A student is 'stuck in Afghanistan' after travelling there for a holiday shortly before the Taliban takeover.
Miles Routledge said he likes 'risk' and to explore what he describes as the 'worst places in the world'.
But the 21-year-old, who is now holed up in a United Nations safe house, said he had 'bitten off more than he can chew' and regretted travelling over to Afghanistan.
He spoke to The Times from his hideaway, as Taliban grabbed power in the capital of Kabul.
He said he was forced to don a burqa disguise to flee to Kabul International Airport in search of help as the situation in the capital worsened.
The Loughborough University physics student from Birmingham had earlier posted enthusiastically about his travels - but soon said he had regrets.
Mr Routledge hosted a livestream after reaching what he said was a safe house, answering followers' questions about his journey through the turmoil.
He told The Times: “I like risk, I’m a banker, so it makes sense.
“I hate lying around on a beach so I wanted to do something a little bit different.
"After graduating I’ll have a full-time job and maybe a family so won’t have the opportunity to do things like this again.
"I thought [Afghanistan] looked quite nice, the food seemed amazing and it was dirt cheap.”
He wrote online: "I’ve bitten off more than I can chew and something has not gone to plan resulting in this situation. There was no convincing me otherwise and I knew the risks, it was a gamble I took that went wrong despite my confidence and jokes.”
Afghanistan is currently subject to a Taliban insurgency after the group made a move on capital Kabul following the United States' decision to withdraw troops.
Boris Johnson has vowed to get as many as possible of the Afghans who worked with the UK out of the country as the Taliban stood poised to take control of the capital Kabul.
