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Long Live The Queenstown

Long Live The Queenstown

by Calvin Sun | Jan 15, 2018 | New Zealand, What Dreams May Come, Winter 2017: Australia & New Zealand

  A memorable evening began with an equally memorable morning: I finally got a chance to add crème fraîche and chopped seaweed to my version of Gordon Ramsay’s Sublime Scrambled Eggs:     Because we got in a day early, we spent the entire today...
Stars And Sunrises: Tikal

Stars And Sunrises: Tikal

by Calvin Sun | Nov 27, 2011 | Guatemala, How Did You Do That?, Mo' Money Mo' Problems, November 2011: Guatemala & Belize, What Dreams May Come

  Random: Did you know that Tikal is the same place George Lucas chose to film Yavin IV (the location of the Rebel base) in Star Wars IV: A New Hope?     Well, our version is prettier:     Panoramas of Tikal by day:     But the real...
“My God, It’s Full Of Stars.”

“My God, It’s Full Of Stars.”

by Calvin Sun | Nov 26, 2011 | Guatemala, November 2011: Guatemala & Belize, What Dreams May Come

  A picture worth (a trillion) stars:     More on this picture — and another with a shooting star — in the rest of this entry… Although I came for the sunrise above Tikal’s famous Mayan ruins, it’s afternoon light is no...
Where Do Dreams Come From? Petra

Where Do Dreams Come From? Petra

by Calvin Sun | Jun 20, 2011 | Jordan, Summer 2011: From the Middle East to North Korea, What Dreams May Come

My turn:   If an experience is unwriteable, how about a place? Or how about a place at a specific moment of the day? Far far from a tourist trap, Petra by Night is something everyone has to do at least once in their lives. You take one of the most beautiful...

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