by Calvin Sun | Jan 17, 2012 | Our Next Adventure, Post-travel Reflections, Pre-travel Preparations
Taken by Mahdi Kalhor – ‘Kalut’ in Lut Desert We at The Monsoon Diaries have traveled to over 30 countries in the last 18 months, all while spending very little and keeping fulltime jobs, remaining as fulltime students, or both. We’ve...
by Calvin Sun | Dec 22, 2011 | Fail, Lessons Learned, Pre-travel Preparations
Currently at the airport and we’ve already had our first mini crisis. The other Calvin had his father buy his ticket for him a few months ago. Unfortunately, however, TAP Portugal airlines requires that in order for check-in, his father had to be present to...
by Go Yang Park | Dec 22, 2011 | How Did You Do That?, Pre-travel Preparations, Spain, What to Pack
So this is how I packed for roughly 12 days in Spain, Portugal, Gibraltar, and Morocco. The temperature ranges from 35 (F, at might) to 65 (F, during the day). About 4 shirts, ranging from tank top to cashmere sweater, and one quick drying thermal....
by Go Yang Park | Dec 21, 2011 | Pre-travel Preparations, United States
You know what I thought of the other day? If Calvin married a lady friend with the last name Moon (some Koreans have this surname) and she decided that she wanted to have both names registered as her surnames, she would be ***** Moon Sun. Or if she kept her...
by Calvin Sun | Dec 17, 2011 | December 2011: Spain, Gibraltar, Morocco, Portugal, Introductions, Pre-travel Preparations
This is the true story… of 7 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 Monsoon...
by Calvin Sun | Nov 28, 2011 | Belize, Blitzkrieg!!!, Border Crossing, Fit for Foodies, November 2011: Guatemala & Belize, Pre-travel Preparations, Uncategorized Stories
The first time I’ve heard of Belize was when I was 14 years old. I was sitting on the 7 subway train coming into Manhattan and my friend Sara Yoo was sitting across from me when she looked at me in the eye and firmly declared: “I want to...
by Calvin Sun | Nov 23, 2011 | Introductions, November 2011: Guatemala & Belize, Pre-travel Preparations
After the obligatory medical exam or two (k the one I took today was pretty rough), I’m once again off to the airport for our next blitzkrieg: Guatemala and Belize in 5 days. Freedom has never tasted sweeter. Before we begin, please welcome our 3 new...
by Calvin Sun | Nov 18, 2011 | Mythbusters, Post-travel Reflections, Pre-travel Preparations, Publicity, Travel Warnings
Travel and Leisure came out with a list of 15 of the world’s “most dangerous countries.” Out of that list, we’ve already recently been to 3 of them, dallied on the border of 2 others and are planning to go to 2-3 more within the year. In our...
by Calvin Sun | Nov 8, 2011 | November 2011: Guatemala & Belize, Our Next Adventure, Pre-travel Preparations, Summer 2011: From the Middle East to North Korea
The original plan was to do Spain, Morocco, and Portugal this winter as my next trip. But not so; the travel bug bites again. And we have new travel partners joining us this time! What I’m doing in 5 days: Miami Guatemala City Lake Atitlán Antigua Tikal Belize...
by Calvin Sun | Sep 18, 2011 | Our Next Adventure, Pre-travel Preparations
It’s hard to live up to the stunts we pulled in North Korea. But that doesn’t mean we’re going to quit while we’re ahead! What we’re planning for the next year (FYI, I didn’t take these photos, because…well…I...
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