Destination: South Korea

10/1

Tue, 14 Nov 2006 | By the_nomads | Views [1205]

October 1 - Sunday Seoul I braced myself against the idea of another long day.  My uncle wanted to take us to some island that he though we would enjoy that was north of Seoul so we trooped out again and met him, my cousin and her two kids at the Anyang ... Read more >

Tags: Adventures

9/29

Tue, 14 Nov 2006 | By the_nomads | Views [1334]

September 29 - Friday Seoul It felt really good to be in Korea again - more than I thought it would.  It was also good to see my parents and sister but strangely, for that first day in town, I felt more homesick being around them than I had when we ... Read more >

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9/28

Tue, 14 Nov 2006 | By the_nomads | Views [1121]

September 28 - Thursday Seoul We were up bright and early.  Jon, Mary and I were sharing a room across the hall from mom and dad.  Mary was able to get a laptop computer for our room.  Mom had the day planned, she had some things to accomplish while ... Read more >

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9/27

Tue, 14 Nov 2006 | By the_nomads | Views [916]

Septeber 27, Wednesday Seoul What a whirlwind!  I'm doubley glad we kicked back and took it easy in Thailand because we've been going virtually nonstop since we arrived in Korea at 0455 last Tuesday morning.  I had slept most of the way from Hong Kong ... Read more >

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Spam = classy gift, and Konglishee tshirts

Fri, 10 Nov 2006 | By annielovett | Views [4353] | Comments [1]

Spam really is a luxury item here! It’s true, really really. A product that none of us would touch is an item of class here. Apparently South Korea is the second largest consumer of the lovely pink gelatinous meat, and people give it as gifts ... Read more >

Tags: Laughter

Gallery: October fun

Wed, 1 Nov 2006 | By annielovett | Photo Gallery

A Belated Summer update

Tue, 10 Oct 2006 | By annielovett | Views [1245] | Comments [2]

Your latest update of all things Korean... I think I left off last time as I was about to go to Jeju Island, Korea's 'Hawaii'. Like a lot of things in Korea, it wasn't 'number one' or 'world best' (they have a habit of attributing these labels to a ... Read more >

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Gallery: Chuseok holiday

Sun, 8 Oct 2006 | By annielovett | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Cemetary where my great grandmother is buried

Wed, 4 Oct 2006 | By the_nomads | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Weekend in Korea

Wed, 4 Oct 2006 | By the_nomads | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Royal Palace - Korea

Wed, 4 Oct 2006 | By the_nomads | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Korea

Tue, 3 Oct 2006 | By the_nomads | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Chris's August visit

Mon, 21 Aug 2006 | By annielovett | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Jeju-do

Wed, 2 Aug 2006 | By annielovett | Photo Gallery

6 months in...July update

Sat, 22 Jul 2006 | By annielovett | Views [786]

Hi all, Just a little update from a wet and miserable Korea (the rainy season is now apparently nearly over, albeit with typhoon season just around the corner!), to what I see is a sweltering UK, hope you're all cooling off with plenty of ice cream ... Read more >

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