by Calvin Sun | Mar 27, 2011 | April 2011: Peru & Colombia, Epiphanies on the Road, Fail, How's the weather?, Peru, Uncategorized Stories
Before I know it, I’m already fast packed to another trip across the border. What’s different this time is that out of all the inhabitable continents of the world (sorry Antartica, unless global warming happens, you don’t count), only South America...
by Calvin Sun | Jan 4, 2011 | December 2010: A Clinic in Mexico, Epiphanies on the Road, Mexico, Post-travel Reflections
3 months of fundraising and 4 days of construction later… I don’t believe any of us fully grasped the impact of what we were doing until we had left. And even now, in the nascent days of our Tijuana-withdrawal, I myself still haven’t fully...
by Calvin Sun | Dec 24, 2010 | December 2010: A Clinic in Mexico, Doctor in the House, Epiphanies on the Road, Mexico, One Small House, Pre-travel Preparations, What to Pack
No rest for the weary. A little preview of what we’re doing Not even 3 days after unpacking from Hong Kong, I’m already repacking for 5 days in Mexico: 2 short-sleeved shirts 2 long-sleeved shirts 2 pairs of pants 4 pairs of underwear 4 pairs of socks 1...
by Calvin Sun | Dec 16, 2010 | Blitzkrieg!!!, Epiphanies on the Road, Hong Kong, Pre-travel Preparations
I won’t lie, the first thing that came over me when I stepped into JFK Airport 30 minutes ago was “Again?!” “Ay, but I’m tired.“ Like a familiar scent the sterile linoleum gloss of JFK Airport reminded me everything I hated...
by Calvin Sun | Aug 13, 2010 | *Countries, Epiphanies on the Road, Summer 2010: Southeast Asia & India, Uncategorized Stories, What Dreams May Come
Press play. And then start reading. The echoes of Jeff Buckley. An autorickshaw roars by an airport runway. I came in as a stranger, left as a friend. I came in unsure what I was looking for, I left knowing what I needed to search for. It’s not about sights...
by Calvin Sun | Aug 12, 2010 | Epiphanies on the Road, Lessons Learned, Post-travel Reflections, Summer 2010: Southeast Asia & India, United States
It’s weird to… have a hot shower with good water pressure. have a clean bathroom. have more than 4 pairs of underwear, 5 pairs of socks, 5 shirts and 1 pair of pants to choose from. have an insulated cab. lie in a familiar bed. dig through clothes from a...
by Calvin Sun | Aug 10, 2010 | China, Epiphanies on the Road, Singapore, Summer 2010: Southeast Asia & India, United States
Is it normal to have thoughts of walking away from the boarding gate? It happened in Singapore Changi Airport a few hours ago, and now it’s happening again in Shanhai Pudong International. My flight home is departing at this very moment. Is this...
by Calvin Sun | Aug 10, 2010 | Epiphanies on the Road, Lessons Learned, Singapore, Summer 2010: Southeast Asia & India, Uncategorized Stories, United States, What Dreams May Come
And I’m staring at a plane that will take me away from this place. Press play. And then start reading. This is our last goodbyeI hate to feel the love between us die.But it’s overJust hear this and then I’ll go:You gave me more to live for,More...
by Calvin Sun | Aug 6, 2010 | Epiphanies on the Road, India, Summer 2010: Southeast Asia & India, What Dreams May Come
Last night. Overnight bus in the middle-of-nowhere, India. A song from a distant past starts to play on the iPod. The last time I heard this song I am also on a night bus: It is exactly 11 years ago in the middle-of-somewhere America and I am returning from a...
by Calvin Sun | Aug 3, 2010 | Epiphanies on the Road, India, Serendipitous!, Summer 2010: Southeast Asia & India, The Nightlife, Uncategorized Stories
Is it weird or a coincidence or simply fate that 2 strangers you meet in Hampi by accident (simply by asking “is that temple closed?”) end up heading in the same direction as you to Goa via the same train and staying at the same hotel with you for the next...
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