http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/Santandrea/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Santandrea en-us Sat, 22 Nov 2008 05:29:56 UTC Sat, 22 Nov 2008 05:29:56 UTC 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 Earlier in the week I was told that I needed to be at Shanghai 16 July for an inspection on a new Marriot hotel so we cancelled our plans to go to the Mud Festival 13 July through 15 July and we started making planes to go to Shanghai for four days. Once all our flight and hotel reservations were made we were ready to go as a true Friday 13th would have it I checked my email and saw one abou http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/South-Korea/Chungcheongnam-do/Boryeong/blog-179524.html Well it is the monsoon season here so when you have a nice weekend you have to make the best of it and that is just what we did. Saturday morning started off with a little house work and cleaning around the apartment and Pearl helping me with my Korean. Later in the day we had our downstairs neighbors up for a cocktail introduced them the the greatness of the Mai Tai after our drink we all http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/South-Korea/Jeollabuk-do/Kunsan/blog-179498.html This is the biannual World Ceramic Festival which is held in three towns Gwangju Ichon and Yeoju all south of Seoul and depending on traffic a 1 3 hour drive but as we found out the second day that we were there the best way to get to the festival from Seoul is by the free shuttle buses which leave from the COAX mall and Insadong.The first day we went to the Ichon site which has the main e http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/South-Korea/Gwangju/blog-158197.html From my last blog Ceramic Festival I told y'all that we were going to Guam for the Memorial Day weekend well I got busy and.....I procrastinated and when I went to book our trip I was politely told To bad so sad not her exact words. So instead Pearl found a great deal to Bangkok I have always wanted to go there because the name. Anyway the title is from that great chess playing song by Mu http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/Thailand/Central/Bangkok/blog-156280.html Well here is my latest blog did not have to travel far for this trip only about 1 12 hours south to the town of Damyang. My girlfriend Pearl and I went to the Bamboo festival there on Sunday 29th April the weather was gorgeous clear and warm during the day and cool at night. We did not realize that this was the first day of the festival so like anything in Korea it was going to be very cr http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/South-Korea/blog-153830.html Let me start off by saying this is a combination entry the first time I went Snowboarding I forgot my camera and our company had a ldquoSkiWork Shoprdquo weekend.Well I finally did it I went Snowboarding in Korea and the first time was over New Years holiday Monday Tuesday. I went with my boss Scott to a resort called Phoenix Park which is about 3 hours east of Seoul. The park had http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/South-Korea/Gangwon-do/Dunnae/blog-121491.html Well itrsquos a New Year and Happy New year to everybody who has been reading adventures.My next new adventure started for me on Thursday morning when my boss Scott called me at work and said we are going to Jakarta Indonesia tomorrow for a Marriott hotel project. Our company has a deal with MarriottRitz hotels to do the firelife safety inspections before they can be opened for business w http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/Indonesia/Java/Jakarta/blog-118326.html This is a long story if you make it through thanks would love your feedback if not enjoy the pictures.Christmas is only two weeks away and I have no idea what I will do the other two project managers are on vacation back in the states. I stop by the local travel agency here on base see a weekend trip to Beijing China over Christmas weekend so I sign up to go to communist China during the hol http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/China/Beijing/blog-113713.html This is not really a travel entry but a move entry. See I moved my 3rd time since Irsquove been here into a new apartment last week. Which is weird because I had a lease until August but the owner decided to sell Well I found a place by Eunpa Lake were I run and were the Cherry Blossoms are. It is a true 3 bedroom apartment and one of the bedrooms actually has a built in closet. The view is http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/South-Korea/Jeollabuk-do/Kunsan/blog-57850.html Spring time in KoreaWell last weekend I was suppose to go with the Kunsan hiking club on their continuing trek along the Bek Do De Gan trail the group was leaving Saturday night at 900 pm to start the hike at 300 am Sunday morning the hiking club uses two big buses to carry all the hikers. I had to go up to Seoul for a meeting on Friday and visit with my girlfriend on Saturday. When I went to http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/South-Korea/Jeollabuk-do/Kunsan/blog-53058.html