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Camels, sailboats and poultry trucks: Inside one man’s no-fly journey around the world

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By Salma Arafa (CNN) — As the rare sight of land appeared on the horizon, Egyptian traveler Omar Nok jumped from his narrow bunk and climbed up to the deck of the 49-foot sailboat he’d been traveling on. After weeks of being surrounded by nothing but the ocean, the sight of the Caribbean island of St. Lucia, home to the UNESCO-listed Piton mountains, left him frozen with awe. It was the tenth stop in an ambitious quest for the 31-year-old travel…

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Camels, sailboats and poultry trucks: Inside one man’s no-fly journey around the world

Egyptian traveler Omar Nok set off in October on a quest to circle the globe without flying, and has been hopping on trucks, boarding ferries and even riding camels while relying on strangers’ generosity in his bid to experience the world more deeply.

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