Monsooners Around The World
“If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.” – African Proverb
Bhutan
Mel “The Enlightened One” Jeng, Sujay “Zen Master” Sheth, Sampson “Bboy Buddha” Lau, Corinna “Rave Spice” Algranti, Sameer “Black Tar Kathmandu” Kazi, Ainsley “Hot Stones” Martin, Sabrina “Last Minute” Fang, Melinda “Queen of the Hill” Kwok, Letti “Party Crasher” Hale, Jennifer “Better Late Than Never” Sacatropez
The South Pacific Island Hopper
Stephanie “La Cucaracha” Liu, Stephanie “Fish Curry” Baron
Le Tren Bleu to Tomorrowland
Mel “Olympic Torch” Jeng, Paul “Source Code” Woo, Sujay “Ticketmaster” Sheth, Leslie “AirTag” Limo, Yuhan “The Big Move” Lee, Samantha “3D Glasses” Ali, Rashidah “Got the Sauce” Namutebi, Erika “Taste The Rainbow” Kwee, Jason “Whiskey Tango” Yih, Arne “Tomorrowfest” Lendwehr, Anna “Find My Friends” Mui, Jay “Death in the Afternoon” Shih, Christina “Dora” Lam, Gina “Espresso Martini” Lee, Victoria “The Weekend” Chang, Kenny “Tomorrowland 2025” Phu, Ainsley “Souvenir Chocolates” Martin, Jenny “Foie Gras” Ngo, Zelyn “Weekend 2” Kwok, Maria “Lost & Found” Laidlaw, Kenny “Churchill” Covey, Juliet “Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend” Peruone, Edgar “Dramamine” Peruone, Lester “Paratrooper” Kim, Nishan “Biden Drops Beat Drops” Jani
Hokkaido Snowpocalypse + Pacific Island Hopper (February 17 - March, 4, 2024)
Megan “Monsoon United” Whyte, Sujay “Apres” Sheth, Bruce “Fiber” Zhang, Lyla “5 Star Uber Rating” Kamigaki, Lydia “Snow Day” Chan, Jeffrey “By The Numbers” Wing, Andre “Ronin” Thomas, Taejin “Master Ch(i)ef” Kim, Kunal “Full Send” Desai, David “Backcountry” Park, Yuhan “PowPow” Lee, Brett “Mercury Poisoning” Margolias, Jenny “Wa(g)y(u) of the Samurai” Ngo, Natalie “Bluebird” Tan, Eric “Snowbird” Kim, Stephanie “Federated States of Florida” Liu
Canary Islands (November 25-30, 2023)
Paul “Dominic Toretto” Woo, Ainsley “Backseat Sleeper” Martin, Kimmy “Pitchers of Sangría” Wu, Sabrina “Glass of Vino Tinto” Cheng
The Greek Epic (July 9-31, 2023)
Amelia “Chief Rescue Officer” Schillingford*, Tina “Chief Sanitation Officer”, Jay “We Need To Talk” Shih**, Kristen “Amber Alert” Van Neste, Gina “Chief Sunset Officer” Fortunato, Lyla “Queen of the Limbo” Kamigaki, Andre “Zaddy Zinger” Thomas, Evan “We Need To Talk” Danek, Daniel “Double-Booked” Jeng, Megan “Chief Culinary Officer” Whyte, Paul “Bacchus” Woo, Taejin “Spicy Ramen” Kim, Roxanne “Salted Caramel Popcorn” Menchaca, Christina “Chief Music Officer” Lam, Gina “Chief Shots Officer” Lee, Victor “Chief Rally Officer” Tran, Michelle “Chief Hydration Officer” Liu, Leslie “Actually Sober” Limo, Mimi “Chief Macarena Officer” Chen, Sahar “Spyglass” Mirsepassi, Koichi “Make Me Lieutenant” Sakamaki, Jeanette “Chief Risky Officer” Wong, Kunal “Chief Dance Officer” Desai, Jennifer “Whiskey Taverna” Schultz, Benjie “Chief Sunrise Officer” Marcelo, Alicia “H Mart” Shi, Sujay “Chief Siesta Officer” Sheth, Kelly “Chief Yes Officer” Joo, Phil “Secretary General” Li, Jeffrey “Gold’s Gym” Wing, Andy “Polypharmacy” Jeon, Nicole “Chief Initiative Officer” Ng, Yuhan “Chief Barista Officer” Lee, Wesley “The Vegas Week” Huang, Randall “Cornell Alumni Association” Chan, Vivian “Water Nymph” Chen, Michaela “McDreamy” Osei, Marlena “McSteamy” Osei, Henry “Two-Point Turns” Gallegos, Maggie “Spicy Feta” Lau, Melinda “14 Peaks: Project Possible” Kwok, Sidian “Eesay Mangas” Lan, Gul “Waffle Cone Frappuccino” Fashan, Mel “I’m Finally a Monsooner” Jeng, Suhrid “I Swear I Don’t Read the Blog” Mantravadi, Pooja “He Really Reads the Blog” Mantravadi
*also Chief Diving Officer
**also Chief Security Officer
South Korea & Jeju (March 27 - April 5, 2023)
