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All Rhodes Lead To…

All Rhodes Lead To…

by Calvin Sun | Jul 10, 2023 | Flying Fancy, Greece, July 2023: The Greek Epic, Walking Tours, What Dreams May Come

  We’ve been preparing for awhile. Hot off the heels of my last trip from Mogadishu, I decided to not travel in June so that I could adequately do right by this major upcoming and nearly one month long trip to Greece in July. Skipping a month to monsoon is...
Mogadishu, Somalia: Witness to Reconstruction & Renaissance

Mogadishu, Somalia: Witness to Reconstruction & Renaissance

by Calvin Sun | May 27, 2023 | Getting that VISA, May 2023: Horn of Africa, Somalia, Travel Warnings, Way Way Off the Beaten Path, What Dreams May Come

 The Battle of Mogadishu took place nearly more than 30 years ago in 1993 and its subsequent depiction in the film Black Hawk Down has remained a fixture of my childhood since high school. I still remember the night when we went to watch the film with my fellow...
Take a Chance Take a Chance … on Lake Abbe

Take a Chance Take a Chance … on Lake Abbe

by Calvin Sun | May 15, 2023 | Camping, Djibouti, Epiphanies on the Road, Fail, How's the weather?, May 2023: Horn of Africa, Way Way Off the Beaten Path, What Dreams May Come

  After arriving yesterday and breakfast this morning in Djibouti City, we boarded our convoy of 8 (Eight!!!) 4x4s at 8am. Thus begins our grueling 9 hour drive under an oppressive >105ºF sun towards the border between Djibouti and Ethiopia for Lake...
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...
No Time To Kalsoy

No Time To Kalsoy

by Calvin Sun | Aug 25, 2022 | August 2023: The Faroe Islands, Faroe Islands, Way Way Off the Beaten Path, What Dreams May Come

  Our road trip around the Faroe Islands continues! This morning we set off for the 40 minutes’ drive to the village of Klaksvík on the island of Borðoy. On the way you’ll drive through the world’s first underwater roundabout of...
From West to “East”-uroy

From West to “East”-uroy

by Calvin Sun | Aug 24, 2022 | August 2023: The Faroe Islands, Faroe Islands, What Dreams May Come

  After a morning driving around Streymoy and from the city of Tjørnuvík, we turned back into the island of Eysturoy for 45 minute drive towards Gjógv, a village located on the northeast tip of the island and one of the best natural harbors in the Faroes.  ...
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