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Curious George-Town

Curious George-Town

by Calvin Sun | Apr 17, 2015 | April 2015: Extreme South America, Getting that VISA, Guyana, How Did You Do That?, Walking Tours

  Today we woke up at around 8am and headed straight to the Surinamese Embassy as our first oder of business. Since our group were mostly USA and UK nationals, we needed a visa before heading into Suriname the next day by bus (unfortunately visas on arrival were...
2000 Miles To Graceland

2000 Miles To Graceland

by Calvin Sun | Apr 4, 2015 | Spring 2015: The Great USA Roadtrip, Tennessee, The Nightlife, United States, Walking Tours

    I couldn’t hold it back any longer, 4 days of working in NYC while a trip was going on without me was too much to bear. After an overnight 7pm-7am graveyard shift, I went straight from the hospital to LaGuardia Airport. Getting there an hour early,...
Big Eating The Big Easy: New Orleans, LA

Big Eating The Big Easy: New Orleans, LA

by Calvin Sun | Feb 10, 2015 | Fit for Foodies, Louisiana, United States, Walking Tours

  A few days later I headed south with two days in The Big Easy, aka New Orleans, LA. Once again Jenn Li, continuing her sabbatical across America, had arrived a few hours earlier and was waiting for me at our AirBnB that she found. We didn’t...
Making Brunei Ours

Making Brunei Ours

by Calvin Sun | Dec 13, 2014 | Blitzkrieg!!!, Brunei Darussalam, Fit for Foodies, Rules Are Meant To Be Broken, Serendipitous!, Walking Tours, Way Way Off the Beaten Path, Winter 2014: Extreme SE Asia

  Jame’Asri Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah mosque just got served:   Our group departed East Timor-Leste the next morning for Bali, where the plan was to spend another day before leaving the next morning for Manila.     But it would be in Bali where...
Discovering East Timor

Discovering East Timor

by Calvin Sun | Dec 9, 2014 | East Timor-Leste, Walking Tours, Way Way Off the Beaten Path, Winter 2014: Extreme SE Asia

  Today the group pulled an all-nighter to catch at 7:30am flight from Bali to Dili, the capital of East-Timor Leste. When we landed, I immediately knew we were in a country unlike most others.     This is travel purely off the beaten track, where...
Landing In King’s Landing: Dubrovnik

Landing In King’s Landing: Dubrovnik

by Calvin Sun | May 15, 2014 | Croatia, May 2014: Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Italy, Walking Tours, What Dreams May Come

If it’s not already playing, press play. And then start reading.   Dubrovnik, aka “Pearl of the Adriatic” and “King’s Landing” of Game of Thrones’ fame, lies near the borders of Montenegro and...
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