There’s A New Record For The Youngest Person To Travel To Every Country In The World
If traveling around to a few different countries is on your bucket list, it will take you a while to catch up to Lexie Alford. On May 31st, she became…
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(Photo by Guang Niu/Getty Images)If traveling around to a few different countries is on your bucket list, it will take you a while to catch up to Lexie Alford.
On May 31st, she became the youngest person to travel to every country in the world at a mere 21-years-old!
The previous Guinness World Record holder was 24-years-old when they accomplished the task.
Her family owned a travel agency, so she has been working on getting to all 196 sovereign nations since she was a child.
The final country she visited was North Korea.
