A traveller has become the youngest man to visit every single country in the world.
Luca Pferdmenges, 23, began his impressive feat of visiting the globe's 195 countries in 2017 while working as a juggler with a travelling circus.
And the content creator from Mönchengladbach, Germany, completed his goal by landing in Palau, an island nation in the Western Pacific Ocean, yesterday (24).
His travels have been mostly funded by brand partnerships and he has spent around €100,000.
Luca says Mexico is his favourite country overall - thanks to the food, atmosphere, and the people.
Luca Pferdmenges, 23, began his impressive feat of visiting the globe's 195 countries in 2017 while working as a juggler with a travelling circus.
And the content creator from Mönchengladbach, Germany, completed his goal by landing in Palau, an island nation in the Western Pacific Ocean, yesterday (24).
His travels have been mostly funded by brand partnerships and he has spent around €100,000.
Luca says Mexico is his favourite country overall - thanks to the food, atmosphere, and the people.
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00:00How do you say my name is Luka in Tok Pisin?
00:02NEM BLONG MI LUKAS
00:04NEM BLONG MI LUKAS
00:06This is Tok Pisin
00:07Welcome to another episode of Linguistics with Luka
00:11Today I'm in Papua New Guinea
00:13I'm currently in the capital city of Port Moresby
00:16Which is actually very dangerous at the moment
00:18Because there are a lot of violent riots going on at this time
00:22But Papua New Guinea is fascinating
00:24It is in fact the most linguistically diverse country on the planet
00:28They have over 850 languages spoken in the country
00:32So how do they all get along?
00:34Well they have a lingua franca called Tok Pisin
00:37Literally Tok Pisin
00:39Which is an English based Creole that almost everyone uses
00:43However me just speaking normal English
00:46I had some difficulty getting around
00:48And people don't always understand what you want
00:51And I don't understand Tok Pisin either
00:53But when you read it sometimes it makes a lot of sense
00:56You have a beautiful view here of Port Moresby
00:58And yeah that's linguistically very fascinating here
01:02Port Moresby
01:03Over 850 languages
01:05Can you imagine?
01:06Guys we're currently in the city of Razon in North Korea
01:09And behind me you can see the Golden Triangle Bank
01:12And I actually just went inside the bank account
01:14And opened a North Korean bank account
01:17And I got a bank card
01:18And we also changed some North Korean won
01:20Which looks really really cool
01:21This is the currency of North Korea
01:23It's the North Korean won
01:25And it has one of the craziest denominations
01:27That I've ever seen in my life
01:29You have here a 10 won note
01:31And there a 50,000 won note
01:34And we're currently in Razon
01:36This is the city of Razon in North Korea
01:38Greetings from country number 193
01:42I am now trying food from the Central African Republic
01:45This is Voodoo with Chiquin
01:48So this is basically feu de quelque chose
01:51With some fermented manioc I think
01:54Oh wow
01:59But it's so good
02:00I love it
02:02It's so good
02:03Guys I'm currently out and about exploring Tuba
02:06It's one of the toughest places to take videos in
02:09And it's a very very
02:10Yeah it feels very anarchical to be honest
02:12It doesn't feel like there's much of a law
02:14You can see the streets here of Chuba
02:16It's a tough place
02:17It's a tough place to film especially
02:19I shouldn't do that
02:20I shouldn't be filming here
02:21It's quite nerve-wracking to be honest
02:23But I'm here with my security guy
02:25So he's taking great care of me
02:27Which is amazing
02:28So greetings from Chuba
02:29I am trying to visit every single country on the planet
02:32And today I'm in Mali
02:33Behind me you can see the Tour d'Afrique
02:35The Africa Tower
02:36Which is one of the main monuments here of the city
02:39And there's a bunch of markets as well here
02:41Around the capital city in Bamako
02:44It's very very bustling
02:45It's very overwhelming
02:46One of those cities where everything is loud
02:48Everything is noisy
02:49Everything is bustling
02:50And this is the Tour d'Afrique
02:53Coming to Mali
02:54Yeah Mali
02:55Mali
02:56Yeah guys this is amazing
02:59I am now trying more East African food here in Rwanda
03:02This is Sukumawiki and Ugali
03:05I know Ugali because I tried it in Bangui
03:07In the Central African Republic
03:09I didn't have it with the sauce though
03:12I only had the greens
03:14Which I love
03:15Basically further kelkishos
03:16It's amazing
03:18And this one here is cassava based
03:21So you can choose between maize and cassava
03:25I prefer the cassava
03:26So nice
03:30If you are in Rwanda
03:31You should definitely come to this restaurant here
03:33It's called the Pan-African restaurant
03:35And they have a lot of vegan options
03:36Which is really nice
03:37They clearly label the vegan options on the menu
03:40Which is so nice
03:41And it's delicious as well
03:44Greetings from Kigali