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The Yacht Week Sardinia Day 1 – Olbia Base Marina & Portisco

The Yacht Week Sardinia Day 1 – Olbia Base Marina & Portisco

by Calvin Sun | Sep 4, 2021 | How's the weather?, Italy, Sardinia, September 2021: The Tyrrhenian Sea, The Nightlife

  The first day of Yacht Week’s first official voyage to Sardinia & Corsica: a frenzy of check-ins, security deposits, last minute provisional shopping, under 2 flash thunderstorms…aka the not so fun stuff. But we already would know all this:...
Sexy Seville

Sexy Seville

by Calvin Sun | Dec 29, 2011 | December 2011: Spain, Gibraltar, Morocco, Portugal, Spain, Walking Tours, What Dreams May Come

  Can’t write much today because we’re about to get picked up by a car to Gibraltar in about 2 min…but pictures do enough justice of being worth thousands of words, right? Why are you so pretty Seville?     All you need to do in...
I (Actually) Got Struck By Lightning: Mandalay

I (Actually) Got Struck By Lightning: Mandalay

by Calvin Sun | Aug 3, 2011 | Crisis, How's the weather?, Myanmar, Summer 2011: From the Middle East to North Korea, Walking Tours, What Dreams May Come

Remember the game we used to play when we were young? We’d see a flash of lightning, count the number of seconds before hearing the sound of thunder, and then multiply that number by the speed of sound to find out how far away that lightning strike was? I tried...
Monsoonal Goa

Monsoonal Goa

by Calvin Sun | Aug 2, 2010 | How's the weather?, India, Summer 2010: Southeast Asia & India, What Dreams May Come

 They always ask: “You’ve been to India? Did you go to Goa?” and I always say “no.” In fact, I wasn’t planning to go to Goa on this trip until 4 days ago when I met an Indian family on my train to Hyderabad. They urged me to...
Magical Hampi

Magical Hampi

by Calvin Sun | Jul 30, 2010 | How's the weather?, India, Mo' Money Mo' Problems, Public Transportation, Summer 2010: Southeast Asia & India, What Dreams May Come

 Hampi is a place that should be described visually, not with words. Or with music:Press play. And then start reading.   I brought you something close to me,Left for something you see though your here.You haunt my dreamsThere’s nothing to do but...
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