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THE MIDDLE EAST & BEYOND
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Doug BarnardTRAVELER · YOUTUBER · GUIDE

A little about me

Hi there!
I’m Doug.

I’m an American traveler, YouTuber, and guide who’s spent years exploring the Middle East and beyond. I share those travels with over 650,000 subscribers on YouTube and organize trips to many of the places featured in my videos.

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The journey so far

Countries Doug has visited.

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Countries Doug has visited68 visited countries are highlighted in gold, together with Northern Cyprus. A complete country list follows the map.Fiji · Not yet visitedTanzania · Not yet visitedWestern Sahara · Not yet visitedCanada · Not yet visitedUnited States · VisitedKazakhstan · VisitedUzbekistan · Not yet visitedPapua New Guinea · Not yet visitedIndonesia · VisitedArgentina · Not yet visitedChile · Not yet visitedDemocratic Republic of the Congo · Not yet visitedSomalia · Not yet visitedKenya · VisitedSudan · VisitedChad · Not yet visitedHaiti · Not yet visitedDominican Republic · Not yet visitedRussia · VisitedBahamas · VisitedFalkland Islands · Not yet visitedNorway · Not yet visitedGreenland · Not yet visitedTimor-Leste · Not yet visitedSouth Africa · Not yet visitedLesotho · Not yet visitedMexico · VisitedUruguay · Not yet visitedBrazil · Not yet visitedBolivia · Not yet visitedPeru · Not yet visitedColombia · VisitedPanama · Not yet visitedCosta Rica · Not yet visitedNicaragua · Not yet visitedHonduras · Not yet visitedEl Salvador · Not yet visitedGuatemala · Not yet visitedBelize · Not yet visitedVenezuela · Not yet visitedGuyana · Not yet visitedSuriname · Not yet visitedFrance · VisitedEcuador · Not yet visitedPuerto Rico · Not yet visitedJamaica · VisitedCuba · Not yet visitedZimbabwe · Not yet visitedBotswana · Not yet visitedNamibia · Not yet visitedSenegal · Not yet visitedMali · Not yet visitedMauritania · Not yet visitedBenin · Not yet visitedNiger · Not yet visitedNigeria · Not yet visitedCameroon · Not yet visitedTogo · Not yet visitedGhana · Not yet visitedCôted'Ivoire · Not yet visitedGuinea · Not yet visitedGuinea-Bissau · Not yet visitedLiberia · Not yet visitedSierra Leone · Not yet visitedBurkina Faso · Not yet visitedCentral African Republic · Not yet visitedRepublic of the Congo · Not yet visitedGabon · Not yet visitedEquatorial Guinea · Not yet visitedZambia · Not yet visitedMalawi · Not yet visitedMozambique · Not yet visitedEswatini · Not yet visitedAngola · Not yet visitedBurundi · Not yet visitedIsrael · Not yet visitedLebanon · VisitedMadagascar · Not yet visitedPalestine · Not yet visitedThe Gambia · Not yet visitedTunisia · VisitedAlgeria · Not yet visitedJordan · VisitedUnited Arab Emirates · VisitedQatar · VisitedKuwait · VisitedIraq · VisitedOman · VisitedVanuatu · Not yet visitedCambodia · VisitedThailand · VisitedLao PDR · VisitedMyanmar · Not yet visitedVietnam · VisitedNorth Korea · Not yet visitedSouth Korea · VisitedMongolia · VisitedIndia · VisitedBangladesh · VisitedBhutan · Not yet visitedNepal · Not yet visitedPakistan · VisitedAfghanistan · Not yet visitedTajikistan · Not yet visitedKyrgyzstan · VisitedTurkmenistan · VisitedIran · Not yet visitedSyria · VisitedArmenia · Not yet visitedSweden · VisitedBelarus · Not yet visitedUkraine · VisitedPoland · VisitedAustria · VisitedHungary · VisitedMoldova · VisitedRomania · VisitedLithuania · Not yet visitedLatvia · Not yet visitedEstonia · Not yet visitedGermany · VisitedBulgaria · Not yet visitedGreece · VisitedTurkey · VisitedAlbania · VisitedCroatia · Not yet visitedSwitzerland · Not yet visitedLuxembourg · Not yet visitedBelgium · VisitedNetherlands · VisitedPortugal · VisitedSpain · VisitedIreland · VisitedNew Caledonia · Not yet visitedSolomon Islands · Not yet visitedNew Zealand · Not yet visitedAustralia · Not yet visitedSri Lanka · VisitedChina · VisitedTaiwan · VisitedItaly · VisitedDenmark · VisitedUnited Kingdom · VisitedIceland · Not yet visitedAzerbaijan · VisitedGeorgia · VisitedPhilippines · VisitedMalaysia · VisitedBrunei Darussalam · Not yet visitedSlovenia · Not yet visitedFinland · VisitedSlovakia · VisitedCzech Republic · VisitedEritrea · Not yet visitedJapan · Not yet visitedParaguay · Not yet visitedYemen · Not yet visitedSaudi Arabia · VisitedNorthern Cyprus · VisitedCyprus · VisitedMorocco · VisitedEgypt · VisitedLibya · Not yet visitedEthiopia · Not yet visitedDjibouti · Not yet visitedSomaliland · Not yet visitedUganda · Not yet visitedRwanda · Not yet visitedBosnia and Herzegovina · Not yet visitedMacedonia · Not yet visitedSerbia · VisitedMontenegro · Not yet visitedKosovo · Not yet visitedTrinidad and Tobago · Not yet visitedSouth Sudan · Not yet visitedBahrain · VisitedSingapore · VisitedVatican City · Visited
68 countries visited+ Northern Cyprus
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  • Albania
  • Austria
  • Azerbaijan
  • Bahamas
  • Bahrain
  • Bangladesh
  • Belgium
  • Cambodia
  • China
  • Colombia
  • Cyprus
  • Czech Republic
  • Denmark
  • Egypt
  • Finland
  • France
  • Georgia
  • Germany
  • Greece
  • Hungary
  • India
  • Indonesia
  • Iraq
  • Ireland
  • Italy
  • Jamaica
  • Jordan
  • Kazakhstan
  • Kenya
  • Kuwait
  • Kyrgyzstan
  • Lao PDR
  • Lebanon
  • Malaysia
  • Mexico
  • Moldova
  • Mongolia
  • Morocco
  • Netherlands
  • Oman
  • Pakistan
  • Philippines
  • Poland
  • Portugal
  • Qatar
  • Romania
  • Russia
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Serbia
  • Singapore
  • Slovakia
  • South Korea
  • Spain
  • Sri Lanka
  • Sudan
  • Sweden
  • Syria
  • Taiwan
  • Thailand
  • Tunisia
  • Turkey
  • Turkmenistan
  • Ukraine
  • United Arab Emirates
  • United Kingdom
  • United States
  • Vatican City
  • Vietnam

Also visited: Northern Cyprus.