Drew Binsky - Traveling to 194 countries by 29 years old

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All right, what is going on everyone? Casey Adams here. Welcome back to the Rise of the Young podcast. Today we are joined by Drew Binsky. Thanks so much for coming on, Drew.

Hey Casey. It's a pleasure to be here, man. How you doing?

I'm doing good. So you've Traveled to what, 194 countries? That's what I've read online, man. You've been to almost every country in the world. The youngest, one of the youngest to ever do it. Where did this begin? And give us an update on where you're at.

Yeah, I've been to 194 out of 197 countries. My final three are Saudi Arabia, Jamaica and Palau, which is a small Pacific island nation not far from the Philippines. Started by teaching English in South Korea or even before that actually. I studied abroad in Czech Republic my junior year of college, that was in 2012. Then had a great semester there. Traveled around Europe and wanted to keep traveling. So I graduated college with an economics degree from University of Wisconsin and took a job teaching English in Korea because it was just a great opportunity to travel and get paid to travel. And then started a blog from there which kind of evolved into a more full time job. In 2015 when I left Korea, I started traveling by myself, making a few thousand a month from blogging little sponsors. And then Snapchat came around. I had a big following on Snapchat when it was big five, six years ago. Then that was my full time job collaborating with brands for 2015, 2016, then 2017. I started making videos because my girlfriend just bought me a camera and said hey, you should start filming your travels instead of putting them on snaps with delete, which delete after 24 hours and so started making videos. Went to North Korea in April 2017. That video got 10 million views and pretty much overnight I was like, okay, I'm gonna start this video thing. Fast forward till now. I've had 2.1 billion views, about a thousand videos overall, a little more than a thousand overall. And my community is about 8 million on social media.

That is incredible, man. Quite the journey. Like thinking back to that time when you decided to like go full time on traveling, like, was your goal set out to go to every single country in the world? Like, how did it get to that point?

Yeah, I wasn't at first. I just love to travel. And then when I was blogging in Korea, I came across a guy named Lee Abimonti who's now a good friend and mentor and he had visited every country and he was the youngest American to do it at 31 years old. I'm 29 right now and at the time I was 21. I was your age when I, when I found out about him and I was like, okay, why can't I be the youngest? You know, what's stopping me? So he just kind of helped me, you know, with some tips and kind of guided me along the way and. And I started doing it myself and boom, now I'm a full time, full time at it.

That's incredible, man. So you have three more countries to go. When you plan on hitting those last three, is it an urgent thing to do or what's the next plan?

It is urgent. I was supposed to finish in May 2020. That's almost a year ago. And I obviously got held back because of a pandemic that took over the world. But things are getting better. It's looking like I'll be finishing in June 2021. Not sure when this episode is going to be released, probably before that. So I'm really looking forward to getting it done. And I'm shooting a documentary. It's actually a docu series, one episode per country. I hired a great production crew, a camera crew in la and we've been really doing it. For me it's go big or go home. So I have a big budget, we've raised some money and we're filming a really, really cool docu series about going to every country. What I've learned, who I've met, my unique way of traveling as a YouTuber. So social media world, like behind the scenes, the struggles of traveling, what it's like, you know, all this kind of stuff is going to be wrapped in a seven part series which will hopefully be out next year. So that's kind of my next big project.

That's exciting, man. What's been the Biggest learning curve from traveling to all, you know, 194 countries. I think for some people, it's like just trying to understand that almost seems impossible. Going to every single country in the world, like, what are some of the challenges you ran into? I know that you said you went to North Korea. Like, what was it like going there? Or what were some of the biggest hurdles when trying to hit these first 194 countries?

Yeah, there's about 120 countries that are super easy to visit. What I mean by that is you just book a flight and go. Assuming you have. Most of your viewers are Americans, I'm sure. So with an American passport, you can visit 174 countries without needing to get a visa before COVID But even when Covid finished, it'll still be that same number. My girlfriend has a Philippines passport, so it's harder for her to get visas. So basically, 120 countries, you can just show up, boom, you're there. The other 60, 70, 80 countries, you need to apply for visas, you have to get permission in advance. It's really expensive. It takes a lot of time. You have to go to embassies around the world and talk to the ambassadors, and sometimes you have to bribe them. I've had to bribe to get four different visas. It's just like. It's a whole. That's. That's the most stressful part is getting in the country. And once you're in. You know, safety can be a concern in some countries, but other than that, man, once you're in, you're in. And you can just kind of go around and have fun. But one of the struggles I deal with is, like, anxiety of always being in airports, always going through checkpoints, always having people search my passport, always having to hide my profession as a journalist, because in countries like Libya and Syria and Afghanistan and Yemen, being a journalist is forbidden. So that's. That's the biggest challenge for me personally.

