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...
by Calvin Sun | Jul 18, 2010 | How's the weather?, India, Summer 2010: Southeast Asia & India
I’m now in the Rajasthan district of India, doing a back to back visit of its capital Jaipur, “the pink city”, and nearby Jodhpur, “the blue city.” Let’s see how pink and blue go together… JAIPUR In...
by Calvin Sun | Jul 16, 2010 | Epiphanies on the Road, How's the weather?, India, Serendipitous!, Summer 2010: Southeast Asia & India, What Dreams May Come
You pretty much come to Amritsar for one thing mainly: The Golden Temple. This is the Mecca for all Sikhs around the world, except that given the Sikh’s inclusive nature, people of all faiths and creeds are welcome at this place of worship. You’ll enter...
by Calvin Sun | Jul 14, 2010 | Doctor in the House, How's the weather?, India, Summer 2010: Southeast Asia & India, What Dreams May Come
I’m now in Varanasi and I can’t describe how chaotic this place is next to such beauty of the Ganges river. But before you read this entry, I should preface it with a scene from a movie that inspired me to travel to Varanasi in the first place. Watch this...
by Calvin Sun | Jul 10, 2010 | How's the weather?, Indonesia, Public Transportation, Singapore, Summer 2010: Southeast Asia & India
Inside Lau Pa Sat (i.e. hawker-food central). The food you get here is delicious! Head up to the top of Singapore’s “Big Durian”: Enjoy a view of Singapore from the Big Duran: Or fancy a view from the newly opened Marina Bay Sands Park: The next...
by Calvin Sun | Jul 7, 2010 | How's the weather?, Indonesia, Summer 2010: Southeast Asia & India, What Dreams May Come
Buddha (Borobudur) Shiva (Prambanan) Went Templelunkin’ today by visiting both the UNESCO World Heritage Sites of Borobudur and Prambanan. It’s pretty much a 9th century Buddhist Temple vs. a 9th century Hindu Temple respectively, and while...
by Calvin Sun | Jul 6, 2010 | How Did You Do That?, How's the weather?, Indonesia, Serendipitous!, Summer 2010: Southeast Asia & India, Way Way Off the Beaten Path, What Dreams May Come
There have been quite a few moments where I’ve seen things that made me hold my breath. This moment is one of them. If I wanted to know what the end of the world looked like — or at least the surface of the moon — I would think of Gunung...
by Calvin Sun | Jul 1, 2010 | How's the weather?, Indonesia, Summer 2010: Southeast Asia & India
Bali is as nice as you could imagine. I really have nothing to update you on with words (do you really want to hear about exposing my naked body to Ultraviolet rays of the sun as my dying skin cells vomit out melanin and Vitamin D? No, I don’t either.),...
by Calvin Sun | Jun 29, 2010 | How's the weather?, Malaysia, Summer 2010: Southeast Asia & India, Walking Tours
The Batu caves We’re winding down our whirlwind tour of KL and we managed to hit up almost everything in 10 hours (in this order): Batu Caves Old Railway Station National Mosque Sri Mahamariamman Temple Chinatown Merdeka Square Little India Golden...
by Calvin Sun | Jun 23, 2010 | Community Service, How's the weather?, Laos, Summer 2010: Southeast Asia & India, Thailand, What Dreams May Come
We’re here in Chiang Mai, Thailand, where we’re enjoying fast food, fast cars, fast bikes, fast people and fast internet. Before launching into Thailand, we want to notify our readers that a collective decision has been made to head into Myanmar...
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