Written by SeenThat on October 12, 2008
- On Planes and AirportsUsing technologies half a century old and a medieval guild-like organization, modern airplanes and airports pose heavy dilemmas to the eternal pilgrim. Unnecessarily, airlines are often regulated by trade agreements between countries;...
Written by SeenThat on October 9, 2008
- On the Verge of Skipping Bi Bim BabTraveling from Thailand to Los Angeles with Asiana meant having three meals onboard. The first one was a very late dinner – or was it a very early...
Written by Ishtar on January 21, 2007
- We were so excited when we got our tickets to Vietnam on very short notice that we never really made much of the terribly inconvenient and tiring route we’d have to take. The Star Alliance,...
Written by Paul Bacon on March 24, 2006
- Throughout the year I spent living in the southern half of the Korean Peninsula there was a massive contrast which I noticed in the local community that completely fascinated me. It was namely the division...
Written by Paul Bacon on March 20, 2006
- I was standing in the doorway of one of the classrooms in the school at which I made a living teaching English to Korean children. Through it I could see a female colleague of mine...
Written by michaelhudson on July 24, 2002
- Jinhae slumbers prettily for eleven months of the year, with only its militarily strategic position on the large bay of the same name providing any off-season sustenance in the form of the Korean Navy, which...
Written by michaelhudson on July 24, 2002
- Namwon is a slow-paced, provincial city tucked away in the south-east corner of Jeollabuk-do (North Jeolla Province). Famed domestically as the setting of 'Chunhyang-jon', a classic love story much touted as Korea's 'Romeo and Juliet',...
Written by Miss Bels on July 3, 2002
- So I left you all just after the first weekend of the World Cup. Then an unbelievable transformation occurred- I TURNED INTO A FOOTIE?SOCCER FAN!!! Yes, this is true and not a single...
Written by Miss Bels on March 18, 2002
- Well it has been another hectic week here in Korea. Full of triumphs rather than downfalls so that is pretty cool. First achievment had to be the purchasing of trousers last week -...
Written by Miss Bels on March 11, 2002
- Hello All Over the World type folk,
Here's Hels in Mokpo again to share my last week (or so) with you all. This might be a quickie but then I always promise that and then...
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