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Grenada Más

by Calvin Sun | November 4, 2025 | Grenada, October 2025: Pirates of the Caribbean's At World's End | 0 Comments

🇬🇩 190 down. 3 to go. After our 3 day stay in Dominica, we took a long hour-and-a-half drive back to the airport from our Portsmouth lodgings, stopping for a quick photo opportunity along the way. Dominica's airport is tiny. You...

Dominica-n’t Miss This

by Calvin Sun | November 1, 2025 | Dominica, October 2025: Pirates of the Caribbean's At World's End, Way Way Off the Beaten Path | 0 Comments

From St. Vincent, we boarded InterCaribbean Airways JY 717 at 12:20pm. Their new airport, however, was built just 8 years ago and still has some operational quirks. The staff double-printed my first leg itinerary from St. Vincent to Barbados without including...

Dead Men Tell No Layovers: St. Vincent & The Grenadines in 12 Hours

by Calvin Sun | October 29, 2025 | Layovers, October 2025: Pirates of the Caribbean's At World's End, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0 Comments

Fresh off a quick overnight in Grenada (courtesy of a free JetBlue voucher from last October's Welcome to Chinatown gala), we touched down at Maurice Bishop International Airport at 1:53pm. This marked the beginning of a 3-country Caribbean...

Getting Away With Robbinsville: The Akshardham Redemption

by Calvin Sun | October 6, 2025 | Camping, Layovers, New Jersey, October 2025: Camping in Robbinsville | 0 Comments

One of my more unique camping trips to have monsooned; this is what happens when you plan a camping trip months in advance just to visit a temple arguably worth seeing as a world-class destination. I was stuck at work all day Friday as Eddie took the initiative...

A Quick Halifax Check

by Calvin Sun | September 12, 2025 | Layovers, Lessons Learned, September 2025: Newfoundland to Saint Pierre & Miquelon, Walking Tours | 0 Comments

After two days in Saint-Pierre (and a turbulent ferry ride to Miquelon and back), we boarded an hour-and-a-half direct Air Saint-Pierre 9am flight to Halifax, landing around 9:30am local time (Halifax runs an hour behind Saint-Pierre), Our onward...

Miquelon Impossible

by Calvin Sun | September 11, 2025 | Doctor in the House, September 2025: Newfoundland to Saint Pierre & Miquelon, Way Way Off the Beaten Path | 0 Comments

Sometimes the most spontaneous detours leave the strongest impressions. That morning in Saint Pierre, we hadn't planned on leaving the island. But after completing two walking tours around St. Pierre and checking the ferry schedule, we realized we could still...

48 Hours in a Little Saint-Pierre-ce of France

by Calvin Sun | September 11, 2025 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon, September 2025: Newfoundland to Saint Pierre & Miquelon, Way Way Off the Beaten Path | 0 Comments

After three days soaking in St. John's charm, we dropped off our rental car at YYT Saint John's airport to catch the rare 5pm direct flight (PH1127) via Air Saint-Pierre to Saint-Pierre & Miquelon: one of the few weekly connections between Newfoundland and...

Don’t Be Dildo-Dallying

by Calvin Sun | September 9, 2025 | Canada, September 2025: Newfoundland to Saint Pierre & Miquelon, Way Way Off the Beaten Path | 0 Comments

While based in St. John's, we took a spontaneous day trip by rental car to the now-famous town of Dildo. You'll know when you arrive; they're incredibly proud of their distinctive name. Though a vocal minority has repeatedly raised referendums to...

St. John’s: The Eastern Edge of Everything Everywhere All At Once

by Calvin Sun | September 9, 2025 | Canada, September 2025: Newfoundland to Saint Pierre & Miquelon, Serendipitous!, Way Way Off the Beaten Path | 0 Comments

Months ago I decided to gift myself a week off after Labor Day...simply because I could. After a year as wild as this past one, I craved actual and intentional self-prioritization to restore some balance. Finding fares under $200, I booked a morning departure:...

