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Korea was an independent kingdom under Chinese suzerainty for most of the past millennium. Following its victory in the Russo-Japanese War in 1905, Japan occupied Korea; five years later it formally annexed the entire peninsula. After World War II, ... [read more]
Korea was an independent kingdom under Chinese suzerainty for most of the past millennium. Following its victory in the Russo-Japanese War in 1905, Japan occupied Korea; five years later it formally annexed the entire peninsula. After World War II, ... [read more] Blog: Bukhansan National Park
Date: September 24th 2007
For Chuseok, the Korean Thanksgiving, we actually got five days off from work. We have a new teacher John and he and I planned to go hiking one of those days. We took off to Bukhansan National Park and climbed, what the locals called, Korea Mountain. Only about 2400ft but definetly the breath taking views from the top. The whole hike lasted around 4+ hours. It was really great to get out of t ... read more
Date: September 24th 2007
For Chuseok, the Korean Thanksgiving, we actually got five days off from work. We have a new teacher John and he and I planned to go hiking one of those days. We took off to Bukhansan National Park and climbed, what the locals called, Korea Mountain. Only about 2400ft but definetly the breath taking views from the top. The whole hike lasted around 4+ hours. It was really great to get out of t ... read more
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Okay, well, it started as a trip to SE Asia with a little OZ thrown in for good measure. Possibly even Zea Newland. Return to the states in a year or so tops. Now im out here and things have changed. Im in no rush to return to the States and quite possibly might stay overseas indefinetly. Next stop: Seoul Korea-English teacher. Then in July 2008 a trip through China-Nepal-Tibet-India-Africa-Middle East-Eastern Europe. Then by November-December 2008 head home for a month, shake babies and kiss hands, then head back to Korea to work for another year. So I guess by early 2010 I hope to mak... full info
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