Destination: Seoul National Cemetery (South Korea)

Destination: Seoul National Cemetery (South Korea)

Seoul National Cemetery has become the final resting place for martyrs and Korea’s war dead. Given a special place of honor, their sacrifices are seen through photos, ‘relics’, and of course their names and graves. Korea had a fairly rough 20th...
Destination: Boryeong Mud Festival (Daecheon)

Destination: Boryeong Mud Festival (Daecheon)

UPDATE 4:30PM (Korea time) 14 July 2009 — Some more pictures of the Mud Festival from the AP — many of them showing quite a few Koreans in the mix. See? I’m not the only one saying it 🙂 Summer, thy name is mud. The Boryeong Mud Festival is one of those summer events...
What to expect at the Boryeong Mud Festival (South Korea)

What to expect at the Boryeong Mud Festival (South Korea)

It’s difficult to overhype the Boryeong Mud Festival as being the ONE thing a majority of foreigners experience while here in Korea. It is safe to say that it brings foreigners from all over the country together, and is one of the only times I’ve been surrounded by...
Destination: Deoksugung, part 2 (Seoul, South Korea)

Destination: Deoksugung, part 2 (Seoul, South Korea)

Sometimes the 2nd time around is just as much fun as my first time to Deoksugung. That the area has been under renovation / reconstruction work for the past year means it seems to be always changing in some ways. Some things, however, don’t change, such as the...

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