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Tegucig-Awe-lpa

Tegucig-Awe-lpa

by Calvin Sun | Jun 24, 2013 | Fit for Foodies, Honduras, How Did You Do That?, Lessons Learned, Mo' Money Mo' Problems, Mythbusters, Summer 2013: Central America

  “…Tegucigalpa is dangerous and the crime is palpable . . . Comayaguela, which is very rough and tumble and not a place to linger day or night. San Isidro Market is a particular hot spot for petty theft.  . . . Take taxis at night. In Colonia...
12 Hours In Lisbon

12 Hours In Lisbon

by Calvin Sun | Jan 3, 2012 | Blitzkrieg!!!, December 2011: Spain, Gibraltar, Morocco, Portugal, Doctor in the House, Fit for Foodies, Layovers, Lessons Learned, Portugal

  In Portugal I harnessed the sun in the palm of my hand…   …while I dream of desserts from my last hour in Marrakech:     We awake from these dreams, while we wait for the sun while overlooking Lisboa, the city of 7 hills:  ...
New Year’s In Marrakesh

New Year’s In Marrakesh

by Calvin Sun | Jan 2, 2012 | December 2011: Spain, Gibraltar, Morocco, Portugal, Lessons Learned, Morocco, The Nightlife

  Marrakesh……is a name of a song from my childhood. A nine letter word that existed only as melodies of an ATB track from the days of high school. Not until now could I attribute it to an actual place on Earth, in a sliver of land named...
The Ferry Crossing From Spain To Morocco

The Ferry Crossing From Spain To Morocco

by Calvin Sun | Dec 31, 2011 | Blitzkrieg!!!, Border Crossing, December 2011: Spain, Gibraltar, Morocco, Portugal, How Did You Do That?, Lessons Learned, Morocco, Spain

 A few minutes after crossing back in and out of Gibraltar, we took a relatively cheap (2.15 euros) 30min bus ride from La Linea de Concepcion (Spain’s border town by Gibraltar) to the Spanish port town of Algeciras.  There’s really nothing...
Missed Connections: Kenitra

Missed Connections: Kenitra

by Calvin Sun | Dec 29, 2011 | Crisis, December 2011: Spain, Gibraltar, Morocco, Portugal, Fail, How's the weather?, Lessons Learned, Morocco, Public Transportation

The good news is that we accomplished the challenge of making it to 3 countries/sovereignties in a single day. We got in and out of Gibraltar and got to see the Rock, we made it to the Algeciras ferry to Morocco, and we caught the 9:35pm train to Fez 5 minutes before...
Holy Flying Buttress, Batman!

Holy Flying Buttress, Batman!

by Go Yang Park | Dec 29, 2011 | December 2011: Spain, Gibraltar, Morocco, Portugal, Doctor in the House, Lessons Learned, Post-travel Reflections, Spain

 See that guy lurking in the corner? That’s my illness…following me to Sevilla.  I got sick Night 1 in Barcelona from sleeping with wet hair*, and then proceeded to beast my way through a freezing but unfortunately (or fortunately?...
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