Blogs from Jeonju, Jeollabuk-do, South Korea, Asia

Travelling light is a thing of the past! Gone are the days of only having a backpack and day-pack each. (Hopefully not gone for good, they can return when the kids are bigger!) We are still “backpacking” with a backpack and day-pack each, plus a small holdall for the girls clothes and the Macpac possum child carrier which Colin uses to carry Samara. She has her own day-pack but we try to put it in one of our bags when travelling. It doesn't help that we are carrying a travel cot for Katrina. Its a great small one (small relative to other porta cots!), a LittleLife Arc2.Even with all our baggage, we are still stopping in several places during our two weeks in Korea. If you don't count an over night stay at an Incheon Airport ... read more

This is starting to get rather behind and so is going to have to get possibly rather shorter rather than a ramble on (some of you may cheer!). Anyway I am actually now in Mokpo but must rewind back to Daejeon beach (sorry if the spelling may have been inconsistent with a "j"-"ch" there maybe in that name). Having checked out the hourly train times with my temporary American friends yesterday while I was at the station got a taxi there for the 1 PM train which went to Iksan, then a 20 minute changeover time to get a chugger to Jeonju which is not on the fast KTX line to Yeosu, which is where the Expo 2012 is - will get there later, having been to the Nagoya one in Japan in 2010 (simply because ... read more

Vodka had a rough night so it decided to stroll the neighborhood......... read more

Eddie here, I've managed to get our computer working in the dormitory here at Jeonju University and this the Frederick's first blog entry! Stacey is asleep behind me, we are still tired from our grueling, long trip yesterday (and the day before since we technically lost a day). We made it to Korea fine, the flight was surprisingly pleasant for an 11 hour journey in economy, the service staff on Korean Air was excellent and the one other person sharing our seat row was polite and quiet. After arriving in Seoul we hopped on a bus and made another 4 hour drive down to Jeonju, the capitol of the Jeollabuk-do, the north Jeolla Province. We will be staying at the University here for the next several days for an orientation and will then head to Busan, ... read more

Boryeong, Jeonju und Jinan English below Nach Seoul ging ich zu Daechon Beach (Boryeong). Um Mitte Juli ist dies der Ort an dem jeder feiert, da das jährliche Schlamm-Festival dort stattfindet. Als ich ankam hat es natuerlich geregnet. Somit habe ich mich entschlossen nach Jeonju zu gehen. Ich hatte eine interessante Erfahrung als ich in Boryeong angekommen bin. Ich hatte meine Unterkunft nicht voraus geplannt, da ich mir sicher war dass ich dort ein Hotelzimmer finden werde wenn ich ankomme. Sobald ich aus dem Bus ausgestiegen bin, hat ein koreanischer Mann mich angesprochen um zu fragen ob ich ein Zimmer reserviert hatte. In weniger als einer Minute saß ich in einem Auto mit 5 anderen koreanischen Mädchen um zu einem Motel zu fahren. Das alles war sehr seltsam, jedoch hatte ich ein Motelzimmer in kürzester ... read more