Nice one Ross. I'm liking your photos. Some good shots there dude.
I've been living in Korea for ages I always forget just how weird Korea (and Koreans) can seem.
I'm gonna have to check those places out now. How did you hear about them?
Let me know how you got out to Cheongsando.
Great stuff! Your blog is wonderful! I taught English a few years ago in China so a lot of what you talk about brings back memories. The little kids crying, trying to hold their attention, walking down the street in town and having people gawk at you etc. Oh, I also had kids cry when we played duck, duck, goose. Some of them didn't like the goose part so much. Thanks for the laughs! Hope all is well for you.
As happy as..... So you ate the proverbial pig in shit. Hahaha.
Sounds like a good weekend mate. I'll hopefully see you on the rugby pitch this weekend if my ankle's any better.
Ben
Nice blog! It sounds like teaching in Korea is a great way to overcome being in school for a long time. Your road trip sounds like it was good for you. Looking forward to reading more.
thanks Thanks for another cracking update kept me amused and made my 3hr journey home much more bearable! Great to hear your such a celebrity in Korea amd safe from all the predicted disasters even having studied geography i have to say there is a very smal chance chance your monk friend could be right lol definitly amazed a four year old new what fish ate!! Anyways until your next update have a great time x
I <3 Korea... HAHA, Ross, after catching up on your blog not only do I miss having you around and witnessing you wind up the boys until breaking point but I realllly miss is the funny things that happen to you! Looks like you can go half way around the world and still end up waking up on the floor with people staring at you, granted this time it was in a spa and not 126, but you're still hillarious. Well done!
Glad to know your ok and having fun!
Miss you lots!
Beth Xx
P.s.... don't forget those I <3 Korea t-shirts :-D haha
Christmas Hey Ross great to hear about how your getting on, always find your blogs a great read and keep me amused on my way to work! Sounds like your having an incredible time! Keep updating more blogs and happy christmas and New Year!
You are a 2011 TravelBlog favourite blogger! Check this out, and feel free to add some 2011 TravelBlog favourite anythings of your own. :)
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Thanks for the feedback, and for the mention on the favorite bloggers page! Don't give me too much praise though, my ego is big enough as it is! And I've just noticed how I spelt favourite, at this rate I'll have an American accent by the end of the year!
This part is killing me!! "A lot of the shops have speakers outside blasting music. I once heard some pretty heavy gangster rap being played loudly from one shop. I assumed it was a clothes or phone shop or something, but when I looked it was actually a pharmacy. Maybe the owner typed in on google 'What music do people like to listen to when they're buying drugs?"
And the singing bee-hive! Good stuff!
Love your analgies! Good fun writing. I find myself laughing out loud sometimes! You need to write about the kimchi! Or maybe you have and I missed it....
Thanks! I think I might have loosely referred to it a couple of times but as 'fermented cabbage' - maybe I'll do a full kimchi breakdown in another post sometime (maybe one day I'll learn to love it?!)!
Standing out If you think you stand out, just think of Camilla in Rwanda. And she still gets the kids and adults all excitingly pointing and shouting "muzungu" everywhere she goes except in Kigali after 10 months.
wow! Hi Ross, this sounds not too bad so far - TV in the bathroom, what luxury! (is this the ONLY place you can watch telly ;-)???)
Love the Pinocchio - but must say I never thougth your stonker particularly protruding! Must be the Korean flat noses by comparison!?
Good luck with the teaching, but sound you'll have plenty of support - and fun!
Love, Birgitxxx
The great adventure By now you should be on your way to the airport to commence the long journey out to a country I know very little about. I would love to be a fly on the wall the first time you stand up in front of a class full of 3 year olds. I am sure that 3 yrs there are the same as 3 yr olds in the UK so make sure you know how to clean up!
After finishing a 4 year degree in Civil Engineering, I decided I needed a break from looking at buildings, roads and bridges and so headed to South Korea to teach ESL to a bunch of 3 year olds for a year. I enjoyed it so much I decided to continue the adventure in Vietnam, and I lived in Saigon teaching Maths and Science to lower secondary school kids for 6 months. I then went off exploring and spent some time travelling through Asia before heading to the Middle East and making my way back to England through the Balkans and Europe. The next 5 years has been spent furthering my career in Civil... full info
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Nice one Ross. I'm liking your photos. Some good shots there dude. I've been living in Korea for ages I always forget just how weird Korea (and Koreans) can seem. I'm gonna have to check those places out now. How did you hear about them? Let me know how you got out to Cheongsando.