Shinobu Nimura, 50, is an experienced tour guide who organizes long-distance bus journeys through Asia, Africa and South America. His tours take one to two months and cover vast territories. In 25 years, he has clocked up an incredible 280,000 km on buses, the equivalent to riding around the Equator seven times. Nimura has seen it all, and there's never been a view he didn't love.

Travel is not supposed to be smooth sailing; it's more like roughing it on stormy seas. The word "travel" is derived from the Latin verb "tripaliare," which means "to torture." This is very fitting, since in the past, travel was dangerous, painful and often deadly. As long as I keep this in mind, no matter where I am or what happens, I'm always sitting pretty.

A husband should be healthy and out of the house. That's me!