by Calvin Sun | Jan 23, 2020 | How Did You Do That?, January 2020: The Saharan Odyssey, Mauritania, Public Transportation, Rules Are Meant To Be Broken, Way Way Off the Beaten Path, What Dreams May Come
Today we did a thing: We began in Nouadhibou where we picked up some supplies for the epic train journey ahead.If you’re serious about this experience, you should definitely pack goggles, warm blankets, scarves, some sort of...
by Calvin Sun | Jan 21, 2020 | Fail, Getting that VISA, How Did You Do That?, January 2020: The Saharan Odyssey, Mauritania, Public Transportation, Way Way Off the Beaten Path, What Dreams May Come
After relaxing in Dakhla for 2 night, we drove to the border of Morocco and Mauritania early this morning. About an hour into the journey we suffered a flat tire, which luckily took about 30 minutes to sort out thanks to a friend of the driver’s...
by Calvin Sun | Jan 9, 2019 | Fit for Foodies, Public Transportation, The Nightlife, Vanuatu, Walking Tours, Way Way Off the Beaten Path, Winter 2018: The Edge Of The World / Least Visited Countries
Oh Vanuatu, how I “Vanuatu-leave” this place. I know it’s quite a stretch of a pun, but my blogpost title is meant to be read out loud! Let’s begin. After 2 days in The Solomon Islands, we headed boarded a 3:05pm...
by Calvin Sun | Sep 10, 2018 | How's the weather?, Japan, Public Transportation, September 2018: Japan, Walking Tours, Weekend Trips
Although Nara was not part of our original itinerary, I decided to add this beautiful little city at the last minute after seeing a possible route through there from Osaka to Kyoto. Nara has the largest number of buildings designated National Treasures...
by Calvin Sun | Sep 9, 2018 | Japan, Public Transportation, September 2018: Japan, Walking Tours
After our insanely good Kobe beef dinner at Tor Road Steak Aoyama and having headed onwards from Kobe, we arrived into Osaka at around 10pm and checked into our accommodations at hostel PICNIC.After taking an hour to freshen up, Donna, Shayra, myself,...
by Calvin Sun | Sep 8, 2018 | Fit for Foodies, Japan, Public Transportation, September 2018: Japan, Walking Tours
From last night: Hiroshima can now claim one of the weirdest, most discombobulated nights out I’ve had in a while. We started with a quick bite at a random Mexican/Japanese fusion spot that we had all to ourselves, got turned away from an...
