by Calvin Sun | Aug 8, 2010 | China, Doctor in the House, Fit for Foodies, India, Mo' Money Mo' Problems, Summer 2010: Southeast Asia & India
Nothing I can write about my last country on this journey will do this subcontinent any justice. This isn’t a place to visit or fetishize; it’s a place that just is, and demands for you to just be. FOOD Home cooking – everywhere You just...
by Calvin Sun | Aug 8, 2010 | Doctor in the House, India, Mo' Money Mo' Problems, Public Transportation, Serendipitous!, Summer 2010: Southeast Asia & India
AHHHHH!!!!!!! And what kind of idiot falls into a well? Ok, let’s set up the story. It was another crazy WTF coincidential reunion: While at the Chennai bus terminal yesterday, I was trying to seek out other foreigners to check if I was...
by Calvin Sun | Aug 7, 2010 | India, Serendipitous!, Summer 2010: Southeast Asia & India
I’m in Chennai now, having taken a 6 hour overnight A/C Volvo semi-sleeper bus from Bangalore from 12am to 6am yesterday. All I can say about Chennai so far is that it’s not as bad as I had researched, but it’s still a frustrating city to travel...
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 6, 2010 | How's the weather?, India, Mo' Money Mo' Problems, Serendipitous!, Summer 2010: Southeast Asia & India
What I will miss the most from Bangalore will be the California-style cool-as-the-other-side-of-the-pillow weather. It really is the best I’ve experienced in all of India, despite the massive pollution that probably has torn a hole in the ozone layer by...
by Calvin Sun | Aug 5, 2010 | India, Summer 2010: Southeast Asia & India
Took an early morning bus to Mysore yesterday, which ended up being a long daytrip to Srirangapatnam (if you’re a history buff, you’d recognize it) and Brindavan Gardens (if you’re a Bollywood fan, you’d recognize it) as well. Got back...
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...
by Calvin Sun | Aug 3, 2010 | How's the weather?, India, Summer 2010: Southeast Asia & India, Uncategorized Stories
So I’m hanging out by the pool at Cavala Hotel in Baga… …and the following, very weird exchange takes place between me and this Indian girl from Delhi (she’s in a weird hybrid one-piece/two-piece bikini with a glass of Long Island Iced...
by Calvin Sun | Aug 2, 2010 | How's the weather?, India, Summer 2010: Southeast Asia & India, What Dreams May Come
They always ask: “You’ve been to India? Did you go to Goa?” and I always say “no.” In fact, I wasn’t planning to go to Goa on this trip until 4 days ago when I met an Indian family on my train to Hyderabad. They urged me to...
by Calvin Sun | Aug 1, 2010 | India, Summer 2010: Southeast Asia & India
Internet won’t let me upload photos…but I’ve seen some of the most gorgeous sceneries of nature since Indonesia…or Vietnam…or…the hundreds of other places I’ve set my eyes upon this trip. Check back tomorrow for images of...
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