by Calvin Sun | Jan 21, 2017 | China, Epiphanies on the Road, Mongolia, Post-travel Reflections, Russia, Tibet, What Dreams May Come, Winter 2016: The Trans-Mongolian & Tibet, You're Going to Miss It...
Press play. And then start reading. “We travel, some of us forever, to seek other places, other lives, other souls.” – Anais Nin You’re going to miss the trepidation of landing in a foreign country, for which visas you’ve...
by Calvin Sun | Jan 17, 2017 | China, Doctor in the House, Flying Fancy, How Did You Do That?, How's the weather?, Way Way Off the Beaten Path, Winter 2016: The Trans-Mongolian & Tibet
Cover photo credit: JC Chan To Shigatse and back. Although the photos near the bottom are of Lhasa at night, it would be a shame to not mention Shigatse in the brief few hours we were there. Located 3860m (12,660 feet) above sea level...
by Calvin Sun | Jan 15, 2017 | China, Tibet, Way Way Off the Beaten Path, What Dreams May Come, Winter 2016: The Trans-Mongolian & Tibet
I’ve been on many beautiful drives before, most notably from Argentina to Chile, and the drive from Srinagar to Leh but today’s from Lhasa to Shigatse is now climbing the charts, and we’re still on the road.We set out from...
by Calvin Sun | Jan 14, 2017 | China, Doctor in the House, Tibet, Walking Tours, What Dreams May Come, Winter 2016: The Trans-Mongolian & Tibet
Waking up to the roof of the world: Despite getting my first 8+ hour night of sleep in probably over a week, I nevertheless woke up with symptoms of acute mountain sickness (a slight fever, headache, dry mouth, not unlike a hangover). So I doubled...
by Calvin Sun | Jan 13, 2017 | China, Doctor in the House, Fit for Foodies, Tibet, Way Way Off the Beaten Path, Winter 2016: The Trans-Mongolian & Tibet
Struggling with 3 consecutive nights of 5 hours of sleep each night, we all got up again at a ridiculous 5:15am to catch a 5:30am car service to take us to the airport for a 7:40am direct flight from Xi’an to Lhasa. The Xi’an airport was...
by Calvin Sun | Jan 13, 2017 | China, Fit for Foodies, The Nightlife, Walking Tours, Winter 2016: The Trans-Mongolian & Tibet
It was a nail-biting 5 hours of booking last minute hostels, flights, and a 5am car service after our group missed our overnight train from Beijing to Xi’an by a frustratingly mere minute. We ended up at Chinese Box Hostel...
