World-traveling couple visits 197 countries, reveals top destinations

Traveling internationally with a important different is conscionable a imagination for some, but 1 mates has officially seen it all.

Hudson and Emily Crider, primitively from Pennsylvania, person traveled to each state connected Earth (except for Sudan, owed to its ongoing humanitarian crisis).

From walking crossed 1 of the smallest countries, Tuvalu, successful little than 60 seconds, to sleeping connected the Great Wall of China, the joined mates has visited 197 countries successful conscionable 8 years.

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The Criders, who archetypal started their question travel by visiting each 50 U.S. states, capped disconnected their large planetary escapade with a relaxing travel to the Bahamas earlier preparing to invited their archetypal kid successful June.

Hudson and Emily Crider, pictured supra successful the Bahamas (country No. 197), are expecting a babe miss successful June 2025. (Hudson and Emily)

"When we started traveling, we ne'er planned to question to each country," Hudson shared. "We conscionable wanted to spot much of the world, acquisition antithetic cultures."

In an interrogation with Fox News Digital, the Criders reflected connected their travel astir the world, calling retired a fewer memorable moments.

The ‘blessing’ of kindness

The mates was struck by the kindness of the radical they encountered passim their journey.

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"Even though cultures tin alteration wide … a grin transcends each languages," Hudson said. "In astir each country, radical went retired of their mode to invited america oregon to assistance us."

Emily added that they person "countless stories" of radical who person been "a blessing."

"It's conscionable wholly changed our hearts of who we privation to beryllium [because of] the mode radical person treated america successful different countries," she said. "That was thing unexpected that has go the forefront of what we anticipation to share."

Notable destinations

Among the countries that are little visited by Americans, the Criders said Uzbekistan was the astir astonishing successful presumption of its awesome culture, nutrient and people, portion besides being budget-friendly.

"Before we adjacent crossed the borderline — we were taking nationalist proscription and 15 rider vans — idiosyncratic had invited america to their home. And that was existent everyplace we went," Hudson recalled. 

The Central Asian federation of Uzbekistan stood retired to the Criders for its benignant radical and astonishing architecture. (Hudson and Emily)

"It was 1 of the main stops connected the Silk Road (an past commercialized web linking East Asia to the Mediterranean and Europe, known for trading Chinese silk)," helium noted. "Cities similar Samarkand are conscionable beautiful, with bluish mosques and buildings. And the food's amazing, too."

Emily added that she was besides amazed by Namibia’s beauteous landscape.

The Patagonia portion of Argentina is large for photos, the Criders shared. (Hudson and Emily)

"It’s truthful underrated," she said. "There's safari, determination are beauteous soil dunes … arsenic acold arsenic your oculus tin spot – and it’s comparatively casual to travel."

Thailand, wherever the Criders spent 7 months, stood retired arsenic 1 of their wide apical destinations.

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"The budget-friendliness, the beauty, the people, the nutrient and the friendships" were immoderate of the highlights of the country, according to Emily.

Hudson shouted retired the Patagonia portion of Argentina arsenic "one of the astir beauteous places successful the world" with immoderate of the champion photography opportunities.

"Think of the stories you privation to archer immoderate time and past spell retired and unrecorded them."

"Incredible glaciers and mountains," helium said. "You person the plains, you person the beaches."

The Criders besides named the Maldives arsenic 1 of the astir relaxing destinations with immoderate of the astir beauteous beaches successful the world.

Global cuisines

Food was a cosmopolitan connection during the Criders’ travels, arsenic galore locals consistently tried to provender them, sometimes astatine nary cost.

Emily shouted retired Switzerland arsenic her favourite nutrient destination – mostly owed to the food and cocoa fondue.

Emily's favourite nutrient was the fondue successful Switzerland, she shared. (Hudson and Emily)

A Swiss household who hosted the Criders served a accepted crockery called raclette, which is simply a benignant of melted food served with nutrient and different accompaniments.

"They insisted and wanted to stock their civilization with america – I inactive deliberation astir that repast to this day," Emily said.

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Hudson's favourite cuisines were successful Vietnam and Thailand, helium said, noting that it’s "really hard" to find atrocious Vietnamese oregon Thai foods.

Unfortunately, Emily experienced a bout of "horrific" nutrient poisoning successful Pakistan aft being invited to an Islamic solemnisation meal.

The Criders considered their travel to Pakistan a "roller coaster," implicit with stunning views. (Hudson and Emily)

"When you're traveling, you're eating a full clump of caller things, and sometimes it conscionable doesn't enactment out," Hudson said.

"Complete random strangers … wanted america to beryllium portion of their biggest holiday," Emily recalled. "And it was conscionable truthful peculiar and truthful saccharine … to spot their bosom and cognize that adjacent if languages and different things are different, we're truthful similar."

Wildlife encounters

The travelers experienced aggregate safaris and encounters with animals, calling retired Kenya arsenic the destination with the champion wildlife.

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"At the borderline of Kenya and Tanzania, we saw The Great Migration, erstwhile the wildebeests crossed implicit the river," Emily described. "It virtually conscionable felt similar a movie earlier our eyes."

While immoderate countries were easy accessible, others were a spot trickier to reach, the mates shared.

In West Africa, the Criders recalled taking nationalist proscription passim the region, describing the conveyance arsenic a presumption wagon wherever they "jam arsenic galore radical successful arsenic they can" — and sometimes adjacent a mates of goats.

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Emily besides shared her acquisition of swimming with humpback whales successful Tonga, noting however she felt "so tiny" adjacent to them.

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In summation to the crowded rides successful places similar Liberia (pictured above), the Criders had respective 50- to 60-hour question stints to definite destinations. (Hudson and Emily)

"French Polynesia is astir apt 1 of the astir accessible places for humpback whales and swimming with them," Hudson commented. "Being successful that situation wherever you're that tiny with that large of an carnal is surreal."

Travel tips

For those who privation to question internationally, the Criders person immoderate advice: Start with debased expectations.

"If you're going to an off-the-beaten-path country, cognize that you're determination for an experience," Hudson advised. 

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"Set debased expectations, and past you're ever going to permission with a large acquisition — due to the fact that whether it was a bully clip oregon a atrocious time, it was a caller experience."

Thailand was a standout destination for the Criders due to the fact that of its affordability, delicious nutrient and beauteous beaches. (Hudson and Emily)

"I truly conscionable emotion Hudson’s quote, ‘Think of the stories you privation to archer immoderate time and past spell retired and unrecorded them,’ due to the fact that I deliberation stories look antithetic for antithetic people," Emily added.

"The much we've traveled, the much it's changed america into the radical we'd hoped to be. And I deliberation we perceive that truthful galore times from different radical who person traveled."