The Ticket

The Flight Home

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April 8th 2007
I'm ready to go home after my daring escape from Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, so let's play the schlocky end credits music as we take a misty-eyed look back at my journey: I stayed in hotels from the grand (Izmailovo in Russia) to the quite near worthless (Strawberry Hills, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk). I ate a grand Russian dinner in Moscow and a smörgåsbord in Latvia, but never did try the curd snack. I vis ... read more

Asia » South Korea » Seoul

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Korea was an independent kingdom under Chinese suzerainty for most of the past millennium. Following its victory in the Russo-Japanese War in 1905, Japan occupied Korea; five years later it formally annexed the entire peninsula. After World War II, a... ... read more