by Calvin Sun | Nov 24, 2011 | Blitzkrieg!!!, Fit for Foodies, Florida, The Nightlife
First hour in Miami: Skipeped the line to get inside miami’s legendary Mansion nightclub. And it just happened to be on the same night as famous world DJ and music producer Steve Aoki’s birthday. You bet it was a layover to remember: After dancing...
by Stephanie Quan | Aug 23, 2011 | California, United States
Back in California. I was hoping for the passport control person to give me a nice and hearty “Welcome back” or “Welcome home”. But instead I got “how old are you?” “you traveling to all these places by yourself?”...
by Calvin Sun | Apr 23, 2011 | Epiphanies on the Road, New York, Post-travel Reflections, Summer 2011: From the Middle East to North Korea, United States, What Dreams May Come
I took this shortly after landing from my South America trip 3 weeks ago, somewhere outside of JFK International Airport in NYC. I had forgotten about it until I found it in my memory card the other day. This image just gets to me; a memorial arrangement of...
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 Calvin Sun | Mar 3, 2011 | Pre-travel Preparations, United States
23 days left until South America! But in the meantime, what if I told you I’m already planning for this summer? Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey, Nepal, Kashmir (India), Sri Lanka, Myanmar, North Korea (you bet), and Singapore? Does that sound like a step up from...
by Calvin Sun | Dec 26, 2010 | December 2010: A Clinic in Mexico, United States
When we landed, we remembered that because of the time zone difference that it was still Christmas in San Diego. So this is our attempt at being festive. Merry belated Christmas everyone! She survived the flight! San Diego airport Look at that bag. Not a cochebomba,...
by Calvin Sun | Sep 26, 2010 | Blitzkrieg!!!, California, United States
T he wedding went off without a hitch and all was happy. I managed to get some great shots of The Prado at Balboa Park, but it’s mostly of family and happy people. Here are some of my favorites: fishing out the wedding ring…from non other than a...
by Calvin Sun | Sep 24, 2010 | Blitzkrieg!!!, California, United States
After a 5 hour flight from Newark, NJ to San Diego, I’m here! Beautiful sunshine, blue waters, unlimited palm trees. And just like what happened when I was in Taipei, no more than 56 seconds after updating my facebook status about being in San Diego, an old...
by Calvin Sun | Sep 23, 2010 | Blitzkrieg!!!, California, United States
Tomorrow I’m bound for San Diego and pulling an emergency “Taipei” situation where I’ll be there for 22 hours. Why emergency? Well, in 3 days I have my first medical school block exam back in Brooklyn and I’m not entirely prepared....
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