{"id":17314,"date":"2023-02-02T08:26:52","date_gmt":"2023-02-02T07:26:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stephaniedaily.com\/?p=17314"},"modified":"2023-02-02T08:28:30","modified_gmt":"2023-02-02T07:28:30","slug":"meet-jessica-nabongo-the-first-black-woman-to-travel-to-every-country-in-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stephaniedaily.com\/?p=17314","title":{"rendered":"Meet Jessica Nabongo \u2013 the first black woman to travel to every country in the world"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size\">Travel lovers, get in here!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size\">Have you heard about Jessica Nabongo?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size\">On October 6, 2019 \u2013 35 year old Jessica touched down in Seychelles. This destination marked her record as the first black woman to travel to every country in the world! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"937\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stephaniedaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IMG-5603-1-937x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17323\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stephaniedaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IMG-5603-1-937x1024.jpg 937w, https:\/\/www.stephaniedaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IMG-5603-1-275x300.jpg 275w, https:\/\/www.stephaniedaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IMG-5603-1-768x839.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.stephaniedaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IMG-5603-1-640x699.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.stephaniedaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IMG-5603-1-1080x1180.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/www.stephaniedaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IMG-5603-1.jpg 1170w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 937px) 100vw, 937px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size\">The daughter of Ugandan immigrants, Nabongo live-streamed her accomplishment on Instagram to her 130,000 followers, at the time, from six continents. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size\">It is\nimportant to note that there are less than 500 people who have travelled to\nevery country, which makes Nabongo worthy of attention, especially as she is\nthe only documented black woman to have achieved this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"971\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stephaniedaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IMG-5606-1-1024x971.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"17324\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.stephaniedaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IMG-5606-1.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.stephaniedaily.com\/?attachment_id=17324\" class=\"wp-image-17324\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stephaniedaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IMG-5606-1-1024x971.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.stephaniedaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IMG-5606-1-300x284.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.stephaniedaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IMG-5606-1-768x728.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.stephaniedaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IMG-5606-1-640x607.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.stephaniedaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IMG-5606-1-1080x1024.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/www.stephaniedaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IMG-5606-1.jpg 1170w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size\"><strong>Her feat came with some priceless lessons you should know:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size\">\u201cMost\npeople are good,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size\">\u201cWe have more similarities as humans than we have differences,&#8221; she adds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size\">Nabongo\nemphasizes the need for every race to experience the world, first-hand, because\nseeing the world through the eyes of the \u201cwhite man\u201d may not be accurate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size\">Achieving\nthis exploit, Nabongo states on her Instagram page: \u201cI will never forget swimming with whales in Tonga, a late night road\ntrip to Guinea, drinking fermented horse milk in Kyrgyzstan, all the late\nnights in the streets of London, walking across the bridge into Afghanistan,\nseeing the pyramids in Sudan, the cattle camp in South Sudan, roads trips\nthrough eastern Europe and southern Africa. There are just so many fun\nmemories!!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size\">We think Nabongo has lived an incredible life even before hitting 40!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size\">For every black woman out there contemplating whether to make 2023 more\ncolourful by fulfilling a bucket list, this is the motivation you need. You may\nnot travel the entire world, but let this inspire you to do something\ninteresting in 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"892\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stephaniedaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IMG-5609-1-1024x892.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17325\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stephaniedaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IMG-5609-1-1024x892.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.stephaniedaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IMG-5609-1-300x261.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.stephaniedaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IMG-5609-1-768x669.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.stephaniedaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IMG-5609-1-640x557.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.stephaniedaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IMG-5609-1-1080x941.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/www.stephaniedaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IMG-5609-1.jpg 1170w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size\"><strong>Jessica Nabongo captures her incredibly rich and meaningful experience in her book, \u2018The Catch Me If You Can\u2019, published by National Geographic. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size\"><strong><em>PS: Dear readers, what exploits do you plan to do this year?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Travel lovers, get in here! Have you heard about Jessica Nabongo? On October 6, 2019 \u2013 35 year old Jessica touched down in Seychelles. This destination marked her record as the first black woman to travel to every country in the world! The daughter of Ugandan immigrants, Nabongo live-streamed her accomplishment on Instagram to her 130,000 followers, at the time, from six continents. It is important to note that there are less than 500 people who have travelled to every country, which makes Nabongo worthy of attention, especially as she is the only documented black woman to have achieved this. Her feat came with some priceless lessons you should know: \u201cMost people are good,\u201d she says. \u201cWe have more similarities as humans than we have differences,&#8221; she adds. Nabongo emphasizes the need for every race to experience the world, first-hand, because seeing the world through the eyes of the \u201cwhite man\u201d may not be accurate. Achieving this exploit, Nabongo states on her Instagram page: \u201cI will never forget swimming with whales in Tonga, a late night road trip to Guinea, drinking fermented horse milk in Kyrgyzstan, all the late nights in the streets of London, walking across the bridge into [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17322,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,181,180],"tags":[2167,2168],"class_list":["post-17314","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-features","category-lifestyle","tag-black-girl-magic","tag-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stephaniedaily.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17314","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stephaniedaily.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stephaniedaily.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stephaniedaily.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stephaniedaily.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17314"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.stephaniedaily.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17314\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17330,"href":"https:\/\/www.stephaniedaily.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17314\/revisions\/17330"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stephaniedaily.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/17322"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stephaniedaily.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stephaniedaily.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stephaniedaily.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}