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A relaxing day on Hajodae beach is the best medicine after a strenuous day on Dinosaur Ridge in Seoraksan National Park.  Ronda and I opted for a day of R&R instead of biking 50km…

Bijindo is an island just south of South Korea.  After enjoying a sunrise hike in Hwangmaesan we took the ferry from Tongyeong Ferry Terminal to Bijin Island (do means island in Korean).  The…

Waking up at 4am is never easy, even when the bed calling your name is Seoul Hiking Group’s big purple bus.  We arrived at Hwangmaesan in the middle of the night as half the group…

A weekend is just enough to get a taste of Taiwan and realize you want to go back again before you’ve even left.  Taipei has an excellent public transit system, free wifi and…

Discover the best things to do in Hoi An, Vietnam including the Lantern Festival, tailor shops, beaches, food, Hai Van Pass motorbike ride, Marble Mountains, and Cham Islands in this complete 2026 travel guide.

Is Tiger tourism ethical?  I get asked this question a lot and people often criticize my decision early on in my travels to visit the Tiger Kingdom in Phuket.  After reading all about…

All I have to say is “wow!”  Words can’t describe how amazing Korea Burn was.  The art exhibits and costumes were just the icing on a cake of amazing people and personalities…

Yeah, I’m crazy enough to go back to Seoraksan only 3 weeks after my second adventure into this masterpiece of a national park. (don’t worry the rest of the pics from my first trip…