“I'm in my sixties, I sold my house and quit my job to travel the world”

While many people dream of it, a woman in her 60s is determined to travel to every country in the world.

She's also way ahead on her to-do list.

Lynn Stephenson, an office administrator, sold her house, quit her job and began traveling the world with the goal of visiting every country in the world.

AIR TRAVELER WARNS FLYERS NOT TO PLACE LAPTOP COMPUTERS IN THIS COMMON LOCATION, CALLING FOR SOCIAL MEDIA USERS TO REACT

She swapped her two-bedroom home for hotels and hostels around the world after being bitten by the travel bug, according to news agency SWNS.

At 62 years old, she has already visited 168 countries and plans to continue to the remaining 27 countries in the coming year.

Before selling her house and quitting her job, Lynn Stephenson, a former office administrator, had taken several trips around the world, she said — but this time, she meant it. (SWNS)

In November 2022, she said: “I have decided to sell. It was always on the radar and it was what I wanted to do. »

HOT TRAVEL TREND HAS PEOPLE LOOKING FOR VINTAGE TREASURES ON VACATION

Before that, she had made several trips around the world over several years – but this time, she really meant it.

So she sold her semi-detached cottage in Carlton, Nottingham, England – and pocketed about $173,000 after paying off her mortgage, she said.

She has amassed a following on social media as she strives to complete her journey.

This money still fuels his travels.

She has amassed a following on social media as she strives to complete her journey. More recently, SWNS reported, she has been “island-hopping” around the South Pacific.

THE NEW TREND IN TRAVEL MAKES AMERICANS CHASE THE FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH

“I love it. Every day is an adventure.”

She added that sometimes things can go wrong – “it’s not all fun and games,” she said.

But she said traveling made her “very calm.”

What made him want to do this full time?

Stephenson poses on Easter Island. “I love it,” she said of her travels. “Every day is an adventure.” (SWNS)

Nothing short of COVID lockdowns, she said.

“COVID gave me the push I needed to do it,” she told SWNS.

“I never believed you could lock down the whole world.”

She said that when “the lockdown was lifted [in portions of the U.K.] on July 3, 2020, I was on a plane to Italy on July 5.”

“HUSH VACATION” TREND AS REMOTE WORKERS ESCAPE FOR GETAWAYS WITHOUT TELLING THE BOSS

She said she had everything stored before the flight date.

Since she began traveling full-time in late 2022, Stephenson has checked off Nepal, Bhutan, Thailand, Iraq, Afghanistan, South Korea, Pakistan and Taiwan, she said at SWNS.

“I think it’s really hard to choose your favorite country.”

She called the Galapagos Islands “incredible…I went there for eight days and stayed for 16.”

Where else in the world, she said, “can you swim [on] the same day with penguins, sharks and sea lions? They have giant turtles and I saw a seahorse.”

She also said: “I think it's really hard to choose your favorite country. How can you compare Papua New Guinea to Italy? They are completely different.”

Stephenson checked off Nepal, Bhutan, Thailand, Iraq, Afghanistan, South Korea, Pakistan and Taiwan. (SWNS)

She said: “My favorite thing about traveling is just realizing that the world is full of really kind and hospitable people,” despite what others may believe or what they are told, she said. -she declared.

She also said, “I don't get scared very easily. »

For more lifestyle articles, visit www.foxnews.com/lifestyle

She acknowledged that “there will be [some] countries where I'm going to have difficulty reaching, like Haiti and North Korea… I've walked in the demilitarized zone, but I have to go.

She also said that “there are a few in the Central African Republic that are very questionable.”

CLICK HERE TO SUBSCRIBE TO OUR LIFESTYLE NEWSLETTER

Next year, she says, it will be Australia, where she will reunite with friends she has met on her travels and spend a few weeks.

Stephenson said that once she has visited every country possible, she will revisit some of the favorite places from her “epic world tour.” (SWNS)

She also has Bangladesh and Brunei on her radar for 2025.

She too is “going back to Africa,” she said.

CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP

She said once she has visited every country possible, she will revisit some of her favorite places on her “epic world tour.”

As for his motto on his travel blog, “Dare, dream, discover”, it is nothing less than this: “A smile every kilometer”.