Man creates world record by visiting every country, in some nations, proves he’s not a spy
Image of traveller Indy Nelson who visited every country in the world.
Setting an unbelievable Guinness World Record, traveller Indy Nelson visited every country in the world and also ended up getting detained on suspicion of being a spy in some of them.
He was able to navigate his way through various countries, like North Korea, and was also detained four times on suspicion of being a spy in Iran, Libya, Papua New Guinea, and Russia.
And now, after completing his travel, he holdsthe Guinness World Records title of being the man who has flown on the highest number of airlines.
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Indy has boarded 170 unique airlines, most of which were during his 18-month trip to various countries, which he started in 2019, when he was 22.
The record was earlier held by a Japanese man named Ryuji Furusho, who had travelled on 156 airlines between 1996 and 2014.
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How did Indy Nelson embark on a world trip?
Indy Nelson first thought of visiting every country on Earth while he was on a spring break trip to North Korea - which he found a “cool country”.
After graduating from college, the traveller took a loan of $80,000 and set off on his journey.
During his journey, he had various experiences, and even found himself in an active war zone.
Indy tried to avoid the conflict zones but he found Africa very difficult because of the volatile nature of some areas.
Indy was detained four times and was interrogated for a total of 24 hours.
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“Things happen in 24, 48 hours. You can’t plan those things out. I feared for my life several times. There were definitely several times that I did not think that I was going to get out of that country. By the fourth time, it was like ’no big deal anymore'," Indy said.
The least favourite country of Indy was Comoros, which is a small group of islands off the southeastern coast of Africa. He loved Cambodia, on the other hand and enjoyed the “super friendly” locals.
He said that the way to deal with any kind of problem is to “think of it like a rollercoaster ride.”
“I’m small, 5 ft 4. I’ll bundle up into a little cocoon and put my feet into the back of the seat in front of me if no one’s there. I close my eyes and don’t get any headaches," he said.
(With inputs from agencies)