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Asia » South Korea » Seoul » Hongdae May 22nd 2011

Public transportation around South Korea in itself can be an exciting adventure even once you have mastered how to get on the bus, learned about the psyche of drivers and are now able to keep track of a T-money card diligently. On the other hand does the type of bus warrant certain personalities and traits? Does the local bus driver have the same demeanor as the express drivers? In fact all drivers have distinct characteristics because of their constant interactions amongst the everyday facades of life in the city and within the countryside. Here we take a look at five distinctly different bus drivers and their routes. They are; 1) The Tour Bus driver an obviously retired city fleet driver who has bought his own passenger bus in order to keep on driving, 2) the Long ... read more

Kongbul

Asia » South Korea » Seoul » Hongdae May 14th 2011

Restaurant Facade

The JacksonCrabbs

Hungry in Hongdae we wandered around smelling the scents of cooking in the air. Pink and yellow banners strung across every building like a sore thumb promoting the latest specials. Walking along SeogyoroStreet we spotted Dos Tacos across the road then passed by A Twosome Place. Neither striking the desires inside our hungry bodies. Thinking about where we were an idea slowly crept into Jamesʼs mind. “Got it, follow me, this way, itʼs just down here around the corner,” James said. “Where are you taking me?” Sara replied. “Youʼll see soon enough. Iʼve seen this place a 100 times and havenʼt stopped.” They walked to the crosswalk awaiting the traffic lights to pause the automobiles to let the massive crowd cross the roadway. Eventually the light changed moving across the street bumping this person and that ... read more

Pre-Touch Tournament

Asia » South Korea » Seoul » Hongdae September 2nd 2010

The Bobo Hotel

The JacksonCrabbs

After a month of being on the EV campus, Shauna and I have become accustomed to playing Touch Rugby on Monday Nights after work on the turf field at the Sports Discovery center. Two weeks ago, Captain Tim, asked everyone on campus if they wanted to purchase specially made field shirts with Paju Pirates on the front along with whatever name and number we wanted on the back. Curiosity struck and I wanted to learn why they were getting shirts made? I hunted down Tim, to ask him what was going on with the t-shirts? He simply replied, "we are getting team shirts made to help make everyone feel a part of something bigger around here. A bit of team building through t-shirts." I smiled thinking there was more to this and stated so. That is ... read more

Brief history of South Korea

Korea was an independent kingdom under Chinese suzerainty for most of the past millennium. Following its victory in the Russo-Japanese War in 1905, Japan occupied Korea; five years later it formally annexed the entire peninsula. After World War II, a...more history

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