Nigerian travel content creator Alma Asinobi is on a mission: to break the Guinness World Record for the fastest time to visit all seven continents.
Come March 15th, she will begin her journey from Antarctica, stepping foot on every continent before arriving at Australia. She aims to achieve this feat, which is her biggest challenge yet, in 70 hours.
Making the announcement via her social media channels, Asinobi, who has already visited 30 countries across five continents, revealed it is one of the 2 records she is attempting to break this month. She also went into detail about why she is taking on this challenge.
She wrote:
On March 15th, in just a few days, I’ll be flying from Antarctica all the way to Australia stepping foot on every continent in between to break the Guinness World Record for the “Fastest Time to Visit All Seven Continents.”. This is one of 2 world records I am attempting this month (more on the second one later).
I’m doing this with a Nigerian passport to shed more light on the issue of passport privilege, or in our case, the lack thereof. When I fully recover from having to apply for 10+ visas for this and being rejected for 2 of them a total of 5 times, I’ll go in-depth about why we simply cannot afford to accept and be silent about the second-class treatment we’re subjected to when it comes to travel and visa requirements for citizens with low-mobility passports.
I’m pushing the limits of one of the lowest-ranking passports in the world on this adventure, to show you what’s possible, and inspire you to see the world regardless of the limitations, while holding the spotlight over a much overlooked subject that affects over half of the world’s population, with the most affected people being Africans, both at home and in diaspora.
The current record for the fastest time was set in December 2022 and is held by Indian travelers Sujoy Kumar Mitra and Ali Irani.
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