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🩺NYC ER doc, COVID-19 frontliner
✈️ 190 countries in 10yrs while full time student➡️doctor
🗺Ethical reopening & adventure travel amidst COVID

Traveling during COVID: You can bend us, but you c

Traveling during COVID: You can bend us, but you can’t break us. “There was nowhere to go but everywhere, so just keep on rolling under the stars.”Swipe ➡️ for full 7 day New England itinerary. Confirming that with enough flexibility, research, and depending where you go, it can be safe to travel responsibly in the era of COVID-19.Next trip will be August!2nd wave or COVID or not, I realize I’m going to need more of this to recharge fully and get myself ready for the annual “wave” that always comes after summer: flu season. Still dreading it.Acadia National Park blogpost: https://monsoondiaries.com/2020/07/04/acadia/Burlington, VT blogpost: https://monsoondiaries.com/2020/07/06/burlington/#maine #vermont #nationalparks #acadia #me #coronavirus #covid19 #nature #travel #covidtravel #pandemic #coronavirustravel #coronatravel #covid19travel #monsoondiaries #hikersofinstagram #burlington #guardiantravelsnaps #trip #roadtrip #wonderful_places #travelawesome #wanderfolk #places_wow #passionpassport #travelblogger #travelphotography #travels #newengland #livetravelchannel

For everyone out there who keeps failing standardi

For everyone out there who keeps failing standardized exams while everyone else seems to get it but you...for those out there who have the imposter syndrome...there is hope. If I just passed my written board exams in Emergency Medicine, so can you..........#hustle #residency #residencydiaries #residentlife #graduation #medschool #medschoollife #medstudent #medschoolgraduation #medschoolproblems #residencygraduation #residencylife #residencyproblems #residencymatch #monsoondiaries #emergencymedicine #thisiswhatadoctorlookslike #doctor #doctorlife #missionaccomplished #emergencymed #doctors #residencyinterviews #residencyprogram #grad #nomoreschool #lightattheendofthetunnelmonsoondiaries.com

You look so Kyoto. Kyoto, Japan 🇯🇵 monsoondi

You look so Kyoto.Kyoto, Japan 🇯🇵 monsoondiaries.com...............#kyoto #japan #sunset #love #beautifuldestinations #instatravel #instapassport #mytravelgram #travelgram #travelingram #monsoondiaries #doyoutravel #bbctravel #guardiantravelsnaps #natgeo #natgeotravelpic #lonelyplanet #livetravelchannel #theglobewanderer #gf #amazing #wonderful_places #trip #travelawesome #wanderfolk #places_wow #passionpassport #travelblogger #travelphotography #travels

Waited 5 years for this moment. Worth all the fail

Waited 5 years for this moment. Worth all the failed attempts and the gargantuan international efforts in getting me off the banned list this one week just to witness this.Darvaza, Turkmenistan 🇹🇲 ____________________________________...............#turkmenistan #darvazagascrater #darvaza #love #beautifuldestinations #instatravel #instapassport #mytravelgram #travelgram #travelingram #monsoondiaries #doyoutravel #bbctravel #guardiantravelsnaps #natgeo #natgeotravelpic #lonelyplanet #livetravelchannel #theglobewanderer #gf #amazing #wonderful_places #trip #travelawesome #wanderfolk #places_wow #passionpassport #travelblogger #travelphotography #travels

Ruins scattered about like jewels across the jungl

Ruins scattered about like jewels across the jungle. Beng Melea, Cambodia 🇰🇭 monsoondiaries.com...........#angkorwat #cambodia #siemreap #bengmealea #beautifuldestinations #ruins #travelgram #mytravelgram #travelgram #travelingram #monsoondiaries #doyoutravel #bbctravel #guardiantravelsnaps #natgeo #natgeotravelpic #lonelyplanet #livetravelchannel #theglobewanderer #natgeolandscape #destinationearth #wonderful_places #earthpix #travelawesome #wanderfolk #places_wow #passionpassport #BPMag #mybudgettravel #huffpostgram

