In 2008, Gunnar Garfors had visited 85 countries.
It was then that he decided to make it his mission to travel to every single country in the world — 198, to be exact.
He accomplished his goal on May 8, 2013, earning him the title of the youngest person to travel to every country. He was 37 years old.
He has since written a book called "198: How I Ran Out Of Countries," and created a website dedicated to his travels.
Garfors — who works at the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK) — managed to keep his job throughout his travels; he never wanted to quit.
Instead he wanted to combine a job he has always enjoyed with travel, his greatest passion in life.
Garfor sent us the best photos from his journey around the world.
Crossing the border from Afghanistan back into Iran was anything but easy for Garfors. After waiting outside the Iranian embassy for a considerable amount of time, Garfors had to convince the Iranian ambassador that he was visiting Afghanistan as a tourist and not a spy. Eventually it worked, and the border police (pictured here) let him back into Iran.
This picture of an old man was taken in Herat, Afghanistan.
One of Garfors' friends whom he was traveling with took this photo of Garfors trying on a burqa in Afghanistan. The photo later appeared on the front page of a French newspaper with the caption, "Close-up of Afghan woman."
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