Jeju Island dubbed the “Hawaii of Korea” is a volcanic island located about a 3.5 hour ferry ride from the southern point of Korea or a 25 minute flight from the closest mainland city. I was traveling there with my friend Nicara from August 12th… Read More »A Week in Jeju
FaceTiming with my Mom she’s excited for the few days of school left until finals begin and then finally the beginning of her summer. She can’t wait for Summer and I don’t blame her. For me there will be none. I mean I will be… Read More »Another Year in Korea
I mentioned in an earlier blog post, busing Boseong, that my days of taking the bus will soon be over, that day has finally come! Last week I bought my first car from another English teacher who lived in Boseong and is now leaving Korea.… Read More »My First Car
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