by Calvin Sun | Dec 7, 2019 | Autumn 2019: Egypt Redux - 10 Years Later, Camping, Crisis, Doctor in the House, Egypt, Epiphanies on the Road, Fail, How Did You Do That?, How's the weather?, Serendipitous!, Way Way Off the Beaten Path, What Dreams May Come
Once in a while, I’m blessed to write up and release a blogpost that will stand the test of time in my memories. This is one of those posts. The irony of today rests in the fact that after a decade visiting 180 countries and...
by Calvin Sun | Dec 4, 2019 | Autumn 2019: Egypt Redux - 10 Years Later, Crisis, Egypt, Fail, Rules Are Meant To Be Broken
Going to miss Luxor’s West Bank vibes. After an eventful 2 days here, we made a mad dash for the Luxor Train Station across the river. Getting there 45 minutes early, I took this time to give everyone a memento silver bracelet...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
