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Where (And Why?) Are We Going?

Where (And Why?) Are We Going?

by Calvin Sun | Jun 22, 2010 | *Countries, Epiphanies on the Road, Summer 2010: Southeast Asia & India, Uncategorized Stories

A lot of people have been e-mailing me/commenting/fbooking/smoke signalling me asking why I chose the specific destinations on our trip when I designed this back in October. So for them I added the main reasons why on our “Where Are We Going?” page. For...
From Saigon To Phnom Penh

From Saigon To Phnom Penh

by Calvin Sun | Jun 15, 2010 | Border Crossing, Cambodia, How Did You Do That?, Summer 2010: Southeast Asia & India, Uncategorized Stories

 From Vietnam to Cambodia: where people working in rice fields have been replaced by feeding oxen; where lush green plains and rice patties have been replaced by flourishing jungles and marshes…It’s a dream come true. We’re now in the...
Where (And Why?) Are We Going?

Okay So, Another Loss Of Property

by Annah Kim | Jun 1, 2010 | Fail, Summer 2010: Southeast Asia & India, The Philippines, Uncategorized Stories

So- Lesson number… 5? This morning while I was exchanging my traveler’s checks for cash, someone pickpocketed my blackberry off of me. It was sitting in my side pocket and I wasn’t watching it as I reached for my passport. Nothing else was stolen!...
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First Fail.

by Calvin Sun | Jun 1, 2010 | Fail, Lessons Learned, Summer 2010: Southeast Asia & India, The Philippines, Uncategorized Stories

Annah just got her Blackberry stolen while she was exchanging traveler’s cheques. The worst part is that she was using her phone only 3 minutes before she got pickpocketed. Despite 10 minutes backtracking our steps and searching for her phone in a random...
DAY 1: Manila, The Phillipines

DAY 1: Manila, The Phillipines

by Calvin Sun | Jun 1, 2010 | Summer 2010: Southeast Asia & India, The Philippines, Uncategorized Stories

It’s already been an ordeal this morning trying to find a working computer terminal at where we’re staying, so I gave up and walked across the street to this gamer internet café to get this post up.So we finally made it into Manila last night at midnight....
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Arrival In Hong Kong!

by Calvin Sun | Jun 1, 2010 | Hong Kong, Lessons Learned, Summer 2010: Southeast Asia & India, Uncategorized Stories

Annah, Corinne and I just arrived in Hong Kong, waiting on our connecting flight to Manila. Just bought 2 bottles of juices (strawberry dragonfruit FTW) to get access to this slow computer. I dread how slow internet might be when we hit SE Asia.So not even 2 hours...
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