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Asia » South Korea » Jeollabuk-do » Jeonju » Hanok Village August 29th 2012

I'll try and get some photo's up this weekend. At the moment they're uploaded on my Facebook Page. When we went to leave Langkawi we found out that we still had an extra day. We packed our bags, did the last minute things we wanted to such as parasailing, eating fantastic food, swimming in the ocean, watchinghte sunsets and made peace with the fact that our vacation was over. The morning we intended to check out the desk clerk informed us that we didn't check out until the next day. Great, I thought, I've reserved the room an extra night and we'll have to pay for it even though we'll be on a flight to Seoul in a few hours. I went and double checked my booking and much to my surprise saw that our hotel ... read more
Weathered Shop
Long Way From Home
String of Lights

Asia » South Korea » Jeollabuk-do » Jeonju June 18th 2012

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
Jeonju hanok MoSim cafe
Jeonju Pungnammun gateway
Jeonju hangover cure

Asia » South Korea » Jeollabuk-do December 27th 2011

Namwon is a city in North Jeolla Province, South Korea – about five or six hours away from my home town Chuncheon. The teachers organized a big trip away for all staff to celebrate the end of the teaching year, and Adnan (a fellow teacher/waygook) at my school and I were ready for the break. The teachers were excited as it had been a LONG year…and it was time to unwind and relax. What exactly we were up for, well that was anybody's guess, but we were ready for a Korean adventure. We filtered onto a bus specially commissioned for the trip. We took a few pictures with the ever present, typical, and popular Korean ‘V’ (peace) sign and then we were off! About a hundred Korean snacks later, we arrived in Namwon around 6pm for ... read more
^Peace^
A beautiful view of the City of Love
Samgapsal - Note Pork AND Soju botle to the left ;)

Asia » South Korea » Jeollabuk-do » Jeonju September 27th 2011

More photos are up. A few more from Japan, but mostly Korea. url=https://picasaweb.google.com/100175618216559178179/Japan?authuser=0&authkey=Gv1sRgCIHIyNvJmruENw&feat=directlinkJapan url=https://picasaweb.google.com/100175618216559178179/SouthKorea?authuser=0&authkey=Gv1sRgCO3r3sz86YrYRQ&feat=directlinkSouth Korea... read more

Asia » South Korea » Jeollabuk-do » Kunsan August 28th 2011

South Korea, Kunsan AB Traveling is one of the most wonderious things; it provides an escape from reality, a drastic change from everything you know. The language, the food, the types of people - you don't know where the Hell you are, how to express that you are lost or why everyone stares at you when you decide to wear sweatpants in public. THAT is what makes traveling and living in a foreign country so amazing; it is like you are in a different world, but have simply hopped on a plane instead of a spaceship. Except, what if you are not in another world? What if you have traveled to another country, but nothing has changed? You may be aware that that you are somehow in Korea, but the need to adapt, figure out where ... read more

Asia » South Korea » Jeollabuk-do » Kunsan January 22nd 2011

We wanted to wish everybody a Happy New Year and share some pictures from the first month of the year. So far January has been a very cold and snowy month, right before New Year’s Day we received about 16” of snow and the temperature has not been above freezing the entire month, last weekend another 6” of snow fell, I know for many of you this is not very much snow, but for the lack of snow removal equipment and the style of removal, it is a lot here. For removal they plow the farthest lane from the highway on-ramp, so if it is a three lane expressway, you have to drive over two lanes of deep snow to get on or off the highway. We have taken a few hikes in the snow, one ... read more
Oksan Hike
Oksan Hike
Oksan Hike

Asia » South Korea » Jeollabuk-do » Jinan » Maisan Provincial Park October 11th 2010

As we left Jeonju, it didn't look like it was going to be a scenic hiking trip. Just as we got off the bus in Jinan, the sky cleared and the sun started shining. The taxi cab driver did not want to drop us off at our destination. He stopped in front of a cow farm. As we started up the trailhead, the driver made one more effort at showing concern and left to climb up the hill with the sound of cows moo-ing from across the street. As previous blogs have shown, I am fond of doing cemetary tours, but I was a little surprised at the amount of gravesites going up the first hill. Korean trails usually have a rock wall stairs going straight up the mountain, so it was pleasant to find a ... read more
Cemetary trail
Heather and I
Don't look down Suzy!

Asia » South Korea » Jeollabuk-do » Jeonju August 29th 2010

Vodka had a rough night so it decided to stroll the neighborhood......... read more
Vodka feels so sorry for someone's dinner
Vodka is trying for a six pack
Vodka boot-camp

Asia » South Korea » Jeollabuk-do » Jeonju » Hanok Village August 22nd 2010

Hey everyone, Eddie here again, its been a few days since the first blog entry so I'll quickly recap what's been going on since then. After we arrived at our orientation and were situated in our dorms we began attending some lectures about life in Korea and its education system. For the most part they have been interesting and informative, but I won't go into the details. We were pretty busy with lectures on Friday and Saturday (our time), but today (Sunday) we got to go on a field trip! Our field trip began with a trip to the small village in the Jeonju area called Hanok. Hanok is known for its rich Korean history and world renown food, such as Bibimbop. When we arrived in Hanok we learned about Koreas paper. Koreans have been making ... read more
Statue
Electric Box
Dorm

Asia » South Korea » Jeollabuk-do » Jeonju » Hyoja dong August 19th 2010

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
Dorm Stacey
Dorm Bath
Drum Dance




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