I’m Medical Captain this year — so I get my ow

I’m Medical Captain this year — so I get my own kickass medical team! (Please don’t) visit us at Tent P1 at the Finish Line. #nycmarathon #nyc #nycstories #nycmarathon2018 #tcsmarathon #medical #emergencymedicine #er #erdoc #med #medstories #newyorkcity #newyork #centralpark #humansofnewyork #humansofnewyorkstories #newyorklife #centralpark #running #nyrr #newyorkroadrunners #runninglife #marathon #marathonrunning #baferd #jaferd #erdoctor

Pause. . . . . . . . . . . . . #nyc #fountain #art

Pause. . ...........#nyc #fountain #art #humanity_shots #photography #photooftheday #monsoondiaries #monsooninstabattle #iamatraveler #travelbloggerlife #shadow #silhouettes #silhouette #shadows #humansofnewyork #candid #nofilter #romantic #love #modernromance #modernromantic #missedconnections #nostalgia #saudade #summer #summernights #newyorkcity #lincolncenter #concretejungle #upperwestsidenyc

Try to keep your eyes on the road.Armenia 🇦🇲. monsoondiaries.com...............#armenia #landscapephotography #landscape #love #beautifuldestinations #instatravel #instapassport #mytravelgram #travelgram #travelingram #monsoondiaries #doyoutravel #bbctravel #guardiantravelsnaps #natgeo #natgeotravelpic #lonelyplanet #livetravelchannel #theglobewanderer #gf #nature #wonderful_places #trip #travelawesome #wanderfolk #places_wow #passionpassport #travelblogger #travelphotography #travelstory

“I was halfway across America, at the dividing l

“I was halfway across America, at the dividing line between the East of my youth and the West of my future.”The many of us in this group, especially those in medical — ER doctor, cytologist, 2 Critical Care nurses, pharmacist — are traveling for the first time right now in nearly half a year after enduring both pandemics and lockdowns like the many of you. And I’m not sure if you can see it in our faces, but I know at least for myself there’s a lot of pent up and conflicting emotions to unpackage after months of throttling ourselves to hell and back.We’re that certain type of human that mainly recharges through travel — aka physically removing oneself from everything home (let alone a 6 month lockdown) — so a type of unfettered and pent-up liberty we had longed for has finally arrived. And now that we have a certain kind of freedom, we’re also feeling conflicted about feeling free; whether if it’s because this reprieve is ephemeral and might be taken away from us at any moment, or a learned helplessness that we’re not doing more or suffering enough. Like Stockholm Syndrome, the captivity has changed us forever and not necessarily for the better; the recovery will be complicated and long, and so far it’s only been 3 days for us.“And then there is the most dangerous risk of all — the risk of spending your life not doing what you want on the bet you can buy yourself the freedom to do it later.”📸: @rauburnin The Pur-Sioux of Happyness: https://monsoondiaries.com/2020/08/10/the-pur-sioux-of-happyness/#frontliners #frontline #frontlinehealthcareworkers #hcw #healthcareworkers #mentalhealth #covid #covid19 #coronavirus #coronatravel #covidtravel #pandemictravel #pandemic2020 #monsoondiaries #facesofhumanity #covid19travel #roadtrip #usa #americanroadtrip #roadtrippin #recovery #recoveryispossible #ontheroad #coronatravel #travelblogger #travelphotography #travels #doctor #doctorlife #recoveryjourney

