Danish traveler Torbjorn Pedersen says he is the first person to visit every country in the world — without flying."In some countries like Singapore, I have to spend more than $20 a day. But in other countries like Bolivia, $20 is more than enough," 44-year-old Pedersen told CNBC.
"They just felt was really crazy, and they wanted to support it. What I did is part of world history, and they wanted to be a part of it," Pedersen said. To visit 203 territories, Pedersen said he traveled about 382,000 kilometers and used 20 different modes of transportation, including: Pedersen spent the most time in Hong Kong where he lived for 772 days during the pandemic, and the shortest time — just 24 hours — in Vatican City.
"I feel more at home in Hong Kong than I do in Copenhagen,"he said."On one side it was the best time of my life, and on the other side it was an absolute nightmare."Pedersen said one of the most harrowing experiences happened on a trip to the border between Cameroon and the Congo. Pedersen served as a soldier in Denmark and a United Nations peacekeeper in Eritrea and Ethiopia, but he said this was the first time had been aggressively held at gunpoint during his journey.
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