by Calvin Sun | Jan 15, 2018 | How Did You Do That?, New Zealand, What Dreams May Come, Winter 2017: Australia & New Zealand
My favorite desktop background just got served: This morning we groggily woke up at 8am to catch our 8:30am Kiwi Experience Bus for our daytrip to Milford Sound. Luckily our bus picked us up from our (Nomad’s) hostel’s front door so we...
by Calvin Sun | Mar 26, 2017 | Flying Fancy, How Did You Do That?, March 2017: Scotland, Scotland, Scotland, Serendipitous!, United Kingdom, Weekend Trips
After a day of climbing some Edinburgh hills, my group and Alistair graciously saw me off at the bus station in Edinburgh. From there I took an overnight 8:30pm National Express Bus #954 from Edinburgh to London, with the bus taking a half an hour...
by Calvin Sun | Aug 4, 2016 | August 2016: Southern Africa, Blitzkrieg!!!, Border Crossing, Eswatini/Swaziland, Getting that VISA, How Did You Do That?, Lesotho, Rules Are Meant To Be Broken, South Africa, Way Way Off the Beaten Path
After a beautiful yesterday at the Mlilwane Wildlife Reserve, we returned to our hostel at Sundowner’s and exchanged travel stories with the Peace Corps crew that had already been living at the hostel for months. Somehow during our introductions,...
by Calvin Sun | Aug 19, 2015 | August 2015: The Baltic Circle, Border Crossing, Estonia, Fail, How Did You Do That?, Latvia, The Nightlife, Uncategorized Stories, Way Way Off the Beaten Path
After welcoming Josh last night to our gang of 15 as our better-late-than-never monsooner with late night drinks and showing off our shooting range videos, we headed out this morning to explore the local markets north of Tallinn’s Old Town.This is a...
by Lei Zhao | Apr 21, 2015 | April 2015: Extreme South America, Border Crossing, French Guiana, How Did You Do That?, Public Transportation, Way Way Off the Beaten Path
The road to Cayenne, French Guiana (Guyane Doyen) from Paramaribo, Suriname was arduous, but almost a cakewalk when compared to the journey from Georgetown, Guyana to Paramaribo. For starters, there wasn’t a four-hour waiting period to cross the border. Our group...
