Hiking

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…

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…

Son Doong’s Garden of Edam peeked through the next passage like a half moon keeping a wary eye on foreign travelers.  Hiking once more in the dark, our headlamps illuminated bulbous calcite…

Breakfast our second morning in Son Doong proved even more delicious than the first.  Sitting at a picnic table eating fruit-filled fresh crepes boggled our minds as we imagined the prehistoric scene…

365 days ago I landed at Incheon International Airport and immediately began one of the biggest changes in my life.  In spite of some difficult times I’ve had an incredible experience full…

I need your help; I’m submitting some photos for a Korean Tourism Photo contest and can’t decide which photos to use! I narrowed it down to 10 choices but can only submit…

After a series of plane rides from Seoul to Hanoi and finally to Dong Hoi I was picked up by Oxalis for my trip into Son Doong, the world’s largest cave.  From…

The last month in Vietnam has been full of adventure, intrigue and amazing new friends.  Sitting in the cab to the airport I realized I had already made a list for my…

I told my (4th grade Korean ESL) students about Son Doong and how I’ll be spending a week in the world’s largest cave. Upon seeing my bag and hiking boots I got…