First woman to travel to every country

Cassie De Pecol in North Korea with her tour guide. She came to the country on a three-day organized tour with a Chinese tour group based out of Beijing.

First woman to travel to every country

Cassie DePecol became the first woman to travel to all 196 countries, and the fastest person to do so, in 18 months and 26 days.

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