Survive & Thrive in Korea
That’s right, forget the movies or music or watching TV, in South Korea the excitement and attention of leisure activities is focused largely on online gaming. Millions upon Millions of Koreans play games online. I’ve blogged before about PC Bang rooms, but you have to experience it to really understand. These places literally cover the […]
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The third tunnel is one of four digging attempts by the North Koreans to dig their way into Seoul and invade. Unbelievable, right? Scary to think they actually tried it four times! They are nothing if not persistent. The DMZ theater showed a docudrama of a little girl wandering among the barb wire and mine […]
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Sunset at Phnom Bakheng is one of the main highlights of the Angkor experience. Tons of tourists make the hike up the winding trail to the temple above. Some take elephants up and down while most just bear the walk. The temple has five tiers and seven levels which represent the seven Hindu heavens. […]
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We stopped for lunch at the Village of Tongilchon. This village serves as a small community for the soldiers and their families to live. It’s also a pit stop on the DMZ tour. We were served a traditional Korean meal that not proved to be quite good. Any meal with kimchi is okay by me. […]
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Dorasan Station will be the first station to connect travelers from between North and South Korea by rail! The station is on the Gyeongui line. When the station opened a big production was made with even the US President everyone likes to hate making an appearance. However, the plans to begin service have yet to […]
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The Banyon is one of the most mystical and mysterious of the temples in Angkor Thom. The highlight are the over two hundred huge smiling face carved into the stone. The faces glare down upon the surrounding area from every angle imaginable. From a distance it doesn’t seem like much, but once you start to […]
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