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Yangyang Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Yangyang, Korea Rep.
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Storm of the Century
... strong winds combined with the unrelenting rain causing massive damage and flooding to many homes and businesses in the Sokcho and Yangyang areas. My school was not lucky enough to avoid the storm damage as the winds pushed the waves over the beach ...
Floods and Mudslides
Perhaps you heard about this, but Korea has been suffering through torrential rains for the past week. Around 80 people have died and thousands of homes have been washed away. As you'll se in the pictures, it's a pretty serious situation. This past ...
GELC - Gangwon English Learning Center
... the school facilties are new and very nice and the province is well-known for its beauty, having the best national parks in Korea located nearby. Yangyang is not a huge city, which is both good and bad, but the massive metropolis of Seoul (which is about ...
Teaching
After a month of office BS and preparation, we finally had our first students. It was definitely good timing because if the students hadn't have come this week there were probably going to be a few "office blowups" between some teachers and between some ...
Bizarre Weekend
... cruise the Naksan area. Naksan is a really famous temple complex in Korea that was mostly destroyed in the large wildfire that engulfed Yangyang last year. They are rebuilding it but it's a slow process. Naksan also has one of the nicer beach areas in ...
Korean Teachers
... to have a large or small family". It was pretty interesting because in the past large families were the most common in Korea, but nowadays smaller families are more common. So there were plenty of teachers who grew up with many brothers and sisters, ...
Seoraksan National Park
... The 5 of us piled in like sardines and the cab was pretty much dragging on the ground. With the Korean guy from Adventure Korea giving the cabbie directions we made our way to the tour buses filled with 80 other hikers who had been 'patiently' waiting ...
'Tis the season and general update...
It's Christmas! Let's talk about the latest heartwarming occurences in good ol' SoKo. Yesterday I had my last class with my 2nd graders. The kids knew it would be our last class together (next semester they'll be 3rd graders and have a new native ...
English is hard.
Amongst the joys and quirks, mishaps and madness of living and teaching here, sometimes you have to laugh at the use (normally the misuse) of the English language. I sympathize with my students. ENGLISH IS HARD. Read on, these are direct quotes from ...
Updates: January
... Saturday in....LOTTE WORLD! (the happiest place on earth since Disneyland! I secretly think it might be happier than Disneyland). It's Korea's biggest and best amusement park - full of quirky characters and wild rides. (I actually think the site is pretty ...
The Job
... schools and even though my job description is the same at both, native English teacher, my roles are completely different. At Yangyang Girls' High School, I teach about 10 different classes where the lesson plans and subject material, are all mine. It's ...
East Coast Beaches
This little town beach side is an awesome getaway for any expats looking to escape Seoul or Busan, or any other big city alike. Not the classiest place, and not alot to do by Western standards. However, if your just looking for a nice weekend on a ...
Alien Nation
We woke up earlier than I had expected and I took a quick shower and joined the staff in the cafeteria. We had a traditional Korean breakfast served to us on our little metal trays. I ate rice, sea weed soup, spicy tofu, a slice of egg loaf, kimchi, and ...
Sampling Seoraksan
... 49444;악산국립공원). In eastern Gangwon-do province (강원도), the park had arguably Korea's most scenic mountain views. Because Gangwon-do was also Korea's most mountainous province, it didn't have as ...
Seoul to Socho
... other larger branches didn't, funnily enough). Korean money is not easily changed in Russia, and getting Russian currency is not possible in Korea, so Chinese was the best alternative seeing as I would be there next. I had like 27,000 won left on me, ...
EPIK Orientation
... over me. In adventure number three we got to go to a huge temple - Naksansa - and get shown around by a monk. I got to hit a huge bell with a log on a chain and practiced walking meditation. Yang Yang and Korea continue to thrill me. ...
Scuba Diving in the East Sea
... all drove out together to the Eastern coast of Korea, to the rightfully named East Sea, and stayed in a little town near Yangyang. Susanna and Suzanne both had their certifications already so I was the only first-timer. The first morning after our ...
The Beginning of the End
... and working in my town has mellowed into a routine only occasionally spiced with unpredictable situations. While discussing life in Korea with a friend, we came to the conclusion that "Nothing is predictable, but nothing is unexpected" if that makes ...
Yangyang and Sokcho
... the end of WWII. We took photos and bought some sweet potato sticks and water for the drive. We arrived in Yangyang and drove right to the Rotary office for refreshments. Now I have to state here for the record that no Rotary office ...
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