The Odyssey expedition | Graham Hughes | TEDxSalford

Описание: This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. Graham Hughes talks about his official Guinness World Record™ for visiting every sovereign state on Planet Earth without flying. Along the way he was imprisoned in Africa (twice), got drunk with the Prime Minister of Tuvalu and was miraculously saved from Islamic fundamentalists by a ladyboy called Jenn. He wanted to show that the world is ‘not some big, scary place, but in fact full of people who wanted to help you.’ He used buses, taxis, trains and his own two feet to travel 160,000 miles, 201 countries in exactly 1,426 days – all on a shoestring of just $100 a week.

Graham Hughes is an adventurer, filmmaker, television presenter and Guinness World Record holder from Liverpool, England. Between 2009 and 2012, he became the first (and only!) person to successfully visit every sovereign state in the world without flying – alone and on a shoestring budget. Along the way he was imprisoned in Africa (twice), got drunk with the Prime Minister of Tuvalu and was miraculously saved from Islamic fundamentalists by a ladyboy called Jenn.

He wanted to show that the world is ‘not some big, scary place, but in fact full of people who wanted to help you.’ He used buses, taxis, trains and his own two feet to travel 160,000 miles, 201 countries in exactly 1,426 days – all on a shoestring of just $100 a week. 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.

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