Envoy & Messenger Programme
Local Envoys
Southern Europe
Nicola Coratella 🇮🇹 🇪🇸
Spain
Born in Italy, currently living in Spain. Travelling the world while on a full time job and a supreme assignment.
Filippo Aragone 🇮🇹
Italy
Amateur traveler, dedicated company director. Never missed a workday or family holiday to visit 176 (UN+4) countries.
Vassilis Stamatelopoulos 🇬🇷
Greece & Cyprus
Hospitality professional with a passion for travel. Currently on a mission to visit all 193 countries.
Dzangir Kolar 🇸🇮
Western Balkans
TBD
Western Europe
Max Leyerer 🇦🇹
Austria
Austrian traveler, writer, entrepreneur chasing the dream of visiting every country.
Andriel Souza 🇫🇷 🇧🇷
France
Eternally curious
Samuel Lange 🇨🇭 🇩🇪
Switzerland
Razvan Bondalici 🇷🇴 🇳🇱
Benelux
Passionate traveller Razvan, dedicated to fostering connections and promoting exploration in NomadMania community.
TBD
Germany
Elias Kazan 🇨🇭 🇱🇧
Switzerland
Northern Europe
Kestutis Abraitis 🇬🇧 🇱🇹
United Kingdom
From Lithuania living UK. Passionate to travel and see the world. I like exploring new places, cultures, WHS.
Alma Egan 🇬🇧 🇮🇪
Northern England
From Dublin but currently lives in Salford. Works full-time for NHS E. When Alma is not off exploring somewhere new, you’ll usually find her baking vegan cakes.
Todd Pocius 🇮🇪 🇱🇹
Ireland
Dublin based and keeps travelling while still in a full time job. Born and raised in Lithuania, but has been living in Ireland most of his adult life.
Laura Gage 🇪🇪 🇳🇿
Baltics (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania)
As a descendant of the Estonian-diaspora, I grew up in New Zealand and studied in the US. I spent three years living in Vilnius before finally moving to Tallinn in 2025.
Henry Tengelsen 🇳🇴
Norway
Fulltime lawyer based in Oslo, Norway. Music lover, Liverpool supporter and Eurovision fan. Travelling the world whenever possible.
Therese Sundberg 🇸🇪
Sweden
Goes by the nickname Trollet. A curious cat-lover, based in Gothenburg, dedicated to the project of visiting every country in the world.
Katri Tammela 🇫🇮
Finland
More than 70 countries and all seven continents. I love to travel as much as possible sharing stories in my blog and social media channels.
Ilkka Tammela 🇫🇮
Finland
Tasting local stuff (mostly craft beer) and mobile playing on all 7 continents.
Jakob Linaa Jensen 🇩🇰
Denmark
TBD
Iceland
Eastern Europe
Wojciech Fedoruk 🇵🇱
Poland
Poland-based traveller with NomadMania since the very beginning. World Heritage Sites aficionado.
David Tepelus 🇷🇴
Romania & Moldova
Emese Vojter 🇭🇺 🇷🇸
Hungary
TBD
Czechia & Slovakia
TBD
TBD
Russia & Belarus
Western Asia
Sevcan Akesi 🇹🇷
Turkiye
Istanbul dentist, also making paintings and ceramics, nature enthusiast, and author of two travel books. Admirer of volcanoes.
Jack Filippini 🇨🇭
United Arab Emirates
Asia
TBD
China and Mongolia
Nitin Tyagi 🇮🇳
India, Nepal, Sri Lanka
Backpacker, Hitchhiker, and trained mountaineer, aiming for the 7 Summits & all 196 UN countries. Has visited 3 summits & 100+ countries.
Itaru Dekio 🇯🇵
Japan
A country border-loving medic based in Tokyo. Also a registered interpreter guide of Japan.
WeeCheng Tan 🇸🇬
Singapore
Singaporean-born and raised, fascinated by history, anthropology, and epic stories.
Timothy Astandu 🇮🇩 🇰🇷
Indonesia
Born and bred in CGK, skipped classes in LHR, OXF, and CBG for football matches. Doctorate in visa applications. Met my ICN wife at SIN; now travel with our daughter & son.
Djosa Mae Richards 🇵🇭
Philippines
Known as Djosa the Explorer, Manila-based marketing director by day, globe-trotter & event maestro by passion.
Kevin Chang 🇹🇼
Taiwan
Akbabek Taganova 🇹🇲
Central Asia
Jahangir Afzal 🇵🇰
Pakistan
Travel Author who is sharing what it’s like to travel with the ‘World’s Fourth Worst Passport’.
Kawsar Ahmed Milon 🇧🇩
Bangladesh
Kawsar enjoys connecting with fellow travelers and locals alike to promote meaningful connections and mutual understanding.
Jaeuk Kim
Korea
Korean traveller with a deep passion for travelling. Focused on culture, language, cuisine, nature, lifestyle, experiences, sports, relationships, and architecture while traveling.
TBD
Malaysia
TBD
Thailand
TBD
Southeast Asia
Africa
Hugh Fraser 🇿🇦
Southern Africa
Confirmed dromomaniac. I travel on a South African passport and on ZAR, so I will never achieve my aim 🙁
Lois Eva Adongo 🇰🇪
Eastern Africa
On a mission to visit all 193 UN recognized countries using my Kenyan passport.
Obed Temba 🇨🇩
Central Africa
Obed Temba Tuyumvire, advocate for climate, adventure traveler, entrepreneur from Eastern DRC. Author of KUMBUKUMBU.
TBD
Alusine Kamara 🇸🇱
Western Africa
Known as the most travelled Sierra Leonean, former diplomatic staff and the founder of IdeygoTravel. My mission is to explore every corner of the world.