And when you go to these places and then record, is that like a, like, you said, like, sketchy thing to do?

Yeah, in many about 15 countries, it's really, really tough to shoot in because for whatever reason, they don't like cameras. They don't want to be exposed, or they feel like you're threatening them or they think you're a spy or they think, you know, they just feel uncomfortable when an outsider comes and has a camera in his hand. So I usually have to ask for permission or I have my GoPro. In countries like Afghanistan and Iraq, I was in both those countries over the last few months and then. And Venezuela. So you just have to be really sneaky and. And that's part of the fun, man.

Yeah. So you said the last couple of months, Afghanistan, Afghanistan, Iraq. Like, when you're there, like, what are you doing? Right. Like, for me, I'm like, okay, when you go there and, you know, we can link it down below to a couple different videos, but, like, what were you doing there recently? And what were some of those countries like?

So I went back to Afghanistan and Iraq for the second and third times over the last few months because I love them. I love to visit countries that everyone's scared to visit because I always find the beauty of humanity and I find the good sides of all the places I go to, and I stay away from politics, really. So, dude, it's so fun. Like, I just meet local friends through Instagram, people in my community, and we have no plan. I'm very extremely spontaneous. Like, I will arrive Yemen with literally not even a hotel booked for that night. I just, like, completely rely on my friends, my local friends to take me around. I rely on their kindness. And obviously, I give back by. I don't let them pay for anything. And I. We have great conversations about the world. And so it's kind of a win, win. Like, I hang out with them, they hang out with me. They can help me show their countries, you know, I can, you know, give them travel tips. And it's a very. It's a very much a win, win situation. Yeah.

Yeah. People always say, like, when you travel, you open up a different point in your mind and you start seeing different parts of the world, especially those who, you know, are born and raised in America. Like, what have you learned just from a high level, just from traveling to all these countries? And what has been one of the biggest takeaways that you've been able. Sorry about that. What's been one of the biggest takeaways just from traveling to 194 countries?

The two biggest takeaways are that all people on Earth are the same and that the world is much safer than you think. So what I mean by everyone's the same. Doesn't matter if you're in Madagascar or Montreal or Mauritius, Everyone has the same wants and needs. We all need to have a roof over our heads to sleep. We all need to eat food when we're hungry. When something's funny, we all laugh, we all cry when we're sad. We all want to love each other, and we all want to, you know, we need to make money to Support ourselves and our families. That's true. No matter how rich or how poor the country is. And just everybody smiles and everybody just. You can, you can literally, without speaking the same language, connect with someone, anyone. And that's the coolest thing about traveling. And the world is much safer than you think. Like, you know, I'm at my grandma's house right now, and she's watching like the news 24 7. And it's literally like negative thing after negative thing after negative thing. And it's like there's a crazy crisis in Yemen and all this stuff. And yes, there are bad things that are happening, but there's also a really beautiful world. Like Afghanistan has something like 20, 25 million people in it. Million. So, you know, not all those guys are bad guys. You know, the Taliban extremist terrorist organization that's taking over the country is only run by a very, very tiny, tiny percentage of those 25 million people. So the world is a lot safer than you think. And that's one of my biggest messages that I try to share through my videos.

I love that. Like, when you finish traveling to all these countries, how do you plan? Do you have an idea to celebrate or to commemorate this chapter? Because, I mean, I don't know the exact number, but not many people in the world will ever be able to say what you're about to complete, which is, I've been to every single country in the world. Like, how does that make you feel? Like thinking back, you know, on your journey, as someone that had this travel bug, that wanted to go see the world, to then now almost being in every single country, like, how do you feel and what does it mean to you?

It's awesome, man. It's something I set out to do many, many years ago. And to almost be done is a great feeling. And it's been a lot of stress and a lot of work to. I mean, I'm working, you know, 18 hours a day just on my own videos. And traveling itself is work. You know, going to the airport and meeting people, taking buses, trains, boats, bikes. You know, it's a lot of stuff to deal with, especially during COVID with getting Covid tests. I've had over 45 Covid tests now because I've been on the road non stop. How. Yeah. But yeah, I'm gonna celebrate with a big party in Hawaii because I've been to 49 states. Hawaii is the only one I have not been to. So I'll have some family and friends hang out in Hawaii after I finish.

