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On The Way To Ha Long Bay

On The Way To Ha Long Bay

by Calvin Sun | Jun 8, 2010 | Lessons Learned, Summer 2010: Southeast Asia & India, Vietnam

Updated our Friends page! About to board an 8am bus to Ha Long Bay. We’ll be staying overnight at a junk in the bay (so don’t expect to hear from us for a bit); I’m looking forward to waking up to a sunrise over the sea, eating rice like a good...
The Things We Carried

The Things We Carried

by Calvin Sun | May 31, 2010 | Pre-travel Preparations, United States, What to Pack

We begin today! One of the original titles for this blog was going to be “The Rice They Carried.” But sadly, I already had used that title for a docu-drama/mockumentary I made on Asian American stereotypes back in high school (The Rice They Carried)....

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