Dong Shin Hotel Busan

I've seen Oasis live many times now, but there was something about the Jisan Valley performance that made me think that their time was coming to an end. Therefore, I wasn't completely surprised when I heard the news that Noel had left the band after a huge bust-up in Paris! For nine months, I've been trying to convert my students, hoping they'd move away from Korean pop acts like Big Bang and TVXQ, and towards credibility in the form of Oasis and Arctic ...

... eventually corrected) and arrived at the mountain to ride the cable car to the top and hike to the temple I saw with Melissa and mom a month ago. I love being able to show friends around places that I find interesting. We cabbed back to Haeundai Beach to tour the aquarium and be thrown around by a vicious interactive 3D ride and movie. I struggled to hold in my guts and spare the two lovely ladies at each side of me the Indian food we ate just prior. We ...

... nd surf, chili *s it m*y be outside, drinking fruity Pin* Col*d*'s, *nd M*i T*i's etc... "Next time", I tell myself. Next time. So while we didn't get to sight see, or do *s much shopping *s I will eventu*lly w*nt to do, we did get * cr*sh course on the big cities *nd how to get *round. We took t*xi's everywhere, but I he*r the subw*ys *re even che*per. The few moments we spent p*ssing through them to get to the other side of the street, however, left us quite confused, *nd we decided to try the subw*ys *nother d*y.

... grounds, I heard some Buddhist chanting. Followed the sound into one of the buildings and sat with the nuns as they prayed. I hadn't seen Buddhists pray like this before. They were bowing all the way down, thereby touching their foreheads on the floor. It looked almost like the Muslim prayer. Although Beomeosa was an old temple that was established in the 7th Century, it wasn't impressive architecturally. The main difference ...

... leopard. I know what you are thinking.... No funny comments from Piel, please!!!! We have had enough of Gyeongju. We are taking our final bus out of Gyeongju to Busan, which is on the east-southeast coast of Korea, which is only 1 hour away from Gyeongju by bus. Inter city buses here are very efficient and inexpensive. We do get more for our money if traveling long distance here via buses. The first ...

... si va a Seoul, dove incontrero' la mia amica Sohee che non vedo da quasi tre anni: sara' bello rivederla e soprattutto avere qualcuno di locale che ci dica cosa vale la pena di fare in questa citta' e che si porti un po' in giro. Ma la cosa piu' importante che dovremo fare a Seoul e' prenotare il traghetto per la Cina, e soprattutto cercare di ottenere il visto. Leggendo qua e la' ed informandomi su Internet, ho saputo che ottenere il visto cinese da un ...

... of us. 5/4/08 Pusan was nice. It's a little different than Gongju and there were quite a few foreigners there however they weren't that friendly. I was wanting to say "HI-how are you all" to everyone but refrained after the first few encounters didn't get much response back. The Jagalchi fish market was amazing and I liked the not so crowded area for foreigners almost directly across from the train station. We found a really cool Korean style all you ...

... subway and ended up having to turn back because I was feeling pretty rough and felt like passing out. The rest of that day we spent hanging out in the apartment while Jan watched "Harry Potter" while I kept the bathroom heavily occupied . The next day, I was feeling a bit better and we made our second attempt at the temple. We made it all the way to our destination this time and I was introduced to my first taste of Korean architecture. I was ...

... bejönniük, hiszen én a fürdőben vagyok, Kriszta meg alszik. S azért is nyomják be a fürdő ajtót. szinte rám akartak törni. Én olyan zavarban voltam, nem akartam elhinni az egész szituációt, nyomtam vissza az ajtót teljes erőmből, mire sikerült bezárnom az ajtót. Végre Kriszta is felkelt, s ő is elküldte őket. Mint kiderült, a WC-t akarták megjavítani, s ők úgy tudták, nincs senki a szobába. Na,de basszus, ha be is jönnek mindenféle ...

... It was a huge plot of land in the middle of Busan, with spectacular landscaping. Upon entering the cemetery, we saw the plaque which outlined the number of people, from each country, that were buried here. The U.S. had very few compared with British (800 people). We later found out that most Americans were shipped home to be buried. The few that were buried here had died after the war, and wished to have Busan as their final resting place. A ...