by Calvin Sun | Nov 11, 2017 | Border Crossing, Getting that VISA, How Did You Do That?, Moldova, November 2017: Moldova & Transnistra, Rules Are Meant To Be Broken, Transnistria, Uncategorized, Way Way Off the Beaten Path, Weekend Trips
See those dotted lines around Tiraspol on the map above? That means something. Sandwiched in between Moldova and Ukraine lies a breakaway/renegade self-proclaimed separatist region officially known as Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic or Transnistria autonomous...
by Calvin Sun | Apr 29, 2017 | Getting that VISA, Post-travel Reflections, You're Going to Miss It...
“Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end.” Since our first trip to India, you began to grow. And learn. The decals of your cover began to fade with every stamp that graced your pages. In the beginning there were periods...
by Calvin Sun | Jan 7, 2017 | Border Crossing, Crisis, Getting that VISA, How Did You Do That?, Mongolia, Russia, Way Way Off the Beaten Path, Winter 2016: The Trans-Mongolian & Tibet
This morning we woke up early for our 7am pickup for Train #004 from Irkutsk to Ulaanbaatar departing at 8:12am. And there our train stood waiting for us, emerging from the hazy mist of an early morning fog as if out of a dream — this is...
by Calvin Sun | Sep 30, 2016 | Belarus, Getting that VISA, How Did You Do That?, Russia
Make no bones about it, Russia and the USA have not always been the best of friends, which means getting into Russia as a USA citizen can be a bit of an ordeal. I just got mine, and it wasn’t very straightforward. FYI, the process to enter Russia is very...
by Calvin Sun | Aug 8, 2016 | August 2016: Southern Africa, Border Crossing, Botswana, Crisis, Fail, Getting that VISA, How Did You Do That?, Mo' Money Mo' Problems, South Africa, What Dreams May Come, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Victoria Falls just got served Today I’ve marked visiting the last of the world’s 3 greatest waterfalls: In April 2014 we violated international law crossing Iguazú Falls (the world’s largest waterfalls system) along the intersection of Brazil...
by Calvin Sun | Aug 4, 2016 | August 2016: Southern Africa, Blitzkrieg!!!, Border Crossing, Getting that VISA, How Did You Do That?, Lesotho, Rules Are Meant To Be Broken, South Africa, Swaziland, Way Way Off the Beaten Path
With the return monsooners all with 3 trips each under their belts! After a beautiful yesterday at the Mlilwane Wildlife Reserve, we returned to our hostel at Sundowner’s and exchanged travel stories with the Peace Corps crew that had already been living at...
by Calvin Sun | Aug 3, 2016 | August 2016: Southern Africa, Border Crossing, Getting that VISA, How Did You Do That?, Mozambique, Public Transportation, Swaziland, Way Way Off the Beaten Path
Our group woke up this morning at 5:30am to catch a 6:00am cab to the bus station. Instead of the one close by to the train station that’s listed in Lonely Planet that would take us to Swaziland, our cab drivers opted instead for the station called...
