Han Jin Hostel Kyongju

... is one next door to my school so it's not too far for me to come home, cook dinner and then be there by 9. The people there are all very friendly and keen to practice their English... they also love pointing at the foreigner and are always surprised when they see that I have five toes just like them. Honestly, Koreans have a strange attitude towards foreigners! I found out last night that the class I go to is just for black belts, but thankfully there is another white belt ...

... ago. On the way there, we saw in this area a ridiculously large number of spiders between the trees, I think at least 2-3 in each web, like they were a family or something. It freaked me out walking close to there so I quickly took a shot and scurried off. When we arrived at the observatory, my first impression is that it is rather small (smaller than what I had imagined even) and unfortunately, you can't go in it or touch it or anything. It was quite ...

... kids. Thursday and Friday were better as I knew what to expect and tried different tactics, such as ignoring the trouble makers and directing the class to the good kids. that seemed to work pretty well as the ones causing trouble stopped when they weren't getting attention.


One of the kids caught me off card when he made a "round eyes" gesture at me. I'm sure you can picture it - kind of the ...

... gestured at me to get out. i said no, this is not it, but he insisted that it was, smiling. SO i got out and didn't recognise anywhere! What to do?! So I just crossed the road and headed back into Seoul where I picked up a taxi who typed the address into his sat nav system. I then began to relax for about, 5 secons, until he did u-turn and headed back in the same direction that the bus had headed! I borrowed his phone (phone gesture ...

... recouvrant a priori les sepultures de rois de la periode Silla.
On a visite un grand temple bouddhiste renove en 1975 dont le style est plus proche de l'architecture chinoise que japonaise. Un grand bouddha taille dans la pierre et installe dans une grotte artificielle est un autre site tres populaire, mais quelque peu gache par les groupes scolaires braillant diriges par des prof aux hauts ...

... coupled with my digital camera refusing to link up with any computer is bring me unending grief! EPIK Adventure 08 is off to a funky start.

... Me ei kauan yhessa paikassa viihdyta. Tuolla siis puolikas paiva meni kierrellessa ja niita hautoja ja puistoa katellessa ja ihmetellessa. Seuraavana paivana tehtiin perinteinen paivaretki puolen tunnin bussimatkan paahan kattoo temppelia. Se alue oli kun joku kansallispuisto eli kaveltiin vahan siella ja otettiin paljon kuvia niista Japanin vaahteroista..ne on hienon varisia taytyy sanoa. Hmm..mun dear diary ...

Well, after months of planning, the trip is finally set! We will leave Ulsan after 6 years, 6 months and 1 week in the early hours of June 30, with the bus to Incheon Airport. We will then start our RTW trip. The plan was to start in Sri Lanka, to take ...

... and was a great adventure. We took forever to catch a bus out there because the routes changed and we had no idea. We did meet a gypsy guy who spoke English well and I swapped phone numbers with him. We got to Eonyang and asked a girl working at the bus station where to catch the supposed shuttle bus. She told us and we had enough time to grab some breakfast kimbap before it came. Only it didn't come. After waiting an extra 20 minutes we went back and asked her ...

... It was nice though. Classes are going pretty well. My middle school class was recently cut to just three students and although devastated it gave me more one-on-one time with the kids left. Unfortunately today I found out that all of my students have been switched to the later class and I won't have them anymore! It seems like for both Stephen and me that our favorite classes always get changed. There are a few new students recently ...