Jeju

20Jun08

Here are a few pictures from my trip to Jeju Island. It’s the biggest island in Korea, off the southern coast. It’s sometimes referred to here as Korea’s Hawaii or Disneyland. It’s neither, but it’s still much prettier than anywhere else I’ve been in Korea, a particularly unbeautiful country. Jeju is a volcanic island one [...]

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Busan

21May08

Here are some pictures from my trip to Busan.
This is the beach where we went surfing. I believe only two people from our trip got all the way up on the board, and I was not one of them, but surfing was still a hell of a lot of fun.

This is the Buddhist temple we [...]

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Chuncheon & Sokcho

07May08

Last weekend was a long weekend in Korea because Monday was Children’s Day, a national holiday. Here are some pictures from my trip east to the cities of Chuncheon & Sokcho. This was my first time out of the Seoul metro area. Next weekend, I’m heading down to Busan a city on [...]

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Seoul: A Week’s Wistful Wait Worth of Wonder

24Oct07

Saturday October 13, 2007; 5pm
I’m on my way to Seoul today for the first time. Tony and Kate apparently have friends in a band which is playing at a club in the city tonight. We’re headed to Itaewon, the foreign (Western) district, so I’m looking forward to eating normal food.
To my surprise, Tony shows up [...]

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