A friend of mine brought up the idea of how she wanted to fast for 5 days, she’s done it before and then told me about the benefits of it. I thought she was crazy, I never heard of people fasting other than religious reasons… Read More »4 Days Without Food
Waiting at the bus stop I sometimes feel as if I’m Jim Carey in the Truman Show; standing there waiting, the same people pass at the same moments everyday. How would I know if they were actors or not? So far the set has remained… Read More »Busing through Boseong: Life as an Observer in Rural Korea
I had never ridden a scooter before and after seeing the lawless way in which Cambodians drove, I was scared. I had already passed up on a suggestion to rent bikes in Battambang, so I had my mind set on Kampot. Luckily in my van… Read More »Scootering through Kampot
There are two main islands that people go to when traveling to Cambodia, Koh Rong and Koh Rong Sanleom, I had planned to go to Koh Rong the bigger island of the two. It’s known as the party island offering huge pub crawls and a… Read More »The Islands of Cambodia
After Siem Reap (where the temples are) a bunch of us went to Battambang (I was going and they all decided to follow me). Battambang is in the north western part of Cambodia and is famous for the 6-10 million bats that fly out of… Read More »A Long Journey
There is nothing like the temples of Angkor anywhere on this planet. The Khmer civilization built in the middle of the jungle was one of the most remarkable to flourish in Southeast Asia. There are over 100 temples in the area and during its peak… Read More »Temple Running
Cambodia, also known as the Kingdom of Cambodia is located between Thailand and Vietnam with its southern border on the Gulf of Thailand. Cambodia is a country of 16 million people, the majority of whom are descendants of the ancient Khmer civilization that built the… Read More »The Kingdom of Cambodia
After spending some time in North Korea I can say that it’s not as bad as people imagine. Just kidding, I only spent 4 minutes there and it was all inside the conference room within the DMZ. Last Tuesday I was in Seoul and did… Read More »A Quick Visit to North Korea
I didn’t think I’d be able to adjust when it came to winter. Living in southern Spain I never dreamed of winter and didn’t want to, it didn’t exist. You felt it in the houses though, because of their construction it was sometimes colder inside… Read More »Adapting to Winter
Koreans don’t really celebrate Christmas, with only 27.6% of the country practicing Catholicism and the majority 56.9% practicing no religion it’s not surprising. However, unlike in it’s neighboring Asian countries, Christmas is an official public holiday and this year it fell on Monday so we… Read More »Christmas in Korea