It’s now been more than 14 days since the 14 of

It’s now been more than 14 days since the 14 of us have returned from our 3 week trip across 25 states across the country (twice) and our group is now well out of the window where 99.8% of those infected with COVID-19 would have already developed symptoms, let alone infect anyone else. And. We. All. Remain. Negative. For. COVID-19.No symptoms, all negative tests, nobody else around us sick, and everyone is safely back home with too many happy tears shed, memories to sort out, our lives altered for the better, and the realization we both had our cake and ate it too — we pulled off epic coast-to-coast, ocean-to-ocean travel AND returned safely, where the biggest thing on my plate since has been writing this emotional throwback blogpost that tries to sum it all up: https://monsoondiaries.com/2020/09/09/usa/And beyond my blog, this monsoon has also ended up on national news with countless eyeballs like yours having paid attention — and we’ve been informed we are possibly one of — if not the very first — official adventure travel group consisting of complete strangers-turned-friends to consummate an ethical, safe, and minimal-footprint trip (that still happened to be epic in every sense of the word) during the era of COVID-19.But that was never our goal. Our goal was to prove to you and ourselves that it’s not about WHAT you do but HOW you do it: Safe travel for the sake of recharging your mental health and without affecting others is indeed possible during a pandemic if you plan and execute it responsibly. We. Are. All. Living. Proof.So see y’all back on the road. And here’s to many more monsoons to come.📸: @rauburnin

Cinnamon Skies. Liang Prabang, Laos 🇱🇦 monso

Cinnamon Skies.Liang Prabang, Laos 🇱🇦 monsoondiaries.com...........#laos #luangprabang #sunset #iamatraveler #travelbloggerlife #instatravel #instapassport #mytravelgram #travelgram #travelingram #monsoondiaries #doyoutravel #bbctravel #guardiantravelsnaps #natgeo #natgeotravelpic #lonelyplanet #livetravelchannel #theglobewanderer #skyporn #destinationearth #wonderful_places #earthpix #travelawesome #wanderfolk #places_wow #passionpassport #BPMag #mybudgettravel #huffpostgram

The other Machu Picchu Alinja, Nakhchivan — an a

The other Machu PicchuAlinja, Nakhchivan — an autonomous exclave and “unrecognized nation” that’s part of the Republic of Azerbaijan 🇦🇿 monsoondiaries.com...............#azerbaijan🇦🇿 #azerbaijan #nakhchivan #alinja #beautifuldestinations #instatravel #instapassport #mytravelgram #travelgram #travelingram #monsoondiaries #doyoutravel #bbctravel #guardiantravelsnaps #natgeo #natgeotravelpic #lonelyplanet #livetravelchannel #theglobewanderer #naxcivan #amazing #wonderful_places #trip #travelawesome #wanderfolk #places_wow #passionpassport #travelblogger #travelphotography #travels

“What is that feeling when you’re driving away

“What is that feeling when you’re driving away from people and they recede on the plain till you see their specks dispersing? — it’s the too-huge world vaulting us, and it’s good-bye. But we lean forward to the next crazy venture beneath the skies.” We set forth this week down the west coast from Seattle, saying our first goodbyes to our Part 1 nomads: Wayne The RV, @thesavvyrogue, @rauburnin, @noeleentong, @reesmandan, and Brandon. We now welcome @drwillderness, @a_may_sin, @becoming_k_rn, and @eviejoymusic for part 2 of our trip: The Pacific Coast Highway!For the record — not a single 7 of us in the RV and part 1 of the trip have developed any symptoms during our 10 days together (and 3 days since they’ve departed), so whatever we’re doing on this cross country trip to keep us safe and others from COVID-19 has been working. And we will continue this week to try to prove to the world now that recharging and regaining from what we’ve lost through travel is possible, as long as one plans and executed it carefully, responsibly, and ethically.“What you’ve done becomes the judge of what you’re going to do — especially in other people’s minds. When you’re traveling, you are what you are right there and then. People don’t have your past to hold against you. No yesterdays on the road.”Regardless what has happened to us in our past, life only moves forward. The world won’t wait for you.

Day 3: The Valima. Could you imagine? The Austrian

Day 3: The Valima. Could you imagine? The Austrian Crown Princess and repeat monsooner @zarza_z asked to take a photo with me. Islamabad, Pakistan 🇵🇰 _________________________#pakistan #instatravel #instapassport #mytravelgram #travelgram #travelingram #monsoondiaries #doyoutravel #islamabad #fashion #desi #lonelyplanet #livetravelchannel #theglobewanderer #humans #wonderful_places #trip #wanderfolk #places_wow #passionpassport #travelblogger #travelphotography #travelstory #kulsoomwedsali #dresses #guardiantravelsnaps #bbctravel #natgeo #natgeotravel #kashmir

