Need advise!!! Hello there! My name's Rikki and I'm from London. Just wanted to get some information about a few things. First of all I'd like to say I'm sooooo bloody glad i bumped into your blog. You don't understand how hard i've been trying to get some information about working in geumsan. I've only been told that i'll working there for a year in Puri elementary school. What's the experience been like over there? I mean, is there anything to do out there in the sticks? This will be a massive change from the city life i'm used to living. What's the weather like out there in general through out the year and what's the nightlife out there (if there is any lol). Is there anything that i need to bring that you can't get over there like for instance a pint of guiness.
I must read more from your blog as your life sounds quite interesting out there.
Any info would be wicked, looking forward to hearing from you, cheers!
Hey Rikki,
My email is hannah_banana225@hotmail.com or you can find me on facebook and I can send you an email with LOTS of information on Geumsan and give you any help you need. I don't really want to relay all that information on here, but I will let you know that Geumsan is VERY small and there isn't any nightlife to speak of here. That being said, every weekend the foreigners here go to other places like Seoul to party or do things so you save a lot of money living here and keeping things cheap during the week. It's really beautiful and I enjoy living here but it's not for everyone! My blog definitely can give you a good idea of my experience, but message me because I know I needed help when I first got here! When are you coming to Puri?? I actually work there! That, my friend, is even smaller than Geumsan ;)
Oh and regarding that pint. I'd bring some emergency ones for winter haha. I don't drink Guiness (because I can hardly finish one ha) but I'd assume they have it in Seoul and other cities. Not out in Geumsan though.
OH AND BRING WARM CLOTHES. winter is a bitch. but the weather is quite lovely right now :)
Interest in your blog Hi there,
I really enjoyed reading your blog and adventures. It's fascinating to see the different cultures and different ways to have fun. It is also very well written. I think you should definately add in more photos and personify your profile more so it matches the prominent voice in your writing. However apart from the creative it is great and I hope to hear more!!
thank you very much for the compliments :) i actually have a different, better looking blog, but i keep returning to this one because it's like home, ha. great advice though, i really need to get a personality going with my writing! thanks for the motivation!
comparing your adventures with a movie... Hey Hannah, your travels have never made me thinkg of the movie Taken... just Hostel........ aaaahhhhhh! Obviously you are smarter than that! Love ya!
Go for it! Hannah, I hope you have a great trip :) I am sure you will be just fine, but you do have a black belt in martial arts right? Just kidding! Now I want to see TAKEN.
Don't Worry.... ....I'll come with your Mom and Liam to find you...searching brothels would be a very interesting new travel adventure for me! AND hope you can get to Lau Prabang in Laos!
Dancing Warriar You are my daughter, we do dance it up at concerts, but you win!!! Having the time of your life, showing kindness to the kids and tolerant to those that can irritate you, living the life in S Korea!!! The pouring rain sounded wonderful.....
amazing wow, that was great. really, really good writing. i could touch, taste and feel everything you described. and it leaves me with a warm feeling inside. you will go far madam : )
No Examples Please so I'm speaking as a Coloma/Placerville Mom --- no examples of epic death please Hannah! But keep sending the great stories and adventures!
Don't be cheap kid only 13000 won for fun? Stuff in NZ costs 5x that should have gone again! Ha sounds awesome! I'll take you on some real climbing when we both make it home someday
fear of heights Do you remember climbing the pyramid in Chichen Itza? Of course you do - it was scary going up, but scarier coming down. they no longer let tourists climb it.
Korean hiker Hannah,
What a gift with words. Loved reading your adventure. Enjoyed this almost as much as the Christmas one wherein you relived your childhood memories of your mom trying to make you realize just how important to life itself was an appreciation of the music of Peter Paul & Mary, and trying to pass on similar values to your students.
i enjoyed this one. was this somewhere up in seoul after you got your saucy new haircut and coloring? a miguk with newly-colored locks, bare shoulders, cut-off shorts, and shades...yeah, they musta left pretty quickly.
it is amazing how they all think the bright colors, visors, and walking sticks really looks cool. i know they're not out to look fashionable, but.....whatever.
Beautiful and honest All I want to simply say is "well done" ! I am amazed at what you have learned and how your heart has opened wide to see the genuine heart of your students and a exciting culture around you! I am sooo proud of ya!!Hugs to you........
7 months already! Wow. This experience clearly has you adding nuggets of wisdom to your sack. As always, I admire your willingness to jump right into all things foreign. Wish I could meet your students and sit in on a couple of your classes. Anthony Bordain will lead you to do/eat some pretty off-the-wall things; a great travel companion indeed! Have fun the next 5 months!
chocolate tofu cake? There are some really good alternatives, try a tofu chocolate cake, they may enjoy that!! I was hoping to hear more about your snowboarding with the girls, your brother is thrilled that you have discovered the joy of snow!!! We miss you, you wonderful teacher you!
I started this blog to keep my family and friends updated on my trip to Italy and Greece with my friend Melissa. I kept it going through my year of studying abroad in Uppsala, Sweden and the five months I worked in Melbourne, Australia. Now I'm off to Chungnam, South Korea to teach English at a middle school. This is where I will blather on about my daily life.
I have a serious case of wanderlust :)
-Hannah
For my part, I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel’s sake. The great affair is to move.” - Robert Louis Stevenson... full info
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Need advise!!!
Hello there! My name's Rikki and I'm from London. Just wanted to get some information about a few things. First of all I'd like to say I'm sooooo bloody glad i bumped into your blog. You don't understand how hard i've been trying to get some information about working in geumsan. I've only been told that i'll working there for a year in Puri elementary school. What's the experience been like over there? I mean, is there anything to do out there in the sticks? This will be a massive change from the city life i'm used to living. What's the weather like out there in general through out the year and what's the nightlife out there (if there is any lol). Is there anything that i need to bring that you can't get over there like for instance a pint of guiness. I must read more from your blog as your life sounds quite interesting out there. Any info would be wicked, looking forward to hearing from you, cheers!