaysiaMalaysia is a country unlike any other: Full of promise and fragility. - Tariq Ramadan
- MaldivesMaldives: place guides with photographs, maps, and notes from the road.
- MongoliaMongolia: place guides with photographs, maps, and notes from the road.
- MyanmarMyanmar: place guides with photographs, maps, and notes from the road.
- NepalNepal is wondrous. It is full of ancient stories and beautiful temples, not to mention the world’s most magnificent mountain range
- North KoreaNorth Korea: place guides with photographs, maps, and notes from the road.
- OmanOman: place guides with photographs, maps, and notes from the road.
- PakistanPakistan: place guides with photographs, maps, and notes from the road.
- PalestineI would like to go and dance in Palestine one day, with great pleasure, great pleasure.
- PhilippinesPhilippines: place guides with photographs, maps, and notes from the road.
- QatarQatar: place guides with photographs, maps, and notes from the road.
- Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia: place guides with photographs, maps, and notes from the road.
- SingaporeThere's nowhere that looks like Singapore; it's absolutely beautiful on a purely aesthetic level- Lisa Joy
- South KoreaSouth Korea: place guides with photographs, maps, and notes from the road.
- Sri LankaSri Lanka: place guides with photographs, maps, and notes from the road.
- SyriaSyria: place guides with photographs, maps, and notes from the road.
- TajikistanTajikistan holds the Pamirs like a spine of snow above every valley story.
- ThailandThailand was built on compassion
- Timor-LesteTimor-Leste: place guides with photographs, maps, and notes from the road.
- TürkiyeIstanbul is the city where continents argue in whispers and call it music.
- TurkmenistanTurkmenistan: A Land Of Health And Happiness...And Horses
- United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates: place guides with photographs, maps, and notes from the road.
- UzbekistanUzbekistan is blue domes, bazaar noise, and desert heat that remembers every caravan.
- VietnamVietnam: place guides with photographs, maps, and notes from the road.
- YemenYemen: place guides with photographs, maps, and notes from the road.