British traveller 24, spends £125,000 and five years visiting every country on earth

James Asquith, 24, spent a whopping £125,000 visiting 196 countries

Started his journey in 2008 and travelled during university holiday time

Mr Asquith funded his travels through part-time jobs and bar work abroad

Intrepid traveler: James Asquith has become the youngest person to visit every country in the world

A British traveller has become the youngest person to visit every country in the world.



James Asquith spent a whopping £125,000 to achieve his dream.

Over the course of five years the 24-year-old, who now works as banker in London, managed to visit all 196 countries from Australia to Iraq and San Marino to Serbia.



He started travelling in 2008 after his best friends caught the travel bug and decided to pack his bags and see what the fuss was about.



Mr Asquith, from Stevenage, Hertfordshire, said: 'Vietnam was the first independent country I went to and I spent nearly three months there.



'I also spent about five months in the US and Canada, getting to 27 states from Hawaii to Alaska.'



Spending his university holidays in far-flung destinations, Mr Asquith funded his travels through part-time jobs he's had since the age of 16.

He also picked up work along the way in bars and hostels.



It was only when he arrived in war-torn Egypt he realised he wanted to visit every country on the planet, including the unstable nations.



Vanuatu: James Asquith, 24, spent a whopping £125,000 to achieve his ambition

During the five years he toured the world Mr Asquith visited India, left, and Libya, right



The credit trader strikes a pose in Albania during his world tour

The 24-year-old has a photo taken next to a North Korea solider and poses, right, in Hawaii



He added: 'I loved the adrenaline that went with it - but I always seemed to pick the worst timing to visit a lot of the countries.

'I went to Libya three weeks after Gaddafi fell, Afghanistan two weeks after the terrorist bombings in Mazar-i-Sharif, but generally I just found a local and tried to get an insight into each country.

'I spent most of my time in Libya with a local man showing me all the war damage, and in Iran I met the hotel owner's son who was my age who gave me a great local insight.



Mr Asquith takes a selfie in Zambia to add to his photo collection

Part of his travels included Alice Springs, rigth in Australia and Uzbekistan, left



Bolivia: Mr Asquith started travelling in 2008 after his best friends caught the travel bug and decided to pack his bags and see what the fuss was about

'The longest I spent anywhere was six months in Africa. I travelled overland from Senegal to the Congo and then over back up through the east.



'There were lots of small countries and tricky border crossings, putting trust in some people that drove me as much as three countries a time.



'But I haven't finished yet - I'm excited about Tahiti, Easter island, and Antarctica all of which I am hoping to go to next year.'

Dubai, left and the Bahamas, right. Mr Asquith, from Stevenage, Herts, said: 'Vietnam was the first independent country I went to and I spent nearly three months there.



A photo in Bhutan. Spending his university holidays in far-flung destinations, Mr Asquith funded his travels through part-time jobs he's had since the age of 16

Barbodos, left, and Nepal, right. The credit trader also picked up work along the way in bars and hostels.

Nicaragua. It was only when he arrived in war-torn Egypt he realised he wanted to visit every country on the planet, including the unstable nations

Iceland's floating icebergs and the Great Wall of China also featured in Mr Asquith's travels



Three soldiers pose with Mr Asquith in Afghanistan

Wrapping up warm in Russia, left and right, with a new friend in Iran

