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Departures - Philippines

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July 3rd 2010
Departures - Philippines After a long workday mixed with a strange brew of anticipation and boredom , Chanel and I boarded a 1am bus bound for Incheon Airport to begin our backpacking trip through the Philippines. We knew we had a lot packed into a quick five days, but we were up for the challenge. We arrived swiftly and without incident in a record 3 hours because of the sparse late night traf ... read more

Asia » South Korea » Daegu » Suseong-gu

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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, a... ... read more