North America & Caribbean
Ed Hotchkiss 🇺🇸
New York, USA
American traveller and the founder of ExploringEd.com, a travel and photography blog.
Can Sarica 🇨🇦 🇹🇷
New England, USA
Born in Istanbul, he has traveled extensively since medical school, focusing on UNESCO World Heritage sites, with current travels centered in North America.
Michael Gallinari 🇺🇸
Midwest, USA
TBD
Texas, USA
TBD
Pacific Coast, USA
TBD
Florida & Caribbean
Ernestine Chan 🇨🇦
Western Canada
Retired investment professional living in Whistler BC. Avid skier, hiker, cyclist, outdoor enthusiast, also love to travel & dance.
Orhan Ilkin 🇨🇦 🇦🇿
Eastern Canada
Central & South America
Jorge Angel Infanzon 🇲🇽
Mexico
Mauricio Pretto 🇧🇷
Brazil
World traveller, photographer, entrepreneur. Not always in this order.
Ana Sofia Aleman 🇵🇦
Central America
Guillermo Blugerman 🇦🇷
Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay
Plastic surgeon and traveler. Lectured in more than 50 countries and performed surgeries in more than 30.
Pablo Gutierrez 🇨🇱
Chile
The most traveled Chilean according to NomadMania. Medical doctor by profession, traveler at heart. On a slow mission to visit all 193.
TBD
Northern South America
Australia & Pacific
Dondon Bales 🇦🇺
Australia
Dondon is a leader, project manager, entrepreneur, philanthropist, and world traveller born in the Philippines and currently based in Melbourne, Australia.
Yan Pun 🇦🇺
Australia
FinCrime Investigator with a severe case of wanderlust. Half Cantonese & Taiwanese and immigrated to Australia in the 80s.
Kim Tenebaum 🇳🇿
New Zealand
Nick Zoa 🇺🇸
Pacific islands
Has lived and worked in 40 countries. love the tropics, snorkeling daily. Enjoys fresh bananas, coconuts, and fish. 191 UN nations down – just Iran and Belarus to go!
Messengers
Stephanie Heung 🇺🇸
An American who now calls Malawi home. A lover of history, philosophy, and scuba diving, and passionate about strengthening health systems in Africa.
Angela & Michael Ballard 🇺🇸
Travel journalists for Lonely Planet, Atlas Obscura, and ABC television. Traveling the world together as (wemarriedadventure.com).
Kostiantyn Liorek 🇺🇦
Ukrainian globetrotter now in Poland due to home situation. Lived in various countries prior.
André Lima Machado 🇵🇹
Young portuguese traveller hungry for more adventure. Born and raised in Braga, Portugal. At the moment I am living in Goa, India.
Abhilash Surendran 🇮🇳
Indian traveller, photographer and travelblogger. Based in London, but traveling on weekends and holidays, while juggling a corporate job.
Frank Britton 🇮🇪
We wander the world trying to make sense of its ways and work out what we are supposed to do. In the end it seems there is nothing to be done….except to keep on going.
Boris Kester 🇳🇱
Adventurer/UN Master/Travel Author/Photographer/Senior Purser/Motto: Whatever you do, do it with passion.
Alex Rivera 🇺🇸
Eastern USA
Full-time data guru, board member, and startup investor, born and raised in Puerto Rico. Making global travel a priority, and you should too!
Flor Vallejo 🇦🇷 🇪🇸
Travel blogger (travel.rutadelmate.com). I live and travel with my partner and 2 kids around Europe in our motorhome.
Ron Perrier 🇨🇦
I retired from my medical practice in March 2006 to travel. I haven’t worked since and was on the road for 6-9 months per year.
Kevin Kienast 🇨🇭
Kevin is based in Zurich and works in a regular job in Bern, but is travelling as often as possible, slowly moving towards 195.
Chelle Riley 🇬🇧
A solo female traveller on a mission to meet as many people from different walks of life as possible.
Jana Kyrtsis 🇷🇺 🇩🇪
Exploring the world through food and travel is one of my and my husband‘s favorite hobbies.
Alumni Envoys and Messengers
Wendy Arbeit 🇺🇸
Central USA
Artist, designer, photographer, and eternal optimist, living the dream of exploring every country (nearly there!)
Katherine Wei 🇨🇳
China & Mongolia
Shanghai-based world citizen exploring the globe in every possible way. In awe of powerful nature, immersed in culture.
Lucy Hsu 🇺🇸
Western USA
Born and raised in California’s Silicon Valley, daughter of Vietnamese refugees, dedicated to educating children in underserved communities.
Eugenio Bregolat 🇪🇸🇨🇳
China and Mongolia
Spanish & Russian by blood, Chinese by adoption (26 yrs here). Global citizen, loves to travel, feel alive.
Diana Tănase 🇷🇴
Romania & Moldova
Bucharest based, IT Project Manager, always wanted to be a singer & an explorer.
Yasser Aljishi 🇸🇦
Saudi Arabia
Roman Denisenko 🇷🇺
Russia
With a keen eye for exploration and a passion for uncovering the world’s hidden gems, Roman is a true aficionado of World Heritage Sites.
Yousef Alrashed 🇰🇼
Gulf Countries
Arabian World Traveler, loves to discover all countries & my purpose is to change any negative stereotyping about non tourism countries.
Sravankumar Tanniru 🇬🇧🇮🇳
United Kingdom
Indian traveller sharing travel stories to inspire everyone to explore the world. Travelling the world while working a full-time job.
Avi Rosenfeld 🇮🇱🇬🇧
Israel
