Indonesia

After finally managing to visit a patch of North Korea and reaching all 195 countries, Alford planned a reward trip for herself: the Raja Ampat Islands, off West Papua, in Indonesia. “You can’t run out of islands to explore in Indonesia,” she says, but these are some of the favorites. The water is crystal clear, allowing for world-class scuba diving and snorkeling, the beaches are white sand, and you can stay in one of those tantalizing beach huts that sit on stilts above the placid seas.