“Is it always this empty or is it COVID?” “I

“Is it always this empty or is it COVID?”“It’s always this empty.”Thank you Rhode Island for being the first new, safe bed to sleep in after 3 months sheltering in place in NYC. It’s a great start. How I’ve missed you, travel.Full blogpost: https://monsoondiaries.com/2020/06/30/rhodeisland/Meanwhile back home in NYC, despite continually declining infection rates of COVID-19 to <1% positive and well under the threshold of our circuit breakers, we nevertheless STILL preemptively rolling back our reopening due to what’s happening around the rest of the country outside the northeast (where we’re mainly traveling now). This is what we call “preventive action” and I think we need a little more of that these days. I think I’ll be safe traveling locally and coming back home under these conditions. 🤙#rhodeisland #providence #newport #brownuniversity #ri #coronavirus #covid19 #love #travel #covidtravel #pandemic #coronavirustravel #coronatravel #covid19travel #monsoondiaries #love #gf #guardiantravelsnaps #trip #roadtrip #wonderful_places #travelawesome #wanderfolk #places_wow #passionpassport #travelblogger #travelphotography #travels #newengland #livetravelchannel

Bringing bboying to Pakistan! Islamabad, Pakistan

Bringing bboying to Pakistan!Islamabad, Pakistan 🇵🇰 _________________________#bboy #love #pakistan #instatravel #instapassport #mytravelgram #travelgram #travelingram #monsoondiaries #doyoutravel #islamabad #dancing #guardiantravelsnaps #lonelyplanet #livetravelchannel #theglobewanderer #dance #wonderful_places #trip #guardiantravelsnaps #wanderfolk #places_wow #passionpassport #travelblogger #travelphotography #travelstory #bbctravel #cnntraveler #travelholic #travelstyle

Delivering mail in the world’s only underwater p

Delivering mail in the world’s only underwater post office. Hideaway Island, Vanuatu 🇻🇺 monsoondiaries.com......#vanuatu #diving #nature #love #beautifuldestinations #instatravel #instapassport #mytravelgram #travelgram #travelingram #monsoondiaries #doyoutravel #bbctravel #guardiantravelsnaps #natgeo #natgeotravelpic #lonelyplanet #livetravelchannel #theglobewanderer #gf #nature #wonderful_places #trip #travelawesome #wanderfolk #places_wow #passionpassport #travelblogger #travelphotography #travelstory

Swipe ➡️ for more! I grew up witnessing genera

Swipe ➡️ for more! I grew up witnessing generations of Mac/Apple wallpapers, never expecting that one day I would be taking photos of them in person myself one day. Greenland 🇬🇱 monsoondiaries.com.....#greenland #greenlandscape #beautifulnature #visitgreenland #fjords #greenlandpioneer #grønland #naturenerd #roamtheearth #geologyrocks #icebergs #earthscience #icebergrightahead #monsoondiaries #beautifuldestinations #doyoutravel #bbctravel #travelphotography #instatravel #natgeotravel #doyoutravel #livetravelchannel #wonderful_places #naturephotography #nature #places_wow #travelblogger #travelgram #oceanwideexpeditions #wanderlust

I don’t normally post group photos, but when I d

I don’t normally post group photos, but when I do, it’s in the 3rd least visited country in the world: Kiribati 🇰🇮 .That water though..https://monsoondiaries.com/2019/01/05/kiribati/ .📸: Mikhael Chai.........#kiribati #breakdancing #bboy #love #beautifuldestinations #instatravel #instapassport #mytravelgram #travelgram #travelingram #monsoondiaries #doyoutravel #bbctravel #guardiantravelsnaps #natgeo #natgeotravelpic #lonelyplanet #livetravelchannel #theglobewanderer #gf #nature #wonderful_places #trip #travelawesome #wanderfolk #places_wow #passionpassport #travelblogger #travelphotography #travelstory

