by Calvin Sun | Sep 3, 2019 | Réunion, Summer 2019: Off The Eastern Coast Of Africa, Way Way Off the Beaten Path, What Dreams May Come
More paradise awaits us in the final stop of our trip. After 3 days in Mauritius, the 4 of us leftover boarded Air Mauritius flight MK 238 at 3:30pm, landing 45 minutes later at 4:15pm in Réunion Airport. I’ve been...
by Calvin Sun | Aug 31, 2019 | Flying Fancy, Mauritius, Summer 2019: Off The Eastern Coast Of Africa, What Dreams May Come
After 2 days in the Seychelles, we headed onwards to more of island paradise in Mauritius. I first heard of Mauritius back in 2009 when a former girlfriend of mine idealized it as her top honeymoon destination. It has never escaped my mind since, and after so...
by Calvin Sun | Aug 29, 2019 | Fail, How Did You Do That?, Rules Are Meant To Be Broken, Seychelles, Summer 2019: Off The Eastern Coast Of Africa, Way Way Off the Beaten Path
After a few days adventuring in Madagascar and picking up an extra monsooner we met at our hostel along the way, we flew out to the Seychelles (at Evan’s insistence a few months ago) on a 2.5 hour 4pm flight from TNR to SEZ.We landed at 7:35pm...
by Calvin Sun | Aug 28, 2019 | Getting that VISA, Madagascar, Summer 2019: Off The Eastern Coast Of Africa, Walking Tours
Much like Dar es Salaam in Taznania, there’s nothing much to see in the capital of Madagascar either in terms of tourist trappings, but that may be part of the allure of this place. Perhaps the most well known site would be the Queen’s...
by Calvin Sun | Aug 27, 2019 | Madagascar, Summer 2019: Off The Eastern Coast Of Africa, Way Way Off the Beaten Path, What Dreams May Come
After a morning hiking 4 hours around Tsingy de Behamara, we flew back on our private charter flight to Morondava at 2:30pm to catch a walk along Baobab Avenue at sunset. We were over the avenue at about 40 minutes into the...
by Calvin Sun | Aug 26, 2019 | Fail, Flying Fancy, How Did You Do That?, Madagascar, Summer 2019: Off The Eastern Coast Of Africa, What Dreams May Come
MADAGASCAR! We’re here! The original plan was to arrive to Madagascar directly from Mayotte via a 4:40pm Ewa Air flight ZD 210. That would’ve been a personal accomplishment as about a few months ago I was struggling to book these flights...