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Where Do You Go When You’ve Already Been Everywhere?

Where Do You Go When You’ve Already Been Everywhere?

by Calvin Sun | May 17, 2026 | Camping, Epiphanies on the Road, Fit for Foodies, May 2026: Bobo's Farm, New York, Post-travel Reflections

  Where does one of the youngest most traveled person in the world still travel to after they’ve been to nearly every country in the world? Home, of course. I’ve hitchhiked onboard trains through the endless expanse of The Sahel, slept in guesthouses...
Sundance’s Last Dance: Park City, UT

Sundance’s Last Dance: Park City, UT

by Calvin Sun | Jan 27, 2026 | How's the weather?, United States, Utah

  Once again we’re gathering friends across time zones and milestones; some have flown in from Philly, others from NYC, one flying over from Dallas just for the weekend to make new friends, all converging together this week on a mountain town for a week of...
Getting Away With Robbinsville: The Akshardham Redemption

Getting Away With Robbinsville: The Akshardham Redemption

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

  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...
American Samoa: You Have To Pago Pago To See Where They Day Ends

American Samoa: You Have To Pago Pago To See Where They Day Ends

by Calvin Sun | Aug 30, 2024 | American Samoa, August 2024: The South Pacific Island Hopper, How Did You Do That?, Samoa, United States, Way Way Off the Beaten Path

  From an exhausting full day in proper Samoa, we had breakfast at our hotel, a quick morning tour of Apia afterwards, and drove over to the local sorta-international (but definitely not the main one) Fagalii Airport outside of Apia for our 10:30 Samoa Airways...
Conjuring Some Majuro-ic

Conjuring Some Majuro-ic

by Calvin Sun | Mar 3, 2024 | Flying Fancy, Hawaii, March 2024: The Pacific Island Hopper, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Way Way Off the Beaten Path

  After we took off from Pohnpei, we continued on United Airlines’ island hopper Flight 133, which flies on Sundays and Wednesdays. Pro-tip: if you fly on the Wednesday schedule, you’ll be lucky to add on a stop in Kosrae, another island of the...
Please Notice Me, Saipan!

Please Notice Me, Saipan!

by Calvin Sun | Feb 26, 2024 | Blitzkrieg!!!, Fail, Layovers, March 2024: The Pacific Island Hopper, Northern Mariana Islands, Way Way Off the Beaten Path

 From Palau, and having snuck in 4 hours of sleep from 8pm-midnight, we boarded the 2:05am United Airlines Flight #158 to Guam, landing at 5:10am underslept and miserable.  Since Guam is a U.S. territory, transiting in Guam work as if you were entering...
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