Raubern “NewJackets” Totanes, Ann “Bing Su” Wen, Donna “Vibe Check” Vo, Natalie “Exit Through the Gift Shop” Hearty, Gina “Sea to Summit” McCormick, Eric “General Banchan” Ma, Liane “Bachelorette Party” Wong, Mitch “Easy Moving Co.” Wong, Bhavana “Swipe Right” Baswan, Cece “Exit Through the Secret Bar” McCormick, Cindy “Speed Bum-ps” Kulphongpatana, Ginna “Vegan Haenyeo” Dammann, Sujay “Salad Basket” Sheth, Nicole “LED” Jensen, Karthik “Ride the Bus” Srinivasan, Jenny “Couchsurfer” Schultz, Ainsley “Kimchi” Martin, Paulette “Korean Standard Time” Young, Matt “Tambourine” Blazejewski, Paul “The Time Traveler” Woo, Christina “Guardian A…rms Dealer”, Kelly “Trenchcoat Parachute” Joo
Côte d'Ivoire (Jan 15-16, 2023)
Gina “Crème Brûlée” Fortunato, Jillian “Paratrooper” Kailuna
The Faroe Islands (Aug 23-29, 2022)
Kimmy “Curbstomper” Wu, Bruce “Forgot to Put a Sock on the Handle” Zhang, Lydia “Run Ahjumma Run” Chan, Jeanette “40g” Wong, Cindy “Cinnamon” Kulphongpatana, Ainsley “Jasmine Flower” Martin, Vanessa “The Hungarian Pastry Shop” Molnar, Adrienne “Puffin Whisperer” Soong
Wales (May 28 - Jun 2, 2022)
Priscilla “Roundabouts” Yoon, Evie “ET Phone Home” Joy, Nishant “There’s Cheese…and Then There’s Cheese” Anandan, Jeanette “V8 Engine” Wong, Isaiah “Ohana” Moreno, Hayden “Fire Safety Officer” Cresswell, Evan “Easy Rider” Cresswell, Ellane “Ajumma with the Pepper Spray” Park, Lydia “Lady Mercedes” Chan, Wai “We Ride at Dawn” Thant, Leslie “The Lamb Whisperer” Limo, Joanna “The Call of the Wild” Sitzmann, Adam “Lowrider” Dumont, Kenny “Stuffed Animal” Siu, Gul “Strawberry Acai Refresher” Fashan
Iraq, Jordan, & Egypt (March 11-18, 2022)
Mihaela “Wujūd” K., Anthony “Alyaqaza” Lui, Priscilla “Qadar” Yoon, Kimmy “Kameel” Wu, Ihita “Arabesque” Kabir, Chyne “Shawq” Tan, Anjali “Desert Fox” Patel, Marina “Duolingo” Girgis, Andaleeb “Zaha Hadid” Raja, Amanda “Checkpoints” Cheng, Sarah “The Kite Runner” Lee, Lai Yuen “Ribatat jash” Looi, Alicia “Wulidat” Shi
Martinique, Saint Lucia, & Guadeloupe (Jan 2-10, 2022)
Sabrina “We’re Not Really Strangers” Poon, Kimmy “Rosemary Marinade” Wu, Tammy “Savage Garden” Ying, Jeanette “Parachutes” Wong, Koichi “Missed Connections” Sakamaki, Paul “The Light Between Oceans” Woo
Saudi Arabia (Oct 9-13, 2021)
Mihaela “Compass” K., Salwa “Queen Boss”, Mohammed “Jokes at The Edge of the World”, Abdulaziz “5 Stars”, Jazzie “Maktoub”, Maram “O Canada”
Balearic Islands (Aug 6-11, 2021)
Jeanette “Sleeping Energizer Bunny” Wong, Ayra “Socrates” Kathuria, Alex “Butt Sangria” Chen, Youssef “Dad, Cut My Steak” Zohdy
USA (Aug 8 - 28, 2020)
Mihaela “Old Faithful”, Brandon “Easy Rider” Bowar, Daniel “Chief Knucklehead” Reesman, Raubern “Walter Salles” Totanes, Noeleen “Little Miss Sunshine” Tong, Brynn “Aquawoman” Brew, Karen “Thelma” Asis, Evie “Magic Guitar” Joy, Sina “My Anti-buddy” May, Sampson “Charging Station” Lau, William “Dr. Wilderness” Chiang
Greenland (Sept 16-25, 2019)
Elizabeth “Doc Ock” Silberholz, Steven “Rabbit” Siegel, Gareth “Orangutan” Johnson, Rob “Beluga” Lendon, Morgan “Monkey”, Gaute “Sperm Whale”, Nina “Italian Stallion”, Killian “Ewok”
Unknown UAE, Musandam Oman, Afghanistan, Rwanda, & Uganda (June 20 - July 5, 2019)
Evan “Randall ‘Memphis’ Raines” Danek, Amanda “Rebel Without A Cause” Cheng, Nishant “I’ve Been To Scotland Once” Anandan, Wendy “Pass the Popcorn” Huang, Sean “Toretto” MacCormac, Ben “Wikipedia” Crowley, Evan “Unemployable” Kimbrell, Ambrose “Funemployable” Chu
Antigua & Barbuda (May 15-17, 2019)
Victoria “Imperator Furiosa” Lu, Tanzia “Sonic The Hedgehog” Islam, Thao “Celine” Le, Thuy Uyen “Mikaela Banes” Vo, Calvin “The 3 Eyed Raven” Ng
