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The Tagline I’d Be Proud Of

The Tagline I’d Be Proud Of

by Calvin Sun | Jan 13, 2025 | Epiphanies on the Road, Post-travel Reflections

  Six years ago, during our entire week without a signal, data, or internet and wandering through the otherworldly landscapes of Socotra Island, Yemen, my friend and co-guide at the time, Pier Doyon, asked me a question that caught me off guard: “What would your...
Bujum-bura My Head in the Sand

Bujum-bura My Head in the Sand

by Calvin Sun | Jan 12, 2025 | Burundi, Epiphanies on the Road, Flying Fancy, January 2025: Central Africa, Rules Are Meant To Be Broken, Way Way Off the Beaten Path, You're Going to Miss It...

  It’s nice to wake up in front of our airport gate, again.     For the 3rd time and second to last time back in Addis Ababa as our home base for our Central Africa trip, it was another 2 hour and 45 minute flight from Addis Ababa and this time to...
Is This The End of an Era?

Is This The End of an Era?

by Calvin Sun | Jan 6, 2025 | Epiphanies on the Road, Introspection

  This trip feels different.     I’m on what will likely be my very last Monsoon trip that embodies the spirit of how this all began: a whirlwind journey through multiple countries no one in our group has been to before. This time, it’s Chad, Niger,...
Easter Island: It’s A Rap-a Nui!

Easter Island: It’s A Rap-a Nui!

by Calvin Sun | Dec 4, 2024 | Autumn 2024: Rapa Nui, Epiphanies on the Road, Post-travel Reflections, Rapa Nui, Serendipitous!, What Dreams May Come, You're Going to Miss It...

    Been on all our list, it has its own emoji 🗿, it’s been in the collective consciousness of all those who travel, and like Faroe Islands, it deserves to be visited before you grow too old. The 8 of us jumped on making this trip happen after...
This Is My Med School White Coat Ceremony Speech

This Is My Med School White Coat Ceremony Speech

by Calvin Sun | Sep 20, 2024 | Introspection, Speeches, What Dreams May Come, You're Going to Miss It...

  Just today I gave the keynote speech at the White Coat Ceremony of the very same medical school that had let me graduate 10 years ago. 10 years ago when I also gave a similar (but far shorter) keynote speech that could only at best guess what would happen in 10...
Tomorrowland 2024: Life

Tomorrowland 2024: Life

by Calvin Sun | Jul 23, 2024 | Belgium, Epiphanies on the Road, Fit for Foodies, Introspection, July 2024: Le Tren Bleu, Post-travel Reflections, Serendipitous!, The Nightlife, You're Going to Miss It...

  From Bruges the 14 of us boarded one of the frequent half an hourly trains to Brussels.     Once back at Brussels train station and parting ways with Maria, Kenneth, Juliet, and Edgar who would eschew Tomorrowland for 5 days in Antwerp and Ghent, the...
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