Singapore Airlines Business Class FRA-JFK

by Calvin Sun | August 5, 2025 | Flying Fancy, Germany, Summer 2025: The Long Road to Berlin | 0 Comments

After a slow morning walk and talking about our villain (antihero?) origin stories in Berlin, I hugged Daniela and Gabe goodbye, hopped on the tram for a few stops, went underground for the metro, and made it back to the hostel in time for a 1:30pm check out. Nisha,...

You’re Going to Miss … Sardinia & Corsica

by Calvin Sun | Oct 11, 2021 | Corsica, Sardinia, What Dreams May Come, You're Going to Miss It...

Press play. No, I really mean it. PRESS play and read the post with the music . . . Did you press play yet? Are you hearing music playing? OK, you can keep reading then. You're going to miss ... …the moment you were invited to come on your first...

A My-“Riyadh” of Potential

by Calvin Sun | Oct 10, 2021 | Getting that VISA, How Did You Do That?, October 2021: Saudi Arabia, Saudi Arabia, Way Way Off the Beaten Path

Got my third booster for COVID-19 yesterday! And what better way to revel in my potential side effects of the booster than a 12 hour red-eye flight from NYC to Abu Dhabi to Riyadh? The days of loopholes and hurdles to obtain a business or transit visa...

I Want “Paler-mo” Of It!

by Calvin Sun | Sep 15, 2021 | Belgium, Crisis, Fail, France, Introspection, Italy, Post-travel Reflections, September 2021: The Tyrrhenian Sea, Serendipitous!, Sicily, Walking Tours, What Dreams May Come

After 2 days relaxing in the off-the-beaten-path island of Lampedusa, the gang took a direct evening flight out to Palermo, capital of Sicily, afterwards. Founded by Phoenicians under the name of “Ziz” and later renamed by Greeks “Panormos”, which...

I Love Lamp-edusa

by Calvin Sun | Sep 13, 2021 | Crisis, Epiphanies on the Road, Fail, Italy, Lampedusa, Lessons Learned, September 2021: The Tyrrhenian Sea, Serendipitous!, Way Way Off the Beaten Path, What Dreams May Come

Definitely didn't look nearly like this 24 hours prior to taking this photo... After a week rampaging throughout Sardinia's coastline including a pitstop in Corsica — with a final night belonging in a 90s teen prom movie (I really can't describe it in...

The Yacht Week Sardinia Day 7 – Poltu Quatu to “Olbia” Good Time

by Calvin Sun | Sep 10, 2021 | Italy, Sardinia, September 2021: The Tyrrhenian Sea

Pulling off an all nighter along the rainy docks of Porto Cervo to watch the sunrise, we then slept in through the subsequently stormy waves while returning to our base marinas in Olbia. Those of us who stayed up may have gotten really moody and therefore...

The Yacht Week Sardinia Day 6 – Poltu Quatu to Porto Cervo

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Grenada Más

Dominica-n’t Miss This

Dead Men Tell No Layovers: St. Vincent & The Grenadines in 12 Hours

Getting Away With Robbinsville: The Akshardham Redemption

A Quick Halifax Check

Miquelon Impossible

48 Hours in a Little Saint-Pierre-ce of France

Don’t Be Dildo-Dallying

St. John’s: The Eastern Edge of Everything Everywhere All At Once

Singapore Airlines Business Class FRA-JFK

You’re Going to Miss … Sardinia & Corsica

A My-“Riyadh” of Potential

I Want “Paler-mo” Of It!

I Love Lamp-edusa

The Yacht Week Sardinia Day 7 – Poltu Quatu to “Olbia” Good Time

The Yacht Week Sardinia Day 6 – Poltu Quatu to Porto Cervo

The Yacht Week Sardinia Day 5 – Isola Spargi to Poltu Qualtu

The Yacht Week Sardinia Day 4 – Regatta Day From Corsica to Isola Spargi

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