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A British man says it took him 1,426 days to complete his quest of visiting all of the world’s 201 countries without flying.
一個英國男子說他花了1426天來完成他的追求——不坐飛機，走遍世界201個國家。
Graham Hughes, 33, accomplished the feat when he arrived Monday in South Sudan, a country that did not yet exist when he began his quest on Jan. 1, 2009, The Daily Telegraph reported.
《每日電訊報》報道，33歲的格雷厄姆•休斯周一到達南蘇丹完成了他的壯舉，當他2009年1月開始他的追求時，南蘇丹還不存在。
Hughes said he had filled four full passports by the time he visited all 193 United Nations member states, as well as Taiwan, Vatican City, the Palestinian territory, Kosovo, Western Sahara and the four home nations of Britain.
休斯說，他訪問了193個聯合國所有成員國以及臺灣、梵蒂岡城、巴勒斯坦地區、科索沃、西撒哈拉以及4個英國的家鄉民族地區之后，他有了4本蓋滿印章的護照。
Guinness World Records said Hughes’ travels were a record because he did it without flying.
吉尼斯紀錄稱休斯由于沒坐飛機卻能周游世界，所以他創造了一項紀錄。
“The main feeling today is just one of intense gratitude to every person around the world who helped me get here, by giving me a lift, letting me stay on their couch or pointing me in the right direction,” Hughes said. “There were times, sitting in a bus station in Cambodia at one in the morning, riding some awful truck over bad roads, when I thought, why am I doing this? But there was always a reason to keep going.”
“今天主要的感想是對全世界幫助我來到這里的人的強烈的感謝，那些讓我搭車，讓我小住或者給我指路的人，”休斯說。“有好幾次，一個早上坐在柬埔寨的一個公車站，坐著破車走在糟糕的道路上，那些時候我就在想，我為什么這樣做？但是總有一個理由促使我繼續前行。”
