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The Yacht Week Sardinia Day 2 – Olbia to Cala Gavetta

The Yacht Week Sardinia Day 2 – Olbia to Cala Gavetta

by Calvin Sun | Sep 5, 2021 | Italy, Sardinia, September 2021: The Tyrrhenian Sea, The Nightlife

 On day 2 most of us woke up to our long awaited shangri-la, aka 9:30am where all our yachts were already sailing in open waters towards the islands of the La Maddalena archipelago. Way better than yesterday’s start.  We didn’t miss a beat to...
The Yacht Week Sardinia Day 1 – Olbia Base Marina & Portisco

The Yacht Week Sardinia Day 1 – Olbia Base Marina & Portisco

by Calvin Sun | Sep 4, 2021 | How's the weather?, Italy, Sardinia, September 2021: The Tyrrhenian Sea, The Nightlife

  The first day of Yacht Week’s first official voyage to Sardinia & Corsica: a frenzy of check-ins, security deposits, last minute provisional shopping, under 2 flash thunderstorms…aka the not so fun stuff. But we already would know all this:...
Come “Olbia” from Cagliari!

Come “Olbia” from Cagliari!

by Calvin Sun | Sep 2, 2021 | Italy, Sardinia, September 2021: The Tyrrhenian Sea, The Nightlife

    From a little village by Oristano, we then headed out north towards the Punic and Roman archaeological sites of Tharros:     Climb to the top for views over western Sardinia:     There’s still active excavations going on here!...
You Now Have “Ibiza” My Heart As We FormanTERA-FFIC Relationships

You Now Have “Ibiza” My Heart As We FormanTERA-FFIC Relationships

by Calvin Sun | Aug 7, 2021 | August 2021: The Balearic Islands, Balearic Islands, Spain, The Nightlife

  Traveling during a pandemic understandably requires flexibility. So when the UK announced on July 19th that they were keeping Americans on its amber list and that people were concerned with the way they were reopening, we made an executive decision to err on...
So We “Luanda”-ed Off: Shipwreck Beach (Praia do Sarico) & Angola Carnival!

So We “Luanda”-ed Off: Shipwreck Beach (Praia do Sarico) & Angola Carnival!

by Calvin Sun | Feb 25, 2020 | Angola, February 2020: Angola & Cabinda, Fit for Foodies, The Nightlife, Way Way Off the Beaten Path

  After our first day exploring and acclimating to Angola’s capital of Luanda, this morning we woke up early at 6:30am and headed off to Shipwreck Beach (Praia do Sarico), the final resting place of long lost forgotten ships from all over the world.  ...
We Wish You A “Marrakech”-mas! (or Marrakech Me Outside and Marrakech My Ass!)

We Wish You A “Marrakech”-mas! (or Marrakech Me Outside and Marrakech My Ass!)

by Calvin Sun | Jan 15, 2020 | Fail, January 2020: The Saharan Odyssey, Lessons Learned, Morocco, The Nightlife, Walking Tours

  From Casablanca, we arrived into Marrakesh, Morocco’s third largest city that continues to teem with sights and sounds that emanate from its historical medina. Although a frustrating place to explore for many travelers as if the rest of the country learned its...
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