by Calvin Sun | Aug 27, 2018 | August 2018: Azerbaijan & Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan, Way Way Off the Beaten Path
After a late morning checking out Gobustan National Park, its petroglyphs and mud volcanoes south of Baku, we drove up north of Baku to explore more of the land of fire.The Ateşgah Fire Temple was our first stop. Built in the 18th century by numerous Indian...
by Calvin Sun | Apr 17, 2014 | Chile, Travel Warnings, What Dreams May Come
This was Valparaiso 4 days ago: And Valparaiso is where we are right now: It’s been all over the news. And little did we know what we were going into (backpacking can take your mind off of the TV and current...
by Calvin Sun | Jul 14, 2010 | Doctor in the House, How's the weather?, India, Summer 2010: Southeast Asia & India, What Dreams May Come
I’m now in Varanasi and I can’t describe how chaotic this place is next to such beauty of the Ganges river. But before you read this entry, I should preface it with a scene from a movie that inspired me to travel to Varanasi in the first place. Watch...