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May 21st 2013
Flew to South Korea on 1/1/11 :) isn't it a cute number ? Oh well, now its 2013! time flies! I am not a travel writer or such but today i feel like i wanted to create a journal about my trip to South Korea even though it was about 2 years ago :) However, I can say that I had a good luck in South Korea. I found a warm and friendly family in Gangneung which is located in Gangwon-do province yay! And the other good thing was, i was invited by her sister who lives in Seoul to stay with her for free! That's too much than I expected! So as I landed at Incheon Airport, I tried to catch the last bus to Oryu-Dong and i was lucky again because the bus almost ... read more
May 21st 2013
First day in Seoul I woke up early today probably at 8 am (well that's early for me), and then grabbed my quick breakfast at Dunkin Donuts. Hot Chocolate during winter is always good :D My first stop was Gyeongbok Palace. I went to few palace on that day and I couldn't remember the name and too lazy to google haha but I bet all the traveler in here know where I went too :p Something bad has happened to me! Oh noooo! The sole of my shoes was broken at the Secret Garden, anyway Secret Garden is a huge garden, I had no choice, kept walking til i finish my tour! Oh god! it was freezing! And then I bought a cup of hot tea and keep looking for a shoe shop. Asked few people ... read more
May 3rd 2013
Day three in Seoul was another early morning, because we didn't want to fight with our hostel mates over the one bathroom. We started, once again, with Dunkin' Donuts - because you don't waste that opportunity when you have been jonesing for it for so long - and decided that we would head towards Changdeokgung Palace because supposedly there was a changing of the guard every hour, and we thought it might be cool to see. However, while we were sitting in Dunkin' Donuts, we had our first encounter of the day with how outgoing Koreans are in contrast to Japanese. A young man came over and started with, "Excuse me, ladies," and then proceeded to talk to us about Dokdo Island, and how it's Korean territory, not Japanese. He did the entire thing in English, ... read more
May 2nd 2013
The second day of our vacation was the one where we really got into Seoul to see things, and also marks where you get a lot of my thoughts about the country and culture along with the recap - this might get long, but I swear, it's... well, marginally interesting, haha. Anyway, there were two main themes to our Korean trip, and they were: 1) MAKING FRIENDS!!!, and 2) I don't know what is happening right now. The first thing we noticed about Korea was, as we had been warned, that it is a great deal dirtier than Japan. However, I think that because our frame of reference was from Japan and not somewhere like America, that it seemed dirty, but Michele commented that if we'd come from Thailand, where she lived for three years, it ... read more
May 1st 2013
Well, here is the first entry from our trip to Korea! We started out early, because it takes about 2 hours to get to Narita from where we are (ugh) and we wanted to make sure we had plenty of time since it was Golden Week, and therefore everyone was traveling. Turns out, we got there a bit earlier than we needed to, but it gave us some time to comment on how awful Narita actually is (we had to go to the information desk to find where our check-in counter was) and exchange some of our yen to Korean won! Going over, the plane ride from Tokyo is shorter than our 2 hour trip to the airport from my apartment, which I found both awful and hilarious. It was still light when we got there, ... read more
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My official visit by Japan government's request, 日本外務省(公益財團法人日韓文化交流基金)招請日本短期硏修
Published: April 28th 2013Asia » South Korea » Daegu » Suseong-gu
April 28th 2013
I will take an official trip to Japan from May 14th,2013 to May 23th, 2013. To my luck, I will catch this opportunity to understand the Japanese culture,to travel Tokyo and Osaka and to visit three elementary schools in Tokyo city and Saitama, near Tokyo city. A month ago, I applied to this request program for Korean teachers by the department of foreign affairs of Japan government. I was chosen as the member of this official trip delegation to Japan. This is my official schedul during my official visit to Japan. this schedule is arranged by the department of foreign affairs, Japan. the cost of this official visit to Japan is sponsored by the official funds of foreign affairs, Japan. Hahaha~~~ :) :) :) 日本外務省(公益財團法人日韓文化交流基金)招請日本短期硏修 5月 14日 : 金海空港(KOR) 出發(10:55)->成田空港(JPN)到着(12:55) flight NO. O... read more
The long and winding road at Jindo Miracle Sea Festival 13’
Published: May 2nd 2013Asia » South Korea » Jeollabuk-do
April 27th 2013
It’s been labeled ‘mysterious’, ‘mystical’, and even a ‘miracle’. Welcome to the Jindo Sea Parting Festival 2013. Held every year, the festival is all about the Yellow Sea and the 90 minutes in which it magically recedes – exposing a winding path to neighboring Modo Island. Those expecting a ‘Moses’ style grand event will be sadly mistaken however as the sea parting is a quiet affair caused by tide-related sea level changes. There are a few things you’ll need to enjoy this festival. The first being garish thigh high rubber boots to protect your shoes and pants from the water. These are available in orange, green and maroon and what they lack in style, they make up for in necessity as you stride through the water. In some spots the tide completely recedes to expose delicate ... read more
Sea Princess to Brunei, Sabah, China, South Korea, Japan, Iwo Jima, Guam, New Guinea.
Published: April 23rd 2013Asia » South Korea » Busan
April 23rd 2013
Day 22 At Sea. Day 23, 28-04-2013. Pusan or, more correctly, Busan, South Korea. The Korean people are the descendants of cold adapted people who migrated down the peninsular. They had high cheek bones and insulating eye lids. Human remains of a 7 year old boy from 4,000 years ago was found in a cave . Busan has a population of 3.7 million. We travelled with a wonderful guide on an excellent bus to Gyeong-ju to visit some 20 Burial Mounds created during 668 to 936 AD. They were for royalty and were designed to collapse and crush the human remains and make it difficult for grave robbers. 3 tombs were excavated in 1973 with one set up as a display; unfortunately no photographs were permitted and the contents were copies of the original articles so ... read more
April 21st 2013
We left Suwon at 8 am, and headed into Seoul to pick up people from there. We then drove to Ganghwa Island. Ganghwa Island is in Incheon. The island is massive, it makes up about 40 percent of Incheon, and is spread over 400 squared kilometres. I did absolutely no research beofre this trip. so I was expecting a cute, quaint little island, kind of like the little islands, I had been to a few weeks ago. But no, Ganghwa has a much more urban feel to it. There are actual towns with real shopping areas, and of course high-rise apartment buildings. It is also the largest island in the Seoul Metropolitan area. So not at all what I had imagined. Our first stop was Gwangseongbo Fortress. The fortress was renovated in 1658, during the 9th ... read more
April 20th 2013
Hello everyone! I know I haven't blogged for a while and it is 2 weeks since my visitors left, but this is pretty much the first chance I've had to write this blog about my wonderful Easter holiday with my fabulous visitors. A quick summary of my life between Thailand (my last blog) and the Easter holidays (this blog): work, eating, a gig of one of my friends, a couple of birthday parties, a ball, playing netball and rugby, pilates, salsa and sleep. Now I will get on with the holiday blog. So Kate arrived on the Wednesday of my last week of term. I was allowed to skip work for an hour to pick her up and take her to my apartment and then I strictly told her not to go to sleep and she ... read more