Very cool, man. When you think about COVID and, you know, people, last year, this time was when the world was shutting down. People, you know, just now putting on their mask and countries are closing. How did that affect your traveling? And also, how many countries have you been to during COVID I've been to.

About 20 countries since June 1, so I've been on the road nonstop. It's tough, man. Some countries are so strict. Like Ecuador, for example, when they give you the money back at a restaurant, they'll spray it with sanitizer. With a spray. So they're literally handing you, like, a wet bill. And it's like, how am I going to put this bill in my pocket? It's crazy. In Ecuador, but in Venezuela, which is a neighboring country, no mask, nobody cares. In Afghanistan, nobody knows about the pandemic. Like, literally. Yeah.

No way.

Yeah. I swear, man. I have interviews with people saying, like, hey, do you know that there's a worldwide pandemic? And they're like, I have no idea. Also in Mexico, I went down in the jungle in the southern part of Mexico, and people there had never heard of a pandemic before. There's been a few situations. Another time, I was in Egypt and I asked someone, yeah, dude, it's not. What's happening in this country is far superior. Not superior, far. Much a different story than in other countries. And in Tanzania, nobody wears masks. Nobody cares. In Ghana, nobody cares. But in Turkey, they care a lot. They wear a mask. So it's very much hit or miss. But it's a pain in the ass to have to get, like, tested every time and have to, like, deal with flight cancellations and everybody being paranoid and. But it is what it is, man. Is what it is.

For sure, man. So I know you have two Guinness World Records. What are they? And what was your goal with those two records?

The first one was silly. It was the fastest time to pack a suitcase. So I did it in, like, 20, 24 seconds. Like, I had to do, like, all these different things. That was more just to have another record. But the first one I did was the most UNESCO World heritage sites in 24 hours. So there's a list of about a thousand UNESCO sites around the world. Places that have cultural significance or natural significance, like the Grand Canyon or the Taj Mahal. So I visited 12 sites across Germany and the Netherlands in 2016, only by taking public transportation, so I couldn't take my own car. That was a crazy one. But, yeah, I hope to do more records. They're fun.

That's incredible, man. What does your family think about what you do and all the travels that you've done?

They're pretty supportive. Like, at first they were asking me if it can be a real job and how I'm gonna do it, but I've proven to them that it's very sustainable and it's fun. And yeah, they're my biggest fans. Like, they're really supportive, which is great.

I love that. And I know on your website you've done a lot of amazing brand partnerships with some amazing companies. How does it work? Like, when people see your travels and you work with these brands, what was your first brand deal and how have you been able to collaborate with dozens of brands along your travels? And how does that process even go for people that may not know?

I work with a lot of brands from the travel blogging days. I would work with like Hotels.com and they would have an affiliate link, you know, that every time someone clicked it, I would get 1% of the sale, which wasn't that much. But, yeah, as I've grown, as I have more eyeballs on my content, I'm able to charge more as I have a bigger reach. You know, I can charge 20 to 30 thousand dollars per video with some brands that I work with, sometimes even more. So some of my favorites are Duolingo, the language learning app, or I did something with Sony. They sponsored me and, and booking.com I've done a big collaboration with, and I'm working on a couple. Couple more big ones. So, yeah, I mean, I used to reach out to brands, now they reach out to me. We negotiate, like, what are the deliverables? How long are you gonna, like, 45 second integration in the video, add a link. You know, it's like. And I have to kind of give them a pitch of what, what I'm gonna write, what I'm gonna talk about in the video and how I'm gonna reflect their brand. And then they send a contract, I sign it. And. And yeah, I mean, Corona is another one of my biggest sponsors, Corona Beer. So it's. It's a lot of fun to work with brands, but I'm pretty selective on who I work with. I don't. I don't work with everyone.

Yeah, I love that. One of the videos that I saw recently of yours was when I don't know exactly where you were again, but it was the guy who built the car and drove you around. Was that in Ghana?

Yeah.

