Blogs from Gyeonggi-do, South Korea, Asia - page 24

Dear. president of south korea. Between American and Korean have been got very good relationship for a long time . 1950 North and south war in Korea, There was American's help . It U.S did'nt help Korea , Korea has not been progressed as a denocratic republic. When I was solder in army , I learned that U.S is the bets alliance nation ; politics economics military situation . Our main enemy is North Korea. So mony of korea people like U.S and they wnat to keep friendly relationship . "Friendly" . you like so much don'you? But now days many of people are very angry with FTA and American beef . some of people don't agree with importing American beef Which is over 30 months cows . Because we guess that It will be ... read more

Hey All! This will be a short blog, I really don't have too much to report. I have been really sick with a lovely combination of flu and chest cold. The flu kept me from work twice last week, and the chest cold loves to keep me up at night coughing. I was told the Yellow Dust (that comes in the wind from China) was to be ending shortly. Apparently, this person was mistaken, and it is just beginning. It will last about two months, and there are days when looking at the mountains it appears as if they are shrouded in a yellowish blanket. Unfortunately, the effects of the Yellow Dust are not just the inability to breathe, but it also can carry bacteria and disease. Fabulous. On that note, Daniel and I have decided ... read more

Last Sunday Daniel and I took a train to the Changdeokgung Palace (about 100 mins.) which was the home of King Taejong of the Joseon Dynasty. It was built in 1405 and was destroyed by the Japanese during the Imjin Invasion (1592-1598). Unlike the neighboring palace of Gyeongbokgung which was constructed on flat land and had a perfectly North and South axis layout, the Changdeokgung was built in the mountainside and thus the design considered the geographical landscape and looked more natural. The Palace does not allow people to wander the grounds anymore, for they found that the traffic was destroying the grounds. Therefore, you have to take one of the scheduled tours, and they occur less frequently for English-speaking tourists, just three times a day. A few interesting things we learned; -There are large pots ... read more

The Climb Mountain With Flying . Starting at mountain in Gyeonggi - do a surburbs near to Kwang-myong , KTX staion. There is a Tunnel which is connected . Long time ago , there was the Mine now closed. Now days There is Recovery Place that is collecting a lot of waste. We can see scenery has not developed place. and also see people who can fly the sky . There is a institued to teach to fly using some equipment. This is gliding. Some people will be scared about that. First time, anyone can fee scared . It will be different for each other. Top of the mountain , you can see KTX beyond . The constrution is developing to build a lot of apartment. I'll give you hands. If you want to earn lots ... read more

As I write this blog, Dan is sleeping next to me, which means that he is (yay!) home from being away for two weeks. While I hate that he was gone for so long, I’m proud of myself for my attitude about the whole situation. I’d like to think I’m not one of those women who falls apart when their husband can’t be home with them every night. And given my unique circumstances being that I am so far from home, I am really happy that these two weeks seemed to fly by, and since I kept myself busy with working and hanging out with new friends, it really wasn’t so bad. Friday Dan and I went to Uijungbu (WEE-jong-boo) with Dyer (one of the guys in his unit) and his Korean girlfriend. She owns a ... read more