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 9, 2012 | April 2012: Iran, Epiphanies on the Road, Iran, What Dreams May Come
It may have been a chapter you learned in your 8th grade history class, or an afterthought from a Sunday afternoon episode on the History Channel. It may have been the name of your local Persian restaurant, or that Greek goddess you had to memorize in 3rd grade...
