Monk

Old Stomping Ground

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February 9th 2007
At last…two weeks before leaving the country for good, we made it back to Mel’s Korean hometown…Daegu. And even more excitingly, we were able to catch up with Chris (that’s Chris-aaa in Korean) - Mel’s travel buddy and know-it-all oracle from way back when. Lovely, smelly, sprawling old Daegu has changed little in four years…except that the subway, tragically disabled by a fire whic ... read more

Asia » South Korea » Busan

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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