A photograph of Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand.

A photograph of Taquile, Lake Titicaca, Peru.

A photograph of Luang Prabang, Laos.

A photograph of Erbil, Iraq.

A photograph of La Paz, Bolivia.

A photograph of Dali, China.

The Colonel leaned back against the sofa and orchestrated conversation around the large living room. During his thirty years of service in Saddam Hussein’s Iraqi army this man had within my lifetime twice been the enemy of my country. But sat in his house sipping tea served by one of his sons it was difficult not to see anything other than a courteous and respected man happy to have retired to his beloved Kurdistan.

A photograph of Rome, Italy.

The Cappadocian landscape produces one of life’s ‘wow’ moments. Deirdre - a foot shorter than me - had been admiring the scenery out of the crowded bus window for about ten minutes. Had I attempted to bend down for a peek I would have head-butted another passenger in the chest so I had to delay the gratification.

A photograph of Goreme, Cappadocia, Turkey.