British man becomes first person to visit all 201 countries... Without using a plane

The Daily Mail ^ | 27/11/12 | Matt blake

[Jakarta ex-pat]

If anything can be said about record-breaking globetrotter Graham Hughes, it's that - throughout his travels - he's always kept his feet firmly on the ground. The 33-year-old adventurer, from Liverpool, has become the first person to visit all 201 countries in the world - without using a plane. Hughes used buses, taxis, trains and his own two feet to travel 160,000 miles in exactly 1,426 days - all on a shoestring of just $100 a week.

[Jakarta ex-pat]

And that , ladies and gentlemen, is the way to do it!

Thank god I traveled when I was young

[ConservativeStatement]

It was “easy” to get into North Korea?

[driftdiver]

Quantity vs quality

If thats what he wants to do.

[Mad Dawgg]

"Hughes used buses, taxis, trains and his own two feet to travel 160,000 miles in exactly 1,426 days - all on a shoestring of just $100 a week."

Which Bus line (or train or taxi) Can get you from Australia to the Americas or Europe or the Far east?

[shelterguy]

Did he visit all 57 of our states?

[Jakarta ex-pat]

I'm not sure in this instance that's fair.

Remember, he didn't use a plane.

I was lucky enough to visit over 30 states in the 80's in a 6 month time period, and I'm sure my experience would have been lesser, should I have concentrated on only a few.

Keep smiling,

Philip

[reformed_dem]

...he's always kept his feet firmly on the ground.

I don't think I would consider being on a ship having feet firmly on the ground.

[Berlin_Freeper]

Maybe he stood in a box of ground.

[driftdiver]

He set a goal to visit all the countries as cheaply as possible. Not something I’d wish to do but hey, thats why he did it and I haven’t.

[GrandJediMasterYoda]

When he got to Mexico did he mistake it for Calee-fornia?

[Bigg Red]

Good for him, I say.

But I am curious about his being rescued from mohammedan fundamentalists by “a Filipino ladyboy called Jenn’.

What is a “ladyboy”?

[gr8eman]

If you seen one 3rd world s*^%hole, you’ve seen them all. Wonder if he visited Detroit!

[I still care]

Transvestites. It’s a whole thing in the Far East - I know Thailand has built a large part of their economy on them. Sexual tourism and all that.

Here is one of the less offensive sites I found, as most of them were real porn - it’s not really that nice though:

http://todayinthailand.blogspot.com/2011/06/pattaya-ladyboys.html

[bgill]

he's always kept his feet firmly on the ground

He's got one big set of lungs crossing the bottom of the oceans.

[Scoutmaster]

I was curious as to whether he had traveled to South Sudan - the newest country in the world.

I clicked on the link and, voila!, there's a photo of him smiling in front of a South Sudan sign. I'm a believer.

[saywhatagain]

In Southeast Asia and specifically Thailand, they do not use the term homosexual or gay. Not in their vocabulary. The term lady boy is used in general to refer a male homosexual including a transvestite.

If Jenn has breasts, then they are referred to as katoey.

Female homosexuals or lesbians are called "tom boys"

[AnAmericanAbroad]

Reminds me of some great advice from my ex-wife regarding Thailand. She’s been there several times before (flight attendant) and her advice was, if you see a really good-looking woman, as in supermodel good-looking.....yeah, that’s actually a man.

LOL!

[Carriage Hill]

Diane “The Brain” Sawyer says there are over 1,000 countries:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNu-llxRBes

Dumbass lib-dem moron.

[Bigg Red]

...Thailand has built a large part of their economy on them. Sexual tourism and all that.

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Sheesh! Their ancestors must be so proud.

[Bigg Red]

Thanks for the info. Pretty sad.