My friend Donald Parrish is the most traveled person in the world.
The Most Traveled People website, lists “873 countries, territories, autonomous regions, enclaves, geographically separated island groups, and major states and provinces.” Members can keep track of their trips and share stories and pictures.
Don retired early and dedicated himself to travel. As of this week, he has visited 830 of the 873 locations.
I sometimes tease Don that I am in competition with him. I travel to a few new places each year, and I’ve calculated that with my current progress up the MTP list I will catch up to him in 127 years.
Here is Don’s website with pictures and accounts of his many travel adventures. The picture shows a Norwegian and Don at the South Pole on the 100th anniversary of Amundsen’s discovery.