Anderson Dias

He's visited 195 countries (193 UN-member states, the Vatican and Chinese Taipei) in 543 days, gathering 1.1 million social media followers along the way. At just 26 Anderson Dias has set a new world record for the time taken to complete a trip to every nation. Exhausting - or inspirational? Over the past year and a half he's tracked gorillas in the Democratic Republic of Congo, charmed his way into Libya and partied hard in Russia. His journey began on May 27, 2018 and was completed just a few days ago. "Two thousand people were waiting for me when I arrived at the airport," he tells Telegraph Travel. "It felt like the end of the World Cup." Dias grew up in poverty and has fuelled his travels...