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Busan Slideshow
Busan
Travel Blogs from Busan, Korea Rep.
Too Sweet
... the poster boy and girl of Korean youth culture. Throughout the journey they had been snuggled up next to each other. Korea is a country where public displays of affection are not only frowned on, they are disapprovingly glared at. Men and ...
Day in Busan, Korea
We sat on the balcony enjoying the sunshine as we slowly sailed into our first port of Busan, Korea. We arrived in Busan amidst the reds and yellows of Autumn. The city is nestled into hills and mountains similar to San Francisco. It is ...
Day 3: Its getting better!
... tempting!! So we dediced to just rest tonite and sleep in in the mornign and then hit the ground running to explore the city of Busan!!! So that wraps up our first week at school! It was really nuts, with lots of stress but losts of things learned!! ...
Adam Smith and The Wealth of Asians
... me and Sam from potential disaster at MIX club too...). But if we can get past that whole bit of guilt, my remaining 3 days in Busan were absolutely brilliant. Indy House was like the poster child of what a hostel ought to be: clean, cheap, social, and ...
What's My Name Again?
... nbsp;colonialism? Does it belittle and seek to eradicate the Mother Tongue? A particularly difficult issue in Korea, given their history with Japan and attempts made to eradicate the Korean language. A lot of the children already ...
The weekend...
... . Anne and I went out again on Saturday night, and we met some cool people. There are a lot of universities in Busan, so there are a lot of students and foreigners in those areas. I found out that after a year of teaching experience, you ...
The One With the 100th Episode
... ; *** Life in Korea would be even better if I were paid per time I replied "Good Morning" to a kid who shouts "Helloooooooo Teacher Bicky" to me. ...
Busan
... change from Shanghai! This is a quiet place with well organised transportation, clear signposts and helpful information offices. On arrival at Busan, the wind greeted us with a chilly blast. It was jackets, beanies and gloves up on deck first thing ...
The Inevitable List Entry
... consume noodles of a "just add instant hot water" variety all the time. I can honestly say that I had never eaten a pot noodle before Korea. And I can still say that can't I, because ramyan is different? No Bicky, it is not. You pour hot ...
Sections/Topics
... on Topics/Chapters.... with no particular order 1. Introduction- what made me come here 2. Firsts (aka acclimating to Korea) 3. Sex 4. Drinking 5. Classroom Antics 6. Traveling experiences 7. Never have I ever (or ...
The Largest Fire Show in The East!!!
... of the group (thank goodness). However, much to my horror and luck of the universe the correspondent spied the bottle of C-1 (Busan's brand of soju) sitting in a bag closest to me just as she was leaving. In my defense, everyone brought soda, ...
In the Land of BJ, Hawkeye and Radar – Busan
... day. No excursions today – we are on our own and are going wandering in the downtown. At this pier, South Korea actually brings a portable bank in a tractor trailer setup to assist in money exchange. Very funny. They also have a ...
Trash and other random fun facts about Korea....
Let me tell you a little bit about trash and how it's collected: Sunday: General trash and food. Regular trash has to be thrown out in special bags that you can only buy at stores close to your house. They cost around $5 for ten bags, and ...
In the words of Noddy Holder...
... of Korean cyder and cola cans that is Lotte's Christmas window display. However, cross the street past the 'Happy Busan, Happy Christmas' sign - featuring an oversized fish market worker in a suitably jovial Christmas pose (and the kind of jovial ...
Contact Information
... all have plenty of time to save up to send our presents over! :) School's Address: Dongnae Yeonje Inst. Woojung Bldg 4F, 579-59 Yeonsan 4-dong, Yeonje-gu, Busan, Korea (611-820) So there ya go! Thats all. Email me if anyone has any other questions! ...
of where i have been going
... 's shadow. I think it is fair to say that most of the world - including me until I arrived here - mistakenly equates Korea with Seoul. Busan still lags far behind Seoul in terms of international recognition, but in circles its name is quite well known. ...
Transit
Chỉ là transit thôi, nhưng cũng thấy đáng để ghi lại vài ḍng. Ra khỏi máy bay bằng cầu thang thường, đón ngay gió lạnh. Chưa đến 6h sáng, sân ...
Two Sweets
I have to start off every lesson with the same old warm-up questions: what day is it, how's the weather, how are you? I hate it, the kids hate it. But today, something dragged them from the zombie like demeanour they start off all ...
O, Yea...They are 4 years old...
So, in Korea age is a little different than we are used to. When a Korean child is born they are automatically 1. Then on their first birthday they turn 2, so they are a year ahead than our typical age. I have known this ever since I got here, but for ...
Departure & Return Home
... 3am and if the lady wasnt asking everyone if they would like some lunch!! They should have held this back as a breakfast before landing. At busan I was able to cash the $750 HKD I had left ($90). The first bus to daegu was 7.30am but the counter didnt ...
Gwangalli Eobang Festival
This weekend five of us took the bus down to Busan Gwangalli Beach for their Fishermans Festival. The forecast kept predicting heavy rain for the weekend, but fortunately that moved to Friday so Saturday was perfectly clear and sunny. This was my first ...