When I lived in New Zealand I took my then girlfriend to Tahiti - which is a lot easier to get to from there than it is from England.
I once did a film in Russia because I wanted to see what the hell was going on there.
I really wanted to put myself out of my comfort zone, and that meant leaving England and really changing culture and different ideas and philosophies in a club environment.
We took a family trip to Thailand, Vietnam and Cambodia over Christmas and New Year's. Three weeks was a long time, but it was cool, man. We were on the ocean, so that was kind of intense. After a couple of days you realize how far out you are.
Both my best and worst memories are of my time in Nicaragua. The experience as a whole was totally redeeming and amazing. It sounds so cliche, but I don't care because I'm saying that from the heart. I stayed with a host family and went back to the same kind of rural farming village outside of Managua.
I've got a nice little crafty deal with the people in Barbados; 10 days out there teaching the locals how to play darts for an hour a day. Get paid for that as well.
We had a very successful trip to Russia. We made it back.
I'll never forget travelling to New Zealand for three months to make the 'Underworld' films - that was pretty special.
After the military, I floundered around between jobs for a while, and there was an opportunity for me to go live in Japan. I was living on the Okinawa Airport Base, off the grid, no real address.
I got to travel to Japan. I never in my life thought I would go to Japan.
I went to America with a very specific idea of what I wanted to do.
Entertaining the boys in Burma was something that I will never forget and will remain a highlight of my life.
I dream of going to coach in Europe and England once I have done my apprenticeship here in Africa.
The thought of going abroad makes my heart leap.
Then Mission Impossible brought me to Australia and that was great because I fell in love.
I wanted to play in New York when I was in my prime and I was young, fierce, lock-down [defender]. Madison Square Garden, that would have been sick. But right now, China is way more adventurous for me.
It is fantastic to be found in a foreign country.
Some players are quite homely, and they don't see themselves going abroad; others would relish the challenge. I can only speak personally, but I always wanted the challenge, and to go and live in a place like Barcelona was great.
I got a phone call from David Moyes: he was interested in me going out to Real Sociedad, and I was quite keen on the idea if I didn't get the Premier League club that I wanted. Going abroad appealed to me.
I think Australians do well here because we feel a bit naughty, like we're in America and if they only knew how much fun we were having, we'd all get thrown out, you know.
My first time overseas was taking 10,000 tons of beer to Vietnam.
