http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/Santandrea/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Santandrea en-us Thu, 17 Dec 2009 02:46:34 +0000 Thu, 17 Dec 2009 02:46:34 +0000 My wife and some of her friends have created a travel club and this past weekend was our first trip to Wolchulsan National Park in the South Western part of South Korea. This trip was recommended to us from our friend in Seoul who also gives us Bee Acupuncture his soninlaw lives in the area Yeongam he is a professional photographer and wrote a book about Wolchulsan National park and the http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/South-Korea/Jeollanam-do/Yeongam/Weolchulsan-National-Park/blog-457047.html As all of you might know I came to South Korea over fourandahalf years ago January will be Five years. Anyway my main reason for coming here was to get debt free and save money well twoandahalf years ago I met a very special person whom I've spent a great deal of time with and have gone on some great travel adventures with well this past September we got married so this blog is really m http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/South-Korea/blog-454247.html Hello all this is not a travel blog but an opportunity for me to relay some info to y'all. Yesterday I read an article in The Seoul Times about dogs I'm sure many of you know how much I love dogs and miss my companion Possum anyway this article is about how dogs are used for meat here in South Korea and the way they are put down that is about as nice a way I can put it. I encourage all my http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/South-Korea/Seoul/blog-423252.html Well as I mentioned in an earlier blog I was thinking of going to China to see the total eclipse I did not make it couple of reasons 1 It is still monsoon season and I did not want to buy a ticket to Singapore and it ends up being a cloudy day 2 Which is the main reason I procrastinated and forgot I needed a China visa.So I stayed in Korea and saw an almost 90 eclipse on what turned out to http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/South-Korea/Jeollabuk-do/Kunsan/blog-420915.html Well this is the third year that we have gone to the Boryeong Mud Festival last year I did not take any pictures because when we went a Typhoon hit the cost. This year it rained so hard the first weekend it is monsoon season now so we went on the last weekend although it did not rain the entire day it was very very windy. But it was still very fun seeing everybody covered in mud we also a http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/South-Korea/Chungcheongnam-do/Boryeong/blog-420176.html This was the first time Pearl and I traveled on separate flights to the same place her flight was a few hours before my flight. When it was time for her to leave I walk her to her gate which was in a different terminal than my flight after she left I stayed in the area and did some work about an hour before my flight I started to head back to my terminal only to find out that there was no way http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Washington/Seattle/blog-414256.html Went home for Thanksgiving which was very nice got to see my house for the first time and it look so much different. Visited my Grandmother for her 100th birthday in North Carolina along the way we stopped off at some flea markets. While in Chattanooga went to Ruby Falls and later drove to Helen Georgia. http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Tennessee/Chattanooga/blog-383181.html We decided to go to a nice warm tropical place for Christmas so Thailand was our choice. Our hotel was walking distance to a nice beach one day we to a boat ride an island that had a huge cave in it after that we went to ldquoJames Bond Islandrdquo in which parts of the James Bond movie ldquoMan with the Golden Gunrdquo was filmed I think that was the movie. Along the way it started to http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/South-West-Thailand/Phuket/blog-383184.html Winter here was kind of dry until one weekend we got hit with a nice snow storm reminded me of Colorado when I lived there it started snowing Friday night and did not stop until Sunday evening when it was all done we received about 1820rdquo. On Saturday night I walked around my apartment for the enjoyment of walking in the snow helped a couple of drivers who got stuck in the snow. http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/South-Korea/blog-383186.html Well after a long hiatus I'm finally back to writing my blogs and I must say I have missed it. Let me apologize for not keeping you all posted on my travels but I have been so busy here at work with a new contract being awarded here at Kunsan last May possibly 5 years I'm still very busy until the end of August but I now have some free time.To get you caught up there will be short blogs o http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/South-Korea/Jeollabuk-do/Kunsan/blog-412346.html When I drove down to Deagu in August for an inspection I noticed some banners up along the highway advertising 2008 World Body Painting Festival Asia and immediately told myself We are going to this.So the last weekend in August Pearl and I drove down to Deagu to see what this festival was all about. It was quite the day the weather was clear and mild they had food vendors and merchants a http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/South-Korea/Daegu/blog-319564.html Sorry for the late post on this trip but I have actually been busy and then my computer had to go to the doctor for a week.This trip was fortunately planed on July 4th weekend so before our great adventure we did a 5k run on the base I work at it was very humid and warm that morning. I actually did fairly well 5 minutes faster then when I run on the tread mill at the gym Pearl on the other ha http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Hong-Kong/blog-300319.html The first week of June My girlfriend Pearl and I took a trip to Las Vegas and San Francisco the main reason of the trip was actually a business trip I was to take my CFPS Certified Fire Protection Specialist exam during the NFPA convention in Las Vegas. My parents also met us in Vegas so it turned out to be a very nice trip.Vegas this was the first time that Pearl has ever been to Las Vegas http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Nevada/Las-Vegas/blog-286791.html The title is taken from my favorite composer Antonio Vivaldi in case you were wondering.I thought I might just share some seasonal photos with ya'll hope you enjoy. http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/South-Korea/blog-269514.html Yet another work trip but this time I took some pictures. This was my second trip to India for work this time in Mumbai and New Delhi. I actually planed it so I would have two free days to sight see....but it did not work out that way since my trip to India arrived at 300 am I kinda slept in I then had to go to the Domestic Airport to pay for my ticket to New Delhi I could not book on line o http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Maharashtra/Mumbai/blog-269513.html Well a lot has happened since my last blog and wanted to get yarsquoll caught up. Back in January I went to India for another Marriott trip it all started on Monday night 13 January when I got a call from my boss saying I need to be in India on the 14th. The office booked my flight from Seoul to Mumbai Bombay I had to book roundtrip flights from Mumbai to Hyderabad and Mumbai to Goa. Let me http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/South-Korea/Seoul/blog-245801.html Merry Christmas and Happy New YearJust a short note to tell everybody who has read and followed my travel adventures I wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. I also want to thank you all for you comments and support.Christmas Eve I picked up Pearl at 5072449328 50669 Osan Train Station we then went to Chilirsquos for dinner. Christmas was a lazy relaxing day tha http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/South-Korea/Seoul/blog-230673.html Another Work TripThis is a two part trip blog with mostly night pictures due to my work schedule.The first trip I took was to Taipei Taiwan at the end of November. The trip to Taipei was an organizational trip we have tons of Marriott work for the upcoming year and we just needed to get all of the projects organized we also started looking for an office in Taipei. The trip was short only two http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/blog-230665.html I want to start this blog off with an apology Irsquom sorry for this blog not having more detail on the places we saw but I left my journal at home in Korea so this is coming from my vague oldage memory. There are quite a few pictures so I hope you enjoy those.This trip was taken on a long weekend with a coworker and his wife and Pearl and I. Pearl was the only one that has been to Cambodi http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Cambodia/North/Angkor/blog-207565.html This will be a long entry so please bear with me as this blog will cover our Pearl and I vacation to the US. Since this was Pearlrsquos first visit to the States I wanted to show her as much as we could fit in our two week schedule but in hindsight I think it was to hectic the first week.The trip got off to a rocky start when we were going through customs I forgot that I packed some liquids http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/blog-203634.html