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30 Countries By 30 Travel Challenge | Alejandro’s 30th Birthday

ApePhresh 30 by 30 - Alejandro's 30th Birthday

On June 23rd Mr. Ward celebrated his 30th Birthday! Last year he set a goal to reach 30 countries by his 30th birthday. Sometime after his 29th birthday, he realized he was at 19 countries. Reaching an additional 11 countries in 1 year didn’t seem impossible so we set out to make his goal a reality and added it to our bucketlist. 

About halfway through we thought he wasn’t going to make it due to interrupted travel plans (who could have foreseen snow storms in winter? LOL). So at the last minute, we decided to spend the last month in South America visiting 4 countries. And guess what HE MADE IT! And actually passed it. This is a major accomplishment for someone who never had the privilege to travel as a child and only obtained his passport 7 years ago. Here’s the list of all the countries he’s been to. The countries are not in any particular order.

  1. The United States – Birth  Baby Alejandro | #ApePhresh30by30
  2. England – April 2015  MeetTheWardsInLondon
  3. France – October 2017ApePhresh30by30 France
  4. Italy – February 2018IMG_0852
  5. The Netherlands – February 2018  IMG_1477
  6. The Vatican – February 2018  St. Peters Basilica | Vatican City, Vatican | MeetTheWards.Com
  7. Turkey – May 2018ed069770-2dea-4883-b012-539a3fe2156d
  8. Cambodia – May 2017
  9. Laos – October 2016
  10. Thailand – August 2016 ApePhresh 30 by 30 Thailand
  11. Bahrain – May 2018 ApePhresh30by30 Bahrain
  12. China – March 2017
  13. Kuwait – August 2017ApePhresh30by30 Kuwait
  14. Malaysia – July 2017 ApePhresh30by30 Malaysia
  15. Qatar – November 2017ApePhresh30by30 Qatar
  16. The United Arab Emirates – December 2014
  17. Barbados – June 2016ApePhresh30by30 Barbados
  18. The Dominican Republic – May 2014  ApePhresh 30 by 30 Dominican Republic - DR
  19. The United States of Mexico – February 2012
  20. Panama – June 2018 ApePhresh 30 by 30 Panama
  21. Puerto Rico  ApePhresh 30 By 30 Puerto Rico
  22. Saint Kitts and Nevis – July 2010
  23. Sint Maarten – July 2010
  24. The Bahamas – May 2011ApePhresh30by30 Bahamas
  25. Turks and Caicos – July 2010
  26. Colombia – July 2015  ApePhresh 30 by 30 Colombia
  27. Ecuador – June 2018ApePhresh 30 by 30 Ecuador
  28. Paraguay – June 2018
  29. Peru – June 2018 ApePhresh 30 by 30 Peru
  30. Egypt – April 2018ApePhresh 30 by 30 Egypt
Check out the map of all the places we’ve been
See the Hashtag on Instagram #ApePhresh30by30 to see more pictures of this journey

 

After we finished galavanting through South America we came back to Orlando to celebrate Mr. Ward’s Birthday properly. I threw him a surprise birthday party that all his friends and family had a hand in. I think he truly enjoyed his day.

His friends and family helped me surprise him with this video. The original goal of this video was to get 30 people to say something nice about Mr. Ward for his 30th birthday. Since he is nothing but amazing many more people came forward. The video is in order from who he met first.

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Now that he’s crossed one travel goal off of his list. What should be next? Give him some suggestions in the comments.

 

Two Traveling Texans

22 thoughts on “30 Countries By 30 Travel Challenge | Alejandro’s 30th Birthday

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  4. Anda

    Yay! Congratulations and Happy Birthday to your husband. Sometimes in life is better to set lower goals so that you can achieve them. I don’t think I’d like to travel just for the sake of achieving a goal. I want to enjoy my travels and I don’t care how many countries I visit as long as I travel for the good reasons.

  5. Jill

    A fantastic goal – and even more important, he looks like he’s enjoying all that travel! Glad it worked out for him despite the travel interruptions! #theweeklypostcard

  6. Anisa

    That is impressive! I loved seeing all the pictures. It was so nice of you to put together the surprise party and video! So for the next challenge maybe go to a certain number of new places each year. Thanks for sharing on #TheWeeklyPostcard.

    1. Victoria Post author

      Yes he was really surprised and truly enjoyed his self. Going a certain number of places per year would be a good goal to set. Thanks for stopping by

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