Mike Spencer Bown has been backpacking non-stop since 1990, and has visited all the world's countries, and quasicountries, on all seven continents.  Of the few people who have visited every country on Earth, Mike has been backpacking the longest, travelling light and living out of the same well-worn backpack. Because of this, he could be the world's most travelled man! Though he calls no single place home, he was raised in Alberta, Canada.   In this episode, we talk about his experience being the first tourist in Somalia, his fascination for solo wilderness camping, hitchhiking in Iraq and Congo, the interesting Turkmenistan,  the dangerous Chad, how he makes money for his travel fund, and some of the main reasons why he travels.