http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/South-Korea/Chungcheongnam-do/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Asia , South Korea , Chungcheongnam-do en-us Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:43:00 +0000 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:43:00 +0000 Anneyung haseyoSo the first week of my new life in Korea was spent in the KT Human Resource Centre in the city of Daejeon. EPIK organises a week long orientation for new incoming teachers to introduce us to life in Korea as well as work on teaching ideas. About 300 of us from all walks of life descended upon Daejeon bound for cities and provinces all over Korea. It was a very strange and in http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/South-Korea/Chungcheongnam-do/Daejeon/blog-749375.html 28th Sept Made it to Yangjae station in plenty of time. Traffic going to Seoul was fine. Stopped off for a Maccy Ds. On the bus by 11 and ready to go however some people were stuck in traffic so we sat on the bus and waited for them for 45 minutes. Personally I would of just left them. Once they arrived we started our journey south. The traffic was horrific as expected at Chuseok as the whole http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/South-Korea/Chungcheongnam-do/Namhae/blog-747884.html Mine was a childhood fill of fun flight and dream. So you can imagine my joy last Saturday afternoon when I encountered a family playing with nothing more than a few sticks and having the time of their lives. I stumbled upon the family at TaejosanParkin Cheonan Si. It took me back to my own childhood and held such a place in my heart I felt compelled to write about it.Cheonan Si is about 80kms http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/South-Korea/Chungcheongnam-do/Cheonan/blog-745188.html Ah mudfest It39s that time of year when foreigners in Korea get drunk and make a spectacle of themselves. Proving all the Korean misconsceptions about us lovely weigookin to actually be true.14th Jul Up early. Managed to pack. Walked down to get a taxi. Got drenched on the way. Stopped at Dunkin39 Donuts had a hot bagel nom nom and a coffee. Got overcharged for the coffee. Dried off. G http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/South-Korea/Chungcheongnam-do/Boryeong/blog-730717.html I wrote a blog about my Korean mother Maria more commonly known as my coteacher at my school. Do enjoy and to my REAL mom don39t be jealous. I love you the most httphannah.matadoru.com20120626maria http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/South-Korea/Chungcheongnam-do/blog-726183.html My time in South Korea is almost to an end and I39ve just been informed where my new beginning will be httphannah.matadoru.com20120620theraininspain http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/South-Korea/Chungcheongnam-do/Daejeon/blog-724897.html Sunday 17 June I had decided that a visit to the island of Sapsido was recommended mostly because it was covered in detail in the Lonely Planet yes I could strike out where no man has gone before but there are risks.... had had enough adventure the previous day. First of all however I had to change my accommodation. As it was Sunday and the pressure is only really on Friday and Saturday accom http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/South-Korea/Chungcheongnam-do/Daejeon-Beach-/blog-724252.html Just as well I did not have Internet yesterday 16 June at the Motel If otherwise I would have wasted my time having a grizzle when I was really tired after a very bad day of travel . However today 17 June now at the Motel Coconuts a mere 10 minute walk from the aforementioned I do have WiFi and am in a much better mood possibly helped by a few glasses of the rather nice Spanish red I bought http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/South-Korea/Chungcheongnam-do/Daejeon/blog-724249.html It was a late night last night not really as a result of the raw chestnutrice wine last night at Nomasaru more the blogging update What I do for you people or myself. Anyway got myself together and left the motel at about 1130 AM and got myself a taxi rather than walk across the bridge to the bus terminal. As the buses were more or less every 30 minutes to Buyeo did not even check the tim http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/South-Korea/Chungcheongnam-do/Buyeo-/blog-723828.html off the bus from Cheosan at the terminal on the other side of the river at about 645 PM on 13th. Decided that as all the action that I wanted to see in terms of sites was on the other side that I would walk across the bridge and find a motel there. Which I did with the usual big TV screen and home computer. Once settled in went out to look for dinner and things were not that promising further http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/South-Korea/Chungcheongnam-do/Gongju/blog-723608.html I