Lunar New Year brought me back to Bukhansan National Park. I took my usual path up to Juanbong but found a new trail along the ridgeline and down the backside of the…
Happy New Year! Okay, you’re probably thinking wtf mate? New Years was at the BEGINNING of January. (Don’t worry that post is coming soon too!) Wednesday we celebrated 설날 (Seollnal), Korean New Year,…
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“It takes a noble man to plant a seed for a tree that will some day give shade to people he may never meet.”
“It takes a noble man to plant a seed for a tree that will some day give shade to people he may never meet.” – D. Elton Trueblood This quote resonates with…
This weekend I joined Adventure Korea’s ski trip to Pheonix Park, a ski resort which will help host the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang. Everything was set up by Adventure Korea, all…
Last time CPIS failed to pay us I went on what ended up being 6 days of “psuedo-strike.” My coworkers and I had resolved that for as long as they were holding…
Brian and I woke Christmas morning ready to hike Bukhansan National Park! We met in the subway and half slept through our 70 minute ride to Dobongsan station. The plan was to…
For those of you following the travesty that is my current workplace I want to reassure you that its still full of things that are so awful that the only thing I…
Ariel’s Point promised to be a great adventure and at 1600 pesos ($40) it was a steal that included a private boat ride (with unlimited drinks) to a hidden cliff jumping cove.…
The hagwon life at CPIS continues to baffle us; Friday we were given slightly less than half pay(which was already 5 days late). Monday I found out the Korean teachers got even…
Zipping down the road in a flimsy yellow tricycle was just one of many great adventures in Boracay, the party island of the Philippines. After a red-eye flight, a holiday family Skype…
