How would you like to make money by travelling the world and recording what you see?
Louis Cole appears to have the greatest job in the world. The 31-year-old travels the world making videos of his experiences, and has acquired hundreds of thousands of fans in the process.
Cole, from Cobham, runs the Fun for Louis YouTube channel, which at the time of writing has over 1.1 million subscribers.
He told BuzzFeed News he makes the videos of his travels to hopefully inspire people to step out of their comfort zones, pursue their passions, and "dream a bit".
His clips end with such thought-provoking questions as: “How will you live your adventure?”
This is what he got up to in 2014:
And this is what he got up to the year before:
The 2014 compilation has been watched almost 200,000 times in a couple of days, while the 2013 version has received almost 2 million views.
Cole has managed to turn his lifelong passion for travel into a career, visiting exotic locations around the world and meeting inspiring people along the way.
Speaking from New Zealand, where he will be until next month, when he travels to Florida before hopefully moving on to Cuba and the Caribbean, the 31-year-old revealed that about 50% of his travels are sponsored, while the rest is self-financed through the money his YouTube channel now generates.
Cole said he wants to use his channel not just for pleasure-seeking but as a platform to highlight amazing stories and projects going on around the world.
He said that he is comfortable with his success and the number of people looking to him for inspiration.
"I totally realise I am a role model, people will look up to me," he said. "My channel is relatively family-friendly, people from all ages watch my stuff. Not all people are like me – they don't need to be, my passion is the adventure of life."
The YouTube star said he doesn't desire luxury living and admitted that he was essentially homeless, only spending around three months of the year in Britain.