by Calvin Sun | Jan 6, 2014 | Epiphanies on the Road, Mythbusters, Pakistan, Winter 2013: Antarctica to Pakistan
Jehangir’s Tomb…and my jeans…just got served Today was the day we needed to see all the major sites of Lahore other than the Badshahi Mosque. Beginning with a relatively early morning at 11am, we set off for the massive city-sized Lahore Fort: The...
by Calvin Sun | Dec 27, 2013 | Argentina, Epiphanies on the Road, Pakistan, Serendipitous!, Spain, United Arab Emirates, Winter 2013: Antarctica to Pakistan
Press play. Watch. And then keep reading: I Will Possess Your Heart (Album Version) from Marteen on Vimeo. Hard to believe that just last week we were in Antarctica. As I’m nearing the final moments of a Christmas in Buenos Aires... …I head to...
by Calvin Sun | Dec 11, 2013 | Argentina, Epiphanies on the Road, Fit for Foodies, Serendipitous!, The Nightlife, Travel Warnings, Way Way Off the Beaten Path, Winter 2013: Antarctica to Pakistan
Palacio del Congreso just got served. For those of you who have been following me for a long time now, you’re familiar with how I do a balance/mixture of traveling both solo and in groups. There are perks and downsides to both. When you’re in a...
by Calvin Sun | Jul 1, 2013 | Epiphanies on the Road, Fit for Foodies, Lessons Learned, Mo' Money Mo' Problems, Panama, Post-travel Reflections, Summer 2013: Central America
The Panama Canal just got served I never really got to sleep. By the time I posted the last entry, we were already out the door by 10am for Chinese-Panamanian dim sum, which according to our well-traveled guide Manuel (Tatiana’s friend in...
by Calvin Sun | Jan 1, 2013 | December 2012: Eastern Europe, Epiphanies on the Road, Poland
It’s the bleakness of the place that startles you first. Auschwitz II (Birkenau) – The "Gate of Death" The gas chambers There’s nothing more I can write about Auschwitz that hasn’t already been written: It really is...
by Jan Ferrer | Dec 13, 2012 | Epiphanies on the Road, Pre-travel Preparations, Serendipitous!
I am fully preparing to jump into a monsoon in two weeks’ time. That is to say that I will be traveling with sixteen fellow backpackers and one Calvin Sun, whose rousing story and headstrong travel philosophy – “monsooning” – were recently featured in USA...
by Calvin Sun | Apr 12, 2012 | April 2012: Iran, Epiphanies on the Road, Iran, Way Way Off the Beaten Path, What Dreams May Come
He was a youth in 1979, toppling the statue of Reza Khan in defiance of the Shah. And as one of the many emerging activists of 1979 , he supported the historic regime change that led to the era of Ayatollah Khomeini. But before he was to bear witness to the...
by Calvin Sun | Apr 9, 2012 | April 2012: Iran, Epiphanies on the Road, Iran, What Dreams May Come
The view outside Necropolis The ruins of Persepolis It may have been a chapter you learned in your 8th grade history class, or an afterthought from a Sunday afternoon episode on the History Channel. It may have been the name of your local Persian...
by Calvin Sun | Apr 6, 2012 | April 2012: Iran, Epiphanies on the Road, Iran, Mythbusters
Press play. And then start reading. Hello from an American blogging from Tehran, Iran. Let it be known that at least the IKA Airport in Tehran has free wireless. There are a few moments in life where I try to imagine in dreams, realizing they might come...
by Calvin Sun | Dec 26, 2011 | December 2011: Spain, Gibraltar, Morocco, Portugal, Epiphanies on the Road, Spain, What Dreams May Come
Breaking stereotypes with an “Asian Firing Squad” (while having a highly recommended tapas brunch at Vinos Gonzalez): 2 items off the bucket list in one day and 2 more tomorrow; we are really cramming superlatives into a short amount of time....
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