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Call The Tripoli-ce!

Call The Tripoli-ce!

by Calvin Sun | Apr 16, 2024 | April 2024: Libya, Fail, How Did You Do That?, Libya, Serendipitous!, Travel Warnings, Walking Tours, Way Way Off the Beaten Path, What Dreams May Come

  If a photo looks professionally taken, then that credit goes to Paul Woo or Francois DeAsis (check the @FJD in the bottom right corner)   It started normally just like any other monsoon: Get to JFK Terminal 1 early to check out all the lounges I can have...
Please Notice Me, Saipan!

Please Notice Me, Saipan!

by Calvin Sun | Feb 26, 2024 | Blitzkrieg!!!, Fail, Layovers, March 2024: The Pacific Island Hopper, Northern Mariana Islands, Way Way Off the Beaten Path

 From Palau, and having snuck in 4 hours of sleep from 8pm-midnight, we boarded the 2:05am United Airlines Flight #158 to Guam, landing at 5:10am underslept and miserable.  Since Guam is a U.S. territory, transiting in Guam work as if you were entering...
More Than Blood, “Badagry,” or Your College Degree…

More Than Blood, “Badagry,” or Your College Degree…

by Calvin Sun | Dec 30, 2023 | Crisis, Fail, Nigeria, Serendipitous!, Winter 2023: The Gulf of Guinea

 With 2 full days in Lagos behind us, the 3 of us began our West Africa roadtrip westwards with a 2 hour and 45 minute’s drive from Lagos to Badagry.About half an hour into the drive, Sapphire Residences texted me on What’s App saying they just found...
La Gran Canaria In The Coalmine

La Gran Canaria In The Coalmine

by Calvin Sun | Nov 29, 2023 | Canary Islands, Crisis, Fail, November 2023: The Canary Islands, Spain, Weekend Trips

 The plan was to get up at 8:30am, pick up our rental car parked on the street to drive to the airport by 9:15am, and board our 10:45am flight from Tenerife North Airport to La Palmas, Gran Canaria.However, in true adventure monsoon fashion everything went wrong...
The Nigerian Tourist Visa for Americans/USA Passports

The Nigerian Tourist Visa for Americans/USA Passports

by Calvin Sun | Oct 18, 2023 | Fail, Getting that VISA, How Did You Do That?

 It has never been a secret that a visa to visit Nigeria as a tourist has been one of the most difficult if not impossible to obtain: Traditionally travel companies would instead exploit a loophole and issue a business visas on arrival for exorbitant...
The Yacht Week Greece Day 1 – The Hostess with the Alimos-tess

The Yacht Week Greece Day 1 – The Hostess with the Alimos-tess

by Calvin Sun | Jul 15, 2023 | Crisis, Fail, Greece, July 2023: The Greek Epic, The Nightlife

  2 days in Rhodes and then 2 days in Meteora, I think it’s time to say that we’re ready for the main reason why 40 of us are here. A trip 22 months in the making: The Yacht Week Greece. Since Sidian had to leave early to catch an afternoon flight out...
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