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Counting Countries

Counting Countries

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With a membership of only around 100, it’s one of the most exclusive clubs on Earth. In fact, more people have been to outer space than have earned their way into this, the ultimate travel club. According to the United Nations there are 193 sovereign nations in the world. Welcome to the only podcast to bring you the stories from the dedicated few who’ve spent their lives on the singular quest of traveling to them all. Welcome, to Counting Countries. With your host, Ric Gazarian.

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Extraordinary Travel Festival II Update #5 - Richard Barrow

Published: April 30, 2024, 2:40 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 27 minutes 21 seconds

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Tan Wee Cheng ... An Iconoclast

Published: April 18, 2024, 3:16 p.m.
Duration: 2 hours 23 minutes 11 seconds

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Elena Chechina ... A Lost Day Of Your Life

Published: March 19, 2024, 9:20 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 50 minutes 1 second

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Hayley Kennedy ... Overcoming Obstacles

Published: Feb. 21, 2024, 8:36 a.m.
Duration: 2 hours 13 minutes 9 seconds

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Extraordinary Travel Festival II Update #4

Published: Feb. 2, 2024, 9:41 a.m.
Duration: 2 hours 21 minutes 16 seconds

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Raiiq Ridwan ... The Travel Bug

Published: Jan. 28, 2024, 12:28 p.m.
Duration: 2 hours 43 minutes 47 seconds

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Extraordinary Travel Festival II Update #3

Published: Jan. 3, 2024, 1:21 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 24 minutes 14 seconds

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Thor Pedersen ... He Did It!I

Published: Dec. 15, 2023, 3:58 p.m.
Duration: 2 hours 15 minutes 27 seconds

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Zach Forbes ... Passion For People

Published: Nov. 16, 2023, 4:08 p.m.
Duration: 2 hours 7 minutes 16 seconds

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Extraordinary Travel Festival Update II #2 With Lakshmi Parthasarathy

Published: Nov. 2, 2023, 2:03 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes 14 seconds

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Michael Noel ... Spinning The Globe

Published: Oct. 13, 2023, 3:02 p.m.
Duration: 2 hours 18 minutes 52 seconds

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Orest Zub ... To The Extreme

Published: Sept. 15, 2023, 11:20 a.m.
Duration: 2 hours 4 minutes 19 seconds

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Extraordinary Travel Festival II Update #1

Published: Aug. 30, 2023, 4:42 a.m.
Duration: 19 minutes 50 seconds

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Ed Hotchkiss ... On The Quest

Published: Aug. 15, 2023, 2:26 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 47 minutes 43 seconds

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Ross OC Jennings ... Opening Doors

Published: July 13, 2023, 11:41 a.m.
Duration: 2 hours 22 minutes 28 seconds

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David Yang ... Always On The Move

Published: June 7, 2023, 9:14 p.m.
Duration: 2 hours 9 minutes 43 seconds

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Renee Bruns ... Live More Authentically

Published: May 10, 2023, 8:48 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 44 minutes 2 seconds

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Barry Hoffner ... Connecting The Dots

Published: April 12, 2023, 1:20 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 32 minutes 5 seconds

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Riza Rasco ... Embedding While Traveling

Published: March 15, 2023, 10:06 a.m.
Duration: 2 hours 22 minutes 17 seconds

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Katelyn Jarvis ... Giving Back In West Point

Published: Jan. 31, 2023, 12:41 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 45 minutes 39 seconds

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Ildiko Szabo ... Daydreaming Of Koalas

Published: Jan. 4, 2023, 3:35 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 45 minutes 10 seconds

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The Kidnapping Of Dr Song (Nopparat Rattanawaraha)

Published: Oct. 23, 2022, 3:38 p.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 56 seconds

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Extraordinary Travel Festival Update #6

Published: Oct. 4, 2022, 7:21 p.m.
Duration: 21 minutes 32 seconds

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Paul Barbato ... Embrace The Trainwreck

Published: Aug. 16, 2022, 6:36 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 48 minutes 30 seconds

