21-Years-Old American Lady Becomes Youngest Person To Visit Every Country
Lexie Alford, 21, Became Youngest Person Ever To Travel To Every Country
- A girl from Vegas City, California, Lexie Alford completed visiting every country in the world, becoming the youngest person to do so.
- She landed in North Korea on 31st May making it her 196th destination.
- She said she had started her journey of a world tour when she was just 12.
- She claimed her journey through the 196 countries was completely "self-funded."
The record is broken!
An American lady, Lexie Alford, 21, has become the youngest human ever to visit all the countries; 196 sovereign nations. Alford set a new record after she put her step in North Korea on May 31, 2019.
On embracing the achievement, she beat 24-year-old current Guinness World Record holder and joined the list of other travelers who have completed their journey that includes Ca s sie De Pecol, 27, who became the first woman to visit every country as well as the fastest person to complete the trail.
Lexie Alford told Fox News that she felt "relief" immediately after she landed in North Korea on 31st May; accomplishing her lifelong dream. She said,
I've been working through extreme anxiety for the past six-plus months overcoming the obstacles that go along with getting into some of the least accessible places in the world. It wasn't until the moment in that obscure conference room, of all places, that it really sunk in how far I've come.
She went on saying:
Not many times in life does everything that you've worked towards for years culminate into a single moment.
The Nevada City, California native Alford was just 12 when she started saving up to fund the goal of visiting all the nations. She said by her 18th birthday, she had traveled to 72 nations, and she realized that she could see the 124 remaining countries on her list in time to set an official record.
In 2016, Alford officially started to chase the world record full time. She told Fox News that she traveled alone for over seven months throughout the last two years in which she landed on more than 50 countries across Asia, Europe, Africa, and Central and South America.
The traveler said her mission was "completely self-funded" where she had some branded deals throughout her journey.
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