North Pakistan (Mar. 12-19, 2019)
Daniela “You Had Me At Hello” Zarzer, Evan “Quest Cookie” Danek, Elisabeth “Proud Soccer Mom” Koechlin, Venla “Bride of Finland” Maki-Ikola, “Prince” Ali Raza, Eugene Master, Amy Tse, Emily Wong, Jen, Christanto “Better Late Than Never” Hadi
The Least Visited (Dec. 27, 2018 - Jan 16, 2019)
Alistair “Mother” Riddell, Gareth “Father” Johnson, Melissa “Drill Sergeant” Weinmann, Anonymous “That Girl” Anonymous, PD “Food Monster” Shah, ChristyAna “Butterfly” Taveras, Mikhael “Comrade UrbEx” Chai, Paul “BAFTA” Bailey, William “Rock the Casbah” C. Linda “Charge Nurse” E, Lisa “If You Build It, They Will Climb” Vitaris, Jennifer “Hot Toddy” K., Erin “Drunky McDrunkface” S., Melissa “80s Party”, David “Bailando” P., Shawn “The Gun Show” O., Bok “Slippery When Wet” McD, Justin “Kubrick” M., Al “Forever Young”, Martin “MTP Award”, Christoph “Business Card”
Japan (Sep 1 - 18, 2018)
Donna “Motoko Kusanagi” Vo, Angela “Mikasa Ackerman” Park, Kelly “Tokyo Me Away From New York” Joo, Shayra “Misato Katsuragi”, Trish “Togo Mimori” Ho, Billy “Lone Star” T, “Cool Hand” Luke Palmgren, Camilla “Charlotte” Pires, Amy “Asuka Langley” Bloch, Natasha “Mari Makinami” Poole
The Persian Gulf (May 30 - Jun. 5, 2018)
Ann “Narcoleptik!” Wen, Mihaela “ROFLOLMAO”, Donavan “Kareem The Generous” Trieu
Australia & New Zealand (Dec. 30, 2017 - Jan. 16, 2018)
Donna “FOMO Queen” Vo, Taylan “Imperator Furiosa” Stulting, Alexandra “Venus Flytrap” De Rosa, Mary “Mad Max” Lin, Isaac “Nux” Johnson, Ann “Joey” Wen, Sampson “Alpaca” Lau, David “Good Guy Meme” Anton, Sarah “Ginger Soul” Parise, Laura “Muy Thai” Bodden, Bryce “Cowboy” Maynard, Rachel “Kiwibird” Xu
Slovenia (Oct 20-22, 2017)
Mihaela “ROFLOLMAO”, Nathaniel “Phoenix”, Ashley “Party Crasher” Jia
The Balkans (Aug 11-30, 2017)
Ted “Bronn” Chen, Alfred “Beric Dondarrion” Yeung, Lei “The Three-Eyed Raven” Zhao, Maria “Ygritte” Landi, Taylan “Brienne Of Tarth” Stulting, Anthony “Tyrion Lannister” Lui, Belinda “Missandei” Li, Beverly “Cersei Lannister” Tchang, Rucha “Sansa Stark” Deshpande, Sidian “Oberyn Martell” Lan, Andy “Jaqen H’ghar” Chen, Sarah “Olenna Tyrell” Chen, Ujas “Gendry” Shah, Mihaela “Margaery Tyrell”, Calvin “Jeor Mormont” Hom
Scotland (Mar. 24 - 26, 2017)
Taylan “Plagues of Egypt” Stulting, Mihaela “ROFLOLMAO”, Ambrose “A Saturday Morning View In March” Chu
Bulgaria (Nov. 12-13, 2016)
Sarah “Token” Parise, Brenda “Heights” Duong, Amanda “Red Bull” Cheng, Kimberly “Russian Standard” Duong, Minna “Nikon Insurance Policy” Choi, Permveer “Elevator Doors” Longia, Mrinal “Free Walking Tour” Mohanka
Spain & Andorra (Sep. 10-12, 2016)
Venkat “The Biggest Man In Andorra” Kausik, Christina “Parachutes” Elise, David “Senator-Elect” Ali
Ireland (Mar. 5, 2016)
Simon “The Gamechanger” Lu, Andrew “Hot Wheels” Chang, Judy “Aurora” Luong, Christine “Imperator Furiosa” Ortiz, Brenda “The Virgin” Duong, Eric “The Park Ranger” Hirani
Extreme Southeast Asia '15, Led by Dave Zhou: Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam (Dec. 13-18, 2015)
Dave “El Capitan” Zhou, Helen “Kareem Abdul-Jabbar” Zou, Nisa “The Good Daughter”, Sidian “Kiss Me, I’m Greek”, Ambrose “Knick” Chu
The Baltic Crescent: Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Belarus (Aug. 8-24, 2015)
Jennifer “Mom” Li, Dave “Responsible Uncle” Zhou, Jamie “Jamilah” Jimenez, Emily “Meathead” Chen, Jennifer “YAY” Yeh, William “Whale Meat” Lau, Ambrose “Celtic” Chu, Nadi “Better Late Than Never” Kaonga, Eric “Flow” Huynh, Teresa “T” Thong, Vivian “V” Cheng, Kelly “Skyscraper” Joo, Shannon “Six-Shootin’ American Idol” Murphy, Katy “Texan Belle” Budge, Michelle “Kindergarden Cop” Duncan, Alex “Athos” Wang, Jack “Porthos” He, Will “Aramis” Chen, Kel “D’artagnan” Sage, Alice “Club Alice” Tsui, Jeffrey “The Wise Man” O’Neill, Joyce “Telepath” Zhang, Joshua “Blynines” Zhang, Christina “Tamer Of The Whale Meat” Ren, Tara Densmore, Tamara Densmore
