Below are the stats on my travels over the last 9 months
Favourite country - Vietnam (phenominally rich in culture, colours and people)
Hippest city - Rio (a natural wonder)
Hottest girls - Brasil and Vietnam (quite different but both stunningly beautiful)
BLINGest city - Miami (straight out of a 50 cent video)
Most dangerous animals - Australia (even the plants can kill)
Culinary epiphanies - Cambodian and Brazilian food (watch out for new trends in the UK)
Most missed - English tea, bacon, my Tweed suit
Longest period of constipation - 14 weeks (whilst in Argentina)
Most dangerous town - Salvador, Brasil (amazing architecture but very rough)
Best Hotel - Raffles, Singapore, The Scarlet, Singapore
Least professional massage in a hotel - Every hotel in Saigon
Biggest lie to other travellers - That I discovered a new species whilst in the AmazonScariest moment - too many to mention but flying into Sydney in gale force winds made me shake
Best scenery - New Zealand (South Island)
Most amazing wildlife - Australia
Most amazing national phenomina - Iguacu falls (Argentina)
Friendliest people - Vietnamese/Malaysians/Thais
Most hated travelling companions - mosquitos
Most disappointing food - Argentina/USA (surprise surprise)
Most challenging animal to photograph - bats (they just wont stay still)
Cutest critter - Red pandas in China
Most stray dogs - Santiago
Most polluted city - Santiago, Xian, China
Favourite gift for people at home - Pirhana teeth, Brasil football shirts, pan pipes
Most expensive country - USA (despite good currency rates with the pound)
Best photo - Rainbow lorikeet feeding at Noosa beach, Australia
Travel ethos - pole vault your comfort zone
Most trustworthy piece of kit - Merrel trekking shoes
Most overrated pieces of kit - anything Colombia (poor quality build, the zips are terrible)
Best excursions - The Amazon and Fraser Island
Deadliest drink - Pisco sour (three will have you on all fours and crying like a baby)
Favourite beaches - Camps bay in Cape Town (white crescent shape, just don't swim as the sharks are rather large) Maya beach - Koh Pi Pi Lay, Thailand (the one from the film)
Best cigar - Montecristo No.4 (don't buy in Miami as they will be fake)
Favourite Airline - BA Business (best place for nervous passengers is upstairs on a 747-400 you cannot hear the engines)
Worst airline (- American Airlines (domestic) (meals non existent in Economy and very poor in business, staff rude and unattentive, charges for any changes.)
Biggest regrets - spending only 1 week in Peru, not whale watching (despite opportunities in New Zealand, Argentina and Boston) Failing to discover a new species, renting my flat to a psycho called Emma (beware anyone in London renting a flat to a girl of that name)
Best wines - Pinot Noir (NZ) Malbec (Argentina) Sauv blanc (NZ)
Biggest achievements - writing, photography, getting on 27 flights when I fear flying, learning to speak Vietnamese in only 2 weeks (joke)
