Survive & Thrive in Korea
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 […]
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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 […]
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Disappointed. That’s how I felt after experiencing Manjanggul which is one of the great lava tunnels of Jeju. Maybe I was expecting too much. I had visions of Journey to the Center of the Earth and Land of the Lost floating in my head and that probably was a bit of an overreach. Definitely. I […]
Continue ReadingThere’s no doubt about it: Seoul is one huge city. It’s so massive and overwhelming that a new comer might be fooled into thinking that the alternating spider web of side streets and skyscraper thoroughfares are all there is. That would be a shame since Seoul really does have a bunch of unique neighborhoods with […]
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You don’t need to go to China to experience the Chinese culture. Around the world every big city has it’s very own China Town to explore and experience and Korea is no different. You might think that China Town in Korea would be in Seoul, but you would be wrong. Instead it’s in the satellite […]
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KICK ASS KOREA reason 10 This remote Buddhist Temple on the Far East side of Busan initially wasn’t a part of my plan. It’s not on the subway system. The tour bus I was on went no where close to the location. Yet it was on my Busan City Tourist map and the sight of […]
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