The Great USA Road Trip: New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, D.C., Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, California, Wisconsin (Mar. 29 - Apr. 10, 2015)
Jennifer “Map&Move” Li, Gareth “The Guvnor” Johnson, Brandon “The Terminator” Garcia, Alice “The Virtuoso” Tsui, Kel “The Sage” Sage, Duncan “Triple D”, Jorge Orpinel, Vishnu Vinekar, William “The Pharmacist” Lau, Clay Gilliland, George Martin
Pirates of the Caribbean: Mexico, Cuba, The Bahamas, Jamaica (Apr. 23- May 5, 2014)
Gareth “The Guvnor” Johnson, Jan Elma “Green Lights” Ferrer, Jan Christian “The Warrior” Ferrer, Sonya “Splinters” Chandra, Anderson “All-Star” Lee, Sam “The Honeybadger” Wong, Jason “The Rock” Ea, Laima “Fifth Amendment” Tazmin, Samantha Kay “Alice” Miller, Cathy “CIA” Cao, Christine “Surgeon” Park, Vivian “DJ” Trinh, Andy “The Dentist” Tran, David “Tarzan” Zhou, Justin “Fedora” Huang, Gabino “The Ambassador” Chu, Leslie “Sea Urchin” Auquilla-Cabrera, Joy “Make it So” Achounjei, Steve “Iron Man” Su, Siddhi “Princess Badass” Mittal, Alfred “Umbrellas” Yeung, Edmund “The Translator” Fong, Nicholas “The Wise Man” Chong, Adam “The Vet” Murphy
From Antarctica to Pakistan (Dec. 9, 2013 - Jan. 6, 2014)
Anderson “All-Star” Lee, Tabitha “The Alchemist” Shook, Vineet “I Didn’t Do It” Devaiah, PJ “The Champ” Danarh, Arti “Child of the World” B, Dennis “Vormund”, Joreen “Unfiltered” Tay, Victor “Designated Driver” Ng, Simon “The Historian” Lu, Grace “The Scholar” An, Lui “Guardian of the Dungeon”, Morello, Alex “Enabled by the Guardian of the Dungeon” Hardy, Esther “Perpetual Motion” Wisse, Patrick “The Grand Cannon” Le Quere, Benjamin “The Virtuoso”, Scott “Streaking Redefined” Frazier, Sandra “Queen of the Amazon” Friedel, Serena “Queen of the Ice” Yuan, Gareth “The Guvnor” Johnson: Antarctica, Uruguay, Argentina, Chile (Dec. 9-25, 2013)
Mariam “O Darling, My Darling” Dar: Pakistan, United Arab Emirates, Bahrain (Dec. 27, 2013 – Jan. 6, 2014)
Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama (Jun. 22-30, 2013)
Angela “Ah-Choo-eey!” Chen, Jun “Be Water My Friend” Wakabayashi, George “Bannne” Mu, Matt Chen, Kym “Stars & Sunrises” Pham, Erick “Ooh-rah!” Capulong, Bill “Smoothie King/Slim Shady” Zou
Poland, Ukraine, Germany (Dec. 26-31, 2012)
Mandy Cheuk, Cynthia “The Veteran” Koo, Kai Tan, Anonymous “The Shire” H., Ying Zhu, Andrew “Hot Wheels” Chang, Simon Lu, Olgi Qendro, Ry “Shredder” Willie, Jan Elma “Green Lights” Ferrer, Jennifer “Crime Scene” Le, Ruchika “Sangria” Sangani, Alana “Secret German” Tung, Krystle “Bahston” Jiang, Maria “DREAMer” Villa, Gareth “The Guvnor” Johnson
Spain, Gibraltar, Morocco, Portugal (Dec. 22, 2011 – Jan. 2, 2012)
June “Mamabear” Kao, Jane “In the Zone” Yee, Go Yang “Artistry in Motion” Park, Calvin “Baby Calvin” Lin, Melissa “Dora the Explorer” Le, Seulbee “The Badass” Lee, Yiru “The Other Badass” Li
Libya
Paul “Atreides” Woo, Mihaela “BeBest” Kracun, Francois “Birthday Bourdain” DeAsis, Leshawn “Dune” Anderson, Corinna “DickPuncher” Algranti
The Gulf of Guinea (December 28, 2023 - January 13, 2024)
Letti “Deepak Chopra” Hale, Sandy “Don’t Forget To Smell the Fried Chickens” Rie, Lauren “Sacred Forest” Lee, Priyanka “Flagstaff” Shetty
Syria (September 18-25, 2023)
