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Korea For Real – South Korea
Korea For Real
South Korea
I’ve lived in South Korea three years now, out on the town every other Friday with other English teachers and Korean friends – friends, not language leaches. I traveled in motorcycle convoys to neighboring cities to enjoy the wonderful hospitality extended
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Breaking the Surface – Insadong, Korea
Breaking the Surface
Insadong, Korea
If I were going to choose one event, one reason, one weave in the rope of my life that brought me back to Korea, I would have to pick that moment crossing the street from Tower Records (it is now a McDonald’s) to Insadong in 1999. That’s correct.
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Tank Top Man and The Korean Night – Seoul, Korea
Tank Top Man and The Korean Night
Seoul, Korea
After my first week of teaching English in Seoul, I needed an escape – both from the staff and my Kindergarten classroom. Though a Friday, it wasn’t like any other last day of the week affair. No, it was Founder’s Day. And more im
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Two Tickets to Paradise – Seoul, Korea
Two Tickets to Paradise
Seoul, Korea
After hanging out with my Korean friend, Loy, I learned that the part of Seoul where I lived, northeast of the Han River, was referred to by most young Seoulites as North Korea. It is the old part of town where the buildings are low, the traffic out of contr
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Seoul Food – South Korea
Seoul Food
Seoul, South Korea
December 3
One of the travelers at the hostel, Wasif, and I took a day trip to Suzhou, on a very smoky, standing-room only train trip. This city is known for her gardens both flower and stone. We went to two of them which were both nice to go through, with my favor
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Seoul Man: 12 Months in Korea – #13: Korea Recap – South Korea
Korea Recap
July 2004
These are strange times in Korea. Well, no stranger than usual, but eye-openingly bizarre by any ‘normal’ standards. Korea has been in the news recently so let’s recap:
Kim Sun-il Beheading:
On June 22 Kim Sun-il, a Korean translator was beheaded by an I
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South Korea Travel Facts
The Basics
Country: South Korea
Where is it?: South Korea is in eastern Asia, southern half of the Korean Peninsula.
Why do people go here?: South Korea has the best of both worlds. With a modern big city like Seoul and the peacefulness of quiet village life, South Korea has everything
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Seoul Travel Facts
The Basics
City Name: Seoul
Where is it located?: Seoul is just south of the border to North Korea, on the Han River, just off the Yellow Sea.
Why do people go there?: Modern, loud, shop-filled, androgynous, traffic-clogged – all this in today’s ancient Seoul.
How do travelers get ther
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My Friend the Witch Doctor – Tongyeong, South Korea
My Friend the Witch Doctor
Tongyeong, South Korea
I was very sick, coughing like a dog with an old squirrel caught in its throat and sweating even though I was cold. And the worst part is that I was in Korea. Normally I would go to the store, buy some alcohol-laced cough syrup, down three shot
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Castle Hopping in Korea – Seoul Area, South Korea
Castle Hopping in Korea
Seoul Area, South Korea
Korea has a lot more than just castles to offer visitors, but for many people, castles embody much of Korea’s proud and turbulent history. Visit and let your imagination take you back to the days of yore.
Dongdaemun Gate, Seoul The last cast
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Buddha’s Birthday in Seoul – Seoul, South Korea
Buddha’s Birthday in Seoul
Seoul, South Korea
I stood quietly in the riot of color and noise, bathed in the warm light of thousands of colorful lanterns bearing images of Buddha, dragons, white elephants and lotus flowers. Before me marched robe-clad groups of monks and nuns and throngs o
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Nami Island: A Winter Wonderland – Nami Island, South Korea
Gracefully floating like a leaf on top of Cheongpyung Lake, 63 kilometers north of the Han River, is the tiny Korean Island of Nami. One of the best things about Nami, and something that is immediately evident, is that there are no cars; and so the air is so crisply clear and fresh. With only a
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A Walk Around Sangdang Mountain Fortress – Cheongju, South Korea
A Walk Around Sangdang Mountain Fortress
Cheongju, South Korea
Dusk on Sangdang mountainBy the time I was getting to the end of the hike, the sun was beginning to go down and I was weary and hunger was setting in. This trip is an enjoyable one and can be done in an afternoon. At the end, I rela
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Korean Temple Stay Experience – Gyeryeongsan, Geonggi do, South Korea
Korean Temple Stay Experience
Gyeryeongsan, Geonggi do, South Korea
To say that we are all on a quest to find ourselves is an awful cliché – but one in which I am sorry to have to say, does contain a granule of truth. Aren’t we constantly looking for what will ultimately make us happy?
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Korea in the Buff – Busan, Korea
Korea in the Buff
Busan, Korea
Riding the bullet trains, storming Lotte Department Store, swallowing slugs–all rank as first-rate memories from a recent whirlwind trip around Korea. But it was my solo foray into Hurshimchung–a hot spring spa in the southern city of Busan–that
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Supermarkets, Kimchi and Tea – Seoul, South Korea, Asia
Choices – local market
I have always felt that visiting a supermarket in a new country is a good way to get an initial insight into its culture. Certain things such as yoghurts, washing powders and soft drinks may be much the same worldwide, but a stroll down the meat section in Korea c
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Crossing the Line at the DMZ – South Korea, North Korea, Asia
A short step between freedom and fear At first glance, the meeting table didn’t appear to be anything special. It was about 20 feet long, a yard wide and covered with a tablecloth that looked like it was lifted from a putting green. A black cord connecting microphones placed every few feet r
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Seoul Man: 12 Months in Korea
Like so many other twenty somethings, I have come to Asia looking for excitement, adventure and hard currency. And rather uninspiringly I have become an English teacher. Yep! You too can become an English teacher. Just send a passport photo and some vague evidence of a college education and you
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3: The Nightlife – Seoul Man: 12 Months in Korea
While it mightn’t rival the Patpong district of Bangkok or downtown Amsterdam, there is no doubt that Itaewon is the epicentre of sleaze in Korea. Situated beside the Yongsan US military base just south of central Seoul, Itaewon has long had a reputation for all the wrong reasons.
On any
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When in Korea… – South Korea, Asia
Oh my God, I’m gonna hurl.
Those were the only words I manage to sputter as I sprint from my computer to the bathroom in my small, high rise apartment. Peeling myself up from the floor of the dank, cold, pink tiled floor, I can’t help but wonder what had just happened, and how. Several reaso
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