In Sri Lanka, Ben meets a vet who has swapped Tyneside for the south coast of Sri Lanka where she has opened a clinic and also runs a charity that care for some of the island's many stray dogs.

Ben travels to highlands of Panama to meet a couple who turned their backs on a comfortable lifestyle in the US to try their hand at coffee producing.

Former festival director Karen has set up an artists' retreat in the heart of the Sahara. The impressive project required that she learn centuries-old techniques - and the art of patience.

After six years globetrotting, Scott and Casey gambled their life savings on a kite-surfing school in a remote stretch of the Peruvian coast. As Ben lives their day-to-day life, he also learns what led them both to this decision.