mdookeran
mdookeran
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Bio
I am constantly asked “you’re from where?”, “where is that country?”, “are you sure that’s a country?” No shit Sherlock, I don’t…but seriously I am from little known Trinidad and Tobago in the Caribbean.
My first taste of travel was with my Grandparents to Canada, I was only three. The travel itch is a family gene passed down never mind I grew up in the small town of Debe with only 3,000 residents. I have managed to fuel my love for travel with studies and career over the years since leaving Trinidad at eighteen. I have enjoyed living in the US, Australia, Singapore, United Kingdom and France and taken full advantage of all the travel along the way. I am not quite a nomad but still working on finding a fixed address…one day it will happen!
High school friends nicknamed me Uncle Travelling Matt; yes I am their brave “Fraggle explorer!” I don’t have a bucketlist of places to visit but go where I have an urge too: exploring Cuba, visiting Tigers Nest in Bhutan, chocolate festival in Belgium, New Year’s Eve in Australia…even a work trip to Yemen with bodyguards I’ve experienced.
One of my advantages is that I seem to blend in with most people…the Kashmiris, Yemenis, Cubans, North Indians, Nepalese, Cambodians, Bhutanese, and Latin-Americans, even whilst living in Singapore people thought I was half Indian/half Chinese. Really? Me? My Sikh friends in Bangkok still tell their families I am Guajarati with Bengali looking eyes when I have not one blessed clue where from the of Utter Pradesh in India my forefathers came from five generations ago. Yes my Indian roots make me a travelling Trini chameleon!
Many ask how I can afford to travel so much! Well I’ve never had a normal 9-5 job, mines was more 24/7 in various time zones. Being a young female expat does not just make for some memorable stories but helps rack up frequent flier points, hotel points, and save some dinero. I am currently on a sabbatical from work (who really wants to go back?). It also helps having a network of the most amazing friends and family around the world that I not just visit, but travel with most times.
M.A.D are my initials, I am new to blogging and these are my travel stories as a Trini traveller…
Marissa
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