A Danish man, named Thor Pedersen has travelled to every country in the world by foot, car, bus, train, boat and container ship. The 44-year-old man took a whole decade to complete his ambitious mission. He started his journey to travel in 2013, according to BBC.
He told the media outlet that it took him 3,512 days to go through every country in the world without flying. While the official UN list of countries is 195, Thor says he's visited 203 countries as he's also included disputed territories in his list.
Once the restrictions were lifted, he travelled to Australia by taking a ship in April 2022. He stayed there for 2 months.
His budget for the project was $20 a day, financed through personal savings, corporate sponsorships and crowdfunding, ABC reported.
"Every time I look at a world map now or a spinning globe, I'll look at it and I'll think, there's someone kind and helpful in each and every one of those countries, and I came across them - and what are the odds of that?" he said.
"Although there has been a lot of pain and disappointment, there has just been a great deal of knowledge and beauty and great experiences throughout all of this," he said.
He believes that travelling to each country without flying might never be done again.
