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'After almost a decade of travel, a Danish man has become the first person to
visit every country in the world in an unbroken journey without flying.
44-year-old Torbjørn "Thor" Pedersen set off in October 2013 on an ambitious
mission he expected would take four years.
He arrived at his 203rd and final country – the Maldives – on board a container
ship on Tuesday, marking the end of a 3,512-day adventure.
"In a way, this has just been a huge sociological experiment and a success at
that," Mr Pedersen told the ABC.
"Because I cannot remember a country I've gotten to where I did not receive
some sort of kindness or support from people."
The United Nations recognises 195 sovereign states — but Mr Pedersen has
included other disputed territories in his tally.
He spent at least 24 hours in each country, travelling by foot, car, bus, train
and boat — including 37 container ships.
"At this point, for me, getting on board a container ship is not much different
from getting onto a city bus," he laughed.
"I rank among the 150 most-travelled people in the world."
Mr Pedersen said while others had visited every country using planes, or broken
up the journey by flying home and later resuming it, he was the first to do so
entirely without flying and in a single, continuous voyage.'
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