Blogs from South Korea, Asia - page 10

The start of Grand Trip 2018 didn’t get off to the most auspicious of beginnings. Prior to departure I already had to abandon the Vladivostok leg of the plan due to visa issues. I was supposed to meet up with a friend on my first night, but he had to leave early for the US on business. So I made alternative plans to take in a baseball game Friday evening, however my flight arrived nearly three hours late. And by the time the ball game started I was still on the train into Seoul. The capital of South Korea may seem like one of those overcrowded metropolis’s that form the basis of dystopian nightmares. In actual fact it is amongst the friendliest places I’ve been to and one of the easiest to get around. Except that ... read more

Dear All Greetings! Greetings this time from South Korea, country number 78! I believe I last wrote just about to leave Japan, and was quite sad to do so. Indeed, it has been a bit of a culture shock arriving in South Korea, at once similar but also really very different to its neighbour across the Sea of Japan. I can say it took me a full day to get used to being here. I took the fast ferry from Fukuoka, and arriving in Busan, South Korea’s second largest city at 3.5 million people, the differences were immediately apparent. I think if I were to have come here directly from England, I would have noticed what other travellers I have spoken to have noticed – it is a clean, efficient and well-organised country. Coming from Japan, ... read more

Rano sa nakoniec rozhodujem, ze ostanem v tomto ubytku. Na recepcii mi dali vyssiu cenu o 6€ ako na agode. Sam recepcny (robos) mi odporucil nech to kupim cez agodu. No musim zmenit 4dorm za 8dorm a cena rovnaka ako za 3noci, no cul len 2noci. Vikendova prirazka. V meste som nasol lacnejsie ubytko o 2€ ale fakt uplne na druhej strane. Zbalenie, batoch nechani na recepcii a busom smer do np bukhansan. Vonku zas mega teplo, chuj som sa zabudol natriet. Cesta busom zhruba 40min. Neskor pristupili dochodci co idu tez turistikovat. Info centrum uplne ubohe, len jedna mala budka. Kukam do mapy.cz a robim plan. Wonhyobong je moj ciel, nikto touto cestou nejde iba ja, vsetci idu priamo na najvyssi vrchol baegundae (835m). Odbacam teda dolava a mostikom pokrytim gumovymi pasmi idem po fajn ... read more

Skory budicek uz o 6.30 a smer metro stanica Oksu Station. Pipam kartu, robim jednu zmenu linku a cca po 45min som na mieste. Do stretka mam este pol hodinku. Okolie nic moc, len prekvapili polievajuce auta uz takto skoro. Polievali cestu, bo teplo je svina. V 711 kelinkova polievka. Na stanici kochanie sa korejkami ale ocny kontakt neopatovali. Zrejme klasika ako ostatne sikmooke hlavne mesta. Kazdy sa stara len o seba a na okolie nereaguje. Prichadza cs, ideme cez cestu kde je free pozicovna bicyklov. Vypisujem lajstro, ako adresu davam cs adresu. Zalohu nechavam moj druhy pas, vyberam si stroj a mozme zacat sportovat. Free bicykel je gratis na 3hodiny, dotuje to mesto. Ideme cyklotrasou popri spinavej rieke Hangang. Cyklotrasa velmi dobra, kopa cyklistov. Popri su outdoor telocvicne ale moc ludi tu necvici. Prechadzame mostom ... read more

Hey everyone, Wow I feel like I always say this, but it really has been a while. I’m not sure if I should blame it on not really doing anything or on doing too much. I suppose it’s been a bit of both. Life here has basically settled into a routine, between going to the gym, going to work, and eating food in the time between. In the last few months I’ve begun teaching reading classes to some of my students, so I am in charge of making worksheets to check my students’ vocabulary and reading comprehension. I’ve set my worksheets up such that one of the sections is intended to test my students’ ability to understand words in context (for example, the word “funny” doesn’t always indicate that someone is laughing, but can also mean ... read more