— Travel and Trekking Jots & Shots
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Dadaepo Beach, Busan
Living in South Korea as a teacher of English as a Foreign Language for a year was a life-changing experience. Nothing compares to the cultural immersion of being in one place for such an extended period of time. And of course, I got to do a whole lot of travel and trekking in South Korea, which was just fantastic.
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I met an old man once on a bus ride near Jeonju; I was going hiking. The man was 80 years old and really wanted to talk to me. I don’t know if it was just to practice his English or because he was curious about me, but he wouldn’t let me read my book. That’s ok, it […]
Getting over the initial culture shock of living in Korea was really hard for me. When I first got here, life was pretty depressing. I was excited to get to a new country and in awe of everything I saw around me. But I was disappointed by Busan — from what I could see, it’s an ugly city. […]
There’s something about living in Korea I like a lot. The sidewalks. Not all of them, but a lot of them are made from old tires. The ground is then soft to walk on, easier on the knees. But it’s a good use of an otherwise useless product. I don’t know whether the process of grinding up and […]
I think this is long overdue, since I’ve been here for three months. My first impressions of South Korea and my experience in this country so far. I can’t entirely fill these pages with anecdotes and day-to-day life because it’d be too long, but what I can do is give my first impressions of South Korea. So here […]
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