Dane visits every country in the world without flying

AARHUS, Denmark: A Danish man who claimed to be the first to visit every country in the world in a single trip without flying landed home Wednesday after 10 years away.

Torbjorn Pedersen stepped off a Maersk container ship in the Danish port city of Aarhus, after visiting his 203rd and final country — the Maldives — in late May.

“I’ve been dreaming about coming back home and having it over with and done. So that’s today. At the same time, I’m anxious about the future,” Pedersen told AFP, describing the return as bittersweet.

“A lot of things are up in the air and in the unknown, mixed emotions,” he said while listing concerns about restarting his career and trying to adjust to everyday life.

Known as “Thor,” he has travelled by train, bus, boat or even on foot on the voyage he set off on Oct 10, 2013.

The 44-year-old — who previously had a career within the…