Cassie De Pecol just had a historic trip around the world. (Photo via Flickr\/Wendy Cope) <\/p>\n
Cassie De Pecol has quite the passport, a historic one even. <\/p>\n
CNN reports on the first woman to visit every country on the planet. More remarkably, she did it at an amazing pace. <\/p>\n
As the report states, conquering 196 nations took this travelerall of 18 months and 26 days, which begs the question of what we managed to accomplish over the last year and a half. <\/p>\n
Not many of us can beat a Guinness World Record in half the time, which is what De Pecol is able to claim. <\/p>\n
But the journey wasnt about fame and glory. Its about spreading an important message of peace, love and conservation. <\/p>\n
In fact, De Pecol is determined to plant a massive amount of trees to offset the carbon footprint of this remarkable adventure. <\/p>\n
It's tough to figure out to get permission to plant a tree in a lot of countries, but I've been trying to do that as much as possible. I've planted close to 50 trees now but there's about 500 more, so that's just a goal, she tells CNN. <\/p>\n
Here she is back in August 2015 explaining the impetus behind her trip. <\/p>\n
As noted, her trip around the world was part of her ambassadorship for the International Institute of Peace Through Tourism. Its mission statement explains the IIPTT is, a not for profit organization dedicated to fostering and facilitating tourism initiatives which contribute to international understanding and cooperation, an improved quality of environment, the preservation of heritage, and through these initiatives, helping to bring about a peaceful and sustainable world. <\/p>\n
Its this work that allowed De Pecol to spread the organizations vision of peace and sustainable tourism as she met with mayors and dignitaries from around the world. <\/p>\n
As for the brevity of each stop on the itinerary, De Pecol tells CNN: It all comes down to two words: time management. One could spend Saturday and Sunday chilling at home watching Netflix -- totally OK, I am guilty of that at times -- or traveling to five places within one country, five countries within those two days. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Of course, you may be wondering what a trip like this costs. According to CNN, the initial budget was nearly $200,000. <\/p>\n
De Pecol reportedly acquired various sponsors to aid her journey and utilized a frugal travel manner she honed in a post-graduate trip to Europe. <\/p>\n
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There were the obvious hardships, such as getting into some countries that prove difficult for American tourists. <\/p>\n
When it comes to North Korea, you better save up if you ever want to enter the hermit country: The visa was like $1,000 for three days, whereas I went in with a group of Chinese tourists and their visa was like $300 for three days. <\/p>\n
De Pecol still managed to enter North Korea, which was just one of 196 sovereign nations the 27-year-old can now lay claim to having visited. <\/p>\n
But its not like the travel bug dies easily because this prolific traveler now aims to visit Antarctica. And with it, she can cross off every last continent on this planet. The only thing left for her to go now, it would seem, is up. <\/p>\n
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