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“Kuch Bhi Ho Sakhta Hai”

“Kuch Bhi Ho Sakhta Hai”

by Calvin Sun | Aug 13, 2010 | *Countries, Epiphanies on the Road, Summer 2010: Southeast Asia & India, Uncategorized Stories, What Dreams May Come

  If it’s not already playing, press play. And then start reading.      The echoes of Jeff Buckley. An autorickshaw roars by an airport runway. I came in as a stranger, left as a friend. I came in unsure what I was looking for, I left knowing what I...
Homeward Bound

Homeward Bound

by Calvin Sun | Aug 10, 2010 | Epiphanies on the Road, Lessons Learned, Singapore, Summer 2010: Southeast Asia & India, Uncategorized Stories, What Dreams May Come

  What if life turned out the way it does in the movies? Sometimes they can:      And I’m staring at a plane that will take me away from this place.   Press play. And then start reading.       This is our last goodbye I hate to feel the...
Thoughts on the Road

Thoughts on the Road

by Calvin Sun | Aug 6, 2010 | Epiphanies on the Road, India, Summer 2010: Southeast Asia & India, What Dreams May Come

 Last night: Overnight bus in the middle-of-nowhere, India. A song from a distant past begins to play on the iPod. The last time I heard this song I am also on a night bus: It is exactly 11 years ago in the middle-of-somewhere America and I am returning from a...
Monsoonal Goa

Monsoonal Goa

by Calvin Sun | Aug 2, 2010 | How's the weather?, India, Summer 2010: Southeast Asia & India, What Dreams May Come

 They always ask: “You’ve been to India? Did you go to Goa?” and I always say “no.” In fact, I wasn’t planning to go to Goa on this trip until 4 days ago when I met an Indian family on my train to Hyderabad. They urged me to...
Magical Hampi

Magical Hampi

by Calvin Sun | Jul 30, 2010 | How's the weather?, India, Mo' Money Mo' Problems, Public Transportation, Summer 2010: Southeast Asia & India, What Dreams May Come

 Hampi is a place that should be described visually, not with words. Or with music:Press play. And then start reading.   I brought you something close to me,Left for something you see though your here.You haunt my dreamsThere’s nothing to do but...
Blessed By Lakshmi The Elephant; Mugged By Rahul The Monkey

Blessed By Lakshmi The Elephant; Mugged By Rahul The Monkey

by Calvin Sun | Jul 29, 2010 | How Did You Do That?, India, Mo' Money Mo' Problems, Public Transportation, Summer 2010: Southeast Asia & India, What Dreams May Come

 Hampi’s not quite direct to reach. I had to take a grueling overnight mosquito-ridden 11 hour bus to Hospet from Hyderabad (450 rupees), a 10 minute auto-rickshaw to the bus stand (5 rupees if you get in the early morning), and then a 45 minute public bus...
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