Women who visited every country in the world say two countries have the 'friendliest' people

If you got the travel bug right now it might be worth hearing out two women who have travelled the world over and have revealed where they found the friendliest people.

Australian Rachel Davey and Slovakian Martina Sebova have had the opportunity to visit 100 nations recognized by the UN separately, before meeting each other in 2008.

So it's fair to say the pair know a thing or two about travelling and how to do it.

The pair initially bonded over their love of travel and eventually started a blog, Very Hungry Nomads.

Australian Rachel Davey and Slovakian Martina Sebova have had the opportunity to visit 100 nations recognized by the UN separately, before meeting each other in 2008. (Very Hungry Nomads/Meta)

It was shortly after the blog’s creation that they decided to tackle the remaining 88 countries recognized by the UN.

The pair first set out from Melbourne in 2018, and now as a couple, they have visited almost all of Western Europe, central Africa and the Middle East.

Even thought they have tackled most of the world, there were a few countries that stood out as the nicest places to be.

Martina told CNN: "The people in Sudan and Iran were some of the friendliest people that we have encountered.

"And most people would assume those countries are really dangerous based on the image [we see]."

She also went on to say that a small nation on the east coast of Africa - Eritrea - also held a place in the couple’s hearts.

The pair initially bonded over their love of travel and eventually started a blog, Very Hungry Nomads. (Very Hungry Nomads/Meta)

However, it wasn’t easy for the pair to travel to all of these countries as over 64 in the world still criminalize LGBTQ people and outlaw relationships, which means that Rachel and Martina would have to hide their relationship for fear of ostracization.

"We were visiting a lot of countries where even the concept of a same-sex couple doesn't exist," Martina said.

"And we didn't really want to put our personal safety at risk at any stage."

But according to the nomads, this has ‘never been a big issue’ for them and that they didn’t try to hide their relationship.

“We never tried to cover it," she added.

The pair first set out from Melbourne in 2018, and now as a couple, they have visited almost all of Western Europe, central Africa and the Middle East. (Very Hungry Nomads/ Meta)

There were also some hurdles when trying to enter countries who declined their visas simply because they were women travelling without a man.

But it didn’t stop their love of travel.

"I think it would terrify me if I had to start visiting every country and I'd been to like 10…I don't really think that that's even viable,” she argued.

She instead suggested that you would need to be ‘well travelled’ before taking on on a similar trip.

Since then, the couple have visited countries like North Korea, Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia, Bhutan and Pakistan, utilising any form of transport they can. They even spent 38 hours in buses when touring Africa.