by Calvin Sun | Jun 10, 2010 | Epiphanies on the Road, Summer 2010: Southeast Asia & India, Vietnam
Exactly 4 years ago this day, my father died from a heart attack. He was 67. I never got to say goodbye. Just a body on a table who no longer could hear what I was saying. Apart from being extremely upset that this didn’t hit me until a few minutes ago and that...
by Calvin Sun | Jun 10, 2010 | Epiphanies on the Road, How Did You Do That?, How's the weather?, Summer 2010: Southeast Asia & India, Vietnam, What Dreams May Come
Ha Long Bay. The sun is setting and we mere mortals fall prey to the sights and sounds of the bay. A cool sunset breeze blankets our naked bodies, still wet from swimming in nature’s warm waters. A view of 3,000 islands portruding valiantly...
by Calvin Sun | Jun 6, 2010 | Epiphanies on the Road, Summer 2010: Southeast Asia & India, The Philippines
Already been gone a week and I feel like I know Manila well enough to give it a fond farewell. I find Manila to be that quieter, slightly distant third brother to cities like Cairo and Mumbai. It’s a huge metropolitan city, but grayer and more calm. Even the...
by Calvin Sun | Jun 5, 2010 | Epiphanies on the Road, Post-travel Reflections, Summer 2010: Southeast Asia & India, The Philippines
The nature here is so splendid, complete with the sounds of villagers preparing rice, the caw of roosters, the buzz of inects, you’d think the world never changed in the last millenia. The life is so rustic and simple, you would wonder why we all have...
by Calvin Sun | Jun 5, 2010 | Epiphanies on the Road, Summer 2010: Southeast Asia & India, The Philippines, What Dreams May Come
I once dreamt of Batad, only to be awoken by the din of NYC traffic outside my window. 2 months later I wake up in Batad, looking out a window into the rice terraces that stretch like a stairway to heaven. To dream a dream created by Google...
by Calvin Sun | Jan 7, 2010 | Egypt, Epiphanies on the Road, What Dreams May Come, Winter 2009: Egypt
Only mere moments of a time prior, I had been paralyzed by fear in Cairo, unwilling to leave the train station because I was so afraid of wandering around a foreign country alone and without a plan. But Cairo is where I would harness an impetuously...
by Calvin Sun | Jan 2, 2010 | Egypt, Epiphanies on the Road, Uncategorized Stories, Walking Tours, Way Way Off the Beaten Path, What Dreams May Come, Winter 2009: Egypt
The surprise came, well, at a surprise. I was assured — after my ill-advised bet that got me to Egypt in the first place — that I wouldn’t have to worry about a thing; I didn’t need to plan that much, I didn’t need to carry too...
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