Since working on ships, I have been to so many places, it is near impossible to choose a favourite on. Below are my top 15 things to do around the world.

1. Visit the Sunshine Village, which is home to orphans (due to the tsunami) and abandoned children in Phuket, Thailand.

2. Listen to the waves crash at Waikiki Beach in Hawaii.

3. Take road trip to Hoi Chi Min City and walk through the battlefield in Vietnam.

4. Feel the rush of whitewater rapids in New Zealand.

5. Stroke a sloth in Columbia.

6. Ride in winding mountainous paths on horseback and zip line over majestic waterfalls in Puntarenas, Costa Rica.

7. Take the fastest elevator ride in the tallest tower in Taipei, Taiwan.

8. Stand like the Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil.

9. Sail to the 'end of the world', Ushuaia.

10. Ride the wave runner in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.

11. Bargain your way through the streets of Busan, South Korea, Shanghai, China or Buenas Aires, Argentina.

12. Be bedazzled by Gaudi’s incomplete church building, Sagrada Familia, in Barcelona, Spain.

13. Take a train ride from Civitavecchia to Rome, and discover why it was not built in a day!

14. Lean sideways like the leaning tower of Pisa in Italy.

15. Freeze your nose off when passing the Endicott Arm Glacier in Alaska.