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We Survived the Train to Bu”sauna”

We Survived the Train to Bu”sauna”

by Calvin Sun | Mar 31, 2023 | April 2023: South Korea & Jeju Island, Fit for Foodies, South Korea

 After almost 2 full days in Seoul we packed our bags and took the bus to Seoul Station.  With our prepaid tickets I reserved online, we caught our 11:57pm KTX #027 bullet train to South Korea’s second city of Busan.  No zombies...
Riding the Magic SchoolBoseong

Riding the Magic SchoolBoseong

by Calvin Sun | Mar 30, 2023 | April 2023: South Korea & Jeju Island, South Korea

 For years I’ve heard many great things about Boseong’s famous year-round blooming Green Tea fields especially from all its photos that reminded me of the tea fields of Munnar, India.  To get there from Busan via public transportation may...
Seoulmates

Seoulmates

by Calvin Sun | Mar 29, 2023 | April 2023: South Korea & Jeju Island, Fit for Foodies, Getting that VISA, South Korea, Walking Tours

  How do we do a megacity like Seoul justice? Certainly an 18 hour layover isn’t going to cut it. And that’s a big reason why I’ve returned to visit Seoul properly. Accompanied by 19 new and returning monsooners, all of us touched down in ICN...
Di-M-Zey World

Di-M-Zey World

by Calvin Sun | Mar 27, 2023 | April 2023: South Korea & Jeju Island, South Korea

  How does the DMZ, aka the active conflict region between South and North Korea, look these days? I was last here on the North Korean side of the demilitarized zone 11 years ago and I have to admit, it’s a little bittersweet to feel a bit of homecoming. We...
The Mundari

The Mundari

by Calvin Sun | Mar 25, 2023 | Camping, Doctor in the House, March 2023: South Sudan, South Sudan, Way Way Off the Beaten Path

 Wake up to paradise at 5:30am:  And yet paradise is just a figure of expression, a figure of experience.  This is no different.  Spending a night and morning with them has been one of the most rewarding experiences in Africa so far,...
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