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Norwegian author Gunnar Garfors, pictured in Kabul, Afghanistan, <\/p>\n\n\n\n
has visited every country in the world, twice. Courtesy Gunnar Garfors<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe most important thing to me about travel is to challenge and expand my own mind \u2013 not to travel would be an insult to my intellect, my curiosity, my creativity and my understanding of other people, cultures, mindsets, backgrounds and faiths.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Gunnar Garfors has visited every country in the world. Twice. And knowing this self-proclaimed \u201crestless\u201d traveller, a third time could very well be the charm. The Norwegian national\u2019s first visit to each country took place between 2000 and 2013, and he published a book about those travels: 198: How I Ran Out of Countries. <\/em>He has always worked full-time, and for the most part, visited only one or two countries at a time from his base in Norway. By December 2018, he had visited all 198 countries a second time and, in April 2019, his second book, Ingenstad<\/em>, was published in Norwegian.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ingenstad<\/em> is about Garfors\u2019s travels to the 20 least-visited countries in the world. \u201cIt had to be done,\u201d he says. \u201cVery little data exists on tourist numbers to \u00adcountries with extremely few visitors, so I had to dig that up myself, by revisiting countries and countries that I suspected would make the list.\u201d He ascertained that the five least-visited countries in the world are the Central African Republic, Tuvalu, Libya, Nauru and Yemen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Gunnar Garfors in Yemen.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
He admits that his competitive nature bolstered his desire to be the first person to visit every country in the world twice. \u201cI have now stayed overnight and slept in every country in the world \u2013 all 198 of them \u2013 and I have spent a week in each country through my travels.\u201d In the process, he has notched up 10 world records.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It was Garfors\u2019s father who first inspired him to travel. He worked on a cruise ship in the Pacific Ocean and would send the family cassette tapes detailing his experiences abroad and at sea. \u201cI like to say that travelling is in my blood,\u201d says Garfors, his eyes glistening as he recounts some of the stories his father shared. \u201cWe listened in awe. And I promised myself that I would travel like my dad when I grew up.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He laughs as he recounts the number of times he has been asked what his favourite country is. \u201cThere are just way too many amazingly special countries, cities and other places in the world for me to make a winner or even a shortlist.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He prefers to stray from typical tourist routes and take recommendations from locals. \u201cMy visit to the Door to Hell in Turkmenistan stands out as one of the most iconic. It is a crater with gas sifting up from the ground; there are no people there and no lights or sounds in the distance.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Garfors\u2019s travels have taken him from his native Norway to some of the most remote locations in the world, including a visit to a pygmy village two hours from Bangui in the Central African Republic. It is these encounters with \u00adlesser-known destinations that fill Ingenstad<\/em>. \u201cThese countries are virtually unknown to most, and if they hear anything about any of them, it is usually for all the wrong reasons: bombs, grenades, war, starvation and other misery.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He wanted to give those who live in these oft-overlooked countries a voice, and provide a new perspective on the places they call home. \u201cOften they have nothing, but their hospitality is absolutely world-class,\u201d he adds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ingenstad<\/em> is brimming with enlightening insights. Did you know it is illegal to own a black car in Turkmenistan? That in Kiribati, they claim to have 250 words for coconut? And that, in Mauritania, slavery was banned as late as 2007, making it the last country in the world to outlaw the practice?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Garfors visits a pygmy village in Central African Republic. Courtesy Gunnar Garfors<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
The Norwegian passport ranks as one of the strongest in the world, and this has aided Garfors\u2019s adventures in countries that are more difficult to enter. \u201cI am certainly lucky and privileged. I have now totally overdosed on bureaucracy, which is way too prevalent in many embassies, but every difficult visa is a small victory, so those little upsides helped,\u201d he adds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He lives by the mantra \u201cexperiences over things\u201d, and no longer collects memorabilia from his visits. \u201cI previously collected kitchen magnets, but the last five to 10 years, I have rather focused on taking photographs that help me remember the people and places.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As much as he may be a \u201ccitizen of the world\u201d, he has no plans to move from Norway. As an author, he gets to stay in various places for extended periods of time to carry out his research. \u201cThat gives me a refreshing taste of what it is like living in various places, and for now that is a good start.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Gunnar Garfors in Turkmenistan. Courtesy Gunnar Garfors <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
Over the course of his travels, Garfors estimates that he has taken \u201cprobably between 2,000 and 3,000 flights\u201d, but when I raise the issue of carbon emissions and their impact on the environment, his response is a surprising one. \u201cTravel helps reduce conflicts, and reduced conflicts means a need for fewer weapons and smaller armies. Currently there is an increased number of troops and weapons, causing more pollution than any other sector.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Not only has his penchant for travel given him multiple passports, it has given him plenty of time to reflect. \u201cI have learnt a lot about myself, grown more confident and realised that I am extremely privileged, and most people are not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIf travel doesn\u2019t humble you, nothing will,\u201d he says definitively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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