by Calvin Sun | Dec 14, 2022 | December 2022: Senegal, The Gambia, & Guinea-Bissau, Senegal, Way Way Off the Beaten Path
After 2 days in Dakar, we began our drive up this morning at 10am to Saint Louis, the old French capital of Senegal located right on the northern border near Mauritania. Since our driver Kemo was not familiar with Senegal north of Dakar (it would be his first...
by Calvin Sun | Aug 27, 2022 | August 2023: The Faroe Islands, Faroe Islands, Way Way Off the Beaten Path
As Bruce was leaving a day earlier, we took that as an opportunity to not only drop him off with a free ride to the airport on Vagar island and then continue onwards for 10:45am Ferry #36 at Sørvágur. Bruce’s flight departure, however, was then delayed an...
by Calvin Sun | Aug 25, 2022 | August 2023: The Faroe Islands, Faroe Islands, Way Way Off the Beaten Path, What Dreams May Come
Our road trip around the Faroe Islands continues! This morning we set off for the 40 minutes’ drive to the village of Klaksvík on the island of Borðoy. On the way you’ll drive through the world’s first underwater roundabout of...
by Calvin Sun | Aug 23, 2022 | August 2023: The Faroe Islands, Denmark, Faroe Islands, Fit for Foodies, Flying Fancy, How Did You Do That?, Walking Tours, Way Way Off the Beaten Path
Apparently I can’t just get enough of the Scandinavia hygge life after Svalbard. I’m now back on another lesser-visited Scandinavian island autonomous territory, during one of the most popular times to visit in the year when the weather stays...
by Calvin Sun | Jun 26, 2022 | Fail, June 2022: Svalbard, Norway, Svalbard, Way Way Off the Beaten Path
Last day. Our last stop before our voyage comes to an end is at Colesbukta, a former Russian coal mining settlement long since abandoned. A surreal paradise of the abandoned, let the buildings speak for themselves. Or the local...
by Calvin Sun | Jun 25, 2022 | June 2022: Svalbard, Norway, Svalbard, Way Way Off the Beaten Path
After some drama suturing up my knee last night, I slept in and skipped breakfast as our ship sailed into Kongsfjorden, an expansive fjord spilling with glaciers. By mid morning we then moored off Ny Ålesund, one of the northernmost settlements in...
