by Calvin Sun | Apr 11, 2012 | April 2012: Iran, Iran
The next morning we made a bee line to Naqsh E Jahan Square, which the Persians are proud to call it the 2nd largest square in the world (the first being Beijing’s Tianenmen Square). The truth, according to Wikipedia, is that this is the...
by Calvin Sun | Apr 11, 2012 | April 2012: Iran, Iran
They call my hometown New York City “the city that never sleeps.” They call Petra, “The Rose city, half as old as time.” They call Luang Prabang, “The Pearl of the Orient.” They call Uganda, “The Pearl of...
by Calvin Sun | Apr 10, 2012 | April 2012: Iran, Iran
It took us about 5 hours to get from Yazd to Isfahan by bus, and the some cinematic roadside scenery kept me awake (nearly) the whole time. I wish I could describe some of it to you in words, but I’m afraid I’d either overhype it or...
by Calvin Sun | Mar 29, 2012 | Introductions
This is the true story… of 10 strangers… picked to live on a backpack…travel together and have their lives blogged… To find out what happens… when people stop being polite… and start getting monsoonal… …The...