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Do You Have the Keys to Da-Kar?

Do You Have the Keys to Da-Kar?

by Calvin Sun | Dec 13, 2022 | December 2022: Senegal, The Gambia, & Guinea-Bissau, Layovers, Senegal, Walking Tours, What Dreams May Come

 I had been so pleasantly surprised by Air Senegal’s Flight HC408 JFK-DSS route 5 months ago while on my way to Cape Verde, I felt confident enough to book the very same flight again this time to visit Dakar itself. Senegal has been high on my list for...
Gua-Wh-yaquil Always Travel

Gua-Wh-yaquil Always Travel

by Calvin Sun | Nov 8, 2022 | Ecuador, Fit for Foodies, Galápagos Islands, Layovers, Walking Tours

 So what’s life like after publishing your first book?  Staying grounded for an abnormally long 3 months (it’s not often you get a book out in the world!), I took the edge off with 2 weekends of camping.  However, very...
Vágar-bounds in Tórshavn

Vágar-bounds in Tórshavn

by Calvin Sun | Aug 23, 2022 | August 2023: The Faroe Islands, Denmark, Faroe Islands, Fit for Foodies, Flying Fancy, How Did You Do That?, Walking Tours, Way Way Off the Beaten Path

  Apparently I can’t just get enough of the Scandinavia hygge life after Svalbard. I’m now back on another lesser-visited Scandinavian island autonomous territory, during one of the most popular times to visit in the year when the weather stays...
Will You Be My Cidade Velha-tine?

Will You Be My Cidade Velha-tine?

by Calvin Sun | Jul 19, 2022 | Cape Verde, July 2022: Cape Verde, Walking Tours

  Retrieving us from Praia, our guide Rita of Bu Country Tours drove us the 20 minutes west to the historic former Cape Verdean capital city of Cidade Velha. We started up top at Fortaleza Real de San Felipe:     Built originally to defend the city...
It’s Always A “Praia”-lly a Good Time To Travel!

It’s Always A “Praia”-lly a Good Time To Travel!

by Calvin Sun | Jul 19, 2022 | Cape Verde, Getting that VISA, July 2022: Cape Verde, Walking Tours

 5 days off in the middle of summer, and flights dropping down to $800 roundtrip from NYC to Cape Verde…what’s not to like? Taking advantage of the new (just opened up 10 months ago!) Air Senegal Flight HC408 route, direct from NYC to DSS (NYC to...
You’ll Never Be “A-Lone”don!

You’ll Never Be “A-Lone”don!

by Calvin Sun | May 27, 2022 | Fit for Foodies, May 2022: Wales, Serendipitous!, United Kingdom, Walking Tours

    Can you believe it? Nearly 160+ countries around the world in the past 12 years and I still have no real posts on London!     And I think that’s because to even start writing a post about London is to try to do my home city of NYC justice...
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