(Photos)Woman set to become fastest female to travel to 196 nations after visiting 180 countries so far

A young woman hopes to become the fastest female to travel to all 196 countries - and she's just 27-years-old.

Cassie De Pecol is nearing the end of her epic mission to visit all 193 sovereign nations .The traveller from Washington, Connecticut, USA, only began her journey in July of 2015.So far she has ticked off 180 countries, taken over 254 flights and has roughly 26 flights left to go.

According to Daily Mirror, the young adventurer's trip has cost $198,000 , and she now has 45 days left to visit the final 16 destinations on her list.

Cassie said: 

"Since school, I've had this desire to visit every country in the world, intrigued to learn more about every culture, natural habitat, and religion.
"In America we are lucky to have such a vast melting pot of cultures and people from all over the world who make the country what it is today.
"I wanted to learn about where these people came from, more specifically, where I came from, with my ancestors originating from Europe."Is the Middle East really like how they say it is on the news? What about the Amazon?

 Cassie added:

"All sponsors and funding is obtained by me while I'm on the road, which is not an easy task.
"If I'm not meeting with the Ministry, giving keynote sessions to university students, collecting samples, obtaining visas, or doing promotion, I travel around the country on my own, but not for long.

 "Going to every country was for me a personal quest to learn as much as I could about our world, stepping outside my comfort zone and becoming comfortable in the unknown, while also aiming to leave a legacy behind.""On average, I spend two to five days in each country.

Places visited so far:

Palau

Australia

New Zealand

Samoa

Tonga

Fiji

Vanuatu

Solomon Islands

Papua New Guinea

United Arab Emirates

Qatar

Turkey

Cyprus

Afghanistan

Iran

Saudi Arabia

Oman

Japan

Kuwait

Bahrain

Russia

Azerbaijan

Uzbekistan

Kazakhstan

Kyrgyzstan

Azerbaijan

Armenia

Georgia

Lebanon

Jordan

Portugal

Spain

Andorra

Switzerland

Italy

Germany

France

Belgium

Luxembourg

Austria

Croatia

Denmark

Liechtenstein

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Serbia

Kosovo

Montenegro

Albania

Macedonia

Netherlands

Greece

Bulgaria

Romania

Hungary

San Marino

Vatican City

Moldova

Slovakia

Slovenia

Ukraine

Czech Republic

Poland

Lithuania

Latvia

Estonia

Finland

Malta

Monaco

Sweden

Norway

United Kingdom (London)

Iceland

Belarus

Ireland

United States

Mexico

Belize

Guatemala

El Salvador

Honduras

Nicaragua

Costa Rica

Panama

Trinidad & Tobago

Grenada

Barbados

Bahamas

St. Vincent & The Grenadines

St. Lucia

Dominica

Antigua & Barbuda

St. Kitts and Nevis

Jamaica

Canada

Tunisia

Ethiopia

Kenya

Morocco

Egypt

Dominican

Republic

Haiti

Cuba

Argentina

Bolivia

Brazil

Chile

Colombia

Ecuador

Guyana

Paraguay

Peru

Suriname

Uruguay

Venezuela

Kiribati

Marshall Islands

Nauru

Federated States of Micronesia

Tuvalu

Bangladesh

Bhutan

Brunei

Cambodia

China

East Timor

India

Indonesia

Iraq

Laos

Malaysia

Maldives

Mongolia

Myanmar

Nepal

North Korea

Pakistan

Phillipines

Singapore

South Korea

Sri Lanka

Syria

Thailand

Turkmenistan

Vietnam

Yemen

Taiwan

Algeria

Angola

Benin

Botswana

Burkina Faso

Burundi

Cameroon

Cape Verde

Central African Republic

Chad

Comoros

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Djibouti

Equatorial Guinea

Eritrea

Gabon

Gambia

Ghana

Guinea

Guinea-Bissau

Ivory Coast

Lesotho

Liberia

Libya

Madagascar

Malawi

Mali

Mauritania

Mauritius

Mozambique

Namibia

Niger

Nigeria

Republic of the Congo

Rwanda

Sao Tom and Principe

Senegal

Seychelles

Sierra Leone

Somalia

South Africa

South Sudan

Sudan

Swaziland

Tanzania

Togo

Uganda

Zambia

Zimbabwe

Israel

Palestine