Ophelia “New York Walk” Kewan, Mihaela “Mosaic” K., Sampson “Birthday WAP” Lau, Amelia “Almond Pudding” Shillingford, Nishant “The Roman Empire” Anandan, Melissa “Storytime” Weinmann, Melinda “Age Is Only A Number” Kwok, Jill “BoLove” Kailuna, Rajani “Blue Wine” Mohan, Priyanka “The Last Dance” Shetty, Lisa “Worth The Waits” Vitaris, Leshawn “Electric Slide” Anderson, Chris “S-la-yrian Adobo” Franz, Francois “Syrie” DeAsis, Andaleeb “Mother Umayyad” Raja
Horn of Africa (May 14-27, 2023)
Vincent “Bulletproof Vest” Yang, Anthony “Taiwan Embassy” Kao
South Sudan (March 23 - 26, 2023)
Rowan “Giraffe” Beard, Melinda “African Toedip” Kwok
Senegal, The Gambia, Guinea-Bissau (Dec 12-20, 2022)
Evan “Pizzagate” Danek, Sameer “Barely Legal” Kazi, Kelsey “Coco Crisp” Carniglia, Ihita “Hot Sauce in Her Bag” Kabir, Noureen “Afrobeat” Rahman
Svalbard (June 20-27, 2022)
Mihaela “Chief Mate” Kracun, Cindy “Trenchfoot” Cui, Alice “Bladder Buddy” Hong, Justin “Sea Legs” Chiu, Karthik “Never Bet Against the House” Srinivasan, Alicia “Caviar Toes” Shi, Amelia “Of Love & Kayaks” Shillingford, Bruce “Sock on the Handle” Zhang, Jeanette “Amber Alert” Wong, Sujay “Dispensary” Sheth, Donna “Camera Insurance” Vo, Sampson “Puffin Sniper” Lau, Alexandra “The Italian Job” De Rosa, Kimsa “Happy Feet” Nguyen, Stephen “Never Have I Ever Played Never Have I Ever” Leu
French Polynesia (April 23-30, 2022)
Mihaela “Aqua Vitae” K, Donna “Kid’s Temptation” Vo, Gina “Gin & Tonic” Fortunato, Jenny “Don Julio 1942” Fu, Lyla “Clase Azul” Kamigaki, Bruce “Absinthe” Zhang, Ginna “Whiskey Flip” Dammann, Daniel “Piña Colada (Virgin)” Jeng, Jay “Vermouth” Shih, Amelia “Chardonnay” Schillingford, Craig “Greyhound” Hays, Megan “Pickleback Shot” Elizabeth, Borna “Captain Morgan’s Rum” Baricevic
Mali (Jan 29-Feb 2, 2022)
Rashidah “Out of Africa” Namutebi, Johnny “Ragdoll” Donavan
El Salvador (Nov 18-22, 2021)
Brandon “Dakota Sur” Bowar, Chyne “West Side Story” Tan, Nina “Prom Night” Zhou, Kimmy “Peer Pressure” Wu, Tony “Hambre” Fung, Rajani “Wine O’ Clock” Mohan
The Tyrrhenian Sea (Sep 1-16, 2021)
Mihaela “Compass” K., Donna “Spyglass” Vo, Yutong “Melatonin” Zhang, Raubern “Eye of the Storm” Totanes, Ann “The Most Sober Birthday Girl In The World” Wen, Eric “Doggy Paddling Pirate Booty” Pan, Alice “Chief Sunrise Officer” Hong, Justin “Chief Diving Officer” Chiu, Sabrina “Chief Mate” Poon, Ashley “Chief Roasting Officer” Jia, Ashley “Power Naps” Koide, Anderson “First Officer” Lee, Nishant “E-Bike Downed Under” Anandan, Song “Can’t Hardly Wait” Kim, Daisy “Hotel Sardinia” Jing, Alan “Find My iPhone” Hsu, Uriah “Sea Legs” Kim, Nina “It’s Not A Toomah!” Zhou, Sujay “Fashionably Late” Sheth, Leo “Predator Drone” Liu, Alice “Miss Sardinia” Zhang, Jeanette “Chief Sleepy Risky Officer” Wong, Patricia “Art Dealer” Housiem, Gina “Million Dollar Wakeboarder” Fortunato, Tom “Captain Morgan” Chen, Chyne “Papa Bear” Tan, Sampson “The Naughty Pirate” Lau, Priscilla “Rabbit’s Foot Walking on Meteor Showers” Yoon, Gina “Shot O’ Clock” Yoon, Belle “Chief Ambassador” Suppapanya, Alex “Harbourmaster” Yang, Evie “Voices of the Sea” Joy, Christy “Fashion Week” Hoang
Cyprus (Jun 7-12, 2021)
Mihaela “I’m The Captain Now” Kracun, Donna “Speed Racer” Vo, Ann “Unaccompanied Minor” Wen, Ambrose “The Shrug” Chu, Jeanette “Birthday Queen” Wong, Uriah “Bee’s Knees” Kim, Belle “La-Thai-n” Suppanaya, Deenah “Emancipation Proclamation” Kaneel, Gina “Club Promoter” Marlar, Patricia “Cat Whisperer” Housiem
Extreme Egypt: The 10 Year Anniversary Trip (Nov 27 - Dec 7, 2019)
