What and Where: A 182, 356-square-mile peninsula of volcanoes, geysers, forest and wildlife in the Russian Far East between the Sea of Okhotsk and the North Pacific.

Swine flu cases have been confirmed in 18 countries so far - including Europe, the Middle East and the Asia-Pacific region - and experts believe the actual spread is much wider.

Over the following years I would see him wherever he was living and many times at airports as he traveled to and from the Far East and South Pacific, recording his adventures.