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Asia » South Korea » Chungcheongnam-do April 13th 2008

-Climbing the Mountain, Which has not only one of the most famous temple in Korea, but is also surrounded by quite a big reservoir. On Saturday, I've been to Mt.SangWang as a tourist of a package tour. At Mt.SangWang I've seen clean reservoir, a herd of cattle, among the Korea's top 4 temple, fully bloomed flowers, and some small mountain animals. It's a mild slope compare with other moutains, so it's easy to climbing without distinction of age or sex. The day when I've been to there was a little bit chilly and was a light foggy because of the reason that Mt.SangWang is licated near the west sea. Even though the day was hazy, the air was so fresh and cool. During climbing the mountain, I saw lots of people, then I remember the day ... read more
Enterance of the Mt.SangWang
Climbing the mountain.
information about the temple

Asia » South Korea » Chungcheongnam-do March 8th 2008

Here I am writing my first blog to try it out. I have other web pages and think it will be exciting to build this one. I live in Korea, not exactly in the place I checked but what I checked was the south part of my province. I've also lived in and near Seoul but am enjoying country life at the moment. Korea doesn't get the tourists that India or Thailand gets, but it has a lot to offer. I think it has fewer fascinating sights than those places, but also has fewer problems and less extreme weather. Anyway ~~ hope to build an interesting page that will interest, inspire or help others. Cheers ~... read more

Asia » South Korea » Chungcheongnam-do » Cheonan December 25th 2007

Wow, I've got some stories to tell. Where to begin? Well since I last wrote, things have been crazy at work. My boss is making me do a lot of random stuff, just because. I think he thinks that I'm staying for two months because that is what is in my contract. But I legally do not have any obligation to him anymore. I don't think the he understands that I'm just staying out of the kindness of my heart. And honestly I'm getting a little irritated and have been seriously considering leaving earlier. My uncle asked me this weekend if I wanted to visit him in China over Lunar New Years. And I'm seriously considering the possibility of quitting sooner and going to China in February for a week or two. Betty and I went ... read more
Hansel and Henny
Kimchi
Family

Asia » South Korea » Chungcheongnam-do October 17th 2007

After 2 fabulous days around Anmyeongdo and Taean-gun, we left with Mr. and Mrs Choi to drive to Mr. & Mrs Kuk's. We visited a traditional country town market in Seosan-si and bought some pickled seafood to send by courier (taekbae) to Young Ok's mum. For lunch, we enjoyed "son calkuksu" - a noodle soup with hand-made noodles - and some suhndae, a Korean pork dish with pork meat, offal and sausage.... read more
Seosan-si Market

Asia » South Korea » Chungcheongnam-do October 15th 2007

We left Seonjang with Mr. and Mrs. Choi, friends of Young Ok's mother. Mr. Choi taught both Nerida and Matthew when they went to school in Seonjang Middle School. We headed for Anmyeong Island to stay for 2 nights in a resort condominium. We found in this part of the country, especially in Taean-gun, a rural Korea that I thought had been lost. It is modernising, but without the crass development found in most areas. The old life-style is still pretty much intact. Modern equipment and methods are being used, but the environment has not been despoiled by inappropriate developments as occurs in most of South Korea. Anmyeong Island has been victim of its natural riches - beaches, forests, etc. - with numerous pensions, holiday homes, mini-resorts, and condominiums like the one that we stayed in. ... read more
Another seafood meal!
"Dorigae"
Fresh oysters

Asia » South Korea » Chungcheongnam-do October 13th 2007

We arrived late in the evening to Young Ok's mother's house in Seonjang. We enjoyed an early Sunday morning walk/hike to the nearby "Three Peaks" Mountain and, in the afternoon, pruned a few trees for Young Ok's mum. We also got to eat some fresh picked hard and soft persimmon!... read more
Early morning walk at Seonjang
A working holiday
Sunset at Seonjang

Asia » South Korea » Chungcheongnam-do » Cheonan August 3rd 2007

I have to apologize for my lack of entries. The Travelblog site had some major issues last week. Their servers crashed and thousands of blog entries were lost, including all of mine. I couldn't log into the site until Monday. I am now in the process of trying to restory some of my previous entries. Thanks for understanding. I hope to continue blogging so keep checking back. Leave comments, too; I love to hear from home!... read more

Asia » South Korea » Chungcheongnam-do » Cheonan July 27th 2007

This past weekend, we headed back up to Seoul for some good times with our friends and lots of Seoul food. A friend of mine, Sam, came to pick us up at Namseoul and drove us into town. It took us such a long time to get there. With it being Friday, everyone was headed somewhere; it took us almost three hours to get there (should have been little over an hour). While on the way up, he stopped at a rest stop so we could use the bathroom and sample some food (chestnut cakes and mondue dumplings). The bathrooms are very interesting in Korea. They are a little bit more open than usual. Anyone can plainly see what is going on in both men’s and women’s rest rooms. There were, of course, stalls; anyone, though, ... read more

Asia » South Korea » Chungcheongnam-do » Cheonan July 26th 2007

Last Thursday, we discovered a whole new Cheonan. One of our fellow teachers, Perry, that happens to be from New Zealand decided to show us around town. We thought we had seen it all, but little did we know. After everyone had finished class, we jumped on the bus and headed over the downtown Cheonan. We were all pretty amazed because it was almost like a minature version of Times Square. Lights, people, cars, restaurants, shops, and clubs were everywhere. Our cameras were definitely in full force. There is a glitzy department store/mall called Ya-Woo-Ri, and it also has a theatre. There are so many restaurants including one devoted entirely to the mushroom. There is also an art museum that has all art displayed all along the street. There are so many shops and lots of ... read more
Downtown Cheonan
The Club Alley
Military Service

Asia » South Korea » Chungcheongnam-do » Cheonan July 25th 2007

Last night, Charity, Celestia, and I decided to have a little adventure of our own. I was sort of tired being stuck around here in the afternoons, and the girls needed to buy some stuff. After getting some helpful bus advice from our Kiwi friend & fellow teacher, we decided to venture into the Cheonan bus system and see if we could make it to Mega Mart on our own. A big feat considering we didn't know where Mega Mart is and everything is written in Korean. If you don't know about Mega Mart, let me introduce you. The best way to explain it is that its the Wal-Mart of Korea. They even have the Mega Mart greeters that bow as you enter...pretty sweet! Its probably not as massive or as big a company as Wal-Mart ... read more
On the Bus
Rice Fields
Hello Mega Mart!




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