I’ve been to 105 countries — there’s four places I won’t rush back to

Palawan, an archipelagic province of the Philippines, is one of British explorer Oliver Browne’s favourite places (Picture: Getty Images)

Most people spend their days dreaming about travelling to far-off places. But for Oliver Browne, it’s his day job.

The high-altitude mountaineer from Hampshire is no ordinary adventurer.

He’s climbed the Alps, the Andes, and the Himalayas, rowed the Atlantic in 32 days, and wandered the hallucinatory landscapes of Socotra in Yemen — one of the last great wildernesses.

Now based in the Albanian capital, Tirana, Oliver’s adventures have taken him to 105 countries to date. So h...