193 countries! San Jose second-grade teacher becomes rare traveler to visit every country in the world

The Middle Eastern country was the 193rd Hsu had traveled to.“One hundred ninety-three is the total that is recognized by most travel clubs because that represents the number of UN members who do vote in the UN,” the 43-year-old Hsu said.Although there is no official tally, it is widely estimated that roughly 400 people in the world have been to every country. By comparison, more than 600 people have gone into outer space.

After graduating from UC Berkeley and working for a year, Hsu had saved up enough for her first international destination: London. Hsu, who had been fascinated by geography and history since she was a little girl, wanted to keep going. “Every year I would plan a big trip," Hsu said."And so then my next trip was to Australia and New Zealand. Then the next summer it was a different part of Europe. Then it was Central America. And by the time I had taught for six, seven years, I think it was already 50 countries.”

“I started researching these extreme countries that I could go to,” Hsu said. “And so by the time I was in this club for maybe five years, then I reached close to 150.”

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