Torbjørn (Thor) Pedersen’s goal was travelling to every country without flying over six years, since leaving Denmark in 2013.
He was about to leave Hong Kong when coronavirus hit.
With nine more countries to go, he’s making the most of where he is.
- Supposed to be here for four daysand I've now been here for 87.I was in Hong Kong during Chinese New Yearand that meant a seven-day delayto the ship I was supposed to go withand within those seven days,the world started falling apart.I could no longer get to certain countriesbecause the borders were closed.I couldn't get on board ships.Even if I could get on board a ship,I wouldn't have been able to leave it.I couldn't cross land bordersso after trying to fight the logisticsand bureaucracy for a whileI had to throw the towel in and go,"I'm stuck, I'm stuck in Hong Kong."Well, no one in historyhas gone to every country in the worldcompletely without flyingso the mission is basicallygo to every single country<br
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