Two questions usually reserved for Saturday morning, but on this occasion they are rhetorical.I'm a mature medical student at Peninsula Medical School. My hairline is retreating faster than the French infantry, needless to say i now require more sunblock to cover my face, and less shampoo in the shower. What I used to declare as laughter lines around my eyes have now taken up permanent residence regardless of my mood and my fellow students often ask me what it was like to live through the sixties, I'm in my 30's (the wrong side of 35) but they seem to find it hilarious!
Four years ago I embarked on my lifetime ambition to study medicine, and I'm now just 12 months from graduating (exams permitting). The journey has cost me my life savings, massive debt, one relationship, one car, hundreds of hours of lost sleep and a second mortgage............however it has been worth it (well sort of, but it could have been a little less painful to be honest).
I'm about to embark on my 4th year elective to Vila Central Hospital, Vanuatu, South Pacific, I'll save you the time of digging out a dusty Atlas and describe it as half way between Fiji and Papua New Guinea .
My selection process for an elective destination involved the following criteria;
Somewhere it wasn't Winter. (rule out Aus+NZ)
Somewhere that was marginally English speaking. (rule out South America, China, Japan etc)
Somewhere with surf. (rule out anywhere without a coastline)
Somewhere that wasn't America (rule out America)
Somewhere remote.
Somewhere non Westernised
That left me with either the Isle of Lewis or Vanuatu (and I've been to Lewis)
Decision made, Vanuatu here i come, I fly out on July 31st.
Come along on the journey, It could be interesting.