That was just incredible. And even, like, before we connected and started this conversation, before the podcast, I saw that Video everywhere. And just the inspiration that you're being able to showcase through your content is extraordinary, because I'm sure he would never have had that platform or that platform to tell his story and to show the world what he's up to. Right. So how does that make you feel? And what. What was that moment in particular like for you to see? Someone in Ghana built a car. I think you said it was $100, was, like, the budget of it, and then he was driving you around, like, that was just crazy to me.

Yeah, I got in touch with that guy, like, the morning of that video. So a lot of my stuff is spontaneous. Someone's like, hey, there's a really interesting person. And I'm like, I want to go meet him. So, yeah, I showed up at his house, met his mother, talked to her about what I wanted to film, then interviewed Kelvin, which is the kid's name. He's 19, I think. Heard about his story, and, yeah, I knew it would hit really hard with my audience because it's so inspiring. And my friend Nas Daily did a story on him a couple weeks ago, and it has, like, 50 million views. So it really elevated the kid, you know, to have a lot of success in the future. And it feels good, man. I like to give the spotlight to people who have not had the spotlight before and people who come from countries where the spotlight isn't given to them very often. That's kind of my main goal.

I love that you talk a lot about spontaneous and just being curious. And that curiosity, that's something I live by, is just curiosity. That's something Larry King always told me when I interviewed him. What's your thoughts on spontaneous activities? Curiosity? Can you teach it? Is that just an innate quality that you have? Because a lot of people like going to meet someone in a different country that you haven't met that you don't know. You might think it's sketchy, and they have. They're hesitant. Where does your spontaneous and curiosity ability come from?

I think it just comes from within. I mean, it takes a certain person to be able to not only go to every country, but to be able to be on camera and show your face 24 7. It takes an extroverted person, and it takes someone who's just willing to go out there and take a risk and not worry about the consequences too much. I don't know. I just go with the flow, man. I love it. The best experiences for me come from spontaneous. You know, someone just says, hey, let's go here, and boom, just Go like, if you plan too much, it's just, it's a waste of time for me and you know, most people I know and that, you know, probably are kind of follow the same path. It's like, you know, go to college. Nothing wrong with college, by the way. I went to college and I loved it. But then get a job, make X amount of salary for 20 years, then get, get bonus or whatever, get upgraded, promoted to the next position, then they make an extra 30,000 a year, then maybe they reach their peak, but then they're already 45 years old and it's like, so it's like I don't, I just want to, you know, keep working for myself and keep finding ways to advance. And my life, my life is very extremely spontaneous. And even what I just said was spontaneous. I don't even know if I made sense when I. But I don't know. Going with the flow is just my motto and it's something I've learned to appreciate and just kind of do it more because I've. As I told you, the best experiences in my life are when things that weren't planned. Like the Kelvin video that I just said, that wasn't even planned, man. I just went in and met him and shot the video.

Yeah, I love that for sure. Speaking on, just not only traveling to every country, I know you said you started this journey when you were 21, is that right? Like that bug, what were like the first five years like and then these last four. How many countries did you go to the first one, two, three years and how did it speed up and what was that like?

First time was studying abroad in Prague and I visited 20 countries in 2012, just like all mostly European countries and Dubai and Emirates. And then yeah, when I lived in Korea, I visited about 20 more countries over those two year period. So I was at about 40, 45 countries in 2015. And that's when I decided, okay, I'm just going to travel full time and start ticking off regions and countries. And so then I visited about 25 ish countries a year since 2015. 25 new countries a year. So I've repeated countries more than 80 times. So if I went to Mexico again this year, I don't count that as a new country. So 25 new countries since 2015 a year. So it's been awesome, man.

Yeah, that's so wild to me, man. Do you have, and I'm sure it's hard to answer this, do you have a favorite or a couple of different countries that have stood out to you. Whether it's the culture or the stories that you've found within them that mean a lot to you or what's your thoughts there?

Yeah, the Middle east is my favorite region by far nicest people, incredible culture. You know, it's the cradle of civilization. You talk about Mesopotamia and Iraq. You know, the first settlements ever were recorded. And I love Islam. I'm Jewish, but I have a deep love and appreciation for Islam and because I have a lot of Islamic friends and I've spent a lot of time in Muslim majority countries, so anywhere from Syria, Lebanon, Afghanistan, Pakistan, which is more in South South Asia, but still in the region. And then, you know, I love Kuwait, Jordan, Israel, Iran. Iran is amazing. So all those countries, man, are just my favorite.

