Katrina, Julia and Jessica

Jeju, South Korea

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January 25th 2007
Welcome to South Korea, the coldest place on the 38th parallel! The job website advertised exotic “sub” tropical Jeju island as a honeymoon destination likened to Hawai’i….but I never saw snow on palms and tangerine trees in Maui! Workwise, my days average thirteen hours and I am going on twenty-one days straight. I have a teaching assistant with me at all times that speaks mediocre En ... read more

Asia » South Korea » Jeju

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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