by Stephanie Quan | Jun 16, 2011 | Introspection, Summer 2011: From the Middle East to North Korea, Turkey
2 hours after my 13 hour flight from LA, I boarded a 12 hour overnight bus with Calvin to Cappadocia. It was like 11am pacific time when I got on the bus; I was well rested and wide awake. This was going to be a long ride for me. But much as I was dreading it, in the...
by Stephanie Quan | Jun 13, 2011 | Lessons Learned, Summer 2011: From the Middle East to North Korea, Turkey
I haven’t done much travel abroad. Well, “difficult traveling” that is. I’ve spent two spring breaks in London and Paris (which may as well have been as diffıcult as goıng to Maine and Quebec) and been on a tour of China with my family when I...
by Stephanie Quan | Apr 18, 2011 | Camping, Lessons Learned, Nevada, United States, Utah
The next morning I headed over to Bryce. An hour and a half drive northeast and at an elevation of 8500 ft, it was snowing by the time I got there. Here I did the Queen Garden Trail and Navajo Loop (4 mi round trip, 600 ft. elevation change, 2 hours with lunch). The...
by Stephanie Quan | Apr 18, 2011 | Camping, United States, Utah
This two weeks ago, I did a solo camping trip to Zion, Bryce, and Valley of Fire. (In Utah, Utah, and Nevada respectively) This is Utah: Zion is a 7.5 hr drive from LA. The drive was made much better by audiobooks I borrowed from the Harvard Westlake Library...
by Stephanie Quan | Apr 10, 2011 | Introductions, Pre-travel Preparations
As I huffed and puffed along the last 0.5 miles of the ridge of Angel’s Landing, all I could do was focus on my hands on the rope and try not think about how one slip would send me 1500 ft to my death. Segments of it are unchained and while, like roller...
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