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
Since the beginning of orientation I knew that with whatever friends I made I wanted to host thanksgiving. I’ve had it three out of the last four years and really enjoy bringing people together from different countries and celebrating a holiday which for some is… Read More »Another Thanksgiving Abroad
Figuring out the Korean trash system. Korea has the most complicated, strict, impossible to get right trash throw away system. It’s been almost three months and I have yet to figure it out. Everything has its own pile, you need to use the right bags… Read More »The Most Difficult Puzzle
The day we left Seoul was a traveling day, nothing was planned other than arriving to Busan. We did not however think we were going to arrive as late as we did. The trip under normal circumstances should have taken 3 hours 45 min to… Read More »Chuseok Part II: Busan
During the interview they asked me a bunch of hypothetical situations, one was “what would you do if you arrived and they didn’t have an apartment for you and you had to stay at a hotel until they found one…?” While this didn’t happen, something… Read More »Unexpected Changes
Chu-what….? Chuseok pronounced Chu-sock is the Korean thanksgiving. This year it was called the golden holiday because it fell precisely in the middle of the week, which prompted the government to declare the Monday (between the two weekends) a day off, giving us a total… Read More »Chuseok Part I: Seoul
Take me out with the crowd, buy me some peanuts and crackerjacks……one song you definitely don’t hear at a Korean baseball game, but you do hear a plethora of others. Each batter has their own song and when your team is up,recycled songs from the… Read More »Take Me Out to the Ball Game…