Once you understand that all you need for a really good adventure, apart from the essentials, is flexibility, you can feel at home in any campervan, wherever you are in the world. Even if it means braving gale-force winds and torrential rain. Iceland is the place to step out of your comfort zone.

I found the freedom I was looking for in freeride skiing, a level of freedom no other sport had ever given me. It showed me just how far the boundaries of human comfort zones can be pushed.

In the restaurant next to the ski slopes, you won’t find steamed dumplings or spaghetti bolognese on the menu—instead, it’s ramen, tonkatsu, and, of course, mochi everywhere you look.

For most people, Panama is synonymous with the Panama Canal, a fact that marketers working on the country’s image may have anticipated when they chose the slogan “mucho mas que un canal,” or “much more than just a canal.”

Shared meals have an essential community-building aspect. Especially when it is preceded by cooking together: as well as being the most cost-effective option, it has become one of our favourite team-building activities for trips and retreats over the years. Not to mention the opportunity to get acquainted with the local culture through the flavours.

I really love remote tropical destinations undiscovered by tourist hordes, so a trip to the Philippines was an experience of a lifetime for me.

Surfing has always been on my bucket list.

We were eagerly awaiting a new adventure and had been on the lookout for a motorcycle destination where we could escape the European winter for summer. That’s how we set our sights on Tanzania, East Africa’s largest country, which offers far more than just the white sandy beaches of Zanzibar—it’s a place with endless surprises.

There are places in the world that are best explored by motorcycle. But what about the world’s most dangerous road? In the summer of 2009, I visited Ladakh, the northernmost province of India, for the first time. Due to its towering mountains and untouched Buddhist culture, many call it “Little Tibet.”

Over seventy participants took part in the four-day race, which led all the way to the Bay of Kotor. Winners were chosen in four categories by the jury and the participants themselves.

With a little exaggeration, I could say that it means everything. I know it sounds kind of clichéd, but it's the truth. I've tried to move it down the list, tried to walk away from it, but fate has always drawn it back to me. What could I do, I accepted it.