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They Put A Monsooner On The Moon — The White Desert Of Egypt

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...

All Roads Lead To Alexandria

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...

Luxor-y Travel

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,...

Life’s Simbel — It’s Abu The People That Make The Trip, Not The Destination

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...

Finally Coming Together “Aswan!”

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...

Try Not To Be An Old Giza, Will Ya: The Great Pyramids

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...

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They Put A Monsooner On The Moon — The White Desert Of Egypt

All Roads Lead To Alexandria

Luxor-y Travel

Life’s Simbel — It’s Abu The People That Make The Trip, Not The Destination

Finally Coming Together “Aswan!”

Try Not To Be An Old Giza, Will Ya: The Great Pyramids

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