What's a holiday that has stayed with you for years afterwards? A cruise expert has revealed what has been her most memorable trip from her decades spent working on board ships.

Anette Taylor is a cruise director at Riviera Travel and joined the industry nearly 40 years ago.

With 13 years under her belt working at sea on ocean liners, and another 26 at Riviera on both river and sea ships, Anette has seen plenty of beautiful destinations.

The cruise director exclusively tells the Daily Mail about the 'most amazing' trip she experienced at work.

Anette recalls how on one voyage, the liner was 'one of the first cruise ships, or maybe even the first allowed to go' into Myanmar, formerly known as Burma.

She explains how the 'political situation' in the Southeast Asian country 'was not quite as drastic as it is right now'.

Currently, the UK Foreign Office advises against all travel to parts of Myanmar, and all but essential travel to different areas in the country.

The cruise director continues: 'So we were allowed with American passengers, but it was a lot of paperwork and so on.'

Anette Taylor is a cruise director at Riviera Travel and joined the industry nearly 40 years ago

The cruise director exclusively tells the Daily Mail about the 'most amazing' trip she experienced at work. Pictured: The Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon

The crew found themselves with 'some free time' and went to see the Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon.

'I've never been to a place like it in my life. It was the most serene area that I've ever been to, in contrast with the government of the country, you know,' Anette recalls.

'The people themselves are absolutely gorgeous, is the only word, so peaceful, so welcoming, so friendly.'

Anette was then given the opportunity to go on a 'rickety old plane to go to Bagan'.

Bagan is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and was once the capital of the medieval Bagan Kingdom.

The cruise director describes how there were 'about 500 temples and pagodas all in derelict condition'.

She adds: 'But some people had actually moved in living with amongst these ruins.'

Bagan is home to around 2,300 temples, according to World Atlas, but once boasted over 13,000 from the 9th to 13th centuries.

'It was just an area and atmosphere, I can't even describe it,' Anette gushes.

Anette was then given the opportunity to go on a 'rickety old plane to go to Bagan'. Pictured: Bagan temples and pagodas

The cruise director describes how there were 'about 500 temples and pagodas all in derelict condition'. Pictured: Anette and her husband, Vince

'It was serene. It was awe-inspiring. It was just out of this world that something like that actually existed and hadn't been even known.'

She describes how the area felt like it had been 'forgotten about and then rediscovered'.

Out of all of her years travelling the world on ships, the memory of Myanmar particularly stands out for Anette.

'That was my most amazing experience that I was lucky enough to have,' she says.

Cruise expert reveals her most memorable voyage