Nigerian travel content creator Alma Asinobi has travelled seven continents in 71 hours.
Unfortunately she may not be breaking the current Guinness World Record for the fastest journey across all seven continents after visa issues delayed her from reaching Sydney, Australia within the required time.
In an Instagram update on Sunday, Asinobi, who is still en route to Sydney, confirmed that her total journey time will be 71 hours and 35 minutes, falling short of the current record of 64 hours, set in February 2025 by American veteran Johnny Cruz Buckingham.
Reflecting on her attempt, she noted that if she had been competing against the previous record of 73 hours, set by Indian travellers in 2022, she would have beaten it.
However, due to multiple setbacks, she had already spent 63 hours, 54 minutes, and 33 seconds travelling when she made the announcement, making it impossible to surpass Buckingham’s 64-hour record.
Asinobi, who has faced multiple obstacles during her attempt due to her Nigerian passport, was also denied boarding on her flight to Perth, Australia, forcing her to rebook on a later flight to Sydney.
In her Instagram post on Sunday, she wrote, “From slide 9 you can already tell that it would take me 71 hours and 35 minutes to land in Sydney, Australia [Continent 7] and if I was running against the initial record based on the time I first announced it which was 73 hours 5 minutes held by Indian travellers Sujoy Kumar Mitra and Ali Irani in December 2022.
“Unfortunately, in February the record was reset to 64 hours by Johnny Cruz Buckingham, an American Veteran, and GWR took a few weeks to verify it and announce in March 2025.
“I know that I could have beat this record but for all the hurdles I had to face. I don’t know why Heathrow fire happened to compound it all… but the most important thing is that I’ve chosen to finish.”
“So close, but so far away. I may not have won this one, but we can sure win the next one together. My eyes may be swollen from all the tears I’ve cried and would probably still cry but I promise to find moments of laughter in between,” she wrote in her post.
Despite the disappointment, she emphasised that her attempt was about more than just the record.
