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Samoa Apia-ness You Win, Samoa You Lose

Samoa Apia-ness You Win, Samoa You Lose

by Calvin Sun | Aug 29, 2024 | August 2024: The South Pacific Island Hopper, Blitzkrieg!!!, Samoa, Way Way Off the Beaten Path

  After 2 days in Tonga, we were dropped off at the airport by our driver Charles and boarded a 1:50pm afternoon Air New Zealand flight to Auckland. Landing uneventfully at 5pm I had almost forgotten how difficult customs can be at this airport, as well as the 10...
Would You Like To Tonga?

Would You Like To Tonga?

by Calvin Sun | Aug 28, 2024 | August 2024: The South Pacific Island Hopper, Blitzkrieg!!!, Tonga, Way Way Off the Beaten Path

After 2 days in Port Moresby, my local guide and driver Peter dropped me off for a 1:45pm flight out to Sydney where I arrived at 6pm local time. Quickly getting stamped in and sailing through customs this time, I took a 16 minute Uber ride to check into my free Chase...
Sending By Port Moresby Code

Sending By Port Moresby Code

by Calvin Sun | Aug 26, 2024 | August 2024: The South Pacific Island Hopper, Blitzkrieg!!!, Getting that VISA, Papua New Guinea, Way Way Off the Beaten Path

Time provides a lens, and seemingly random incidents focus them. I had a surgery 2 months ago to remove an undiagnosed (and now beaten) cancer that originally was offered to be this week. At the time I was faced at the moment to choose whether to have the surgery...
Tomorrowland 2024: Life

Tomorrowland 2024: Life

by Calvin Sun | Jul 23, 2024 | Belgium, Epiphanies on the Road, Fit for Foodies, Introspection, July 2024: Le Tren Bleu, Post-travel Reflections, Serendipitous!, The Nightlife, You're Going to Miss It...

  From Bruges the 14 of us boarded one of the frequent half an hourly trains to Brussels.     Once back at Brussels train station and parting ways with Maria, Kenneth, Juliet, and Edgar who would eschew Tomorrowland for 5 days in Antwerp and Ghent, the...
Dolomites Be Back!

Dolomites Be Back!

by Calvin Sun | Jul 14, 2024 | Crisis, Italy, July 2024: Le Tren Bleu, Rules Are Meant To Be Broken, What Dreams May Come

  Born here, but not destined to die here.     Mount Sinai Hospital: My birthplace, my first job at 16, a doctor at 33, and most recently, a patient. Only this time I was discharged without one of my kidneys. That wasn’t the plan. Months ago an MRI was...
Sabratha-ised to Be Here?

Sabratha-ised to Be Here?

by Calvin Sun | Apr 18, 2024 | April 2024: Libya, Fit for Foodies, Libya, The Nightlife, Way Way Off the Beaten Path

  If a photo looks professionally taken, then that credit goes to Paul Woo or Francois DeAsis (check the @FJD in the bottom right corner)   On our third day in Libya and from Tripoli we had breakfast and took another tour around the old town for Corinna...
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