The world's oldest backpacker has been travelling around the world for the last 30 years!
When John Waite’s wife died in 1982, he left his home in Melbourne and decided to adopt the entire world. Almost 30 years later, he’s still roaming. Every night, he stays in hotels with people generations younger than him.
“I went into a hostel in Dubai one time,” he remembers, “The woman at the reception said ‘this is a hostel for young people and they make a lot of noise’ and I said ‘well if I can’t sleep when I go to bed then you’ll probably be find me in the middle making the noise with them.’”
Originally from England, John moved to Australia when a pound could buy a boat ticket half way across the world. He’s trekked with monks in the snow of Pakistan, worked with the United Nations in Sudan and even parasailed in India.