http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/Livin-It-Up-Asian-Style/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Livin It Up Asian Style en-us Tue, 29 Dec 2009 22:24:27 +0000 Tue, 29 Dec 2009 22:24:27 +0000 Mt. SorakDJ FestivalDJ Festival2Celebration Here is just some stories and pictures from March till June. On March 30th I said a tearful good bye to my best friend in Korea Amy. We've had so many fun times together and Amy is such a free spirited wild girl. My saying for her is it's never dull when Amy's around. We had a great last night together doing what we do best partying it up. Next up on http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/South-Korea/Seoul/blog-169357.html Paddy's DAyUntitledDance floor Hey everyone we had a few really awesome weekends and I am bored on my work break so I thought I'd write a little blog and put some pictures up. Lisa and I both agree that St. Patrick's Day is always one of the best days of the year. I wonder why and this year was definately no exception. My friends from the soccer team told us about this party that is put on b http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/South-Korea/Seoul/blog-145277.html After the bumpy boat ride from Koh Tao we were dropped off at a pier. We were soaked tired and hungry. We got into a cab aka the back of a truck to head to Hadd Rin where the full moon party is. In the cab were a bunch of other people and we were told that there were NO accomodations in Hadd Rin. We got out and decided to look a little further away from the party. We were getting a bit worried http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/South-West-Thailand/Ko-Pha-Ngan/blog-128652.html So we had an early start to the day when it was time to head to Koh Tao. We were up at 600am and packed as we took all our stuff with us on the trip. This morning was the only morning we got rain and all our stuff got wet as we waited on the beach for our boat. It could have been worse though we could have been Amy who did not stay in the night before like the rest of us. Needless to say she di http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/South-West-Thailand/Ko-Tao/blog-128192.html Ko Samui is quite a nice little island. It has one of the coolest little airports that we've ever seen. It was a few open thatched roofed buildings with some really nice grounds. From here we made our way to our resort which was a nice little place pretty much on the beach. Our time in Ko Samui ended up being a bit more chilled than Lisa and I would have liked because Lisa had the flu for th http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/South-West-Thailand/Ko-Samui/blog-124875.html We arrived in Bangkok late afternoon on December 23rd with Amy and Paul and my luggage didn't show up But luckily it was just put on another plane and it arrived about 8 hours later. We grabbed a cab and headed off for Khao San Road hot spot for travellers and found Bear Kyle. How great it was to spot that blonde mohawk and get a big hug from my brother Then we were off to the Buddy Lodg http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/Central-Thailand/Bangkok/blog-123888.html Tokyo is an amazing city It was a whirlwind 2 days spent here but we had a fantastic time We definately liked the vibe that Tokyo gave off. It seems to be a city with such life and energy. For me it had a that big city feel like I got while living in London. We took the bullet train from Osaka on Friday afternoon and arrived three hours later at Tokyo Station which is easily the biggest a http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Japan/Tokyo/Shibuya/blog-109065.html Lisa always says that things just don't run smoothly in anything she is involved in. And my response is but it always works out in the end. This was true of our brief trip to Osaka. Our purpose for going was to get Lisa's work visa. Here's how we thought the trip should go airplane to Osaka train to Namba Station go to the Korean Embassy chill until it is ready to be picked up the n http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Japan/Osaka/blog-109060.html The first time we went into Seoul was with Jim and Tia the couple who's job we've taken over and Ryan and I were in overload of stimulation. Everywhere you look there are signs lights people shops and they all go up up up so you walk around starring up to the sky and inevitably you run into someone. We have some favourite areas in Seoul one of them being Hongik where there is a university in http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/South-Korea/Seoul/blog-107900.html Ilsan is a satellite city of Seoul and this is where we live and work. In Ilsan we have 2 favourite places Lake Park and Lafesta. Lafesta is a hub of activity full of shopping eating and drinking. We go there several times a week. Many of the people that we know who live in other areas in and around Seoul love coming to where we live. It is a wealthy area which is constantly expanding. We n http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/South-Korea/Gyeonggi-do/Goyang/Ilsan/blog-101036.html