‘World’s Most Traveled’ Man, Mike Spencer Bown, Heads Home After 23-Year Journey

Should 44-year-old Mike Spencer Bown ever find himself portrayed in pop culture, the best analogue would likely be Dos Equis' (fictional) beer endorser, the "Most Interesting Man in the World."

His promo would read something like this: "He invented the term 'Wanderlust;' His Facebook profile reads like an "Indiana Jones" novel. The odometer that tracks his frequent flyer miles has rolled over — five times. He is… the World's Most Traveled Man."

More than two decades ago, Bown left behind Calgary with a dream to see the world. Now, after 23 straight years of travel and ample time in every country on Earth, he's called it a wrap and returned to Canada. According to the Calgary Sun, that makes him "the most extensively traveled person in human history."

While others have visited every country in the world, perhaps none have had exhaustive journeys on par with Bown's.

He's met witch doctors in Mali, lived in a leaf hut with an African Pygmy tribe, and faced down Silverback gorillas in Rwanda. In detailing his top 80 experiences to the travel blog "Backpackology," Bown said he has been arrested "more times than he can count."


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