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Cassie De Pecol is nearing the end of her epic mission to visit all 193 sovereign nations .The traveller from Washington, Connecticut, USA, only began her journey in July of 2015.So far she has ticked off 180 countries, taken over 254 flights and has roughly 26 flights left to go.
According to Daily Mirror, the young adventurer’s trip has cost $198,000 , and she now has 45 days left to visit the final 16 destinations on her list.
Cassie said:
“Since school, I’ve had this desire to visit every country in the world, intrigued to learn more about every culture, natural habitat, and religion.
“In America we are lucky to have such a vast melting pot of cultures and people from all over the world who make the country what it is today.
“I wanted to learn about where these people came from, more specifically, where I came from, with my ancestors originating from Europe.”Is the Middle East really like how they say it is on the news? What about the Amazon?
Cassie added:
“All sponsors and funding is obtained by me while I’m on the road, which is not an easy task.
“If I’m not meeting with the Ministry, giving keynote sessions to university students, collecting samples, obtaining visas, or doing promotion, I travel around the country on my own, but not for long.
“Going to every country was for me a personal quest to learn as much as I could about our world, stepping outside my comfort zone and becoming comfortable in the unknown, while also aiming to leave a legacy behind.””On average, I spend two to five days in each country.
Places visited so far:
Palau, Australia, New Zealand, Samoa, Tonga, Fiji, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands
Papua New Guinea, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Turkey,,Cyprus,,,Afghanistan,,,Iran
Saudi Arabia,,,Oman,,,,Japan,,,,,,Kuwait,,,,,,,,Bahrain,,,,,,Russia,,,,,,,Azerbaijan,,,,Uzbekistan
Kazakhstan,,Kyrgyzstan,,Azerbaijan,,,Armenia,,,Georgia,,,Lebanon,,,Jordan,,,Portugal,Spain
Andorra, Switzerland,,,Italy,,,Germany,,,France,,,Belgium,,,Luxembourg,,,Austria,,,Croatia
Denmark,,,Liechtenstein,,,Bosnia and Herzegovina,,,Serbia,,,Kosovo,,,Montenegro,,,Albania
Macedonia,,,,Netherlands,,,Greece,,,Bulgaria,,Romania,,Hungary,,San Marino,,Vatican City
Moldova,,,Slovakia,,,Slovenia,,,Ukraine,,Czech Republic,,Poland,,Lithuania,,Latvia,,Estonia
Finland
Malta
Monaco
Sweden
Norway
United Kingdom (London)
Iceland
Belarus
Ireland
United States
Mexico
Belize
Guatemala
El Salvador
Honduras
Nicaragua
Costa Rica
Panama
Trinidad & Tobago
Grenada
Barbados
Bahamas
St. Vincent & The Grenadines
St. Lucia
Dominica
Antigua & Barbuda
St. Kitts and Nevis
Jamaica
Canada
Tunisia
Ethiopia
Kenya
Morocco
Egypt
Dominican
Republic
Haiti
Cuba
Argentina
Bolivia
Brazil
Chile
Colombia
Ecuador
Guyana
Paraguay
Peru
Suriname
Uruguay
Venezuela
Kiribati
Marshall Islands
Nauru
Federated States of Micronesia
Tuvalu
Bangladesh
Bhutan
Brunei
Cambodia
China
East Timor
India
Indonesia
Iraq
Laos
Malaysia
Maldives
Mongolia
Myanmar
Nepal
North Korea
Pakistan
Phillipines
Singapore
South Korea
Sri Lanka
Syria
Thailand
Turkmenistan
Vietnam
Yemen
Taiwan
Algeria
Angola
Benin
Botswana
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cameroon
Cape Verde
Central African Republic
Chad
Comoros
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Djibouti
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Gabon
Gambia
Ghana
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Ivory Coast
Lesotho
Liberia
Libya
Madagascar
Malawi
Mali
Mauritania
Mauritius
Mozambique
Namibia
Niger
Nigeria
Republic of the Congo
Rwanda
Sao Tom and Principe
Senegal
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Somalia
South Africa
South Sudan
Sudan
Swaziland
Tanzania
Togo
Uganda
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Israel
Palestine
