by Calvin Sun | Feb 16, 2016 | Doctor in the House, February 2016: Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico, Serendipitous!, United States, Way Way Off the Beaten Path, Weekend Trips
Anticipating 2 days off of work and finding direct flights to Puerto Rico from NYC about 2/3 cheaper than its usual fare, I jumped at the chance to visit my potentially 98th country (although it being a U.S. territory that’s still up for debate). But about 8...
by Calvin Sun | Dec 11, 2014 | East Timor-Leste, Way Way Off the Beaten Path, What Dreams May Come, Winter 2014: Extreme SE Asia
Yesterday and today we went way off the beaten path. We headed to the second largest city in East Timor, Baucau, which is really more of a seaside village than a city. The 10 of us hired a private van to take us to Baucau and back the next day, with a driver that...
