Typically my Buddha’s birthday celebration amounts to a trip to Insadong to take in the parade and festivities. This year though a spontaneous decision to join my friends Sonia, Renzo, Peter, Paul, Theresa, Lisa, Dele, Keith, Mekhale, Charles, and Lucia on a 3 day getaway proved to be the best decision ever. Buddha Holiday Getaway Day 2…
Typically my Buddha’s birthday celebration amounts to a trip to Insadong to take in the parade and festivities. This year though a spontaneous decision to join my friends Sonia, Renzo, Peter, Paul, Theresa, Lisa, Dele, Keith, Mekhale, Charles, and Lucia on a 3 day getaway proved to be the best decision ever. Buddha Holiday Getaway Day 1…
Typically my Buddha’s birthday celebration amounts to a trip to Insadong to take in the parade and festivities. This year though a spontaneous decision to join my friends Sonia, Renzo, Peter, Paul, Theresa, Lisa, Dele, Keith, Mekhale, Charles, and Lucia on a 3 day getaway proved to be the best decision ever. Buddha Holiday Getaway…
A few weeks ago I left the confines of Seoul and headed north, up to Paju. I don’t know if you’ve heard of Paju, but the last time I went was to see the Heyri artist village. That was a great trip and well worth a day trip or even just an afternoon. At the…
KICK ASS KOREA reason 7 Olympic Park is a huge sprawling area that covers 1.5 million square meters of Seoul. Built in 1986 to secure the 1988 Seoul Olympics the park boasts an incomparable amount of facilities, sculptures, and green space. Olympic Park was built upon the historical Mongchon Fortress. A site that dates back to the…
On the southern tip of Yeongdo Island awaits the contemplative cliffs of Taejondae. This peaceful park boasts a peak that rises over 250 meters above sea level offering the opportunity to glimpse the surrounding beauty from a magnificent view. The park ranks as Busan’s 28th monument. Taejongdae offers visitors a getaway or perhaps a get…
Udo means Buffalo Head when translated. Personally I think it means crap place to live. The island is so miniscule. I could never survive there. I wondered about the poor lone English teacher who might be there stuck teaching at the one lone school I saw. Does he or she speak Korean? Has he adapted…
Right on the Han river near Hongdae lies a special little island named Seonyudo Park. Once a beautiful scenic spot along the Hangang it was destroyed due to floods way back in 1925. Gradually, over time, the area was restored with the addition of the Yangwha bridge in 1965 and the Seonyu Water Purification Plant…
