Best places in China and Asia to visit from a man who has been to 158 countries
- Daniel Herszberg, 26, is aiming to become the youngest Australian to visit every country, but says there are three or four people in the running
- Based in Hong Kong, he gives his Asia and China travel recommendations, including China’s Yellow Mountains and Kota Kinabalu in Malaysia
Hong Kong-based lawyer Daniel Herszberg is in the running to become the youngest Australian to have visited every country in the world. Aged 26, he says he has been to “158 of 197 countries” and aims to complete his mission by the end of 2020.
But Herszberg isn’t just about ticking boxes and bagging the T-shirt. Rather than spending just a couple of days in a capital, he travels further into each country, meets the locals and immerses himself in the culture. He is saving Antarctica until last – the cherry on the top of his global expedition.
The “most travelled” community is a select group and there are a handful of websites dedicated to cataloguing their travels, among them the Travellers’ Century Club, Nomad Mania and Most Travelled People.
The youngest person to travel to every country in the world is currently former London banker James Asquith, who reached his target in 2013 at the age of 24.
Herszberg is aiming for the Australian title and says there are three or four people in the running.