There are 193 countries recognised by the United Nations, and one woman has visited all of them. Luisa Yu, a 79-year-old resident of Miami, Florida, spent over 50 years travelling the world, NBC6 reported on Nov 20. Born in the Philippines, Yu went to St. Louis as an exchange student before deciding to move to Miami for the warm weather..
Filipino American globetrotter Luisa Yu has achieved her dream of traveling the world after arriving at her last stop, Serbia, on Nov. 9. How she did it: Yu, 79, reportedly left her job as a nurse in Miami to pursue her lifelong dream of visiting all 193 U.N.-member countries. She funded her mission with earnings from property investments.