A couple who won the lottery have ditched their seaside caravan in Wales to become international globetrotters.
Civil partners Ian Pearce, 55, and Lyn Sexton, 51, have holidayed in a whopping 65 countries in the last nine years alone and have no plans to stop any time soon.
The jet-set duo have just got back from three weeks in Mexico and have already visited Zanzibar, Morocco and Senegal this year.
The pair have clocked up more than almost a million air miles and are looking forward to their next trip.
But no matter where they go they admit nothing beats Wales.
Ian said: “I love to travel to the Far East but Lyn likes the Caribbean so we take it in turns.
“We have been very lucky, winning the lottery opened up the world to us.”
The couple, from Merthyr Tydfil, used to escape to their caravan on the West Wales coast before winning £1m on the Euromillions raffle in 2013.
At the time they said: “The money is not going to change us - we are still going to live in Merthyr, shop in the same shops and do the same things.”
But after packing in their jobs they bought a £600,000 smallholding in New Quay, Cardiganshire, their base when they are not globetrotting.
So far the couple have visited Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, China, India, South Africa,, Sri Lanka, Cambodia, Thailand, The Maldives, Kenya, Egypt, Brazil, Argentina, Peru, America, Canada, and lots of counties across Europe.
Ian said: “I’ve done my bucket list and for me the highlight was the Taj Mahal in India. We’ve taken family and friends with us - we have lots of great memories to look back on.” .
Lyn, a physiotherapy technician when they won, said: “Wherever we go in the world we come back and say that you can’t beat Wales.
“We go to places that have great beaches, or mountain ranges, or amazing scenery but Wales has got the lot.”
A Camelot spokeswoman said: “Ian and Lyn are a great couple who know how to enjoy themselves. Their win has taken them to places they could only have dreamed about before.”
