Travels
Royal Court treats and Chuseok!
Yesterday was one of Korea’s big holidays. Chuseok, which is known as ‘Korean Thanksgiving’ is a three day harvest festival. During Chuseok, a mass exodus starts, everyone goes back to their hometowns to spend time with their family and pay respects to their ancestors. For me it’s been a pretty relaxing time. My girlfriend and ...
It’s Hahoe (Hahway) or the Highway
One of the perks to living over here is that you can always travel and do something interesting on the weekends. I’m not saying that you can’t do interesting stuff back in Canada, but geography and prices are generally obstacles to be dealt with by comparison. So this weekend I went to Andong and Juwangsan ...
Road Trip! (Day Twelve/Thirteen ~ Donghae ~ Geojin ~ Daejeon)
I’m excited as I get up. I’m going to the DMZ today. My plan is to drive my bike as far north as I’m allowed to go, then to turn around and drive back to Daejeon. I spend some time studying my map to figure out the way home. Once I settle on my route, ...
Road Trip! (Day Eleven ~ The Ballad Of Lee Myeong Bak)
It’s a little after four in the morning when I wake up. Everyone around me in the jimjjilbang is still fast asleep. I quietly slip out and get back to the road. It’s dark and the roads are almost empty. I had planned to circle the island of Goje before making my way northward, unfortunately ...
Road Trip! (Day Ten ~ Tongyeong)
One of the perks to sleeping in a jimjjilbang are the baths. You can really relax and enjoy a good soak after a long day of traveling. However you do have to sleep on the floor in a room full of people. It’s a unique experience. This means that there’s a good chance you’ll be ...
Road Trip! (Day Nine ~ WestBound on the South Coast)
I awoke from my slumber feeling re-energized. While I do enjoy the adventure of sleeping in my tent, I find myself more rested after retiring to a comfortable bed. I waste no time getting onto the road. Today I’ve got a lot of driving ahead of me. I’m hoping ...