Marriott Busan

... were at the bus station where we met a whole carnival of people – all English teachers – that were heading to Busan for the same reason – one of the EPIK district coordinators is also a DJ and was taking his skills to a club in Busan. We knew some of them, and some were new friends, but it all added up to a great bus trip down (about 4 hours of beautiful coast). Busan itself was also really beautiful – a lot like San Francisco, there’s ...

... 5,000won. They took us down and put our mat under an umbrella. The umbrellas were lined up in a very orderly way, as the beach often has over a million people. When we tried to move the blanket back a row and out of the shade of the umbrella they men came running over to us and started making a huge fuss. They told us we couldn't tan in that section. We had specifically said blanket but no umbrella, so didn't know why they ...

... who wanted to go, plans wer cancelled due to lack of flights and accomodation. Apparently, everyone else in Korea decided to go to Jeju as well, that long weekend...



So! I could have just planned on relaxing those days, but then I got an email from Rachel in Shanghai on Friday. "Hey! So it looks like I won't be going anywhere next weekend afterall. Come to China!" And I said...."SURE!!" My co-teacher and ...

... ch*ir, h*lf slumped over. Moved *t the speed of M*ch Turtle. But it's *ll good. We m*de it to the st*tion with plenty of time. We know it's * 4 hr *nd 40 min ride, but we don't know if th*t includes stops or wh*t. Not w*nting to h*ve to worry *bout restrooms, but not w*nting to be p*rched, either, we both buy moder*tely sized bottles of w*ter for 675 won. About 40 cents. Nice. I c*n s*y this. Bottled w*ter is dirt-che*p here. The s*me size ...

... today." From the teachers and students. I thought it was beautiful out. I wasn't even really sweating, and come on...I'm a sweater.... ALL the students were using their hand held fans...



Here's what gets me. Why oh why, would they all wear sweats and sweatshirts on a day they know they're going to be running around in the sun?? Here's why. Korean's are obsessed with their skin color. You can't count the number of ...

... got up at 6 and headed off happily for the bus stop. We found it no problem and hopped on the no. 11 bound for the ferry port...so we thought anyway.... After a half an hour on the bus we became suspicious as to why we hadn't reached the port yet or seen even a seagull, not to mind a bit of water!! So we asked the bus driver in our best Japanese and he told us we were on the wrong bus, well the right bus but going in the wrong ...

... Mara coat instead. · Cabins 525 & 527 The ferry cabins we were upgraded to for the trip to (cabin 525) and from (cabin 527) Fukuoka in Japan were damn comfy. They had a window (yes, only one), a TV and a sink (but no bathroom) and were warm and quiet. The beds had those puffy, down-filled duvets, the ones you wrap yourself up in and feel all small. We liked our cabins so much that we both slept for the ...

... been done and indeed one tomb, Cheonmang (Heavenly Horse Tomb), is open to the public. I would like to say that it was our thirst for knowledge of Silla burials that lured us into Cheonmang, but if truth be told it was the glorious air conditioning inside that had us scampering in. It was actually fairly interesting, with replicas of the treasure on display. Our next few stops took in the Far East's oldest astrological observation tower, the ruins of a fabled ...