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Sultan Of Slowjamastan

Published: July 13, 2022, 3:16 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 26 minutes 9 seconds

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Lucy Hsu ... Its A Compromise

Published: June 14, 2022, 9:25 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 29 minutes 36 seconds

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Extraordinary Travel Festival Update #5

Published: May 19, 2022, 8:47 p.m.
Duration: 40 minutes 48 seconds

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Jorge Serpa ... Worst Day On The Road

Published: April 25, 2022, 4:24 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 25 minutes 40 seconds

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The Cassie De Pecol Lawsuit

Published: April 20, 2022, 12:13 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 9 minutes 17 seconds

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Drew Binsky ... We Are All The Same

Published: Feb. 8, 2022, 5:15 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 47 minutes 42 seconds

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Extraordinary Travel Festival Update #4

Published: Feb. 1, 2022, 5 p.m.
Duration: 22 minutes 39 seconds

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Extraordinary Travel Festival Update #3

Published: Jan. 10, 2022, 2:05 p.m.
Duration: 40 minutes 29 seconds

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Extraordinary Travel Festival Update #2

Published: Jan. 7, 2022, 12:17 p.m.
Duration: 48 minutes

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Mette Ehlers Mikkelsen ... Four Generations Of Female Travelers

Published: Dec. 16, 2021, 5 a.m.
Duration: 2 hours 6 minutes 33 seconds

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Tommy Shuai Shao ... Chasing 244

Published: Oct. 21, 2021, 4:30 a.m.
Duration: 2 hours 20 minutes 50 seconds

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Counting Countries - Special Announcement

Published: Oct. 13, 2021, 6:50 a.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 39 seconds

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Ted Nims ... Hanging With Alferd Packer

Published: Aug. 12, 2021, 4:30 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 58 minutes 35 seconds

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Ben Dowson ... Nicking Sheeps

Published: June 10, 2021, 4:30 a.m.
Duration: 3 hours 48 minutes 6 seconds

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Nick Butter ... Dont Wait For A Diagnosis

Published: April 8, 2021, 4:30 a.m.
Duration: 2 hours 8 minutes 23 seconds

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Gina Morello ... No Roof On Your Dreams

Published: Feb. 11, 2021, 5 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 41 minutes 34 seconds

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Indy Nelson...Looking For The Pieces Of A Puzzle

Published: Dec. 10, 2020, 5 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 42 minutes 18 seconds

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Jack Goldstein...Itching To Cross Borders

Published: Nov. 12, 2020, 5 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 46 minutes 31 seconds

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Natasha Keary ... Lived In 10 Different Countries

Published: Oct. 8, 2020, 4 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 12 minutes 33 seconds

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Graham Hughes...Three Hobbits Named Mohammed

Published: Sept. 10, 2020, 4 a.m.
Duration: 2 hours 48 minutes 41 seconds

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Very Hungry Nomads...On Their Reverse Retirement

Published: Aug. 13, 2020, 4 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 20 minutes 17 seconds

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Chris Sutherland...Striking Out On His Own

Published: July 9, 2020, 4 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 28 minutes 55 seconds

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Joss Stone...Performing In Every Country In The World

Published: June 11, 2020, 4 a.m.
Duration: 2 hours 32 seconds

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Francis Tapon ... Traveled Africa With Three Thousand Friends

Published: May 14, 2020, 4 a.m.
Duration: 2 hours 44 minutes 26 seconds

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Melissa Roy...Dreams From Her Father

Published: April 9, 2020, 4 a.m.
Duration: 2 hours 23 minutes 14 seconds

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Lorenzo Riccardi...Marrying Economics And Travel

Published: March 12, 2020, 4 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 41 minutes 53 seconds

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Slawek Muturi...A Neighbor Of The World

Published: Feb. 13, 2020, 5 a.m.
Duration: 2 hours 20 minutes 55 seconds

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Stefan Krasowski and Jakob Oster ... Return Again

