Rising early I enjoyed some hot tea while listening to Son Doong’s morning chorus of insects filled with an avian duet, buzzing beetles and the occasional hooting owl.  I hoped to hear…

Thanks Minwoo for running an awesome Zombie Walk!  Here are my first few shots.  Click here for the full set!

Who doesn’t love food?  Eating is a primary reason for many people to travel and Korean cuisine happens to be incredibly diverse with hundreds of dishes to try!  The best part is…

Ha Long Bay is a New World Wonders and should be a stop for anyone visiting Vietnam.  After polling other travelers and hostel staff I decided to go with a 3D2N excursion…

Thursday nights are turning back into night hiking for me!  Sure, that means I’m putting Korean classes on the back burner but I’ve been working on arranging language partners instead.  But I…

Shinkansen to Tokyo After spending the weekend in Shimanto City made our way to Tokyo for a 48-hour stay.  My travel buddies Susan and Steph joined me for what would be a LONG…

Friday night; might as well hop a midnight bus to Juwangsan with Seoul Hiking Group!  In the wee hours of the morning we arrived at Lake Jusanji to find a nearly full…

Last night I finally got back to night hiking and joined Seoul Hiking Group at Achasan (Acha mountain).  It was the same path I took a few months ago but now I…

The Horror, The Horror is Neil deGrasse Tyson’s “first-hand account of the WTC attacks and subsequent evacuation from Lower Manhattan residence. A heavily forwarded e-mail that became the subject of an article…

My co-workers Susan, Steph and I decided to head to Japan for this Chuseok’s (Korean Thanksgiving) long weekend.  We stopped for the night in Tokyo before flying to Kochi where my college…