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Easter Island: It’s A Rap-a Nui!

Easter Island: It’s A Rap-a Nui!

by Calvin Sun | Dec 4, 2024 | Autumn 2024: Rapa Nui, Epiphanies on the Road, Post-travel Reflections, Rapa Nui, Serendipitous!, What Dreams May Come, You're Going to Miss It...

    Been on all our list, it has its own emoji 🗿, it’s been in the collective consciousness of all those who travel, and like Faroe Islands, it deserves to be visited before you grow too old. The 8 of us jumped on making this trip happen after...
Almost Got the Bhut-an!

Almost Got the Bhut-an!

by Calvin Sun | Sep 23, 2024 | Bhutan, Fail, Getting that VISA, How Did You Do That?, How's the weather?, September 2024: Bhutan, Serendipitous!

  Upon an invitation by Letti’s friends after our West Africa trip together, I happily accepted and asked for permission if I could also invite a few monsooners if they’d be interested. As I learned about the process, it came at no surprise that the...
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...
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...
Can’t Stop Yappin’ About Yap Day

Can’t Stop Yappin’ About Yap Day

by Calvin Sun | Mar 2, 2024 | March 2024: The Pacific Island Hopper, Micronesia, Serendipitous!, Way Way Off the Beaten Path

  With Guam behind us, we flew on our midnight United Airlines flight 185 out to Yap of the Federated States of Micronesia, landing at around 1:30am in the morning.  Yap is one of the 4 states of Micronesia and the land of stone money (more on that...
Feelin’ Like A “Malabo”ratory Experiment

Feelin’ Like A “Malabo”ratory Experiment

by Calvin Sun | Jan 13, 2024 | Bioko Fernando Pó, Crisis, Equatorial Guinea, Serendipitous!, Way Way Off the Beaten Path, Winter 2023: The Gulf of Guinea

  Our marathon tour and last foray across West Africa ends in Malabo on the island of Bioko, the capital city of Equatorial Guinea. From Douala, we boarded a ET913 flight at 12:35pm, landing in Malabo at SSG airport after only 20 minutes in the air at 1:20pm in...
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