Published: Jan. 9, 2020, 5 a.m.
Duration: 2 hours 14 minutes 10 seconds

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Maryam Sultan Abdullah ... The Wonder Woman Of Travel

Published: Dec. 12, 2019, 5 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 39 minutes 43 seconds

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Kach Howe ... Dreamed Of Being A Diplomat

Published: Nov. 14, 2019, 5 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 52 minutes 41 seconds

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Charles Veley ... And The Commitment To Travel

Published: Oct. 10, 2019, 4 a.m.
Duration: 2 hours 46 minutes 1 second

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Per Besson ... On The Road To Turkmenistan CORRECTED

Published: Sept. 12, 2019, 12:53 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 40 minutes 46 seconds

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Lexie Alford ... Collecting 10,000 Documents

Published: Aug. 8, 2019, 4 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 44 minutes 26 seconds

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Live From Dubai! ... A Conversation With Four Extreme Travelers

Published: July 25, 2019, 4 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 26 minutes 21 seconds

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Live From Sealand! ... Extreme Travelers Gather & A Conversation With Prince Michael

Published: July 11, 2019, 4 a.m.
Duration: 2 hours 45 minutes 50 seconds

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Palle Bo ... re-invented himself at 50

Published: June 13, 2019, 4 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 28 minutes 40 seconds

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Adam Hickman ... striving to travel to every country before he turns 40

Published: May 9, 2019, 4 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 33 minutes 26 seconds

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Felix Mechnig-Giordano ... flirting with disaster in Syria

Published: April 11, 2019, 4 a.m.
Duration: 2 hours 6 minutes 18 seconds

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Thor Pedersen ... left home in October of 2013 to travel the world without taking any flights

Published: March 7, 2019, 5 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 48 minutes 23 seconds

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Sascha Grabow ... avoiding watermelons on the road

Published: Feb. 7, 2019, 5 a.m.
Duration: 2 hours 14 minutes 27 seconds

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Petro Marais ... and the slow boat to Laos

Published: Jan. 10, 2019, 5 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 33 minutes 43 seconds

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Debjeet Sen ... and the seduction of travel

Published: Dec. 13, 2018, 5 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 28 minutes 18 seconds

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Rus Margolin ... from communist to capitalist

Published: Nov. 29, 2018, 5 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 20 minutes 11 seconds

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Danay Bustamante ... introduces us to the three wise men of Burkina Faso

Published: Nov. 15, 2018, 5 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 32 minutes 37 seconds

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Jenna Klotz ... making friends in Mogadishu

Published: Nov. 1, 2018, 4 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 31 minutes 58 seconds

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Robert A. (Bob) Bonifas ... is ranked #2 on MTP

Published: Oct. 4, 2018, 4 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 39 minutes 53 seconds

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Mar Pages ... has completed her 100th country

Published: Sept. 20, 2018, 4 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 32 minutes 13 seconds

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Stephen Hughes ... is a threat to national security

Published: Sept. 6, 2018, 4 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 11 minutes 37 seconds

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Boris Kester ... has completed the 193

Published: Aug. 23, 2018, 4 a.m.
Duration: 2 hours 6 minutes 19 seconds

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Maurice Brand ... has completed 148 UN countries

Published: Aug. 9, 2018, 4 a.m.
Duration: 53 minutes 42 seconds

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Michael Runkel ... has completed 193 UN countries

Published: July 26, 2018, 4 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 9 minutes 49 seconds

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Lexie Alford

Published: July 12, 2018, 4 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 32 minutes 1 second

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Taylor Demonbreun ... has completed 125 UN countries

Published: June 28, 2018, 4 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 28 minutes 39 seconds

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Jorge Sanchez: Ranked first on Nomad Mania

Published: June 14, 2018, 9:44 p.m.
Duration: 2 hours 5 minutes 54 seconds

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Peleg Cohen ... has completed 133 UN countries as he gives back to the local community

Published: May 31, 2018, 4 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 19 minutes 58 seconds

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Samer Kawar ... has completed 145 UN countries, while marrying his passion for travel and architecture

Published: May 17, 2018, 4 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 21 minutes 21 seconds

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Frank Grosse-Oetringhaus ... has created a list of 5,000 places in the world to visit

Published: March 22, 2018, 4 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 49 minutes 31 seconds

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Jeff Shea summited the Seven Summits, traveled to all 193 countries, and much more!

