The family at my graduation

On the road again

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July 6th 2012
Well, we are back on the road. I just graduated from Santa Clara after an incredible four years and I have been able to share with a number of people my plans for traveling to SE Asia this summer. I am happy to say that I am on my way! I am sitting comfortably in my exit row seat (which means plenty of leg room!) in route to Bangkok by way of South Korea. It is 11 hours to Korea and then another 4 ... 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