Mike Spencer Bown (born c. 1969) is a Canadian traveler who extensively visited numerous locations backpacking over a span of 23 years, and was said to have been the first tourist to Mogadishu in many years.[1][2] He is a resident of Calgary, Alberta and has traveled for 30 years in over 195 countries.[3] Until recently he has been unwilling to put an exact number on the number of countries visited out of a keenness to avoid arguments about whether some of them are independent nations.[4] In 2020 he had to stop travelling and return to Canada when all of the international borders closed down due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[5]
Bown has written a book about his travels, "The World's Most Travelled Man: A Twenty-Three-Year Odyssey to and through Every Country on the Planet" published by Douglas & McIntyre in October 2018.[6][7]
References edit
- ^ Abdinur, Mustafa Haji (2010-12-10). "Mogadishu's 'first tourist' puzzles immigration officials". Google News. AFP. Retrieved 2013-11-27.
- ^ Platt, Michael (2013-10-02). "Calgary man Mike Spencer Bown becomes world's most travelled after finishing 23-year odyssey". Toronto Sun. Retrieved 2013-11-12.
- ^ "The Best Travelled - UN Master List", The Best Travelled Retrieved 21 February 2016
- ^ Memmott, Mark (19 October 2013). "190-Plus Nations In 23 Years For World's 'Most Traveled' Man". NPR. Retrieved 2017-08-07.
- ^ The Stewart Mackenzie Indaba #2 Mike Spencer Bown, retrieved 2020-06-13
- ^ "The World's Most Travelled Man". Douglas & McIntyre. Retrieved 2017-08-07.
- ^ Bown, Mike Spencer. (2017). The world's most travelled man : a twenty-three-year odyssey to and through every country on the planet. Madeira Park, BC: Douglas & McIntyre. ISBN 1-77162-142-7. OCLC 980684612.
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