This 30-year-old visited every country in the world. Here’s how he paid for it - Printable Version +- Ipoh Community Forums (https://forums.ipoh.com.my) +-- Forum: Travel (https://forums.ipoh.com.my/forum-88.html) +--- Forum: Travels (https://forums.ipoh.com.my/forum-89.html) +--- Thread: This 30-year-old visited every country in the world. Here’s how he paid for it (/thread-3787.html) |
This 30-year-old visited every country in the world. Here’s how he paid for it - superadmin - 11-06-2021 It took 1,458 flights and 1,117 buses and trains for Drew Binsky to reach his goal of traveling to every country in the world. And he did it in less than a decade. CNBC spoke with Binsky nine hours after he touched down in his last country — Saudi Arabia — about how he financed his 10-year travel spree. Visiting every country in the world According to your tally, you’ve been to 197 countries. How do you define “country?” You’re hitting me with a hard one right away. It’s very political. The U.N. has 193 recognized sovereign states. I add four to that — Kosovo, Palestine, Taiwan and Vatican. Some of these are observer states of the U.N., and they are also the four most recognized of all the unrecognized “countries.” I think I’m like the 250th person to visit every country. Is there a name for this group? The “every country” club. It’s a small community, and I’m friends with maybe 20 of them. There’s a lot of drama. It’s like: “You actually haven’t been to North Korea because you only went to the border of South Korea.” I don’t get involved in all that. - More - |