The poorer people and criminals of Mexico who are not very religious but not quite atheists, either, worship Saint Death.

I came face-to-face with a gorilla which was quite good, but it was a 10-hour trek in bad weather, up hills, covered in mud, with mosquitoes everywhere and when we got there the gorilla's just sat there doing nowt.

They do it in Thai restaurants in London. You ask for a drink, and it comes in a glass with loads of seaweed and pebbles in it like a scene from Finding Nemo.

Now sometimes I don't know if I feel well. Because I've been in my body for years.

If you'd have told me five years ago that I'd have done all this - two books, some television and everything - I'd panic, I'd be scared.

The poorer people and criminals of Mexico who are not very religious but not quite atheists, either, worship Saint Death.

I'm not a proper traveler. I don't like to be challenged or have too much of a change and prefer a week away just to relax.