by Calvin Sun | Jan 11, 2013 | December 2012: Eastern Europe, Dominican Republic, Fail, Germany, Haiti, Poland, Post-travel Reflections, Serendipitous!, Ukraine, Way Way Off the Beaten Path, What Dreams May Come, You're Going to Miss It...
Pictures courtesy of Mandy Cheuk, Simon Lu, Kai Tan, Cynthia Koo, and yours truly. With contributions by Cynthia Koo. Press play. And then start reading. “…Because the only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad...
by Calvin Sun | Jan 1, 2013 | December 2012: Eastern Europe, Germany
Remember 8 months ago when we took a detour sidetrip with our 5 hour layover in Frankfurt? Well it’s deja vu all over again, this time with a different group of 16 people (with the exception of Cynthia coming again, of course)! I’ll spare you the repost of...
by Calvin Sun | Jan 1, 2013 | December 2012: Eastern Europe, Poland, Walking Tours
Last moments before hopping on a 3hr bus from Krakow to Warsaw: A concert behind the Cloth Building in Krakow city center Pig knuckle for dinner On our way to the bus to Warsaw So it’s 3am and you’ve arrived at Frederic Chopin Airport 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 Calvin Sun | Jan 1, 2013 | December 2012: Eastern Europe, Poland, Walking Tours
After crossing the Polish border, we arrived in Krakow in the wee hours of 7am (this is 3 hours before everyone in Poland wakes up), just in time to catch the sunrise. So I woke up and keeping my eyes closed (groggy as hell) I opened the door of the van. This is...
by Calvin Sun | Jan 1, 2013 | Border Crossing, December 2012: Eastern Europe, How Did You Do That?, Poland, Ukraine, Way Way Off the Beaten Path
Our last hour in Lviv — a costume party at the Lviv Opera House: Afterwards, it was back on a bus heading to the Polish border town of Medyka. We figured that a bus would be more convenient than a train as buses have an easier time crossing the Polish...
by Calvin Sun | Dec 29, 2012 | December 2012: Eastern Europe, Public Transportation, Ukraine, Walking Tours
As if our down to the wire panic attack to make the bus to Chernobyl wasn’t enough, it was another down to the last minute effort to make a bus that would take us to the border town of Lviv in Western Ukraine. We ran back to our hostel (and having lost...
by Calvin Sun | Dec 29, 2012 | December 2012: Eastern Europe, Doctor in the House, How Did You Do That?, Mythbusters, Travel Warnings, Ukraine, Way Way Off the Beaten Path
Our first full group photo; some of us didn’t know whether to smile or keep a straight face… The Pripyat Ferris Wheel just got served Close your eyes. Close your eyes and imagine if you were forced to leave everything you knew behind, a split second...
by Calvin Sun | Dec 29, 2012 | Crisis, December 2012: Eastern Europe, Fail, Public Transportation, Serendipitous!, Ukraine
So in pulling an all nighter after last night’s festivities, I made a major mistake of letting everyone sleep a little more. Instead of giving them about an hour before having to leave the hostel, I decided to wake everyone up about 20-30min before. What ended...
by Calvin Sun | Dec 28, 2012 | December 2012: Eastern Europe, The Nightlife, Ukraine, Uncategorized Stories, Way Way Off the Beaten Path
So it’s Ruchika’s 22nd birthday today… Welcome to Ukraine, where the underground bars are just out of this world. This is Palata #6: wtf? Panorama of our underground hospital themed bar (click to enlarge). I’m not judging...
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