The long mile

July 29th - Bumpy Wumpy

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December 11th 2012
July 29th Oh well, the Brits either relented, left, or else I was tired enough to ignore them. Whatever the case; I had a good, full sleep of at least 8 hours… good thing too, as I have 11 hours of flying, an 8 (?) hour stopover in Seoul, another 12 hours flying, not to mention the Auckland to Dunedin part, and for some reason I can never sleep this way; NZ-Europe, fine! Europe-NZ… not a chan ... 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