Counting Countries | Travel The Entire World

Download Episode! Markus is a Swedish diplomat who has traveled to every country in the world and now is focussing on the Travelers’ Century Club which divides the world into 325 places. Markus has been posted to countries such as Nigeria and China during his career as a Swedish diplomat.  Markus has a strong desire to travel as he demonstrated when he ventured as a 15 year old to China with a group of strangers he met via a newspaper advertisement.  Markus has traveled to the far corners of the earth from places such as Chukotka Autonomous Okrug (in the far east of Russia opposite Alaska) to Tristan da Cunha (considered the remotest, inhabited island of the world).   Subscribe to iTunes today! More about Markus Lundgren: Born in: Northern Sweden Passports from:  Sweden Favorite travel book:  Lonely Planet,  to my next destination Favorite travel film:  Timbukto, a place I really regret not visiting sooner. Favorite travel site: The Best Traveled   Must carry:  Passport, money/credit cards, printed ticket