started the last post on the train to Cheosan. Getting to Cheosan could have been on two ways all actually three ways if I wanted to spend 2 12 hours on the subwaymetro going all the way to about the seventh last stop of the incredibly long line 1. Instead it took me an even hour or so on the aforementioned Saemaeul express train. I could also have gone by bus but as there are about four bus http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/South-Korea/Chungcheongnam-do/Cheonan/blog-723602.html So I try and take one weekend off every month from the party that is Korea and stay at home doing errands cleaning my house exercising writing and studying.Usually weekends in lead to contemplation and contemplation leads to revelations. This is what happens when left to my own devices...Bloggy blog blog is here httphannah.matadoru.com20120610weekendin http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/South-Korea/Chungcheongnam-do/blog-722613.html It would probably surprise many people to know that my biggest dream used to be to become a photographer for National Geographic. I39m a really shit photographer lots of animals scare me and I decided early on in my Communications studies that I could never be a photojournalist because I don39t have the ability to emotionally remove myself from situations and take photos of grief violence http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/South-Korea/Chungcheongnam-do/blog-715802.html I first met Jess on the roof of her apartments during a barbeque. First impression This chick is cool. She had tats tight curls cut short and I don39t remember what she was wearing but if I go ahead and guess black I can39t be too far off. We had some crazy times dancing in bars and snowboarding together but we didn39t become good friends until we39d known each other about a year. http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/South-Korea/Chungcheongnam-do/blog-711961.html I knew Margo before I even met her.That is I had read her blog while sitting hunched over my laptop on a sunny day in California trying to glean information about the town I would be moving to in South Korea. I read that she was from South Africa. She liked her little town of Geumsan but loved her friends in the city of Daejeon. She enjoyed partying and expected people to keep up with her. In m http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/South-Korea/Chungcheongnam-do/Daejeon/blog-701681.html It39s absolutely astounding to me how much the passing of time can change us as people. I39ve been in Korea for a year and a half which in the grand scheme of things is a drop in the water and yet when I look at pictures from when I arrived here or read my old blogs and personal scribblings it39s like peering at a stranger.I had an out of body experience today where I saw myself teachi http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/South-Korea/Chungcheongnam-do/Daejeon/blog-697084.html httphannah.matadoru.com Hello guysI39m using a new blog for my writing. This is the link for it. It39s called Following That Clever North Wind which is a reference to the movie Chocolat one of my favorites and one I always identified with. I39ll still be using this blog for random blogs I want to spit out but the stuff I39m putting more work into will be on the squeaky clean new http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/South-Korea/Chungcheongnam-do/Daejeon/blog-693825.html Hi allLong time no write. I39ve got some pictures to post at another time read not while I39m at work. Just want to update you that in March I39ll start a new job at a Korean School. But it39s not in Korea it39s in China. I39ll be moving to Wuxi Jiangsu Province. I39m very excited as it39s a great move for several reasons. So that39s the news lately. Be well http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/South-Korea/Chungcheongnam-do/Boryeong/blog-668529.html There are some images that never leave you.For me seeing someone pull the neck out of a turkey carcass is one of them.Thanksgiving abroad has never included turkey for me. Instead we39ve settled for chicken or meatballs but this year it was decided that a turkey would be made and the fowl torture would be going down in my kitchen. On Tuesday we bought the beast at Costco and threw it in my f http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/South-Korea/Chungcheongnam-do/Daejeon/blog-668039.html The night air is fresh and the sweat down my back is chilling as my legs pump me higher and higher until my toes hit the stars at the top of the sky. The teenage Korean girl next to me is also intensely kicking her legs in and out as if we could really get somewhere by these movements. There is also an older Korean woman and her young son swinging on the swing set. I assume it39s a family. I h http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/South-Korea/Chungcheongnam-do/Daejeon/blog-653595.html