by Calvin Sun | Apr 23, 2014 | April 2014: South America, Crisis, Ecuador, Epiphanies on the Road, Fail, Introspection, Peru, Serendipitous!
After visiting the Middle of the World in the morning, I set off to Quito’s New Town to meet Annie Huang, a friend of a friend studying abroad in Quito who had been introduced to me over Facebook last night. ...
by Calvin Sun | Jul 29, 2010 | How Did You Do That?, India, Mo' Money Mo' Problems, Public Transportation, Summer 2010: Southeast Asia & India, What Dreams May Come
Hampi’s not quite direct to reach. I had to take a grueling overnight mosquito-ridden 11 hour bus to Hospet from Hyderabad (450 rupees), a 10 minute auto-rickshaw to the bus stand (5 rupees if you get in the early morning), and then a 45 minute public bus...
by Calvin Sun | Jun 1, 2010 | Fail, Lessons Learned, Summer 2010: Southeast Asia & India, The Philippines, Uncategorized Stories
Annah just got her Blackberry stolen while she was exchanging traveler’s cheques. The worst part is that she was using her phone only 3 minutes before she got pickpocketed. Despite 10 minutes backtracking our steps and searching for her phone in a random...