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26 Hours of Traveling Later
... the window and all that was between me and Gwangju was a 4 hr 20 min bus ride.
I arrived in Gwangju at midnight and was met at the bus stop by three people from my school; Darren, Tez (who's job I'm taking over and who's from Washington as well), and the head foreign teacher Frances. We took a taxi to the hotel that I'm going to be staying at until I can move into one of the apartments. Surprise! It's a "love hotel". The check in kit ...
From Sheryl & Julie: Homestay Life
... over. Also, the speed limits are usually very high from whatI have observed on main roads - sometimes like 50 or 60 mph and the people will cruise at 80mph and there is very little police activity or repercution for speeding it seems. Also, there is a phone number plate with the drivers ph # visible to anyone form the outside, usually in the front windshield - this is so when you are parked someplace, if someone needs you to move your vehicle, they can just call you and tell you to ...
Kimchi Festival Time
... the Kimchi)
- the festival 'MasterChef' event
- lots of music & acts on the stage, and
- the folk museum on the site
A good day. Our Kimchi was 'left' in the hotel room fridge.....
The hotel is in suburban Gwangju & its surrounds were a little odd & sleazy but we found a bar with western food but they still allow smoking in bars here so it was a bit fuzzy. They were also a couple of 'special' karaoke bars, bizarrely called BMW & Audi. ...
Supermarket Sweep
... is not even worth contemplating...but I'll still take a hopeful glance every time I pop in Home Plus or Lotte Mart on the off chance they might have introduced it overnight.
I religiously visit the dairy isle and cradle the tiny packet of import cheddar before eventually and inevitably convincing myself that it is overpriced, placing it back on the shelf and selecting a pack of plastic cheese slices in ...
Korean Culture 101: Table Manners
... old people.
3. Don't stick your feet every which way when eating at a traditional floor-sit restaurant. You should sit cross-legged, but switching to knees is OK... This gets pretty hard for some of the taller men who don't have much practice with this sort of thing, but it is sort of a grin and bear it situation, except in smaller groups where it can be politely explained away as something westerners are bad at, and often we are. Just like you can't do ...
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