So I have been very interested in North Korea ever since I have moved to South Korea but now that has been greatly amplified by The Vice Guide to Travel: North Korea. Basically the Vice Broadcasting guys have a habit of going to places where most wouldn’t want to go. Anyways after watching these super interesting documentaries I [...]
My first destination in Thailand was the island of Phuket at the suggestion of many peoples and websites. Sadly this destination proved to not to be my cup of tea because it was just to full of working girls, peddlers, inconsistent weather, and overrun by American military. Before I delve into that let’s just say the [...]
So a few weeks ago for my summer vacation I went to the revolutionary capitol of Korea which is a city known as Gwangju (광주). Gwangju has a long history of social uprisings in the name of justice. Most recent was the Gwangju Democratization Movement which took place on May 18th 1980. Why this movement started [...]
So I decided that I needed to catch up on blogging many of the events that I have been up to over here in Korea and seem to have neglected getting around too. Anyways one particarly auspicious day was when Soju Monster and I hiked around Taejongdae (태종대). Taejongdae is an island that is near the [...]