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From Holy Crap To Holy Cappadocia

From Holy Crap To Holy Cappadocia

by Calvin Sun | Jun 13, 2011 | Crisis, Public Transportation, Summer 2011: From the Middle East to North Korea, Turkey

  With whatever luck I get with running into people, I’m cursed when it comes to waiting for people at the airport. Yesterday as I waited outside arrivals to pick up my travel partner Stephanie, she was waiting for me to pick her up inside at baggage...
San Salvador, Lima, And A Mid-flight Screw Up

San Salvador, Lima, And A Mid-flight Screw Up

by Calvin Sun | Mar 27, 2011 | April 2011: Peru & Colombia, Epiphanies on the Road, Fail, How's the weather?, Peru, Uncategorized Stories

 Before I know it, I’m already fast packed to another trip across the border. What’s different this time is that out of all the inhabitable continents of the world (sorry Antartica, unless global warming happens, you don’t count), only South...
Thoughts on the Road

Thoughts on the Road

by Calvin Sun | Aug 6, 2010 | Epiphanies on the Road, India, Summer 2010: Southeast Asia & India, What Dreams May Come

 Last night: Overnight bus in the middle-of-nowhere, India. A song from a distant past begins to play on the iPod. The last time I heard this song I am also on a night bus: It is exactly 11 years ago in the middle-of-somewhere America and I am returning from a...
Can’t Get No More Than Bangalore!

Can’t Get No More Than Bangalore!

by Calvin Sun | Aug 6, 2010 | How's the weather?, India, Mo' Money Mo' Problems, Serendipitous!, Summer 2010: Southeast Asia & India

 What I will miss the most from Bangalore will be the California-style cool-as-the-other-side-of-the-pillow weather. It really is the best I’ve experienced in all of India, despite the massive pollution that probably has torn a hole in the ozone layer by...

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