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Don’t Get Bangui, Get Even

Don’t Get Bangui, Get Even

by Calvin Sun | Jan 7, 2025 | Central African Republic, Getting that VISA, January 2025: Central Africa, Travel Warnings, Way Way Off the Beaten Path

To get in, you first need a VISA Download and fill out the visa form: CAR visa application Attach required documents Physical copy of your passport A 2×2 passport photo of you in front of a white background A letter of invitation A copy of proof of your yellow...
N’Djamena It? I’m Gonna Go To Chad?

N’Djamena It? I’m Gonna Go To Chad?

by Calvin Sun | Jan 3, 2025 | Chad, Flying Fancy, Getting that VISA, January 2025: Central Africa, Let me tell you a Story..., Way Way Off the Beaten Path

  First you need… Getting the Visa Here’s the process: Download and fill out the visa form: Chad Visa Form Attach required documents: Filled out visa form A physical 2×2 passport photo. Your onward flight ticket out from Chad. An invitation letter....
Niger-ly There!

Niger-ly There!

by Calvin Sun | Jan 3, 2025 | Fail, Getting that VISA, January 2025: Central Africa, Layovers, Niger, Way Way Off the Beaten Path

To get in, you first need a VISA: Download and fill out 2 COPIES of the visa form: Niger online Visa Form. Attach the following documents 2 copies of the filled out visa form 2 passport photos to accompany the 2 visa forms A Letter of Invitation Prepare payment;...
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...
American Samoa: You Have To Pago Pago To See Where They Day Ends

American Samoa: You Have To Pago Pago To See Where They Day Ends

by Calvin Sun | Aug 30, 2024 | American Samoa, August 2024: The South Pacific Island Hopper, How Did You Do That?, Samoa, United States, Way Way Off the Beaten Path

  From an exhausting full day in proper Samoa, we had breakfast at our hotel, a quick morning tour of Apia afterwards, and drove over to the local sorta-international (but definitely not the main one) Fagalii Airport outside of Apia for our 10:30 Samoa Airways...
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...
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