Published: March 8, 2018, 5 a.m.
Duration: 2 hours 5 minutes 43 seconds

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George Kashouh has summited the highest mountain on six of the seven continents!

Published: Feb. 15, 2018, 5 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 34 minutes 10 seconds

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Babis Bizas - 193 countries ... and travels 300 days a year for several decades

Published: Feb. 1, 2018, 5 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 12 minutes 18 seconds

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Artemy Lebedev - 193 countries ... and exploring over 1500 cities

Published: Jan. 18, 2018, 6:01 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 36 minutes 58 seconds

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Jonny Blair - 113 countries ... a Northern Irishman in Poland

Published: Jan. 4, 2018, 6:01 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 19 minutes 5 seconds

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Tony Giles - 110 countries ... and blind and mostly deaf

Published: Dec. 21, 2017, 6:01 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 17 minutes 59 seconds

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Special Report - Turmoil In The Travel Community - The William Baekeland Controversy

Published: Dec. 7, 2017, 6:01 a.m.
Duration: 2 hours 35 minutes 49 seconds

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James Asquith - 193 countries ... and Guinness World Record Holder

Published: Nov. 23, 2017, 6:01 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 16 minutes 11 seconds

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Pongtharin Tanthasindhu - 113 countries ... and travelling on a Thai passport

Published: Nov. 9, 2017, 6:01 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes 53 seconds

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Arvinder Bahal - 178 countries ... and on his way to outer space!

Published: Oct. 26, 2017, 5:37 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 24 seconds

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Nina Sedano - 193 countries ... and one of the few women to accomplish this goal

Published: Oct. 12, 2017, 5:01 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 12 minutes 46 seconds

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Ellany Lea - 104 countries ... and living as a digital nomad

Published: Sept. 28, 2017, 5:01 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 5 minutes 35 seconds

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Jakob ster - 178 countries ... and travels with his family to Somalia and Afghanistan!

Published: Sept. 14, 2017, 6 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 35 minutes 16 seconds

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Maurizio Giuliano - 193 countries ... and in 2004 was the youngest person to travel to every country in the world!

Published: Aug. 31, 2017, 6 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 33 minutes 48 seconds

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Fabio Cao - 180 countries ... and counting!

Published: Aug. 17, 2017, 5:01 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 32 minutes 42 seconds

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Drew Binsky - 110 countries ... Guinness World Record Holder!

Published: Aug. 3, 2017, 6 a.m.
Duration: 58 minutes 28 seconds

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Randy Williams - 86 countries ... and counting!

Published: July 20, 2017, 6:01 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 39 minutes 23 seconds

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Eric Nguyen - 193 countries ... at the age of 24!

Published: July 6, 2017, 5:01 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 11 minutes 31 seconds

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Dustin Pfundheller - 193 countries ... at the age of 30 with the help of Tinder!

Published: June 22, 2017, 5:01 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 36 minutes 36 seconds

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Thomas Brackmann - 155 countries ... and planning on finishing in 2 years!

Published: June 8, 2017, 5:01 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 19 minutes 39 seconds

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Thanos Koukoutsakis - 146 countries ... with a doctorate in physics!

Published: May 11, 2017, 5:02 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 17 minutes 40 seconds

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Audrey Walsworth - 193 countries ... and 324/325 on the TCC List!

Published: April 27, 2017, 5:01 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 28 minutes 44 seconds

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Gary Arndt - 119 countries ... and over 300 UNESCO World Heritage Sites!

Published: April 13, 2017, 5:01 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 17 minutes 30 seconds

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Lee Abbamonte - 193 countries ... and the North and South Pole!