I love that. And people talk a lot about travel hacking. Do you have any tips and tricks on travel hacking or best practices that you've Learned traveling to 194 countries?

I'm glad you asked me that. I've actually been spending all my time the last month making this masterclass on travel hacking. It's going to go up in about a couple of weeks from now. It's like everything I've learned from all of my trips, like into one course. So I'm looking forward to selling that. But I don't know, man, there's so many tips. I always, when you go to an airport and when you check in for the flight, you can always ask for upgrades. You can ask them to sit in the front of the plane and you can ask them, you know, to not have to check your bag. People don't realize that you can like speak. Those are people that are checking you in. And so I always say like, hey, I want to sit at the front of the plane because I want to get through immigrant. If you sit at the back of the plane, then you have to wait for everyone to get off, which is annoying. Then you have to, you have to go to immigration. If you're flying international, Right. Even if you're flying domestic, you have to all walk to the same baggage claim, whatever. If you sit on the front of the plane, boom, you're off. You're off. And that saves you 15 minutes of time every time you fly. So I asked to sit at the front of the plane is one of my biggest travel tips that no one even knows you can do. There's a lot of other tips I have, man. Stay tuned for the course.

Absolutely. No, for sure. I'll make sure to link that down below when it comes out. Let's Talk about just social media. Overall, I know that you have over 2 million, almost 2.5 million subscribers on YouTube. How have you utilized social recently? Right, with TikTok, and there's Instagram, there's all these different platforms. Where do you spend majority of your time and how do you differentiate between each platform and the content you put out there?

They're all different. And I've pivoted from Snapchat being my main priority focus to Instagram in order to Facebook to YouTube, and it's still YouTube. YouTube is my nuts and bolts. So I'm creating content for YouTube and then I repurpose it for Facebook, for Instagram. I cut it in different ways. I make them shorter, I make them vertical. I have a team. I have 14 people that work for me. So I have, I've kind of built out a team to help me. TikTok is another one I'm focused on at the moment. I have a girl named Sharon in Italy. She runs my TikTok account and she grew it from the ground up. I mean, you know, five of my last 10 videos have hit over a million or 2 million on TikTok. So it's, it's an up and coming platform. And even though I don't like it, I don't want to ignore it because I feel like it would be terrible if I ignored, you know, the biggest social media platform of the younger generation at least. So, yeah, they're all different. But I'm posting, I said, to YouTube, and then I'm like trickling all that content down to the other platforms. But I have a lot of old footage that I'm. I hired a guy now, he's going through all my footage from day one and he's tagging it. So if I type in like golf, which I play a lot of golf.

Yeah.

All of a sudden all the, all the clips of me playing golf will just come up in one spot. So that's kind of been my strategy and it's, it's been really, really helpful.

I know you, you talked about, we were talking about golf earlier. How long have you been playing golf? I'm curious because I've been playing since I was 8 years old. Love the sport.

I've been playing since I was about eight. I'm from Scottsdale, Arizona, and I used to be a two handicap in high school. I was shooting even par under par all the time now.

That's incredible, man.

Thanks, dude. I play a couple times a year now. My last few rounds are 77, 78. So I'm picking it back up. But yeah, I really just love, love the game, and it's kind of my detox. It kind of frees me from. From the real world for a little.

Bit, for sure, man. When you're traveling, have you stayed in a certain country for what's the longest time you stayed in the country and then, like, the shortest time you stayed in a country?

I spent a year in Thailand living there, so I wasn't always on the ground there. But the longest amount of time I spent in any country is the Philippines, over a year and a half. Obviously Korea, I was living there. But India, I spent four months. Indonesia, I spent two months. There's many. Turkey, I've spent two and a half months. I spent a lot of time in a lot of countries, but also I spent one day in a couple countries. I've spent three days in a couple countries. I spent four days. So it all kind of depends on what I'm doing in the country and if. How big the country is. For example, Russia is freaking massive. But, you know, Liechtenstein, which I don't even know if most people have heard of, or Guinea Bissau or Kiribati. All those countries are tiny, so you don't need more than a day to kind of see what's going on.

Yeah. Do you have any, like, sketchy moments that you can look back on and be like, wow, that was. That was one of the most incredible but yet sketchy place that I now have this story that you can tell today that we're just like, oh, my God, I can't believe that happened.

