And to think, this guy not only visited all 201 nations of the world on a shoestring budget - but he did it all WITHOUT FLYING - making him the first person in the world to do so!
Travel to EVERY COUNTRY in the world in less than four minutes with British filmmaker and adventurer Graham Hughes.
On New Years Day 2009 Graham Hughes, set off on an epic journey from his hometown of Liverpool. His plan was to travel to every country in the world without the use of a plane. He used buses, taxis, trains and his own two feet to travel 160,000 miles and 201 countries in exactly 1,426 days - all on a shoestring of just $100 a week.
Nearly fours after he set off, Graham finally made his way to South Sudan, a country that was actually created whilst he was on his Odyssey, to end his adventure in November 2012. Along the way Graham shot an 8-part TV show for Lonely Planet and wrote about his adventures on his award-winning blog, theodysseyexpedition.com. And while there were many high points along the way, he reached his lowest point when his sister, Nicola, died of cancer just over two years ago in the middle of his quest. Returning back to Liverpool to see her, he considered ending the Odyssey then, "but with only 17 countries left to visit, she wanted me to finish the journey, no matter what." And so he did.
Join the ever delightful Anglophenia's Kate Arnell for an international holiday feast, as she takes a look at several traditional Christmas dishes from around the world. Starting with the U.K., of course...
78-years old and driving around the world? Wow! Good for her! And what a classic!"So it is like my husband," says 78-year-old Heidi Hetzer about her 1930 American Hudson car. "It's my old husband, he's 85 years old, so he needs sometimes an operation..." she went on to say as the car lay parked in a garage. Heidi left Germany a year ago to drive around the world with "Hudo" when it became overheated and had to make an unexpected stop in Emerson, Manitoba...
This interesting animated map shows the spreading of the five most biggest religions in the world beginning with the birth of Hinduism in 3000 BCE in the Indus River Valley. Of course, there are already some commenting on and questioning the accuracy of this vid's information...
Hinduism, Buddhism, Christianity, Judaism, and Islam are five of the biggest religions in the world. Over the last few thousand years, these religious groups have shaped the course of history and had a profound influence on the trajectory of the human race. Through countless conflicts, conquests, missions abroad, and simple word of mouth, these religions spread around the globe and forever molded the huge geographic regions in their paths.
