by Calvin Sun | Dec 8, 2013 | Antarctica, Pre-travel Preparations, What to Pack
How do I pack for 4 days of this…. With this? I start with my clothes — 3 short sleeved synthetic (quick drying) shirts, 2 long sleeved synthetic shirts, 3 cotton shirts, 2 cargo pants, 5 underwears, 5 smart wool socks, 2 heavy smart wool socks, 2...
by Calvin Sun | Dec 23, 2012 | Pre-travel Preparations, United States
The theme of our trip in Ukraine It’s about to begin again. This will be our largest group of travelers to our coldest itinerary with 6 days in single digit Fahrenheit weather (uhm, 18 people died last week in Ukraine’s cold snap) through the...
by Jan Ferrer | Dec 13, 2012 | Epiphanies on the Road, Pre-travel Preparations, Serendipitous!
I am fully preparing to jump into a monsoon in two weeks’ time. That is to say that I will be traveling with sixteen fellow backpackers and one Calvin Sun, whose rousing story and headstrong travel philosophy – “monsooning” – were recently featured in USA...
by Calvin Sun | Nov 23, 2012 | December 2012: Eastern Europe, Introductions, Pre-travel Preparations
This is the true story… of 16 strangers… picked to live on a backpack…travel together and have their lives blogged… To find out what happens… when people stop being polite… and start getting monsoonal… …The...
by Calvin Sun | Oct 4, 2012 | December 2012: Eastern Europe, Introspection, Our Next Adventure, Pre-travel Preparations
“We cannot bear to regard ourselves simply as playthings of blind chance, we cannot admit to feeling ourselves abandoned.” - Ugo Betti. History comes alive this winter. How many of us dare to consider ourselves as part of some greater context, placing our...
by Calvin Sun | Apr 5, 2012 | Pre-travel Preparations
A trip involving 4 months in the making and 9 months of dreaming begins today. It will take us about 2 days to reach Iran, beginning with a layover in Dusseldorf and a half-day layover in Vienna. Once again, I’ll see you on the other side of the world. - At time...
by Calvin Sun | Apr 4, 2012 | Pre-travel Preparations, Travel Warnings
Thank you U.S. State Department for issuing this travel warning for me. Keeps everything into perspective, doesn’t it? IRAN The Department of State warns U.S. citizens to carefully consider the risks of travel to Iran. Dual national Iranian-American...
by Calvin Sun | Apr 3, 2012 | April 2012: Iran, Introspection, Post-travel Reflections, Pre-travel Preparations
A dozen outstretched hands descend upon me. I scan the faces of the rickshaw-wallahs and I ask for the lowest price in their native language. A thousand teeth grin at my brazenness and the game begins. We knock down local currency to exaggerated sighs and...
by Calvin Sun | Mar 29, 2012 | Austria, Germany, Introductions, Pre-travel Preparations, Switzerland
This is the true story… of 10 strangers… picked to live on a backpack…travel together and have their lives blogged… To find out what happens… when people stop being polite… and start getting monsoonal… …The...
by Calvin Sun | Mar 19, 2012 | April 2012: Iran, Getting that VISA, How Did You Do That?, Iran, Pre-travel Preparations
Iranian Visa for the American: Get yours today! What does it take to get into Iran as an United States national? Apparently a bit more effort than what it took to get into North Korea. Unlike North Korea for which visas must be applied way ahead of time,...
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