Fiery mustard, burnt bums and creepy cockroaches - holidays with Mark a1 bring more than rest and relaxation!

My best holiday ever was...
My best holiday ever was a family holiday in America. It was the first time I went abroad. I was only five. This is gonna sound outrageous but I can remember we bought a yard-long roll full of cheese, lettuce, ham and salami! It was so long that the whole family could all put their hands round it and bite into it!

The most exotic thing I've ever eaten on holiday is..
This mustard stuff! When we were in Japan somewhere I covered my food with this extremely hot mustard and my nose was running, my eyes were running - I'd never been in so much pain in my life! I had to finish it as it was part of a bet, but I suffered for it later. What did I win? Ten hours on the toilet!

The most essential thing I pack in my suitcase is..
My pillow, which my mum bought me for my birthday. It's small enough to carry around with you but the right size to keep you comfortable on a plane and stuff. When you've got 12 to 14 hour plane journeys it's just cool, and it reminds me of my bed at home.

On the beach I always wear...
Just shorts. They're quite sane now, but when I was about 14 I wore hideous - what are they called? (Speedos?) No way! No, Bermuda shorts. Speedos always remind me of my dad 'cos he wears really tight Speedos! You try to tell him that when he comes out of the sea he looks like a beached whale, but he doesn't listen, ha-ha!

The sorest place I've ever had sunburn is...
My arse! The greatest, most convenient, cheapest holiday destination you can go to is - the sun-bed shop! But my top was already fairly brown and I ended up looking like a Neapolitan ice cream. My top was brown and chocolate, the middle was totally red and strawberry and the legs were competely white!

The last time I was poorly on holiday was...
When I got a shocking tummy bug! It was so embarrassing 'cos I was running like crazy to make it to the toilets but a couple of times, I have to confess, I threw up at the airport! I remember I had an omelette and it tasted like plastic but because I was starving I just carried on eating it. I regretted it though!

My first holiday romance was...
When I was about 13. I met her on a camping holiday. I had a brace and I was paranoid about how well or how badly I could kiss. I think it would have been my first kiss with a brace, and I reckon at that time I was probably really bad! I remember I sang to her and played the song on the piano, but I don't want it to sound like a cliche because I don't do it to every girl I go out with!

My worst holiday ever was...
When me and my family went on a caravan holiday to Great Yarmouth. We were going to this theme park called Pleasure Island and when we got there a guy dressed up as a bear said, 'Sorry, all the rides are closed because of the rain!' So we spent the whole holiday arguing in a caravan!

The best holiday song ever is...
a1's Summertime Of Our Lives, as it brings back so many good memories of going to the Bahamas. I can't be bothered with the Macarena - all I think of is how silly people look dancing to it. But then again, I always end up being on the end of the line doing it, too!

The scariest insect I've seen on holiday is...
Well, we see lots of cockroaches but that has its benefits - like when Christian sees one in his room and then calls the hotel and we get upgraded to suites, which is nice! It doesn't always work but we carry a cockroach around in a matchbox just in case, ha-ha!

The most adventurous thing I've done on holiday is...
Actually, nothing comes close to Christian's legendary windsurfing in the nude, so my thing isn't that brave! I did parasailing, which was cool - but not in the nude!

My favourite beach game is...
Naked volleyball! Who'd I play it with? Well, the thought of having the rest of the lads on the team is a bit scary! I'd have any girls that happened to come past - as long as it's not in Eastbourne and they're a bunch of grannies! I've never played naked beach volleyball, but Christian probably has, ha-ha!

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