by Calvin Sun | May 31, 2018 | Blitzkrieg!!!, Crisis, Fail, June 2018: The Persian Gulf, Kuwait, Layovers, Rules Are Meant To Be Broken, Serendipitous!, Walking Tours
Preface — To give you an idea what my life has been like this past month: Exactly a month ago, I was the Caribbean for a 3 day weekend in Turks & Caicos Then I returned to NYC for 4 straight night shifts in the ER (getting sick with a 103ºF fever in the...
by Calvin Sun | Jan 13, 2018 | Doctor in the House, Fail, New Zealand, Winter 2017: Australia & New Zealand
Our 8 hour drive from Christchurch to Queenstown was pretty straightforward. But then there was all this: We also stopped by at a local horseback riding event for a quick ice cream break on the outskirts of Queenstown. Unfortunately, Mary rolled her ankle in...
by Calvin Sun | Jan 6, 2018 | Australia, Camping, Fail, How's the weather?, Uncategorized Stories, Way Way Off the Beaten Path, What Dreams May Come, Winter 2017: Australia & New Zealand
Today, we flew a helicopter: After spending 3 spirited days in the wettest part of Australia (Cairns and the Great Barrier Reef), the group got up early at 4:30am to catch our 6:50am flight to what probably is the driest part of Australia: Uluru. The 3 hour...
by Calvin Sun | Nov 10, 2017 | Blitzkrieg!!!, Fail, Moldova, November 2017: Moldova & Transnistra, Serendipitous!, The Nightlife, Walking Tours, Way Way Off the Beaten Path, Weekend Trips
One more weekend off, one more monsoon. I’ve always wanted to come to Moldova & Transnistra for a few reasons: Former Romanian-turned-USSR enclave rebuilt by Kruschev and thus currently one of the last few capital cities other than Minsk and Pyongyang to...
by Calvin Sun | Oct 20, 2017 | Crisis, Fail, How Did You Do That?, Mo' Money Mo' Problems, October 2017: Slovenia, Serendipitous!, Slovenia, Way Way Off the Beaten Path, Weekend Trips
“A journey is like marriage. The certain way to be wrong is to think you control it.” – John Steinbeck Everything seemed like it was going according to plan. After all, I had a minor scare 6 days ago when I nearly missed my flight from JFK to Paris...
by Calvin Sun | Oct 14, 2017 | Blitzkrieg!!!, Crisis, Fail, France, Layovers, October 2017: The Channel Islands, Weekend Trips
3 months ago, I started studying for my final medical licensing exam – the USMLE Step 3 – on a budget 4-day trip to the Caribbean Islands, which began in the French territory of Saint Martin’s. I’m now celebrating the conclusion of my marathon 17 hour, 2-day long exam...
by Calvin Sun | Aug 28, 2017 | Albania, August 2017: The Balkans, Crisis, Fail, How Did You Do That?, Rules Are Meant To Be Broken, Way Way Off the Beaten Path
Albania just got served. Photo Credit: Andy Chen On the right bank of the river Osum lies Berat, Albania’s Town Of A Thousand Windows, where we as a group this morning collectively decided to visit as a daytrip from Tirana. But instead of trying to find and...
