Finally the arrival of spring, I couldn’t be more grateful. It had truly been a long and lingering winter and finally the weather started to turn properly. I was really looking forward to the end of April not only because of the weather but also because of HiSeoul festival. HiSeoul festival had been advertised for months and I was all prepared for Sundays Pink Parade. The Pink Parade is apparently a massive parade where both the public and the paraders (if that is even a word) make their way down from Gyeongbokgung Palace all the way down to Cheonggye Plaza. I [View Full Entry]

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After yet another night out in the dice Itaewon precinct and a couple of steamy hours sleep at my second home AKA the Hamilton Justine and I headed toward the Seoul traditional folk village for an afternoon stroll. Quite fortuitously we stumbled upon Korea House while on rout, not where we had originally intended to go but what the hell. Wow what a spectacular cluster of traditional Korean buildings set in a magnificent garden with Koi pond to boot lovely and lucky for us we were also just in time to watch a traditional Korean wedding. There is nothing better than [View Full Entry]

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I was very very thankful for the 4 hour sleep on the bus trip home from Jindo otherwise I’m not sure I would have properly been able to appreciate the absolutely amazing Lotus Lantern Factitive! I have always been absolutely intrigued by Asia and its festivals and I was a little disappointed that there wasn’t quite the festivity, here in South Korea, over new year like in China and I was also disappointed that I would be missing the Hong Kong dragon boat races but luckily the Lotus Lantern Festival made up for this, it was absolutely spectacular! It’s Murphy’s [View Full Entry]

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Happening only a couple of times a year in the South of Korea the tide allows a massive sand bank to be uncovered in Jindo which quite literally forms a bridge that you can walk across from the main land, 2.8km, to Modo island. I had seen a documentary about the Jindo parting of the sea even before I knew anything about South Korea so I was super excited at the thought of physically experiencing this rather random and miraculous event. So on Friday night after work I headed down to Suwon station to meet a bunch of mates and at [View Full Entry]

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Wow time flies its crazy! I’ve been a little slack with my blog cause I thought I didn’t have much to report until I looked at the mad amounts of photos I have managed to generate over the last two months so I best get blogging to fill you all in :-) After too much city Robin and I decided it was time for a little time with nature so we set out for a “stroll” in Bokhansansong. Hiking anywhere in Korea is a rather amusing experience on all levels. It is said that hiking is the unofficial national sport of [View Full Entry]

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Hello Hello. Well it looks like I better get cracking! It’s been a while since I last wrote and I seem to have accumulated so many photos over the past two months that I’m trying to establish the chronology of events….Ah yeh Nonsan Dalgi Chuktche. Easter weekend, it’s so weird being in a country that has absolutely no Easter. I mean how on earth can you celebrate Christmas and no Easter that’s just totally not right, anyhow that was the case here in the Republic, not a single acknowledgment of the event, in fact not even a retailers acknowledgment so not [View Full Entry]

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Wow time flies its crazy! I’ve been a little slack with my blog cause I though I didn’t have much to report until I looked at the mad amounts of photos I have managed to generate over the last two months so I best get blogging to fill you all in :-) After too much city Robin and I decided it was time for a little time in nature so we set out for a “stroll” in Bokhansansong. Hiking anywhere in Korea is a rather amusing experience on all levels. It is said that hiking is the unofficial national sport of [View Full Entry]

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Here are photos from my day out in Wolmido and the Yoenan pier fish market....I clear;y take far too many photos to pit on one insert! :-) [View Full Entry]

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So there I was thinking that I had absolutely nothing to write cause its been winter and I keep saying I haven’t been up to much, next thing I look at all the photos I have managed to accumulate and I think perhaps slack is the best word to describe my lack of blog entry! Wow where has the time gone, it’s already a week into April, complete madness. I’m sorry if this turns into an a flurry of new inserts all at once resulting in an epic read but here begins the first part of my report back on life [View Full Entry]

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I sometimes think that I’m a little too adventurous for my own good….the 2nd of January was no exception! I arrived in Bangkok at 5am after the 11hr VIP bus ride and the first thing on my agenda was to set out to find myself some cheap accommodation on Khao San Road for my last two nights in Bangkok. After trying two super super dodgy establishments I managed to find a marginally less dodgy motel, double room with bathroom on suite so I parted with my 250 Bhat, dropped what bags I had with me off and paid Tom the most [View Full Entry]

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