Results: We Travel Not To Escape Life, But For Life To Not Escape Us -- Part 1

Stephen Fenech has seen Antarctica's scenic landscapes, experienced the peaceful atmosphere of Buthan, lived through a terrorist attack in Sri Lanka and fallen from Mount Fuji in Japan. In fact, the Toronto photojournalist and filmmaker says he has visited every country in the world, even North Korea. How many countries have you visited?

He got the travel bug when he was in high school, when he took a course in world issues and saw all these different cultures around the world. As he says, "I just felt like I was on the outside looking in, and I really wanted to experience it — have a more visceral experience". . The first country he travelled to was the Dominican Republic, right after he graduated high school. Do you remember the very first trip you went on?

Of course, as a journalist, he not only travels, he documents his trips. While Fenech works full-time for The Shopping Channel, he is also a freelance photojournalist and filmmaker. His documentary Chad Exodus, about the Bororro tribe in Central Africa, has won prizes that include the 2013 Malta International Film Festival and the Grand Jury Award in the 2013 Yosemite International Film Festival, which qualified him for Oscar contention. He is the author of Earth: Been there Done that Got the T-shirt, Book One: The Big Kahuna and Book Two: Missing Pieces to the Global Puzzle that talk about his adventures around the world. He is working on updating his second book to include his experiences in Palau, East Timor and Nauru. Do you enjoy watching or reading about travel?

Now that he has completed his mission of travelling to every country in the world, he is now ready to revisit some of his favourites. Surprisingly, he hasn't made it to every Canadian province yet, so that is also on his list of places to visit. Have you any desire to visit any of Fenech's favourites?