Diana “Mia Dolan” Klatt, Mihaela “Michelle Obama”, Raubern “I’ll Make You a Stah” Totanes, Jessica “Pyro” Hong, Ji Won “Ragdoll” Moon, Chyne “Wall-E” Tan, Siavash “Memento” Dejgosha, Andrew “Bottomless Mimosas” Rafalowitz, Melissa “Miss Congeniality” Brady, Angelica “Queen Of Mostafa” Rehayem, Alexandra “Venus Flytrap” De Rosa, Grace “Jackie Peyton” Kelly, Kasie “Nerfertiti” Rodriguez, Karthik “Bellaggio” Srinivasan, Likhith “Don’t Worry Be Happy” Sai Bayireddi, Neeharika “Professor” Madduri, Andrena “Sugar” Barnes
Off The Coast of Tanzania (Aug. 17 - Sept. 3, 2019)
Bessie “Queen Bee” Badilla, Sarah “Breaker of Men” Parise, Evan “Dive Bomber” Danek, Ann “Dora The Explorer” Wen, Ines “Bad Girls Do It Well” Del Castillo, Cathy “The Elephant Whisperer” Richards, Ravi “Jeff Goldblum Drinks a Cappuccino” Panse, Brandon “Dakota Unplugged” Bowar, Bryan “Boomerang” Chuck, Duaa “I Am Groot” Awabed
Isle of Man & Northern Ireland (May 27-30, 2019)
Sam “Are We There Yet?” Yeung, Donna “FOMO Queen” Vo, Alfred “Dairy Queen” Yeung, Melissa “Employee Discount” Rios, Joe “Steady As He Goes” Duvall, Grayson “Doc Brown” Lang
Barbados (Apr. 11, 2019)
Evan “F1” Danek
Prague & Budapest (Jan. 17-21, 2019)
Ann “Czechmate” Wen, Donna “Hungary For More” Vo, Daniela “Joy” Zarzer, Evan “Wingman” Danek, Ravi “Voight-Kampff” Panse, Katy “The Natural” Xian, Anthony “Dutch” Lui, Esther “Happy Feet” Park, Daniel “Wisconsin” Reesman, Christine “Spidergirl” Liaw, Aggeliki “Pilates” Mavromoustakaki, Sidian “Kiss Me, I’m Greek” Lan, Jommel “Infant Jesus” Banaag, Li Li “Ballroom” Bian, Joanne “Salvation Army” Loo, Elisabeth “Group Photos” Koechlin
Armenia & Artsakh (Nov 11 - 19, 2018)
Faniel “21 And Over” Yang, Sheryl “Like Her First Day Of College” Zhang, Mihaela “ROFLOLMAO”, Nishant “The Wolf Of Wall Street” Anandan
Azerbaijan & Nakhchivan (Aug 25 - 30, 2018)
Elizabeth “Dr. McStuffins” Silberholz, Brandon “Ip Man” Foo, Nigar “ENT STAT” Ahmedli, Etibar “The Green Giant” Akhmedli, Anya “Nina Simone” Solovyeva
Central Europe (Mar. 23 - 28, 2018)
Aaron “The Prodigal Son” Lam, Jazmin “Falling Overnight” Juarez, Jessica “Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind” Hong, Raubern “Waking Life” Totanes, Anthony “Midnight In Budapest” Ventimiglia, Daniela “Before Sunrise” Zarzer, Keseena “Before Sunset” Chengadu, Maria “Before Midnight” Laidlaw, Jenny “Begin Again” Wang, Brittany “The One-Hundred Foot Journey”
Moldova & Transnistria (Nov 10-11, 2017)
Nick “McFeltersnatch” Sellers, Reece “Responsibly Irresponsible” Perry, Ben “The Debt Collector” Fox, Alex “The Transporter”
The Baltic Crescent '17, Led by Taylan Stulting: Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania (Oct. 14-29, 2017)
Taylan “You Do You” Stulting, Rupa “I’m Over It” Patel, Carol “Wang Wang” Wong
The Microstates (May 19 - Jun. 2, 2017)
Joseph “Sensual Food Critic” Woo, Samin “Cuddle-buddy” Rai, Mihaela “ROFLMAO”, Ann “30 Seconds of Fame” Wen, Alfred “Ray-Ban/20 Questions” Yeung, Koichi “FOX News” Sakamaki, Steph “Honorary Asian” Hart, Anonymous “Better Late Than Never” Anonymous, Kimberly “Oh F***” Duong, Yannick “Brotherly Love” Della Schiava
The Trans-Monglian + Tibet (Dec. 31, 2016 - Jan. 17, 2017)
Melissa “Storytime” Weinmann, Taylan “Plagues of Egypt” Stulting, JC “Closet Premed” Chan, LaiYuen “The Spy From North Korea” Looi, David “Class President” Ali, Ihita “Secondhand Smoke” Kabir, June “Swedish House Mafia” Kao, Amanda “Puppy Genocide” Knarich, Mihaela “ROFLOLMAO”, Shanika “Happy Feet” Jayakody
Romania (Oct. 21-23, 2016)
Anonymous “In Denial” Anonymous, Ty “I’m With Her, Kinda” Headley, Dmitry “Birthday Boy” Dobrovolskiy
Southern Africa (Aug. 1-15, 2016)
Michelle “Adventure Pants” Duncan, Kel “Hopeless Romantic” Sage, Ambrose “The Epicurean” Chu, Sarah “Poland Spring” Parise, Linda “A Lannister Always Pays Her Debts” Zhou, Sze “March Of The Penguins” Chan, Nadi “Guardian Angel” Kaonga, Samantha “FML” Kay Miller, Mikey “The Virgin” Ryan, Aaron “Boy Wonder” Lam
