by Calvin Sun | Nov 12, 2022 | Galápagos Islands, November 2022: Galápagos Islands
For our fourth and last full day in the Galápagos, we arrived at Sullivan Bay on the eastern coast of Santiago Island. Here we took a break from all the fearless wildlife and focused instead on the lesser known geology and volcanic origins of the...
by Calvin Sun | Nov 9, 2022 | Galápagos Islands, November 2022: Galápagos Islands
Our Galápagos adventure begins! After a full day in Guayaquil, we woke up at 6:30am and headed first thing in the morning to GYE airport on the domestic side. Once arriving at departures, we registered and paid the $100 USD in cash (they only accept cash)(...
by Calvin Sun | Nov 8, 2022 | Ecuador, Fit for Foodies, Galápagos Islands, Layovers, Walking Tours
So what’s life like after publishing your first book? Staying grounded for an abnormally long 3 months (it’s not often you get a book out in the world!), I took the edge off with 2 weekends of camping. However, very...
by Calvin Sun | Apr 23, 2014 | April 2014: South America, Crisis, Ecuador, Epiphanies on the Road, Fail, Introspection, Peru, Serendipitous!
After visiting the Middle of the World in the morning, I set off to Quito’s New Town to meet Annie Huang, a friend of a friend studying abroad in Quito who had been introduced to me over Facebook last night. ...
by Calvin Sun | Apr 22, 2014 | April 2014: South America, Ecuador, Rules Are Meant To Be Broken, Travel Warnings, Way Way Off the Beaten Path
0,0 …are the coordinates of a town 30-40 minutes north of Quito, called “La Mitad del Mundo” or “The Middle of the World” where the coordinates are essentially 0 degrees South x 0 degrees West: the exact...
