South Korea
Month 12 Roundup
STATS Days on the road: 365 Number of beds: 14 Countries visited: Russia, Hungary, Slovakia, Serbia, Macedonia, Albania, Turkey Postcards sent: 10 Beautiful Mount Ushba, Svaneti, Georgia Thoughts Wow. It’s been a year since we left the US – our home, our cat, friends and family. Without hesitation – best.decision.ever. We would do it again in […]
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Month 2 Roundup
Getting close with the camels in the steppes of Mongolia Stats Days on the road: 61 Distance traveled: 3622.13 miles by plane – 0 miles / 0 km by train – 2363.7 miles / 3804 km by bus – 302 miles / 486 km by boat – 502.23 miles / 808.26 km by car – 454.2 miles / 730.9 km Number of beds: 13 […]
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4 October 2013 – Busan, South Korea
Exploring Yongdusan Park in Busan, South Korea. We stumbled upon the local performance and had some marvelous weather and views.
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3 October 2013 – Gyeongju, South Korea
Hiking Namsan mountain and stumbling onto a Buddhist temple.
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2 October 2013 – Seoul, South Korea
Going for a bike ride in Gyeongju, South Korea. Jenia is skeptical of filming and biking.
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1 October 2013 – Seoul, South Korea
Last day in Seoul, also happens to be 65th anniversary of South Korea’s armed forces. A military parade – how cool is that?!
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29 September 2013 – Seoul, South Korea
Spending a few hours at Jjimjilbang (찜질방), aka Korean spa, aka not Spa World (best ever Korean spa on the planet — at least the one we’ve been too. But! our Seoul experience was still pretty cool.
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28 September 2013 – Seoul, South Korea
Enjoying some street food, at some festival, in the city hall area in Seoul, South Korea.
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27 September 2013 – Seoul, South Korea
Checking out a Korean bbq restaurant in Seoul.
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Adjusting mid-journey, aka China’s golden week
On our last day in UlaanBaatar, around 10 pm we were happily packing up and making plans for our month long adventure in China. And then IT happened. An email popped into my mailbox: “I am sorry but we are at full capacity for the dates you requested.” Frantically, I searched for other guesthouses in […]
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