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Gianni Vernetti, Found Enlightenment Through Four Decades of Exploration
Gianni Vernetti from Italy has been travelling for more than four decades. From a backpacker to a distinguished columnist and politician, his travel style may have changed somewhat but not his thirst for understanding and exploring the planet. We are extremely...
Pongtharin Tanthasindhu NomadMania’s Biggest Traveller Nominee
Pongtharin Tanthasindhu needs little introduction. One of NomadMania's nominees for Biggest Traveller 2021, he has now visited 176 UN countries, all on an extremely 'challenging' Thai passport. Pong, who is active on Facebook and Instagram, tells us about his...
Behind the Lens: Solo Female Traveler Fran McKenzie
Fran McKenzie is the face behind the travel blog Frans Photos and the Instagram profile of the same name. A solo female traveller who has been to more than 50 countries, she talks to us today about her perspective on travels. Kotor, Montenegro ...
Ben Dowson: From Hitch-Hiker to UN Master
Ben Dowson completed 193 by visiting the Seychelles in 2019. Starting off as a young explorer and hitch-hiker who famously made a headline in the Nebraskan McCook Gazette in 1987, who would have predicted he would end up becoming one of the UN Masters? Ben...
Nabil Kazi: Conquering the World – The Vagabond Tales
Nabil Kazi caught the travel bug early on. Helped by his own background moving to many places as a child and by international work postings, he has conquered quite a lot of the world. The face behind the blog Vagabond Tales with an active Instagram page as...
Bill Adams Adventures: One of the Few to Visit All 193 UN Countries in 2021
Bill Adams is one of only four people that we know of to have completed the 193 UN countries so far in 2021 - down from 41 in 2019! - by reaching Central African Republic in May. The face behind Bill's Excellent Adventures, he has been travelling systematically...
Exploring the World Against All Odds with Tony Giles – An Inspiring Story
Today, we are absolutely humbled at our truly special guest, the man behind the website Tony the Traveller. As you will read below, Tony Giles is so much more than a cheerful, open-minded and inherently inquisitive traveller who also has a taste for adrenaline...
Sam Goodwin Achieves Goal of Visiting Every Country in the World
On New Year’s Eve 2019, American Sam Goodwin completed his quest of traveling to every country in the world earning him a verified position on Nomad Mania’s UN Masters List. Sam has lived and worked in Singapore, France and the United Arab Emirates and has led...
Sarah Aziz The Instagram Traveler Who Explored 50+ Countries on 5 Continents
NomadMania continues to highlight a variety of diverse travellers and today we talk to Sarah Aziz from Pakistan - an avid Instagrammer who has travelled to more than 50 countries on 5 continents and talks to us about her adventures today. Sarah,...
André Brugiroux a man who has spent all of his life dedicated to travel
Ladies and gentlemen, today we present the ultimate travel legend, a man who has spent all of his life dedicated to travel - including hitch-hiking for 18 years away from his country of origin at a time when travel was extremely rare indeed. Having seen and...
YouTube Sensation Phil Marcus Shares His Passion for Global Exploration
Phil Marcus is an avid traveller with a special niche - a fascinating YouTube channel which indexes the best videos available per country, thereby providing an incredibly researched, high-quality resource for travellers. Phil enthusiastically recounts some of...
Pawel Krzyk One of Three Poles to Visit Every Country in the World
Pawel Krzyk is one of NomadMania's highest ranked travellers and one of 3 Poles to have been to every country in the world. Also a travel author and an avid blogger with his site 'Travels with Pawel (in Polish only)', he shares some of his notable adventures...