Pretty much name a country. I got a lot of stories, man. In Libya, I fell asleep to the sound of bombs because I was there in a civil war and my hotel was vibrating. In Yemen, I was caught at a checkpoint, and they thought I was a spy, so I had to take off my clothes on on the side of the road, and they searched me, they pat me down, and they held me, my passport for a while, and Afghanistan. I was driving with my driver, and he hit a dog and killed the dog on the street. That wasn't the scary part. The scary part was his car was. Was totaled, so we were able to drive it still. So we went to the next checkpoint, and they thought he killed a person and he was trying to drive away from it, so they held him. I thought I was gonna be kidnapped or something. In Iran, the government was watching every single move I made in the country because they found out I was a journalist on. When I was on the flight to Iran. And so they threatened me. It ended up being fine, man. I can't even. There's just so many crazy stories that have happened to me. I was in a bus crash in India, and two people died on the.

Bus that you were on.

I was on a bus crash that crashed in India, and two people died on the bus.

Oh, my gosh.

That's crazy, man.

You have stories for days.

Are you, like, write a book one day?

This is incredible.

I'm in the process of writing a book. It's funny you say that.

Yeah, that's awesome. And I can't even imagine. I'm just, like, visualizing, like, these stories on a positive note, but also, like, the scary stories that you had to deal with. Have you been during those moments? And you're saying all these crazy stories like, it's nothing. Like, for each one, was it something that you were, like, terrified of? Were you like, this is just gonna happen in this country. This is just what's happening right now? Or were they unexpected event that occurred and you were like, whoa, Let me actually, like, take a step back and rethink maybe what I'm doing.

Well, going into Yemen, I expected it to be pretty dangerous, and Afghanistan and Syria. But a lot of the things that have happened to me, like the bus crash or stuff, was unexpected. And I just do my best to stay safe and keep a good attitude and trust the people that I'm with that they're gonna keep me safe. And so until now, it's worked out pretty well.

Yeah. Hey, you're in Texas, you're hanging out. You're doing this podcast.

Hell, yeah, man.

For sure. Well, I mean, outside of traveling, man. Like, where do you. Where do you spend your time? I feel like traveling is something that's so important to so many people, and you've made it your life. So, like, when you're not traveling, how do you spend your time on the golf course?

Doing. Writing my book, working on my documentary, doing my courses. So that's kind of the business side of things that I've been working on. But, yeah, dude, I'm always working or playing golf. It's like you almost won't find me doing something else.

Yeah, I love it, man. Well, Drew, last thing to wrap it up is two more questions. We'll wrap up is number one. If you were giving yourself advice when you were first starting this travel journey, when it comes to traveling or just keeping an open mind and being curious, what would you tell your younger self now, having been to almost every country.

So far, meet More people go to more faraway places that no one's ever heard of, because I started doing that more recently. But I wish in my early days I would just, like, avoid Rome. Rome is cool, but, like, just get out there and like, as far away as you can off the map, go to those places, because those. That's where the best humanity stories come from. And learn a couple more languages. I can speak a bunch of words in a bunch of languages, but if I knew how to speak Arabic and Russian, those two languages specifically, and French for Africa, I could really have gotten by a lot better.

So, hey, I love that. And then last thing is just outside of traveling, but if you were to give somebody one piece of advice for traveling, moving into 2021 and maybe a country to go to that you think is amazing during this time, what would it be and why?

Don't be afraid to travel now. If you. I mean, obviously if you have a precondition or if you're older, then totally that's fine. But if you're younger and. Or if you've had the vaccine, then go for it. I mean, it's a great time to travel. The world is wide open right now. Countries to go to Egypt I went to, and usually the pyramids are, like, super long to wait in line and there's too many people, but it was, like, completely open. So if you want to go see some ancient sites in Egypt, right now is a great time to go. Mexico is open. You can head down there. It's just one flight away. So, yeah, there's some gems out there that are Brazil's wide open, so.

Yep. Yeah, I love it. Well, Drew, again, thank you so much for coming on the podcast today. Where's the best place for people to stay in touch with your travels, to watch you finish these last three countries, to learn more about the course and just everything you have going on.

Kasey, it's been a pleasure, man. Thank you so much. Erubinsky D R E W B I n S K Y is how you can find me on all social media platforms. I love to speak to you guys to answer your questions and to connect, so please feel free to reach out. And looking forward to keeping in touch with you, Casey, and seeing you on the golf course sometime soon.

Let's do it.

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