by Calvin Sun | Aug 15, 2010 | Post-travel Reflections, Serendipitous!, Summer 2010: Southeast Asia & India
Most Generous Hosts: Saraswati Reddy, Avanti Maluste Best Lifesavers: Vaibhav Shah, Arjun Rajagopal Earliest Riser: Supraja Sudharsan at 5am Fastest Response Time: Cindy Chang Miss Congeniality: Madhurya Reddy Best Unexpected Travel Partners: Fiona Mary Lewis,...
by Calvin Sun | Aug 11, 2010 | China, Lessons Learned, Serendipitous!, Uncategorized Stories, United States
As if I didn’t have enough coincidences and run-ins already from my travels in India and Singapore, I asked myself while getting on the plane to NYC: “wouldn’t it be funny if I also run into someone I know on this flight?” …and...
by Calvin Sun | Aug 11, 2010 | Post-travel Reflections, Serendipitous!, Uncategorized Stories
As my flight is currently making its way from Shanghai to New York City, I want to dedicate the Monsoon Diaries’ first ever trip to the following people, because frankly, you were pretty much everything what this trip was about: Yiru Li, my friend from...
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 | 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 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 | Jul 28, 2010 | Epiphanies on the Road, India, Serendipitous!, Summer 2010: Southeast Asia & India
I don’t think I will remember Hyderabad for its beautiful sights like Charminar or the Buddha Temple. Instead, I will take with me from Hyderabad a group of amazing people and new friends, from the unceasing hospitality of Saraswati and her sister...
by Calvin Sun | Jul 22, 2010 | How's the weather?, India, Serendipitous!, Summer 2010: Southeast Asia & India
Really nothing to update you on except I’m still reading books, saw some incoming Columbia students at a send-off event, and enjoying the 10 feet of monsoonal rains every 10 minutes. It’s a good time to rest in Mumbai. . . . Below is the...
by Calvin Sun | Jul 19, 2010 | How's the weather?, India, Serendipitous!, Summer 2010: Southeast Asia & India
From Jodhpur… A dinner with a view you missed out on. Wish you were here dining with me, no? …to taking a sleeper bus to Udaipur… . ..to finally absorbing “the most romantic city in India” in Udaipur… Udaipur...
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