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You’re Going to Miss…“The Fairest Island Human Eyes Have Yet Beheld.” (Part III)

You’re Going to Miss…“The Fairest Island Human Eyes Have Yet Beheld.” (Part III)

by Calvin Sun | May 9, 2014 | Cuba, Fit for Foodies, Spring 2014: Pirates of the Caribbean

 Pictures courtesy of Vivian Trinh, Jan Ferrer, Edmund Fong, and yours truly. If it’s not already playing, press play. And then start reading.   “We must go beyond textbooks, go out into the bypaths and untrodden depths of the wilderness...
Back To Buenos Aires

Back To Buenos Aires

by Calvin Sun | Apr 15, 2014 | April 2014: South America, Argentina, Fit for Foodies, Mo' Money Mo' Problems, The Nightlife

    Taking a 7pm bus leaving from Puerto Iguazu the night before, we arrived into Buenos Aires at 12:45pm the next day. Fun fact: at this point I would have arrived into Buenos Aires in all 4 modes of transportation (air, train, ferry, and bus) within a span of 5...
A Night In Fos de Iguacu

A Night In Fos de Iguacu

by Calvin Sun | Apr 13, 2014 | April 2014: South America, Brazil, Fit for Foodies, Serendipitous!

  Flew into Fos de Iguacu via TAM airlines, and at one point during the 2 hour flight I went to offer my medical expertise to help a passenger that appeared to have had a seizure. There also happened to be 3 other U.S. trained Emergency Medicine docs on the plane...
The Last Of Rio

The Last Of Rio

by Calvin Sun | Apr 12, 2014 | April 2014: South America, Brazil, Fit for Foodies, How Did You Do That?

  After a late night out on the town last night, we woke up fairly late for our Day 3 plan in Rio. We still needed to see the Christ the Redeemer statue (i.e. the newly voted “7th Wonder of the Modern World”) and Copacabana Beach. Luckily for us, the...
Hong Kong & Macau: 2 Different Worlds Inside China

Hong Kong & Macau: 2 Different Worlds Inside China

by Lei Zhao | Feb 5, 2014 | August 2013: Lei Goes to China, China, Fit for Foodies, Guest Posts, Hong Kong, Macau, Serendipitous!, Walking Tours

  The following is the first of 4 guest posts on China by Lei Zhao, who continues to contribute to the Monsoon Diaries adventures time and time again.  Lei Zhao and I have been close friends since 7th grade of middle school. Saying that we’ve been through a...
Kool Karachi

Kool Karachi

by Calvin Sun | Jan 3, 2014 | Fit for Foodies, Pakistan, Winter 2013: Antarctica to Pakistan

  After arriving in by train from Lahore, we settled in at a really nice place thanks to Mariam’s family:     We then got a driver and tried to hit the ground running:   We passed by the house of the Bhutto family (the family of Benazir...
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