Paul ' Mungo' Mungeam would usually call the surrounds of Wandsworth, London, 'home'.
However, last year, Mungo (who is usually the cameraman for Bear Grylls) spent three months travelling across the globe for his own show.
Mungo, 46, is fronting Expedition Mungo - a show about investigating mythical and legendary creatures that have caused controversy in locals lives in various countries.
Credit: Discovery Channel
He investigates the tales of a dragon-like reptile terrorising a village in Borneo, a shape-shifting creature that locals in Savannah believe is linked to witchcraft, and a massive lizard in Liberia looking very much like a dinosaur.
The latter is the country that Mungo remembers the most.
He told LADbible: "It's the sort of place that nobody goes to, and we decided to go there, it was pretty full on.
"It's had 14 years of civil war, closely followed by the Ebola virus. It's a place that people don't choose to go, but that means the wildlife flourishes.
"In Liberia it was incredibly remote, one of the most remote places I've ever been in 25 years of adventures.
"We took a big plane to get to Liberia, then a small plane, then 4x4s, motorbikes and canoes, then on foot to get to the location and we were pretty much told that if anything happens, there was no getting us out.
"So, had we been bitten, or had a serious accident it would have been potentially life threatening."
Credit: Discovery Channel
Mungo is used to extreme situations, and thrives off the adrenaline rush of not knowing what is around the corner, but even the most experienced need their reality checks.
Continuing on his experience in Liberia, he added: "There was one time when we were going down the river, in the middle of the Liberian jungle, and I was on a small pack-raft, which is an inflatable canoe type thing, I did think, hang on we're hunting down a living dinosaur that has killed people, and it's meant to be right here, and we're floating down this river in an inflatable canoe, is this sensible?"
The purpose of the show is separate fact from fiction. Interviewing survivors and work out what the animal they are describing actually is - think of it as a River Monsters on land.
Each episode is different, using high-tech camera equipment, Mungo listens to the local tribes, the witchdoctors and shayman who may have exaggerated the monsters as a coping mechanism.
Credit: Discovery Channel
But, Mungo says, even the farfetched can appear true: "Probably more than half the time I went in quite the cynic and came out thinking 'blow me', which was quite a shock."
In Liberia he was arrested on four occasions, and had to give the police bungs to keep them quiet. Civil war plus Ebola had given them a sense of always being corrupt. That, and the thinking that Mungo and his team were part of oil spies for future extraction.
Mungo knows his onions. When he's not hunting the unknown, he is the cameraman for Bear Grylls - so, obviously, we couldn't let him go without getting to know the behind-the-scenes stories.
Mungo is a big fan of the man he's worked with for years. He told LADbible: "Bear is exactly how he appears on the TV. If you meet him, he is the same off screen as he is on. He's a genuine guy, he's done a lot of the things he's said.
"He is from a privileged background, and sometimes people don't like that. Especially those with a British attitude, the Americans love to champion a winner, while a Brit will go for the underdog."
Credit: Discovery Channel
But the big question is, when Bear stays out overnight where does he sleep?
"What people don't realise is he's showing you HOW to survive, it's not a case of he is actually surviving.
"He's making a TV show, people need to think outside the box and think about what is really going on. Having said that, he does actually stay out, because of compliance he has to, and wants to, it's the right thing to do, and it's more fun."
Even Mungo prefers the outdoors, telling LADbible he much prefers a hammock over a four-poster bed any day - except when filming, then his thoughts change.
"Behind-the-scenes there is a crew, we are there, we haven't got the same skills as Bear, we have a small safety team with us... That helps me when I'm hanging out of a helicopter, I trust they've roped me in properly, because I know they are the best of the best.
"And keeping up with someone who is a physical, as talented and as experienced as Bear is quite an effort, but that's the challenge that I love.
"Sometimes we are so remote we stay out, but other times we don't. But again, breaking the fourth wall if you like, we have a lot of equipment that we have to charge, or protect from the elements, otherwise we haven't got a TV show the next day.
"So, if we are staying out we take generators with us, we set up camp and we have to charge those batteries. I'm not being paid to be the surviving hero, so if I'm doing everything he's doing during the day with a big camera on my shoulder, I want a bloody good night's rest, so if there's a camp bed to be taken I'll take it."
Credit: Discovery Channel
He described the team spirit as 'Spartan-esque' (without certain elements) but says it's important to survival in the wild, particularly with Bear who is 'like a leopard' and just treks off as soon as he's landed out of the helicopter.
But the job isn't without risks.
Mungo explained to LADbible: "We were near Brice Canyon in Utah, and there were a few loose rocks that came down. I went ahead at one point and filmed Bear and a celebrity.
"One of these rocks came bouldering down and missed my head by a couple of inches. That would have been good night Mungo."
But, he added: "We are in an environment where we have done our research. Bear leads the expedition, the safety team carry, we have locals who come with us as chauffeurs to the safety team."
So, there you have it, these expedition shows really are like they appear on TV - dangerous, real, and yes, Bear Grylls does sleep outside.
Expedition Mungo is on the Discovery Channel on Tuesday's at 8pm.
Featured Image Credit: Discovery Channel