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Seoul, South Korea: A Wanderers Guide
Seoul is a city made for wandering. It is extremely safe, super busy, has all-night energy and overloads your senses with the smells, sights and sounds of one of the largest, cleanest cities…
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Find Traditional Korea in Insadong
Walking distance from palaces and Gwanghwamun Square, Insadong is a traditional, higher end neighborhood in Seoul, South Korea with shopping, temples and excellent people watching. Cobbled streets lined with quaint little shops and…
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Seoul Fish Market – Eat Live Octopus
The Seoul fish market is one of the most memorable things in the city, especially if you haven’t been to other large-scale fish markets like the one in Busan or Tokyo. At Noryangjin…
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Bongeunsa Temple: Gangnam Style
Bongeusna Temple is an ancient Buddhist temple on a half-mile parcel in the middle of one of the most modern, technologically advanced, richest cities in the world, Gangnam, South Korea. A beacon of…
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Road Tripping Jeju Island in One Week
I lived in South Korea for two years, one on Jeju Island, a volcanic archipelago at the southern coast of the peninsula. Referred to as The Island of the Gods, Jeju Island is a…
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Exploring Udo: A Guide to Jeju Island’s Mini Me
Udo is an island off of an island. Situated just 3.5 kilometers off the east coast of Jeju Island in South Korea, Udo is a scenic drop of land that you can explore in…
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Teaching in Korea: Hagwon vs. Public School
Are you interested in teaching in Korea? Maybe you already decided and can't figure out how to get started or where to look for jobs. Here's everything you need to know to get…
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Bare Hand Fishing at the Hwacheon Sancheoneo Ice Festival
Northeast of Seoul, about 20 km from the border of North Korea, is the city of Hwacheon, where at the Hwacheon Sancheoneo Ice Festival you can fish through a hole in the ice,…
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The Power of Rock, Scissor, Paper in South Korea
I’m sitting in Starbucks writing an article about the increasing Chinese influence in Cambodia, when I see four grown clenched fists moving rhythmically over a tray of empty Starbucks cups and croissant wrappers,…
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The Legend of Korea’s Haesindang Penis Park
Before I even moved to Korea I heard about a one of a kind place referred to in the western world as “penis park”. My friends sent me links to it that showed up…