Puerto Rico (Feb. 15-17, 2016)
Michelle “Miss Honey [of Matilda]” Duncan, Sandra “The Cadet” Davis, Amber Lee Makhani, Anonymous “In Denial” Anonymous
The Silk Road: Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Georgia (Dec. 27, 2015 - Jan. 12, 2016)
Eilidh “Secondhand Shoes” Crowley, Ben “Encyclopedia Australiannica” Crowley, Yvonne “Beginner’s Luck” Liu, Patricia “Dancing Turkey” Tsai, Chris “The Monkey King” Tang, Johnson “The Spy From S.I.N.G.A.P.O.R.E.”, Melissa “Candy Floss”, Remi “The BEKoning” Coker, Siavash “Persian Rugs” Dejgosha, Matt “Oh My Days” Peters, Helen “Potato Salad” Chou, Tan “Bukharan Idol” Nguyen, Ines “Bee’s Knees” Petri, Claudia “Marlboro Lady” Petri, Anna “Everybody’s Russian!” Zavalova, Anne “Postcards From The Edge” Davison, Velvet “Everyone’s Favorite Cool Aunt”
Extreme South America: Venezuela, Aruba, Curaçao, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Trinidad & Tobago (Apr. 12-22, 2015)
Jennifer “Map&Move” Li, Gareth “The Guvnor” Johnson, Rik “The Flying Dutchman” Brinks, Lei “Monk” Zhao, Patrick “Jade Dragon Coffee Health Center” Han, Maddie “The Engineer” Ene, Cindy “Ploppity” Cui, Calvin “One-Armed Bandit” Chen, Yoni “Birthday Boy” Rubin, Clay Gilliland, Tom Peddle, Freddy Lansky, George Martin, Donal Mulvihill
Extreme SE Asia: The Philippines, The Palawan Islands, Indonesia, East Timor-Leste, Malaysia, Brunei Darussalam, Macau, Hong Kong (Dec. 2-15, 2014)
Gareth “The Guvnor” Johnson, Samantha “Alice” Kay Miller, Dave “Tarzan” Zhou, Alfred “20 Questions” Yeung, Tan “Lieutenant Tan” Nguyen, Mariam “The Queen” Dar, Jenny “Ayurveda” Chu, June “Mamabear” Kao, James “Leaps of Faith” Stephens, Lilliane “High Stakes” Ng, Kevin “Rabies” Zhao, Gordon “The Trainer” Pan, Anthony “The Artist” Lui, Christina “Detours” Gee, Eric “Where’s The Party Yaar?” Chen, Adison “One Shoe” Song, Tim “GoProFlow” Chen, Jennifer “Nomadic Strawberry” Li, Christina “Conference Calls” Elise, Andrew “Hot Wheels” Chang
Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina, Chile, Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru (Apr. 10-22, 2014)
Angela “The Lieutenant” Chen, Jun “Poker Face” Wakabayashi, Quechau “Altitude Warrior” Thai, Chris “Gets Up For Pregnant Women” Chen, Ben “The Photographer” Dumond, Cindy “Oakland” Lu, Natasha “The Translator” Neris, Andy “The Virgin” Wu, Shanika “The Alchemist” Jayakody, Karthik “Memory Cards” Ganapathy
Iceland (Oct. 31 – Nov. 03, 2013)
Andrea “The Activist” Trillo, Mel “Puffin-Toed” Tri, Danny “Gonna Shank You” Tran, Jenn “The Unicorn” Lau, Tracy “Queen of Scots” Thai, Bill “Prefontaine” Zhang, Alistair “Monkey Bars/Where’s Alistair?” Morgan, Suhrid “Subkuch Milega” Mantravadi, Freema “Gunner Wants Sum Borscht” Vinnikov
Haiti & Dominican Republic (Jan. 01-06, 2013)
Reny “The Ambassador” Pascual, Jackie “The Artist” Ho, Ben “Walking Stick” Tso, Sam “Firecracker” Wong
Iran, Germany, Austria, Switzerland (April 4-14, 2012)
Sonny “The Romantic” Tieu, Gai Olivaires, Andrew “The German” Chu, Evan “The Interpreter” Jones, Anna “The Bookkeeper” Wong, Jade “The Sketcher” Shyu, Nina “Weapon of Mass Destruction” Yang, Cynthia “Why I Move” Koo, Gareth “The Guvnor” Johnson
Guatemala & Belize (Nov. 23-27, 2011)
Anna “The Bookkeeper” Wong, Cynthia “The Newbie” Koo, Maria “The Translator” Funes
Pioneering Monsooners (Jun 30, 2011 – Jul 17, 2011)
Anya “The Nurse” Tomkiewicz & Joyce “The Yogi” Chang
Pioneering Monsooner - Turkey (Jun 11-18, 2011), Cuba (Apr. 25 - May 3rd, 2014)
Sonya “Food Poisoning” Chandra
Pioneering Monsooner