Won’t you cross this bridge with me? Carrick-a-

Won’t you cross this bridge with me? Carrick-a-Rede, Northern Ireland: https://monsoondiaries.com/2019/05/30/they-might-be-giants-causeway/monsoondiaries.com#carrickarede #landscapephotography #landscape #love #beautifuldestinations #instatravel #instapassport #mytravelgram #travelgram #travelingram #monsoondiaries #doyoutravel #bbctravel #guardiantravelsnaps #natgeo #natgeotravelpic #lonelyplanet #livetravelchannel #theglobewanderer #gf #nature #wonderful_places #trip #travelawesome #wanderfolk #places_wow #passionpassport #travelblogger #travelphotography #travelstory

4 weeks ago when infection rates in NYC remained l

4 weeks ago when infection rates in NYC remained low I took a took my first flight out after grounded for 8 months...and these photos we've taken of a world far far away from COVID-19 (especially those by @piersgreatperhaps that you’re seeing now) have justified such a decision for me before I return this winter to possibly burn out again in my ERs.Whatever happens, at least we know that a carefully planned trip with @nomad_diving to minimize infection risk and maximize recharging ourselves psychologically by travel before a second wave, was possible and in the books.Let’s get back to work!Full post: https://monsoondiaries.com/2020/11/08/mag-bay/📸: @piersgreatperhaps who was the one who convinced me to come join her on my first free-diving trip with @nomad_diving Diver model in last photo: @connoryaryura Photos posted with her permission. Go check out her stuff! And yes we’re all still negative for COVID-19; we did it right, yet again!

Yerevan is your land, this land is my land. Armeni

Yerevan is your land, this land is my land. Armenia 🇦🇲.monsoondiaries.com......#armenia #soviet #war #love #yerevan #instatravel #instapassport #mytravelgram #travelgram #travelingram #monsoondiaries #doyoutravel #bbctravel #guardiantravelsnaps #natgeo #natgeotravelpic #lonelyplanet #livetravelchannel #theglobewanderer #gf #nature #tank #trip #travelawesome #wanderfolk #places_wow #passionpassport #travelblogger #travelphotography #travelstory

Rita of Batad, The Philippines 🇵🇭 . She has

Rita of Batad, The Philippines 🇵🇭 . She has been running her shop here since the 70’s. monsoondiaries.com...........#batadriceterraces #humanity_shots #batad #closeup #portraitphotography #philippines #instatravel #mytravelgram #travelgram #travelingram #monsoondiaries #doyoutravel #bbctravel #guardiantravelsnaps #natgeo #natgeotravelpic #lonelyplanet #livetravelchannel #theglobewanderer #natgeolandscape #portrait #humans #candid #iamatraveler #wanderfolk #places_wow #passionpassport #BPMag #mybudgettravel #huffpostgram

Creatures of the night. Luang Prabang, Laos 🇱🇦. monsoondiaries.com...............#luangprabang #nightmarket #twilightscapes #laos #beautifuldestinations #instatravel #instapassport #mytravelgram #travelgram #travelingram #monsoondiaries #doyoutravel #bbctravel #guardiantravelsnaps #natgeo #natgeotravelpic #lonelyplanet #livetravelchannel #theglobewanderer #natgeolandscape #destinationearth #wonderful_places #earthpix #travelawesome #wanderfolk #places_wow #passionpassport #BPMag #mybudgettravel #huffpostgram

