This past year has been full of great opportunities to visit a bunch of new countries. Longtime listeners know how much I love travelling and exploring the world, so I thought we would give you a bit of a highlight reel of some of the places that I got to see and some of the insights that I learned from the past year of travels.  As you all know, I don’t pull punches or mince words - so this episode features stories of all varieties - the good, the bad and yes, even the ugly. Enjoy!   TODAY'S EPISODE ABOUT MY TRAVEL CHRONICLES IN 2023 Find out how I first got the travel bug well over twenty years ago and haven’t stopped travelling since.  Learn an important lesson about travel safety and situational awareness from a recent trip to Turkey. Hear some stories from my trip to Georgia, including my interesting conversation with a baseball-bat-wielding cabbie. Listen in to my initial impressions of Armenia upon arriving in its capital city of Yerevan. Discover the crazy roundabout way I had to get from Armenia to Azerbaijan due to the border between the two neighbouring rival countries being closed. Find out how I had to navigate some of the wildest airline snafus I have ever experienced on my journey back from the “Liberty In Our Lifetime” conference in Prague. Get a behind-the-scenes look at what my Expat Exploration & Investment Tours are like as I provide a glimpse into our recent Uruguay tour. Hear about my very first trip to Paraguay and the great potential I see for investment opportunities in that country.   SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER Start next year off right by ensuring you receive the EMS Pulse newsletter and the weekly Expat Sunday Times! Sign up now, and you’ll also receive my FREE special report, “Plan B Residencies and Instant Citizenships.”   RELATED EPISODES 250: The Biggest and Best of Expat Money 223: Best of Privacy & Secrecy 169: Best of Foreign Languages 2021   CONCLUSION This year has been one of the most active travel years I’ve had in recent memory, and certainly the most travel I’ve done since the ‘scamdemic.’ And I got to inch closer to my goal of visiting every country in the world with first-time visits to places like Armenia, Azerbaijan and Paraguay. I am just beginning to make plans for various exploratory trips and client tours for 2024, and you can rest assured you’ll hear about all of them right here on the Expat Money Show. See you all next Wednesday!Mentioned in this episode:No Plan-B Without the LanguageIf you’re planning to move overseas—or even just set up your offshore Plan-B—learning the local language isn’t optional. It’s protection. It’s access. It’s power. StoryLearning makes it easy to start today, from home, by immersing you in real stories—not grammar drills. Spanish, Portuguese, French, and more—learn the language the smart way before you land. Go to StoryLearningCourses.com.Story Learning CoursesThis Is Your Invitation to The HubThis isn’t for tourists. This is for serious freedom-seekers. The Hub—our private membership for expats and investors—is now open. Inside, you’ll get $2,000 off every trip, direct access to my offshore Rolodex, and exclusive calls with the sharpest minds in the game. No fluff. No gatekeeping. Just real strategies for real sovereignty. We only open this a few times a year—and spots fill fast. Go to ExpatMoney.com/go. Join The Hub - Our Paid Members Only CommunityGovernments Hate This TripParaguay doesn’t make headlines—and that’s exactly what makes it powerful. No wealth tax. No global tax. No chaos. This year, I’m leading a private group into the heart of Latin America’s best-kept secret. You’ll get boots-on-the-ground access to lawyers, investments, and a second residency most people don’t even know exists. Governments hate this strategy—and that’s exactly why it works. If you’re serious about a real escape plan, go to ExpatMoney.com/Paraguay.No Plan-B Without the LanguageIf you’re planning to move overseas—or even just set up your offshore Plan-B—learning the local language isn’t optional. It’s protection. It’s access. It’s power. StoryLearning makes it easy to start today, from home, by immersing you in real stories—not grammar drills. Spanish, Portuguese, French, and more—learn the language the smart way before you land. Go to StoryLearningCourses.com.Story Learning CoursesThis Is Your Invitation to The HubThis isn’t for tourists. This is for serious freedom-seekers. The Hub—our private membership for expats and investors—is now open. Inside, you’ll get $2,000 off every trip, direct access to my offshore Rolodex, and exclusive calls with the sharpest minds in the game. No fluff. No gatekeeping. Just real strategies for real sovereignty. We only open this a few times a year—and spots fill fast. Go to ExpatMoney.com/go. Join The Hub - Our Paid Members Only Community