Countries visited
16
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
34.0%
Places Visited
72
Map mode
Countries
Aggregated by country centroid
Asia visited map
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Most explored countries in this view
- Kyrgyzstan15 places
- Jordan10 places
- Cambodia6 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. 16 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 31 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
CambodiaThe most beautiful thing in Cambodia isn't the country - it's the Cambodian people.
ChinaChina is not a country or a language but a world.
IsraelIsrael changed my life. It is one of the most amazing countries that I have ever been to.
JordanJordan has a strange, haunting beauty and a sense of timelessness.
KazakhstanThere was no such thing as Kazakhstan. It was just a chunk of Soviet Union. I had to build a country...
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.
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
South KoreaMy favorite thing about South Korea is the people - they are so kind and helpful.- TajikistanMay your path be bright and happy, my dear Tajikistan! Tajikistan forward! Forward! Forward!
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- UzbekistanIn Uzbekistan, every corner tells the story of an empire that crossed East and West, leaving the scent of spices and legends in the wind.
Open full list of countries
31 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.
- CambodiaThe most beautiful thing in Cambodia isn't the country - it's the Cambodian people.
- ChinaChina is not a country or a language but a world.
- GeorgiaGeorgia: place guides with photographs, maps, and notes from the road.
- IndiaIndia: place guides with photographs, maps, and notes from the road.
- Indonesiaa better Indonesia will forever be a promise—but one that is forever worthy of effort.
- 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.
- JapanJapan: place guides with photographs, maps, and notes from the road.
- JordanJordan has a strange, haunting beauty and a sense of timelessness.
- KazakhstanThere was no such thing as Kazakhstan. It was just a chunk of Soviet Union. I had to build a country...
- 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.
- 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 KoreaMy favorite thing about South Korea is the people - they are so kind and helpful.
- Sri LankaSri Lanka: place guides with photographs, maps, and notes from the road.
- SyriaSyria: place guides with photographs, maps, and notes from the road.
- TajikistanMay your path be bright and happy, my dear Tajikistan! Tajikistan forward! Forward! Forward!
- 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.
- UzbekistanIn Uzbekistan, every corner tells the story of an empire that crossed East and West, leaving the scent of spices and legends in the wind.
- VietnamVietnam: place guides with photographs, maps, and notes from the road.
- YemenYemen: place guides with photographs, maps, and notes from the road.