I don't usually post medical stuff, but 2 weeks ag

I don't usually post medical stuff, but 2 weeks ago while I was volunteering for one of NYC's half marathons, a 20-something year old runner collapsed at the finish line in cardiac arrest. He was brought to me and we immediately started CPR. I can still remember the medical director running out of the command center pointing at me and yelling, "Calvin's in charge! he's in charge!" . . . I'm 3 months out of residency and just started working last month, so this would be my first major code as an attending: I was scared shitless. But long story short, we shocked him out of ventricular fibrillation, got an ISTAT, stabilized his cardiac membrane, and transported him to a nearby hospital just as he begun waking up. I left the race a few hours later not knowing if he would turn out okay, and filled with doubt if I may have done anything wrong or if I had been plain lucky.About 2 hours later after the race ended, I went to work out at my neighborhood gym when a man next to me on a treadmill also suddenly collapsed into cardiac arrest. With the help of 2 other gym members and staff, we immediately got him on his back, started CPR and I defibrillated him 5 times with the AED before EMS arrived and transported to a nearby hospital. In the midst of all this déjà vu, I thought of my father.A few days later a family member called me to inform me that the man I had tried to resuscitate at the gym, his uncle, died from a massive heart attack. He then cried. And I cried too -- I told him 12 years ago my father was the same age and died the same way: in a public gym, on a treadmill, but not alone. I so desperately wanted to make sense of it. And I wondered out loud if I could have done anything more for the both of them.But just last night, minutes before I went up onstage to speak for the medical team volunteering for the NYC Marathon, someone ran up to me and introduced himself: "Hey Dr. Sun! I just wanted to thank you for saving my life!"

He’s famous ‘round these parts. Batad, The Phi

He’s famous ‘round these parts. Batad, The Philippines 🇵🇭 monsoondiaries.com...........#batadriceterraces #humanity_shots #batad #closeup #portraitphotography #philippines #instatravel #mytravelgram #travelgram #travelingram #monsoondiaries #doyoutravel #bbctravel #guardiantravelsnaps #natgeo #natgeotravelpic #lonelyplanet #livetravelchannel #theglobewanderer #natgeolandscape #portrait #humans #candid #iamatraveler #wanderfolk #places_wow #passionpassport #BPMag #mybudgettravel #huffpostgramm

Took my first flight in 8 months and #covid19 has

Took my first flight in 8 months and #covid19 has gotten nothing in a plane filtering our air at 20x/hour and my FACE ARMOR. (AKA all the air filtration got me cold and I was 😴)Taking one step closer to travel: choose a responsible airline, keep your face covered, and recall what NYC was like for you in March/April 2020: The rest is easy.Infographic: Massachusetts Institute of Technology

This is the story of 6 strangers who are right now

This is the story of 6 strangers who are right now living their best life by spending their next 48 hours together in Antigua & Barbuda 🇦🇬: https://monsoondiaries.com/2019/05/15/popping-the-passport-cherry-in-antigua/And CONGRATULATIONS to Thuy Uyen: Yesterday was her first time in NYC and today is her first time leaving the country!!! __________________#sunset #landscapephotography #landscape #love #beautifuldestinations #instatravel #instapassport #mytravelgram #travelgram #travelingram #monsoondiaries #doyoutravel #bbctravel #guardiantravelsnaps #natgeo #natgeotravelpic #lonelyplanet #livetravelchannel #theglobewanderer #gf #nature #wonderful_places #trip #travelawesome #wanderfolk #places_wow #passionpassport #travelblogger #travelphotography #travelstory

Live from Islamabad, Pakistan 🇵🇰! Another mo

Live from Islamabad, Pakistan 🇵🇰! Another monsoon wedding in the books.monsoondiaries.com————————————————#pakistan #islamabad #wedding #love #desi #instatravel #instapassport #mytravelgram #travelgram #travelingram #monsoondiaries #doyoutravel #bbctravel #guardiantravelsnaps #natgeo #natgeotravelpic #lonelyplanet #livetravelchannel #theglobewanderer #gf #nature #wonderful_places #trip #travelawesome #wanderfolk #places_wow #passionpassport #travelblogger #travelphotography #travelstory

