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Luxor-y Travel

Luxor-y Travel

by Calvin Sun | Dec 3, 2019 | Autumn 2019: Egypt Redux - 10 Years Later, Egypt, Mo' Money Mo' Problems, What Dreams May Come

  After the first rounds of goodbye to Likhith and Karthik last night, I noticed that Mihaela is already crying realizing that the trip is halfway over:     Wrapping up 2 days in Aswan, we planned to set out this morning on a 7:30am train to Luxor,...
Life’s Simbel — It’s Abu The People That Make The Trip, Not The Destination

Life’s Simbel — It’s Abu The People That Make The Trip, Not The Destination

by Calvin Sun | Dec 1, 2019 | Autumn 2019: Egypt Redux - 10 Years Later, Egypt, What Dreams May Come

  Credit goes to Ann Wen (who’s not even on the trip!) for the blogpost title. In our second day in Aswan, we set out for sites outside of the city, beginning with the obligatory tourist pilgrimage to Abu Simbel. This began with a mandatory wake up call at...
Finally Coming Together “Aswan!”

Finally Coming Together “Aswan!”

by Calvin Sun | Nov 30, 2019 | Autumn 2019: Egypt Redux - 10 Years Later, Doctor in the House, Egypt

 By now you might be sick of all these “throwback” nostalgia I’m writing about, 10 years this, and 10 years that.Thankfully, there’s some new material as I had missed Aswan the last time I was here. Therefore it would be our first stop...
Try Not To Be An Old Giza, Will Ya: The Great Pyramids

Try Not To Be An Old Giza, Will Ya: The Great Pyramids

by Calvin Sun | Nov 29, 2019 | Autumn 2019: Egypt Redux - 10 Years Later, Egypt, Epiphanies on the Road, Way Way Off the Beaten Path, What Dreams May Come

 After a whirlwind first day in Cairo, we woke up bright and early at 4am for the Pyramids. Just like good old times.  Today we changed nothing on the plan I did 10 years ago. Everything was planned to the tee to be exactly the same except that...
The Return To Cairo, 10 Years Later

The Return To Cairo, 10 Years Later

by Calvin Sun | Nov 28, 2019 | Autumn 2019: Egypt Redux - 10 Years Later, Egypt, Introspection, Post-travel Reflections

  Of all the layovers I’ve had the past 10 years that have brought me back to the same places over and over again, I’ve never once stepped foot back in Egypt since my 2010 trip that started it all. Fateful isn’t it? And I knew the day I would...
Forming A Monsoon: Return to Cairo

Forming A Monsoon: Return to Cairo

by Calvin Sun | Jan 7, 2010 | Egypt, Epiphanies on the Road, What Dreams May Come, Winter 2009: Egypt

  Only mere moments of a time prior, I had been paralyzed by fear in Cairo, unwilling to leave the train station because I was so afraid of wandering around a foreign country alone and without a plan. But Cairo is where I would harness an impetuously delusional...
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