CURRENT MISSION

To cycle from Mongolia to Turkey

ABOUT ME

I'm a doctor who has been working in the depths of The Royal Melbourne Hospital for the last couple of years. I've just quit my job to embark on a cycle tour from Mongolia to Turkey. Bit ambitious. Bit mountainous. Lots of yak.

My partner, Ali, is also a Melbourne doctor who has also pulled herself away from the clutches of medical work to bike across Central Asia.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I've hosted cycle tourists in the past (you can check out their website here: http://horizonto.free.fr) and several other backpackers I've met along the way at my place in Melbourne. However I am fresh when it comes to official couch surfing.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

see above

Interests

Yaks. Big mountains. Coffee. My new Surly Long Haul Trucker touring bike.

As far as longer-term interests go, I aim to work in the developing world in a medical capacity, explore some public health career options in the South Pacific and live by a nice body of water.

Kayaking. Growing cherry tomatoes and beetroot in my garden. Composting. Commuting by bike. Contemporary Australian movies. A beer or 2.

• beer
• coffee
• gardening
• movies
• cycling
• kayaking
• surfing
• medicine
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Books:
Catch-22
The Kon-Tiki Expedition
Carpentaria
1984
Brave New World
Life and Death - Peter Singer

Movies: How about my favourite Oz flicks from last year
Last Ride
Blessed
Samson & Delilah
Mary & Max

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Cycling around East Timor

Teach, Learn, Share

We can administer some basic bike maintenance. We can look at that rash.

Countries I’ve Visited

New Zealand, Solomon Islands, Timor-Leste (East Timor), Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia

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