Oh, Tongyeong. You were such an experience. I had been wanting to visit this port city for quite some time, and when I had a three-day weekend in early June, I decided to do a bit of solo traveling for a few days. I had this image of me clackin’ away at my laptop in a…
If you happen to be passing through Korea in May, one of the events you should try and catch is the Gokseong Rose Festival. Head down to the Korean countryside and between seeing Damyang’s bamboo forest, Boseong’s green tea fields, or Suncheon’s beautiful bay, carve out a morning to wander around Gokseong’s old train village…
Before I begin this post, let me just say that I find full time travelers absolutely awesome. They could easily teach any of us a thing or two about incredible self-discipline, courage, and adaptability. If you can find a way to make money living out of a suitcase, you’re clearly doing something right. However, the more stories…
I cannot believe how quickly a year has gone by. This time last year Lynsey and I were in the middle of getting off a plane from Kyoto, giddily exhausted by the five days we had just spent roaming around Japan’s old capital. We had gone a bit on a whim, realizing early in the school…
Heather knew she was going to China the minute she saw the Great Wall featured in Mulan at the age of six. The idea for studying in China came up during her first year in high school when, after eight years of Spanish, she wanted to try something new. Between Japanese, Arabic, and Chinese, the…
I feel like you can’t talk about travel to Vietnam and not talk about Halong Bay. Considered one of the wonders of the world, any photograph you may see of it leads to this breathtaking, almost mystical feeling. Off the northeast coast of Vietnam, it covers over 1,500 square kilometers and has close to 2,000 limestone islets and islands peppering the…