The events of 2020 have made me feel as if I’ve

The events of 2020 have made me feel as if I’ve lived through so many lifetimes that when I now wake up under these unfamiliar ceilings in unrecognizable beds across America, I sometimes forget who I am anymore.And yet I’m comforted to know that whatever I might wake up as and wherever I am, I’m not alone in the world.“I woke up as the sun was reddening; and that was the one distinct time in my life, the strangest moment of all, when I didn’t know who I was — I was far away from home, haunted and tired with travel, in a cheap hotel room I’d never seen, hearing the hiss of steam outside, and the creak of the old wood of the hotel, and footsteps upstairs, and all the sad sounds, and I looked at the cracked high ceiling and really didn’t know who I was for about fifteen strange seconds. I wasn’t scared; I was just somebody else, some stranger, and my whole life was a haunted life, the life of a ghost.”#breakin #oregoncoast #oregon #washington #hohrainforest #mentalhealth #covid #covid19 #coronavirus #coronatravel #covidtravel #pandemictravel #pandemic2020 #monsoondiaries #bboy #covid19travel #roadtrip #usa #americanroadtrip #roadtrippin #pacificcoasthighway #breakdancing #ontheroad #coronatravel #travelblogger #travelphotography #travels #doctor #doctorlife #recovery

Up 1600+ steps with not another person in sight, w

Up 1600+ steps with not another person in sight, we had this whole world wonder to ourselves.While most have heard of Machu Picchu, few know of its equivalent in the Caucuses...with not a single tourist or foreigner within 6000km, except for us.Alinja, Nakhchivan — an autonomous exclave and “unrecognized nation” that’s part of the Republic of Azerbaijan 🇦🇿 monsoondiaries.com...............#azerbaijan🇦🇿 #azerbaijan #nakhchivan #alinja #beautifuldestinations #instatravel #instapassport #mytravelgram #travelgram #travelingram #monsoondiaries #doyoutravel #bbctravel #guardiantravelsnaps #natgeo #natgeotravelpic #lonelyplanet #livetravelchannel #theglobewanderer #naxcivan #amazing #wonderful_places #trip #travelawesome #wanderfolk #places_wow #passionpassport #travelblogger #travelphotography #travels

Today marks the end of my 4 years of residency, 8

Today marks the end of my 4 years of residency, 8 years of formal medical training, and reaching country no. 159 ever since I first started traveling 8 years ago. I am an attending physician now.I look back with so much gratitude, knowing I could have cut this journey short prematurely too many times. I wasn’t supposed to make this far. But I saw it through, for the biggest risk is to take none at all; or rather "strive to fail" -- If you're not one step away from failure then you might not be doing enough with your life.But many have asked *how*? And so I spent the past month working on this retrospective blogpost that acknowledges my many failures and close calls, while tipping a hat to all those who doubted me. Because I did too -- I lived 8 years unsure about gambling and relying on a counter-intuitive theory/philosophy that nevertheless kept me (and so many others) in this fight: If it weren't for travel I wouldn't have been able to become a doctor, and if it weren't for medicine, I wouldn't have the impetus to travel.Bizarrely, it worked. Paradoxes exist.Therefore, I've also included in this blogpost a simple list of 20 rules and life hacks that hopefully helps you free yourself from these moments of doubt. Although what worked for me might or might not work for you, whatever you take away from this, I just hope you *do it your own way*. Finally, I hope this blogpost serves also to give hope to and inspire those of you who are either thinking of going into medicine, are in the middle of it, or know someone who's pursuing medicine: You are never alone.As my brother told me 8 years ago when I low-keyed once cried to myself on my first day of med school: This tunnel is long, at the end of which is a very very faint light. But there is a light. And today as I'm about to come out of this proverbial tunnel, I look forward to my next journey.Cheers y'all. Thanks for all the support, all the detours, and all the memories. ✌️🤙 #jacobi https://monsoondiaries.com/2018/06/30/how-i-survived-med-school-and-residency-by-visiting-150-countries/

I don’t take many portraits, but when I do, they

I don’t take many portraits, but when I do, they’re in Kabul, Afghanistan 🇦🇫. monsoondiaries.com#kabul #afghanistan #portraitphotography #humanity_shots #travelphotography #instapassport #mytravelgram #natgeoyourshot #facesofafghanistan #travelingram #monsoondiaries #doyoutravel #bbctravel #guardiantravelsnaps #natgeo #natgeotravelpic #lonelyplanet #livetravelchannel #theglobewanderer #humankind #portrait #travelawesome #wanderfolk #places_wow #passionpassport #travelblogger #human #travelstory #portraitphotography #humanrace

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