Forming A Monsoon: Luxor-ious!
From Alexandria I headed south towards Luxor. I took an overnight train from Alexandria to Cairo, wandered around the capital, and then took another overnight train from Cairo to Luxor. Around this point I was starting to get the hang of this...
Forming A Monsoon: To The Lighthouse – Alexandria
From Alone in Cairo:10pm. I remember sitting alone in a train station in Cairo. The sun had set, it was getting dark, and I had nothing on me except for a backpack and a wallet. I had no hostel to stay at and I had no plan to follow. Throngs of people...
Forming A Monsoon: Alone In Cairo
The surprise came, well, at a surprise.I was assured -- after my ill-advised bet that got me to Egypt in the first place -- that I wouldn't have to worry about a thing; I didn't need to plan that much, I didn't need to carry too many things, and that I...
Forming A Monsoon: The Day My Life Changed Forever Happened In Cairo
Written December 26, 2009: DECEMBER 2009 Every year for the past 7 years I always end up writing up December to seem like quite a magical month compared to the rest. Maybe it’s because I’m a sucker for good endings or maybe I’m just trying too hard to end on a good...
Excerpts from Calvin D. Sun’s (ECAASU Board of Directors) Keynote Address at SERCAAL
University of Florida Saturday, October 10th 9:00 A.M. EST SERCAAL might have made a terrible mistake by inviting me because I don’t belong here. How many of you are between the ages of 21 to 23? OK, half of you in this room probably are just as young as I am. Note...
Before The Monsoon: Reflections From India Without Fetishizing It
I wrote the following note in January 2009, a few days after returning with friends from my first "backpacking" trip abroad. It would be my first (and definitely not the last) time in India, having visited Mumbai, New Delhi, Agra, Fatephur Sikri, Cochin,...
Before The Monsoon: Not Staying Mumbai About It
After arriving into Trivandrum from Kanyakumari by an early afternoon train, we had a few hours to kill before our evening flight back to Mumbai. So Isaac and I decided to hit up a few rickshaw drivers to find us a place to get some toddy's, an Indian beer fermented...
Before The Monsoon: “Kanyakumari” Here For A Sunrise For India’s Sunset?
From Trivandrum, we took a late morning train to Kanyakumari and arrived in the mid-afternoon: Apparently, we stumbled upon a Hindu pilgrimage that was also taking place that week. You can notice them from their all-black attire. ...
Where Are We Now?
Where Are We Next?
