CURRENT MISSION

Living in Cooktown QLD with my delightful 8 year old Eamon and my dog Chill

ABOUT ME

I am an impulsive individual, I love to travel. I bore easily and as such love to experience new things, especially new cultures. I enjoy the company of others, which is a good thing as am constantly surrounded by a multitude of different personalities on my travels. I have the gift of the gab, which those who know me will tell you, and am up for pretty much anything.

I studied in North QLD in Australia, finishing my medical degree in 2009. 12 months post graduation of hard slog where instead of treating patients I filed paperwork to prevent a negative outcome in the case of future litigation was enough for me to know I needed a break. So I went traveling for a year in 2011, then have since been on/off working and traveling.

My son was born in 2014 and he brings me a whole new set of experiences that blow me out of the water! To say I have since slowed down is an understatement.

PHILOSOPHY

There's nothing you can do in this lifetime that reincarnation won't cure.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I have hosted a few people prior to travelling 2011, where I met over 40 couchsurfers! I think couchsurfing is a great way to step outside the boring constrictions of a 'normal' life, and love the insight locals have into a tourist destination.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Quite possibly the most hilarious couch surfing experience involved someone my housemate had hosted prior to, being a tour guide, taking off on a 5 day trip at 5am, promising that I would be home from nightshift at 9am to let her out of our house [the front door only locked and unlocked with the key]. She set her alarm diligently for 8:45am. I, meanwhile, unaware of this arrangement arrived home at 8:30am and went straight to sleep. At 10pm when I was leaving for work [having simply woken up, dressed and exited my bedroom] I noticed that the surfer was on the phone speaking in native tongue and I thought not to disturb an important call home, so I just left, locking the door behind me. When I arrived home the following day at 8:30am there was a frantic surfer stating "I've been locked inside for 24 hours!!" At least we had loads of DVDs and an ocean view to entertain her.

Interests

I like to eat, sleep, drink, party, read, play impromptu games of foosball [amongst other lesser known competitive sports], write innocuous blogs cavanchacs.tumblr.com, and other such things... Basically will try anything once if you have any suggestions - recently discovered 'stumble upon' and am addicted.

Expand my horizons!

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

One amazing thing: jeez there are too many to list. Probably one of my favourite experiences was being involved in community school screening of a Nepalese population - women and children who had never been seen by a doctor before, I didn't do much other than look at them but the smiles on the faces of these individuals was one of the most rewarding achievements in my lifetime.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Benin, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Costa Rica, Denmark, Egypt, Fiji, France, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Malaysia, Mauritius, Mexico, Mongolia, Morocco, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Peru, Philippines, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Togo, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Belize, Cambodia, Chile, Ghana

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