Published: March 30, 2017, 5:01 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 35 minutes 42 seconds

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Joao Paulo Peixoto - 193 countries ... and wedding ceremonies in 8 different countries!

Published: March 16, 2017, 5:01 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 24 seconds

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Sepp Kaiser - 190 countries ... on a single 10 year trip!

Published: March 2, 2017, 6:01 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 28 minutes 27 seconds

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Dave Levart - 140 countries ... and has visited over 850 wineries in Napa Valley!

Published: Feb. 16, 2017, 5 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes 34 seconds

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David Langan - 176 countries ... and counting!

Published: Feb. 2, 2017, 6:01 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 34 minutes 48 seconds

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Lawrence Williams - 152 countries ... and spreading his Uncles ashes in every country!

Published: Jan. 20, 2017, 6:01 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 37 minutes 10 seconds

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Don Parrish - 193 countries ... and is the most traveled person on MTP!

Published: Jan. 3, 2017, 6:01 a.m.
Duration: 2 hours 51 minutes 55 seconds

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Rick Shaver - 81 countries ... and counting!

Published: Dec. 13, 2016, 6:01 a.m.
Duration: 52 minutes 51 seconds

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Lillie Echevarria - 105 countries ... and counting!

Published: Nov. 29, 2016, 6:01 a.m.
Duration: 53 minutes 33 seconds

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Stefan Krasowski - 186 countries... and counting!

Published: Nov. 15, 2016, 6:01 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 50 seconds

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Sal Lavallo - 151 countries ... and only 26!

Published: Nov. 1, 2016, 6 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 6 minutes 58 seconds

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Savannah Grace - 107 countries ... and left to travel the world as a 14 year old!

Published: Oct. 18, 2016, 6 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 9 minutes 31 seconds

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Michael Runkel - 176 countries ... and counting!

Published: Sept. 27, 2016, 5 a.m.
Duration: 51 minutes 29 seconds

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Anna Zavialova - 92 countries ... and counting!

Published: Sept. 20, 2016, 6 a.m.
Duration: 41 minutes 8 seconds

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Anthony William - 38 countries ... accomplished in a wheelchair!

Published: Sept. 13, 2016, 6 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 5 minutes 21 seconds

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William Baekeland - 154 countries ... and is traveling to another list of 12,000 places!

Published: Sept. 6, 2016, 6 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes 5 seconds

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Mario Hardy - 82 countries ... and counting!

Published: Aug. 30, 2016, 6 a.m.
Duration: 48 minutes 55 seconds

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Thor Pedersen - 132 countries and no airplane flights!

Published: Aug. 23, 2016, 6 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 32 minutes 24 seconds

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Johnny Ward - 190 countries ... and only 3 more to go!

Published: Aug. 16, 2016, 6:45 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 13 minutes 26 seconds

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Markus Lundgren - 193 countries ... and then some!

Published: Aug. 9, 2016, 6 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 28 seconds

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April Peregrino - 84 countries ... and closing in on 100!

Published: Aug. 2, 2016, 6 a.m.
Duration: 57 minutes 19 seconds

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Henrik Jeppesen - 193 countries ... at age 27!

Published: July 26, 2016, 6 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 52 minutes 37 seconds

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Anthony Asael - 193 countries ... and taught children in every country!

Published: July 18, 2016, 5:01 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 16 minutes 44 seconds

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Erick Prince - 88 countries ... and on his way to 198!

Published: July 11, 2016, 5:01 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 1 minute 59 seconds

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Gunnar Garfors - 193 countries ... And World Record Holder!

Published: June 27, 2016, 6 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 6 minutes 43 seconds

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Samu Viljanen - 193 countries!

Published: June 17, 2016, 3:09 a.m.
Duration: 46 minutes 37 seconds

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Mike Spencer Bown - 193 countries

Published: June 13, 2016, 4 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 12 minutes 54 seconds

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Harry Mitsidis - 193 countries... and repeating!

Published: June 6, 2016, 4 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 6 minutes 41 seconds

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