Man Who Visited Every Country Had To Prove He's Not A Spy 4 Times

Indy Nelson, a seasoned American traveler, has visited every country in the world, often facing unique challenges along the way.

Travel enthusiasts often face a variety of challenges when crossing multiple international borders. These can range from document issues like passport renewals and ID verification to money-related concerns, and most commonly, language barriers. One seasoned traveler, however, has encountered a more unusual problem-having to prove he's not a spy on four separate occasions to avoid imprisonment during his journeys. Extended travel comes with its own set of complications, as demonstrated by American globetrotter Indy Nelson, who has visited every country in the world, including repeat trips to places like North Korea. His remarkable travels have been met with unique obstacles along the way.

According to Guinness World Records, Indy Nelson has navigated his way through numerous war-torn areas and been detained four times on suspicion of being a spy (in Iran, Libya, Papua New Guinea and Russia).But it was all worth it, because he now holds a Guinness World Records title: the most airlines flown on.

Indy has flown on 170 unique airlines, most of them during an 18-month trip around the world which he embarked on in 2017, aged 22.The previous record was 156, achieved by a Japanese man named Ryuji Furusho from 1996 to 2014.

Adding up the four times he was detained, Indy was interrogated for a total of 24 hours.