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Thor Pedersen visited every country in the world without boarding a single plane. Here are eight things he learned

April 26, 2025 /

At age 34, Danish traveller Thor Pedersen left behind a stable career and a relationship to take on an extraordinary challenge. He spent the next decade working towards his goal. On May 23rd 2023, he reached the final country, Maldives, completing the project. Today, Torbjørn C. Pedersen is the only person to have reached every country in the world without flying.

The Guardian

  • Human generosity can be astounding
  • There are still some hidden and spectacular natural wonders
  • People’s resilience is powerful
  • Isolating yourself is a mistake
  • What you want and what you need are not the same thing
  • You can form connections without sharing a language
  • Slow travel teaches you how big the world is
  • The constant challenges of travelling provide an education

Read the whole article at The Guardian.

Video » Trail Dog

August 28, 2020 /

Solomon (via YouTube) »

A few years ago, we traveled to the small village of La Motte-d’Aveillans in the South East of France to meet and film with the winner of the #MyTrailDog competition, Gaëtan Ugnon-Fleury and his dogs, Pépite and Jolyn. Our time with them taught us some simple lessons that we often forget in the rush of life. Trail Dog is an ode to the beauty and happiness that can be found in the simplest of things – friendship.

January 15, 2020 /

If you can’t fly then run,
If you can’t run then walk,
If you can’t walk then crawl,
But whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.

― Martin Luther King Jr.

July 14, 2019 /

Travel isn’t always pretty. It isn’t always comfortable. Sometimes it hurts, it even breaks your heart. But that’s okay. The journey changes you; it  should change you. It leaves marks on your memory, on your consciousness, on your heart, and on your body. You take something with you. Hopefully, you leave something good behind.

– Anthony Bourdain

Why bother leaving the house?

April 28, 2019 /

In this inspirational TED Talk, adventurer and explorer Ben Saunders motivates us to get outside more. Not because it’s always comfortable, pleasant, and happy, but because that’s where the meat of life is, “the juice that we can suck out of our hours and days.”

March 31, 2019 /

To awaken quite alone in a strange town is one of the most pleasant sensations in the world. You are surrounded by adventure.
~ Freya Stark, Explorer (January 31, 1893 – May 9, 1993)

January 11, 2019 /

To laugh often and much; to win the respect of the intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty; to find the beauty in others; to leave the world a bit better whether by a healthy child, a garden patch, or a redeemed social condition; to know that one life has breathed easier because you lived here. This is to have succeeded.

― Ralph Waldo Emerson

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