(Pioneering Monsooner: Guatemala, Iran, Eastern Europe) likes to travel/monsoon (thanks to Calvin), and making bucket lists that, in Calvin’s opinion, are way too easy to check off.
CYNTHIA “The Dreamer” KOOShe makes kickass websites for fun. She’ll fill in the rest sometime soon (or maybe never).
Pioneering Monsooner (Mar. 2011)
Hilda “Immersed” Poulson
Pioneering Monsooner (May 31, 2010 – Jun 13, 2010)
Corinne “The Engineer” Fukuyama
Pioneering Monsooner: Summer '10
ANNAH “Rough Guides” KIM NELSON-FEENEY (Travel Date: May 31 2010 – July 15 2010 from the Philippines to Korea) is a relatively overcommitted International Relations-French and Music student at Mount Holyoke College. At MHC, she’s on the executive board for Model UN as the Events Coordinator and she’s in charge of Publicity on the executive board for Orchestra. She’s also a CMS Fellow (Web and Media worker) for Mount Holyoke. Adopted at the age of 6 months, Annah is Korean with Polish-Swedish and Irish parents. Unfortunately, she speaks none of the languages that coincide with the above nationalities and instead speaks French and had a brief relationship with Mandarin. Last summer, Annah worked a lot doing a couple internships and jobs. This will be the last collegiate summer before she starts with the GRE’s, GMAT’s, LSAT’s, more internships, grad school applications, and job applications. In short, it’s the last time in her collegiate career to do a trip like this. So she is absolutely psyched to be taking the opportunity to backpack this summer – even if not everyone approves of it!
Pioneering Monsooner (Aug. 7-13, 2011)
An “Smuggled” Wang
Pioneering Monsooner (July 16-20, 2011)
Karen “The Skeptic” Wong
Pioneering Monsooner
GO “Pack Attack” YANG (Travel Date: December 22 2011 – January 3 2011 from Spain to Morocco) is the kinda girl that breaks the mold. For one, she’s not gonna write in the third person. Hey, I’m Go. I met Calvin at Columbia when I attended Barnard College my freshman year, but I ended up getting my degree in English and History at the University of Michigan, and spending a year and a half or so in Seoul, Korea, not teaching English (see? breaking the mold) but studying at Yonsei University and freelancing at everything from translations for artists to voice acting. Right now I’m one of the few students over the age of 21 at Art Center College of Design getting a second Bachelor’s degree in Illustration (more mold breaking), and I’m really excited to be traveling, drawing and blogging with Calvin.
Pioneering Monsooner (Mar. 26 – Apr. 3, 2011)
Kseniya “The Interpreter” Khamara
Pioneering Monsooner (Jun. 20 – Jul. 8, 2010)
Caitlin “The Lawyer” Halpern
Pioneering Monsooner: Summer '11
STEPHANIE “Boulderer” QUAN (Travel Date: June 10 2011 – August 14 2011 from Turkey to Myanmar) went to Columbia with Calvin. She has no idea who Annah is, but is sure they could be good friends. Hi Annah! She’s currently transitioning from being a chemistry teacher at Harvard-Westlake to being an inorganic chemistry grad student at UCLA because while she loves her 10th graders (even when they call her mom by mistake), what she really wants in life is low pay, long hours and the satisfaction of synthesizing Metal Ligand Complexes. When not pursuing academia, Steph cultivates a faux hobo-hipster lifestyle. Rock climbing, beginner’s guitar and driving through canyons are listed among her favorite activities. She also really enjoys listening to bands she found on commercials, starting really long email chains and organizing things like film festivals for fun. Here is an adventure-y photo of Steph. See how innate ADVENTURE is to her? Like I said, faux hobo-hipster.