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Travel Blogger Visits 100th Country in 16 Years' Non-stop Travel

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Kiev, Ukraine (PRWEB) November 09, 2014

While the world watches the Ukraine crisis from afar, world-renowned travel blogger Andy Lee Graham is relaxing in Kiev, savoring his singular achievement visiting 100 countries in more than 16 years of perpetual world travel.

Ukraine is actually my 105th country 104th if you count Transnistria as a rogue country, said Graham. Number 100 was Greece, which I visited at the beginning of October.

I would have stayed in Athens a while longer, but I wanted to make my way over to Ukraine and get a man-in-the-street feel for whats going on here, said Graham. Rather than fly direct, though, I stopped in Malta, Romania, Moldova and Transnistria along the way.

Another of Grahams claims to fame is visiting countries that tourists and other travelers avoid. He actually prefers so-called developing countries and locations where significant world events are taking shape. He was in Iraq in Aug. 2003 after heavy fighting had ended; Thailand during the 2004 tsunami; and Ivory Coast when its civil war heated up in Feb. 2011.

Hes been to places that are so far off the tourist trail that the beaten path is a days bus ride away, wrote travel writer Tim Leffel in his foreword to Grahams recent book, The Rules of Travel (Real Travelers Press, 2014). He has supported himself for more than a decade on the road, writing about his experiences on multiple continents.

Graham, who has been traveling non-stop since 1998, has traveled to more places and continually traveled longer than any human alive today.

Ive had a challenge out there for years for someone to step forward whos been continuously traveling longer than I have, said Graham. By continuously, I mean you cant have stopped for longer than three months in a row at any one place. So far, no one in the hardcore traveler community has stepped forward. Travel writers arent even on the list.

The founder and chief blogger of HoboTraveler.com, Graham has documented his travels with more than 8,000 blog posts and has posted about 30,000 photos and 2,000 videos since founding the site about 15 years ago.

Whats unique about Andy is that, unlike most other travel writers, he only writes about places hes actually visited actually lived in, really, said Alan Oak, editor at Real Travelers Press. He gets to know local people and almost exclusively patronizes local hotels, restaurants and services. He isnt just sitting all comfy in U.S., rehashing the same old garbage about high-priced tourist traps.

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Oman Air celebrates awards at World Travel Market 2014

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Oman Air celebrated its awards at this years four-day World Travel Market (WTM), which ended on Nov. 6. The national carrier of Oman shared with guests its awards success over the last 12 months. In a move aimed to reciprocate the airlines success, Oman Air used the WTM occasion to announce the winners of its own new awards program, the Oman Air Media Awards UK. Since last years highly successful participation in WTM, Oman Air has scooped numerous international awards, been named in an array of magazine Top 10 lists and received praise from customers and travel trade representatives alike. Furthermore, Oman Airs own Extreme Sailing Series crew has competed globally to great acclaim, and Oman Air-sponsored Omani motorsports ace Ahmad Al-Harthy was named as the winner of the 2014 British GT Championship following a series of spectacular drives. Ahmads Aston Martin Vantage, resplendent in Oman Airs colors, provided the perfect backdrop for the announcement of the winners of the Oman Air Media Awards UK. This is the first time that these awards are being presented, and the outstanding work of UK journalists and bloggers who have written about Oman, Oman Air and the airlines sports sponsorship is being recognized. The winners of each of the four categories of the awards went ahead for consideration as overall winner of the Oman Air Media Awards UK, with the successful writer taking home a long weekend for two in Oman. Mohammed Al-Shikely, GM marketing at Oman Air, comments: Following a year in which we have been honored by more awards than ever before, it is only fitting that we recognize the invaluable role that the UKs journalists and bloggers have played in the success of Oman Air, and of the destination of the Sultanate of Oman.

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At the World Travel Market 2014 in London, the leading event for the global travel industry, euronews spoke to Domingo Ramon C. Enerio III, President of the Tourism Promotions Board Philippines...

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World Travel Market 2014 interview Akhtaruz Zaman Khan Kabir, Bangladesh
At the World Travel Market 2014 in London, the leading event for the global travel industry, euronews spoke to Akhtaruz Zaman Khan Kabir, Chief Executive Officer Bangladesh Tourism Board about...

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World Travel Market 2014 interview Honorable Datuk Dr. Ong Hong Peng, Malaysia
At the World Travel Market 2014 in London, the leading event for the global travel industry, euronews spoke to the Honorable Datuk Dr. Ong Hong Peng, Secretary General of the Ministry of Tourism...

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