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Episodes of the Counting Countries Podcast.

James Asquith – 193 countries … and Guinness World Record Holder

By |2019-05-28T08:04:14-05:00November 23rd, 2017|Categories: Podcast|

[Download .mp3] James is the current world record holder as the youngest person to travel to every country in the world according to the Guinness World Records James has travel DNA.  His grandfather regaled him with tales of spending time in Yemen.  His mother lived in Hong Kong.  His father was an airline captain who flew [...]

Pongtharin Tanthasindhu – 113 countries … and travelling on a Thai passport

By |2019-05-28T08:46:45-05:00November 9th, 2017|Categories: Podcast|Tags: , , , , |

[Download .mp3] Pongtharin Tanthasindhu - 113 countries ... and travelling on a Thai passport Pong, 28 years old, has traveled to 113 countries is hoping to complete his goal before he turns 35. Pong has travel in his blood.  He started traveling to nearby Asian countries and Europe with his parents as a kid.  Pong spent [...]

Arvinder Bahal – 178 countries … and on his way to outer space!

By |2019-07-06T04:15:59-05:00October 26th, 2017|Categories: Podcast|

[Download .mp3] Arvi is nearly finished in completing his quest to travel to all 193 countries, and has had some amazing experiences on the way. Arvi only has 15 countries left and is hoping to finish this quest in the next year.  During his travels, he has visited both Antarctica and the North Pole.  He sailed [...]

Nina Sedano – 193 countries … and one of the few women to accomplish this goal

By |2019-07-06T04:23:51-05:00October 12th, 2017|Categories: Podcast|

[Download .mp3] Listen to Nina’s inspiring story to learn how an offhand comment by a friend set her on the path of becoming one of the approximately 10 women who have visited every country in the world. Nina grew up in Frankfurt in a single parent home. As a child she dipped her toe in the [...]

Ellany Lea – 104 countries … and living as a digital nomad

By |2019-07-06T04:26:37-05:00September 28th, 2017|Categories: Podcast|

[Download .mp3] Ella made a drastic decision after graduating university and starting her first corporate job.  She quit on her 89th day.    Despite having a great opportunity in the corporate world, she realized quickly that she craved a life of independence and freedom.  She ended up living in Rwanda working for a NGO for 6 [...]

Jakob Øster – 178 countries … and travels with his family to Somalia and Afghanistan!

By |2020-12-05T03:19:58-06:00September 14th, 2017|Categories: Podcast|

[Download .mp3] A family that travels together stays together.  Jakob travels frequently with his girlfriend and two young children.   Jakob travels often with his girlfriend and two young children.  Family vacations include overland West African road trips, visits to Somaliland, and family excursions to Afghanistan.  His children aged 10 and 8 respectively have traveled to [...]

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

By |2019-05-28T09:26:31-05:00August 31st, 2017|Categories: Podcast|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

[Download .mp3] Maurizio was a travel outlier at a young age.  Riding the rails in Europe independently as a 13 year old.   At 17, he left Italy to travel the Trans-Siberian to visit his penpal in Mongolia.             After university in the UK, be began an international career as a journalist and NGO worker.  This allowed [...]

Fabio Cao – 180 countries … and counting!

By |2019-07-06T04:29:23-05:00August 17th, 2017|Categories: Podcast|

[Download .mp3] Fabio is closing in on his goal of 193 countries as he narrows down the list! Fabio was born in Milan and spread his wings as a model as he travelled to Miami and then moved to East and Southeast Asia before he was even 20 years old.  Before he knew it, he had [...]

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