ONE MAN| EVERY COUNTRY| NO FLIGHTS
Posted on 09 January 2014
Of course, we would find this story about an intrepid traveler to be of interest to us.
Record breaking globetrotter, Graham Hughes holds a Guinness World Record for visiting 201 country without taking a single flight. He ended his four year journey in Juba South Sudan, which didn't even exist when he set off in 2009 from Liverpool, UK.
"I love travel, and I guess my reason for doing it was I wanted to see if this could be done, by one person traveling on a shoestring."
The adventurer in Papua New Guinea
"I think I also wanted to show that the world is not some big, scary place, but in fact is full of people who want to help you even if you are a stranger."
Read his quirky responses to the BBC about his experience here!
Sri Lanka