by Calvin Sun | May 28, 2018 | Community Service, Doctor in the House, Haiti, Project Medishare, Way Way Off the Beaten Path
I fondly remember 5 years ago when I came to Haiti with 4 other monsooners as we backpacked up from the capital city of Port-au-Prince to Cap-Haitien and gazed out from one of the most beautiful fortresses of colonial America. I had a great crew to travel with...
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 | Aug 19, 2017 | August 2017: The Balkans, Border Crossing, Doctor in the House, How Did You Do That?, Montenegro, Way Way Off the Beaten Path, What Dreams May Come
Photo Credit: Taylan Stulting The road from Kotor to Podgorica can take you through all of Montenegro’s history in a day. What normally is a 2 hour bus ride, we opted instead for a hostel to hostel transfer arranged by Montenegro Hostel where it would take...
by Calvin Sun | Aug 19, 2017 | August 2017: The Balkans, Border Crossing, Doctor in the House, Fit for Foodies, How Did You Do That?, Montenegro, Walking Tours, Way Way Off the Beaten Path, What Dreams May Come
Reeling from last night’s epic outing at Club Revel in Dubrovnik, the group didn’t let shame and a polite hangover from exploring their city on their own while I stuck behind at the hostel catching up on some studying (still in residency y’know). ...
by Calvin Sun | Jan 17, 2017 | China, Doctor in the House, Flying Fancy, How Did You Do That?, How's the weather?, Way Way Off the Beaten Path, Winter 2016: The Trans-Mongolian & Tibet
Cover photo credit: JC Chan Although the photos near the bottom are of Lhasa at night, it would be a shame to not mention Shigatse in the brief few hours we were there. Located 3860m (12,660 feet) above sea level where the oxygen content is 67% of that at sea...
by Calvin Sun | Jan 14, 2017 | China, Doctor in the House, Tibet, Walking Tours, What Dreams May Come, Winter 2016: The Trans-Mongolian & Tibet
Potala Palace just got served Despite getting my first 8+ hour night of sleep in probably over a week, I nevertheless woke up with symptoms of acute mountain sickness (a slight fever, headache, dry mouth, not unlike a hangover). So I doubled up on my Diamox from...
by Calvin Sun | Jan 13, 2017 | China, Doctor in the House, Fit for Foodies, Tibet, Way Way Off the Beaten Path, Winter 2016: The Trans-Mongolian & Tibet
Struggling with 3 consecutive nights of 5 hours of sleep each night, we all got up again at a ridiculous 5:15am to catch a 5:30am car service to take us to the airport for a 7:40am direct flight from Xi’an to Lhasa. The Xi’an airport was unexpectedly...
