Destination: South Korea

Gallery: Beomeo-sa

Thu, 23 Mar 2006 | By annielovett | Photo Gallery

Life in Seoul

Thu, 9 Mar 2006 | By realeyes | Views [1383]

It's hard to believe I've been here for two months already. With the exception of the first half of February, when I was struck with a brutal bout of the flu, I've been so busy- either working at the school or having a good time in Korea. I've managed ... Read more >

Tags: Sightseeing

Gallery: Dongbaek Park & APEC House

Wed, 8 Mar 2006 | By annielovett | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Hiking

Tue, 7 Mar 2006 | By annielovett | Photo Gallery

The Two Koreas

Sun, 26 Feb 2006 | By realeyes | Views [923]

I'm teaching English. I'm modelling an assignment on the board in which the students must research and present on a foreign country of their choice. I'm using Korea as an example and as I begin to write "The population of Korea is...", I'm ... Read more >

Tags: Lesson Learned

Gallery: Peeps

Mon, 20 Feb 2006 | By annielovett | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Jagalchi Fish Market

Sun, 19 Feb 2006 | By annielovett | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Lunar New Year

Sun, 19 Feb 2006 | By annielovett | Photo Gallery

Seoul Searching

Wed, 1 Feb 2006 | By realeyes | Views [2584] | Comments [6]

I'm in Bundang, a suburb of Seoul, Korea, and I will be for the next 11 months. I took a job teaching English at a private school for young kids in order to be able to live in Asia and make some money to fund future travels. Seoul is wild in a concrete ... Read more >

Tags: Country Introduction

Gallery: Korea

Sun, 22 Jan 2006 | By realeyes | Photo Gallery

The Next Mozart

Thu, 19 Jan 2006 | By packlightwalkslow | Views [879]

Location: Flight - Seoul to Chicago 9:44 PM Korea time I met this Canadian guy in the Hanoi airport, and as we enjoyed each other's English-speaking abilities, he asked me one of the classic questions regarding flying: "Would you rather ... Read more >

Tags: planes trains & automobiles

Almost there!

Fri, 30 Dec 2005 | By packlightwalkslow | Views [729]

12-30-2005  6:08 PM, Seoul, South Korea So I'm sitting in Seoul, South Korea and I have an hour and a half before my next flight.  It is currently 3:08 AM in the American Midwest and I have been awake for a full 24 hours now and I still have at ... Read more >

Tags: airports, vietnam

Transit in Korea

Mon, 21 Nov 2005 | By hen_and_dika | Views [412] | Comments [1]

Hi Everyone, we made it to Korea ! The flight wasn't so bad because we slept through at least 70% of it. However, can you believe that they did not show even one movie, except a Korean one. Now we are just hanging around in Incheon Airport, until our ... Read more >

Tags: Airports

Korea: end credits

Fri, 4 Nov 2005 | By dan_in_japan | Views [773]

Well, it's only a few hours now until I take the train up to Incheon to fly out at 9am tomorrow morning. My boxes have been posted, my money wired to England and my backpack packed.   These past few days have included many leaving parties (one for ... Read more >

Tags: Adventures

Cheongju

Sun, 23 Oct 2005 | By dan_in_japan | Views [2392]

On Saturday I travelled with a co-teacher to Cheongju, which is in the next province over called Chungcheongbuk-do. At 8am I got picked up outside my house, and after a few coffees, we were on our way. It took us three hours to get there with traffic ... Read more >

Tags: Adventures