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 7, 2017 | Border Crossing, Crisis, Getting that VISA, How Did You Do That?, Mongolia, Russia, Way Way Off the Beaten Path, Winter 2016: The Trans-Mongolian & Tibet
This morning we woke up early for our 7am pickup for Train #004 from Irkutsk to Ulaanbaatar departing at 8:12am. And there our train stood waiting for us, emerging from the hazy mist of an early morning fog as if out of a dream — this...
by Calvin Sun | Jan 6, 2017 | Fit for Foodies, How Did You Do That?, How's the weather?, Russia, Winter 2016: The Trans-Mongolian & Tibet
Merry Christmas Eve from Siberia!And so begins our Trans-Siberian experience. A number of itineraries had been devised, discarded and replanned over the past year for this trip — Russia’s railway system had a habit of cancelling and...
by Calvin Sun | Jan 4, 2017 | Fit for Foodies, How Did You Do That?, Public Transportation, Russia, Serendipitous!, Walking Tours, Way Way Off the Beaten Path, Winter 2016: The Trans-Mongolian & Tibet
We started our second day in Moscow with a splendid brunch at Grabni, a cafeteria style restaurant where you self-serve from so many offerings that it’ll make your head spin. Everybody loved the french fries: Don’t mind the...
by Calvin Sun | Jan 4, 2017 | Fit for Foodies, Russia, Walking Tours, What Dreams May Come, Winter 2016: The Trans-Mongolian & Tibet
After New Year’s Eve and 2 memorable days in Saint Petersburg, we headed onwards on the overnight Train 001 from Saint Petersburg’s Moscow Station to Moscow’s Yaroslavskiy Station departing at 11:55pm. We boarded...
by Calvin Sun | Jan 2, 2017 | Fit for Foodies, Russia, Walking Tours, What Dreams May Come, Winter 2016: The Trans-Mongolian & Tibet
A feast for the eyes. Well maybe not this one: After a day at The Hermitage and celebrating New Year’s Eve on the streets of Nevsky Prospekt, we slept in well into noon to begin our 14 mile trek around Saint Petersburg on Day 1,...
