On his quest to visit all 247 nations and territories, John Bougen has flown in the cockpit and seen off gunfire in the Democratic Republic of Congo It is not unusual for a man to contemplate flying halfway round the world after a conversation with his mother-in-law. But, far from a dressing-down, it was his mother-in-law’s wanderlust that first encouraged John Bougen to travel. Now, 13 years after he began exploring the globe, he expects to be named the world’s best-travelled man by the end of the year. And he knows who to thank. “I had the best mother-in-law in the world,” he says. “The two of us got on really well and Barbara inspired me. She was one of the first New Zealand women to visit Nepal, and it was nothing to her to charter a plane. She was the ultimate traveller.” Well, not quite. For, at the cost of around £350,000, Mr Bougen is about to outshine even her by visiting all of the world’s 247 countries and territories. He has ticked off 232, including Alaska, East Timor and Robinson Crusoe island, and intends to visit the rest before December.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/11367207/.html
Posted on: Sat, 24 Jan 2015 19:13:23 +0000
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