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Damascus Anything About Syria!

Damascus Anything About Syria!

by Calvin Sun | Sep 19, 2023 | Border Crossing, Crisis, Getting that VISA, How Did You Do That?, September 2023: Syria, Syria, Walking Tours, What Dreams May Come

 It has been a trip years in the making and probably the last casualty of COVID-19 that I’m finally making up for. As promised, I’m a man of my word when it comes to travel promises. I followed through on Wales and Svalbard when both got moved twice...
Tomorrowland

Tomorrowland

by Calvin Sun | Jul 31, 2023 | Belgium, The Nightlife, Walking Tours, What Dreams May Come

 What can I say that hasn’t already written about one of the world’s largest and certainly premier music festivals? Tomorrowland is no joke and must be seen to be believed. We leave having felt like we visited a true Disney World for all adult electronic music...
Meteora Sightings

Meteora Sightings

by Calvin Sun | Jul 13, 2023 | Greece, July 2023: The Greek Epic, Walking Tours, What Dreams May Come

  After 2 days in Rhodes, Amelia, Yuhan, and I enjoyed a free morning before taking a €30 cab to RHO airport for our 4pm afternoon flight back to Athens. I even snuck in a second gym session at Oxygen gym outside of Old Rhodes! Once arriving back at ATH and...
All Rhodes Lead To…

All Rhodes Lead To…

by Calvin Sun | Jul 10, 2023 | Flying Fancy, Greece, July 2023: The Greek Epic, Walking Tours, What Dreams May Come

  We’ve been preparing for awhile. Hot off the heels of my last trip from Mogadishu, I decided to not travel in June so that I could adequately do right by this major upcoming and nearly one month long trip to Greece in July. Skipping a month to monsoon is...
Mogadishu, Somalia: Witness to Reconstruction & Renaissance

Mogadishu, Somalia: Witness to Reconstruction & Renaissance

by Calvin Sun | May 27, 2023 | Getting that VISA, May 2023: Horn of Africa, Somalia, Travel Warnings, Way Way Off the Beaten Path, What Dreams May Come

 The Battle of Mogadishu took place nearly more than 30 years ago in 1993 and its subsequent depiction in the film Black Hawk Down has remained a fixture of my childhood since high school. I still remember the night when we went to watch the film with my fellow...
Take a Chance Take a Chance … on Lake Abbe

Take a Chance Take a Chance … on Lake Abbe

by Calvin Sun | May 15, 2023 | Camping, Djibouti, Epiphanies on the Road, Fail, How's the weather?, May 2023: Horn of Africa, Way Way Off the Beaten Path, What Dreams May Come

  After arriving yesterday and breakfast this morning in Djibouti City, we boarded our convoy of 8 (Eight!!!) 4x4s at 8am. Thus begins our grueling 9 hour drive under an oppressive >105ºF sun towards the border between Djibouti and Ethiopia for Lake...
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