--- title: Man Travels Around the World to Take 360 Degree GoPro Selfie: Video description: All while you were probably taking selfies of yourself sitting at home eating Popchips and watching Law & Order canonical: https://time.com/97437/around-the-world-three-year-selfie/ author: Samantha Grossman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-05-13T15:14:47.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:09:37.808Z og:title: This Guy Traveled Around the World for Three Years Just to Take an Epic Selfie og:description: All while you were probably taking selfies of yourself sitting at home eating Popchips and watching Law & Order og:url: https://time.com/97437/around-the-world-three-year-selfie/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: This Guy Traveled Around the World for Three Years Just to Take an Epic Selfie twitter:description: All while you were probably taking selfies of yourself sitting at home eating Popchips and watching Law & Order twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # This Guy Traveled Around the World for Three Years Just to Take an Epic Selfie by [Samantha Grossman](/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman May 13, 2014 3:14 PM CUT by [Samantha Grossman](/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman May 13, 2014 3:14 PM CUT You know how all your friends who studied abroad in college really like to use social media to brag about their travel experiences? Well, they’re nothing compared to this guy, who spent three years crisscrossing the globe to put together a 360-degree video selfie. Admittedly, he _does_ have plenty to brag about. His name is Alex Chacón and he made his way through 36 countries, primarily on a motorcycle, using a GoPro camera on a stick to record snippets of selfie videos at every jungle, desert, beach, historical monument, natural wonder and architectural feat he visited. Chacón explains[ on his website](http://www.modernmotodiaries.com/#!about-alex/cb36 "undefined") that prior to his trip, he sold all his belongings, including his car, TV and clothing. He also outlines some of the struggles he faced throughout the three-year journey: --- > “” --- So, yeah, a bit braggy, maybe. But the video he ended up with was pretty awesome, and a much cooler travel souvenir than the rusted Moroccan lantern that I probably paid way too much for. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/97437/around-the-world-three-year-selfie/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/97437/around-the-world-three-year-selfie/"},"headline":"This Guy Traveled Around the World for Three Years Just to Take an Epic Selfie","datePublished":"2014-05-13T15:14:47.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:09:37.808Z","description":"All while you were probably taking selfies of yourself sitting at home eating Popchips and watching Law & Order","url":"https://time.com/97437/around-the-world-three-year-selfie/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Internet","viral","Travel","World","selfie","Viral video","GoPro"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/97437/around-the-world-three-year-selfie/","name":"This Guy Traveled Around the World for Three Years Just to Take an Epic Selfie"}}]}] ```