Today I went to the home stay office to get my classes and visa organized. I get there and they say it is now 3 weeks until the class begins. But I was able to change to a week of private classes from Oct 29 – Nov 2. And then I have a week of …
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Day 129 – Beijing
I’m not sure what the long term sleeping arrangements are here. There was talk of the son sleeping in the same room as me on a cot or something, but as I said before he slept on the couch. The glass window that is cracked open in my room facing the foyer/dining room seems a …
Day 128 – Tianjin / Beijing
From the hotel, I took a taxi to the Tianjin train station. It must have been the most unorganized station I’ve seen. It was old and undersized. It took me a while to find out where to buy a ticket and then boarding the train was hampered by a single, small door everyone had to …
Day 127 – Ferry / Tianjin, China
The ferry was originally scheduled to arrive at 7PM in China, but I didn’t get off the ship until after 11PM. After no questions asked, I was let into the country. It is always funny that you get questioned more at countries like Korea where you think the US has a stronger relationship over countries …
Day 126 – Seoul / Incheon / Ferry
Today I leave Korea. I wish I could stay longer in Korea because I feel there is still a lot I didn’t see. I think I’ll have to come back sometime. Doesn’t seem like a bad place to teach English either, if I wanted to do that. It rained in the morning. By the way, …
Day 125 – Seoul
Today I visited the War Memorial of Korea. Actually, I only walked around outside, since it seem that was most interesting anyway. I first saw an army group putting on sort of a show by marching and even throwing their guns up into the air. They had dozens of tanks, airplanes, helicopters, anti-arcraft guns, guided …
Day 124 – Seoul
Today I visited Changgyeonggung and Changdeokgung. They are two palaces near the guest house. I visited with two of my roommates, of which one is from another city in Korea and the other is from Hong Kong. Later, the roommate from Hong Kong and I met up with the same friend from yesterday. We ate …
Day 123 – Seoul, Korea
First full day in the metropolis of Seoul. After sleeping in, I went to the National Museum of Korea. There’s so much there I said to myself this must be the biggest museum in Asia. It turns out it is the biggest museum in Asia. There were lots of kids on school field trips and …
Day 122 – Busan / Seoul
I spent the night in a chair in front of a computer in this PC Bang. I tried sleeping, but of course didn’t get much sleep. I did get my log up to date and all my photos posted. In the morning I used the KTX bullet train to get from one side of the …
Day 121 – Gyeongju / Busan
Since I wasn’t used to the sleeping situation, I didn’t sleep perfectly. In addition to the floor, I had a blanket under me and blanket over me. And there was an “ondol” heated floor where pipes ran beneath the floor providing heat to the room, which seemed like a nice way to keep warm. However …