Counting Countries | Travel The Entire World

Mike Spencer Bown - 193 countries Mike is a true traveler and explorer, who over a twenty plus year time period has traveled to every country in the world. Mike shared with me some incredible travel tales, including a road trip with a nun in a war-torn, African country.   Mike has been on the road for over twenty years, exploring and discovering the remote corners of our planet.  He travels slow and espouses a simpler lifestyle with all of his belongings in one bag.     More about Mike Spencer Bown:   Born in: Canada Passports from: Canada Favorite travel book:  I like old Jack Vance fantasy travel books such as The Dying Earth and Cugel’s Saga.  Also, early travel accounts such as the First Footsteps in East Africa.   Favorite travel site:   I’m kinda old school, not a big user of the internet. I don’t travel with electronics, not even a phone or camera. Must carry: Mosquito net, a Swiss Army knife, Flagyl (for Giardia) and Coartem ( for Malaria).  I bring a collared shirt for embassy visits.  I also bring