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Love In the Time of Corona/COVID-19 – The Step Outside

Love In the Time of Corona/COVID-19 – The Step Outside

by Calvin Sun | May 25, 2020 | Pre-travel Preparations

As we mourn those that we’ve lost, so must we make efforts looking forward without dishonoring the sacrifices made. The world does not wait.     It’s been nearly 2 weeks since I wrote about deciding when it would be prudent to begin heading outside...
The Vietnam E-Visa On Arrival Experience

The Vietnam E-Visa On Arrival Experience

by Calvin Sun | Dec 18, 2015 | Border Crossing, Crisis, Fail, Getting that VISA, Hong Kong, How Did You Do That?, Lessons Learned, Pre-travel Preparations, Rules Are Meant To Be Broken, Vietnam

The following is a guest post by twice monsooner Ambrose Chu, who graciously asked if he could contribute to the Monsoon Diaries adventures. Ambrose first discovered us when googling how to obtain a tourist visa for Iran. He reached out and met me...
Talk About Travel

Talk About Travel

by Calvin Sun | Apr 11, 2015 | Pre-travel Preparations, Spring 2015: The Great USA Roadtrip, United States, Way Way Off the Beaten Path, Wisconsin

    As promised, posting the group photos of our talk on international traveling (“Chasing Wanderlust 101!”) at the Midwest Asian American Student Union (MAASU) Spring Conference today. Hello from the University of Wisconsin – Madison!...
How to Pack For Antarctica

How to Pack For Antarctica

by Calvin Sun | Dec 8, 2013 | Antarctica, Pre-travel Preparations, What to Pack

How do I pack for 4 days of this…. With this?   I start with my clothes — 3 short sleeved synthetic (quick drying) shirts, 2 long sleeved synthetic shirts, 3 cotton shirts, 2 cargo pants, 5 underwears, 5 smart wool socks, 2 heavy smart wool socks, 2...
How to Pack For Antarctica

“Don’t Invade Eastern Europe In The Winter.”

by Calvin Sun | Dec 23, 2012 | Pre-travel Preparations, United States

  It’s about to begin again. This will be our largest group of travelers to our coldest itinerary with 6 days in single digit Fahrenheit weather (uhm, 18 people died last week in Ukraine’s cold snap) through the most depressing sights in Ukraine and...
Monsoon Watch

Monsoon Watch

by Jan Ferrer | Dec 13, 2012 | Epiphanies on the Road, Pre-travel Preparations, Serendipitous!

  I am fully preparing to jump into a monsoon in two weeks’ time. That is to say that I will be traveling with sixteen fellow backpackers and one Calvin Sun, whose rousing story and headstrong travel philosophy – “monsooning” – were recently featured in USA...
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