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Returning To King’s Landing: Dubrovnik

Returning To King’s Landing: Dubrovnik

by Calvin Sun | Aug 17, 2017 | August 2017: The Balkans, Border Crossing, Croatia, The Nightlife, Walking Tours

  Just how many monsooners are there really on this trip?   Take a closer look (click to zoom):        Dubrovnik. It’s good to be back.     I was here for the first time 3 years ago, as part of my Crossing The Adriatic...
Mostar With The Mostest

Mostar With The Mostest

by Calvin Sun | Aug 16, 2017 | August 2017: The Balkans, Bosnia & Herzegovina, How's the weather?, Walking Tours, What Dreams May Come

  After a sobering day in Sarajevo and recovering from a night of mayem, we woke up at 10am to catch an 11:30am Autoprevoz bus to Mostar.     The bus ride went pretty smoothly although I felt bad for the other folks who couldn’t get a seat because...
A Rose For Sarajevo

A Rose For Sarajevo

by Calvin Sun | Aug 15, 2017 | August 2017: The Balkans, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Crisis, Fit for Foodies, Serendipitous!, The Nightlife, Way Way Off the Beaten Path, What Dreams May Come

  If it’s not already playing, press play. And then start reading.     A Sarajevo Rose is a concrete scar caused by a mortar shell’s explosion that was later filled with red resin. Mortar rounds landing on concrete create a unique fragmentation...
Sleepless In Sarajevo

Sleepless In Sarajevo

by Calvin Sun | Aug 15, 2017 | August 2017: The Balkans, Bosnia & Herzegovina, The Nightlife, Walking Tours, Way Way Off the Beaten Path, What Dreams May Come

  Coming from Belgrade via a detour to Srebrenica, we arrive in Sarajevo at 6:30pm at Travellers Home Hostel, where we dropped off our stuff and reunited with the 3 other monsooners Lei, Maria and Anthony.     We would also be joined by...
From Belgrade To Sarejevo Via Srebrenica: Memories Of A Massacre

From Belgrade To Sarejevo Via Srebrenica: Memories Of A Massacre

by Calvin Sun | Aug 14, 2017 | August 2017: The Balkans, Border Crossing, Bosnia & Herzegovina, How Did You Do That?, Rules Are Meant To Be Broken, Way Way Off the Beaten Path

  I had first heard of the Srebrenica Massacre back in 2005, when I was a college freshman and busy running the first national undergraduate film festival at Columbia University (CUNUFF). One of our first film submissions was a short film and...
Beyond Belgrade

Beyond Belgrade

by Calvin Sun | Aug 13, 2017 | August 2017: The Balkans, Serbia, Serendipitous!, Way Way Off the Beaten Path

 I was debating whether to do an extra post on Belgrade as we saw everything required in the city center yesterday, thunderstorms be damned. But then I realized there were a few other things in its outskirts that were worth mentioning.We woke up to a late...
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