What I got from the blog was that he was an ER doctor. He didn't start specializing in tropical diseases until he actually was on the tour. He got some whiff of it in Africa, but it was the trip up from Indonesia-Maylaysia-India that rubbed his nose in it. It's been 5 years since I read the blog - somebody read the book and tell me if I'm wrong.
At the start, he was feeling burned out at work, was in a pub with his mates, and after a couple of pints decided to bike around the world. He went back to the hospital, took a leave of absence, got a bike, made sure his mother was being cared for, and headed out into Europe. So I think the answer was "Because he said he was going to, that evening at the pub." NOW he's a doctor specializing in tropical diseases, after actually seeing how medicine worked in some of the places he biked through. But I do not believe he was when he started. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/994e6b03-ad8a-4f90-9326-b34310dee5f5n%40googlegroups.com.
