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Travel Blogs from Daejeon
Baekje and Buddhas
... since we'd started shooting, I though it was rude not to pay.
We went to the payment booth and discovered that visitors were supposed to buy tokens to play the games. It was one token for, that's right, 2000 won. My friend and I each got a token and went back for some shooting. The woman now manning the archery booth kindly counted out five fresh arrows for each of us, and I impressed the six year old boy who was with her by actually hitting the target with all of my arrows. ...
Martial Arts Madness
... libel on my part.
When I finally met up with my friends, we just hung out in the area next to the main stage where there were a stream of what I assumed to be traditional Korean performances taking place. Later in the night, the traditional performers were replaced by K-pop groups. I didn't know if any of them were famous, certainly they weren't super-famous, but the main square was packed, and I finally had to break out my elbows when I needed to cross from one side of ...
Jirisan, Buyeo & Gongju - a right royal time!
... fully utilise everything, including the walkways! Some time had passed by the time I reached the Baekje Royal Tomb site just outside of town, so the sun was actually on its way down behind the tumuli (small hill mound tombs).
I started my tour of the tombs by checking out the land mass that’s been identified as the old temple site, believed have been used as a Baekje ancestral rites and offerings site in its day. Archaeological excavations have ...
First Experiences and Missed Opportunities
Interesting day today. I took my first trip to Daejeon and my first Korean subway ride :)
I met Karen (district co-ordinator) at 10 AM at the Nonsan Office of Education and she took me to get my medical exam. However, Boyeon didn't tell me I wasn't suppose to eat anything. But we got it done anyway, so whatever. Then Karen dropped me home and I hung out until 1:30 when I went to meet Jeong at Yeonmu. We took a ...
Routine...
Life seems to have caught up with me the last few weeks! I have settled into a routine and seem to have very little spare time left! School has been busy as I teach more and more and I also stupidly planned a lesson that involved me marking a worksheet, so about 400+ to mark in one week. I won't be doing that again soon!
Also, I got sick! The yellow dust from China is highly unpleasant. I don’t watch the Korean news so I don’t get the warnings of the dusts arrival ...
Other places to stay in Daejeon
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Hotel Interciti
545-5 Bongmyung-dong, Yusong-ku, Daejeon | 4 star hotelfrom $139 -
Yousung Hotel
480 Bongmyoung-dong, Yusung-gu, Daejeon | 3 star hotelfrom $109 -
Legend Hotel
547-6 Bongmyeong-Dong, Yuseong-Gu, Daejeon | Hotelfrom $91 -
Hotel Adria
442-5 Bongmyung-dong, Yusong-ku, Daejeon | Hotelfrom $75 -
Hotel Riviera Daejeon
445-5 Bongmyeong-Dong,Yuseong-Gu, Daejeon | 4 star hotelfrom $112 -
Daelim Tourist Hotel
230-6 Sunhwa-Dong, Chung-Gu, Daejeon | Hotelfrom $53 -
Yu Jin Hotel
545-7 Bongmyung-dong, Yusong-gu, Daejeon | Hotel -
Lucky Hotel
332-28 Yucheon-dong, Jung-gu, Daejeon | Hotel -
Hotel Gallery
548-13 Bongmyong-dong, Yousung-gu, Daejeon | Hotel -
Hongin Tourist Hotel
536-8 Bongmyeong-dong, Yusung-gu, Daejeon | Hotel -
Cosmos Hotel
68-20 Yongjeon-dong Dong-gu, Daejeon | Hotelfrom $50 -
Chateau Grace Hotel
72-5 Yongjeon-dong, Dong-gu, Daejeon | Hotel
