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Can I Have a Piece of Guam?

Can I Have a Piece of Guam?

by Calvin Sun | Feb 27, 2024 | March 2024: The Pacific Island Hopper

 Good morning from Saipan: After a full day exploring Saipan, the next morning felt like it was moving pretty straightforward: I had gotten 9 full hours of sleep, was promptly picked up by our taxi driver and guide Sumon at 7:45am, and even got upgraded to...
Please Notice Me, Saipan!

Please Notice Me, Saipan!

by Calvin Sun | Feb 26, 2024 | Blitzkrieg!!!, Fail, Layovers, March 2024: The Pacific Island Hopper, Northern Mariana Islands, Way Way Off the Beaten Path

 From Palau, and having snuck in 4 hours of sleep from 8pm-midnight, we boarded the 2:05am United Airlines Flight #158 to Guam, landing at 5:10am underslept and miserable.  Since Guam is a U.S. territory, transiting in Guam work as if you were entering...
Palau Deck!

Palau Deck!

by Calvin Sun | Feb 25, 2024 | March 2024: The Pacific Island Hopper, Palau, Way Way Off the Beaten Path

  After 10 days in snowpowderalypse paradise, I returned from Niseko to CTS airport on an early morning shuttle bus to make my 2:10pm flight to Taiwan. Arriving in the evening, I met up with Stephanie Liu, a derm-pathologist doctor who found me on the...
Bee’s Nise-ko

Bee’s Nise-ko

by Calvin Sun | Feb 23, 2024 | February 2024: The Hokkaido Snowpocalypse, Fit for Foodies, Flying Fancy, Japan, March 2024: The Pacific Island Hopper

  Thank you David Park for some of these photos It all started with saying yes. Isn’t that how it always starts? “Yes” to an invitation on Clubhouse during the pandemic led to a “yes” to Yacht Week Sardinia, which led to a...

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