Tag: travel
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Juyong pass
Weather, roads, and miscommunication seemed to conspire against us visiting any section of the great walls. The morning before our flight to Korea we finally managed to visit Juyong pass. The wall at …
Snowed in
All the roads to different great walls were closed again today. It is clear they aren't equipped to handle this level of snow and cold - every bit of snow we have seen removed has been completely by h…
Windy, snowy Beijing
It was clear, sunny, and brutal with the wind chill. The snow yesterday meant blocked roads today, and no trip to the wall. The snowfall yesterday was the most Beijing had seen in 60 years. After a br…
Wandering in the snow
It was a snowy day in Beijing. The markets and streets were still busy. We hit up the antiques area and ran unto some tough bargainers. Then it was on to the Temple of Heaven for a walk around. The pa…
Beijing
We fought off the urge to sleep and continued our very long day exploring our new hood and eating ducks in Beijing. Lots of bling. Today we are braving the snow to wander around town. It is nice to se…
Seoul, Korea
Photos of Seoul, Korea 2009.05.01-10 Seoul, Korea - Kerey and friends hosted us in Seoul for a bit over a week. I really enjoyed the city. In many ways it reminded me of the rest of Asia - white block…
Can my iphone replace my laptop for travel?
Over the last few years I have been traveling with my ultralight laptop . I've always enjoyed having a movie available, or leeching off random wifi to stay in contact and look up information while tra…
Busan and Gimhae, Korea
Photos of Busan and Gimhae, Korea Colan and I rode the high speed KTX down to Busan to visit Mike in Gimhae and explore Busan. Much of the country seems to look the same due to identical apartment bui…
Danyang, Korea
(View more photos of Danyang, Korea) May 4th, 2009 - Bora and Kerey took us on a day trip to Danyang, in Chungcheongbuk-do. The trip consisted of a 3 hour train ride to the South East, and then a taxi…
Gimhae
We are staying in Gimhae, a suburb of Busan. The KTX bullet train to Busan was fast and easy. The bus to Gimhae was not. On the plus side we started to learn a little Hangeul. Our conversations on the…