- My TeacherOne of my teachers had a heart attack at school on March 15th. He is the PE teacher here at my school Waegwan Elementry. His name is Hyun Tae. He is fit, healthy and very young, in his early thirties. Posted by HelenWatts in The Adventures of Winston and Helen... | Mar 17, 2011
- Japanese DisasterI'm sure everybody by now is aware of the earthquake and devastating Tsunami that hit Japan on 11 March 2011. My heart goes out to all those that have lost families, homes and a way of life. Everyday it seems Posted by HelenWatts in The Adventures of Winston and Helen... | Mar 13, 2011
- Apartment LivingWhen arriving in our little town of Waegwan, Winston and I received separate apartments as promised by our school. Both apartments were lovely, however Winston’s was considerably smaller than mine a about a 35min walk every day to school and Posted by HelenWatts in The Adventures of Winston and Helen... | Mar 14, 2011
- Korean MusicKorean Pop music is a big deal here. They listen to the usual, Lady gaga, U2 and other American Music, but their own brand ‘K-POP’ is everywhere… and is awesome. Winston and I have been getting into the music culture Posted by HelenWatts in The Adventures of Winston and Helen... | Apr 2, 2011
- Korean CultureThe Arirang Festival: This is Amazing – Korean’s are SO disciplined! Beautiful and astonishing, definitely worth a look!
[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwKWttrEaSM|Arirang Festival - Click Here!]]
Posted by HelenWatts in The Adventures of Winston and Helen... | May 11, 2011
- Helen's SchoolMy school is called Waegwan Elementary School. It has over 1000 students from Kindergarten and Grade’s 1 – 6 (from ages 3 - 11). The staff consists of 100 teachers and admin staff. We have a principal (awesome old styled Posted by HelenWatts in The Adventures of Winston and Helen... | Mar 1, 2011
- The City of JeonjuWe really fell in love with this city in the first few days. The icy streets, snow covered trees, friendly people and confusing pedestrian crossings all made it an awesome and beautiful city. It was a great insight into Korean Posted by HelenWatts in The Adventures of Winston and Helen... | Feb 17, 2011
- Goseong- Land of the Dinosaurs!!Sunday 27th March, 2011
Today we are heading to the town of Goseong, better known as Dinosaur Village. It is the largest Dinosaur fossil site in the country and footprints from these creatures can still be seen today. I got our Posted by Two Otters in The fantastic tales of the two otters | Mar 27, 2011
- Bulgoksa TempleSaturday 26th March, 2011
Today, Jenny, Tiger, Emma and I planned to go see a temple, which according to our trusty map is situated somewhere near the Deadong Department Store and some mountains. I met Jenny just after 10am and we Posted by Two Otters in The fantastic tales of the two otters | Mar 26, 2011
- Outlet shopping in GimhaeFriday 25th March, 2011
Today I was meeting Jenny, Tiger and Emma for a day of outlet shopping. I hadn't met Tiger and Emma before, but Jenny has told me so much about them. Tiger is Barry's (one of the workers) Posted by Two Otters in The fantastic tales of the two otters | Mar 25, 2011
- It's good to be back in KoreaThursday 24th March, 2011
Today- I am back in freezing cold South Korea! Ohhh how I've missed this place. Surprisingly, I'm not lying lol
The time getting here was long and restless, but I managed to get abit of sleep. The airport Posted by Two Otters in The fantastic tales of the two otters | Mar 24, 2011
- Back to college with EpikApologies these should have been in the last blog entry
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- Orientation BeginsThe first thing that striked me was the size of the building we had parked next to when we arrived at the University. It was huge!! The next thing was the fact that the pavement were convered in snow!!! :-D Posted by HelenWatts in The Adventures of Winston and Helen... | Feb 17, 2011
- Islands of BusanSunday 6th March, 2011
I totally freaked out this morning. It was 8am and I had one hour to get ready. Daniel was already abit later for work. We must've slept real good! neither of us had heard the alarm clock Posted by Two Otters in The fantastic tales of the two otters | Mar 6, 2011
- Saturday.Saturday 5th March, 2011
After last night news, the mood was pretty dull and I don't think either of us wanted to do much.
Daniel was heading into work, but we both went downstairs to have some breakfast. We met up with Posted by Two Otters in The fantastic tales of the two otters | Mar 5, 2011
- Day 9- Home Sweet KoreaThursday 3rd March and Friday 4th March, 2011
Today, we leave our tropical Cambodian holiday and start making our way to chilly cold South Korea. It has been a fun week. I have experienced what life is like here in Cambodia Posted by Two Otters in The fantastic tales of the two otters | Mar 4, 2011
- Week #1: Roller Coaster of EmotionI touched down in Incheon airport outside Seoul at about 6 pm on Sunday night. Even though I left Seattle at 1 pm the previous day I had only been flying for 11 hours... what a crazy time difference! After Posted by 3ifBySEA in Seoul Sisters | Mar 22, 2011
- Seoul and a Brief Entrance into North KoreaWe have been in Seoul now for about 5 days and it is a really great city. We arrived by a superb free shuttle bus courtesy of the Korean tourism board. It was no expense spared as it was without Posted by theelman in Lewis' Travel Writing In Your Face 2011 | Mar 12, 2011
- Seoul Day 5This is our last day in Seoul and also our last day with Estella. She has invited Fozia, Khaliun and I to her home where her family is hosting a big family lunch in honor of us. They cooked some Posted by AsianGirls in South Korea, eh!!! | Mar 4, 2011
- DMZ & Panmunjom Day TripWaking up early to catch our tour to the North Korean border, Khaliun, Kristine and I will be visiting the Panmunjom and the third infiltration tunnel.
We took a coach bus from Seoul north where we had to pass the Posted by AsianGirls in South Korea, eh!!! | Mar 4, 2011
- Seoul Day 4Today, Kristine, Fozia, Estella and I went to the Seoul Olympic Park and Lotte World Adventure.
The Seoul Olympic Park is a famous landmark for not only Seoul but for South Ko Posted by AsianGirls in South Korea, eh!!! | Mar 4, 2011
- Seoul Day 3Today, we take a tour of Gyeongbokgung Palace and the Dongdaemun market.
Gyeongbokgung Palace is the main and also largest of all the Five Grand Palaces located through out Seoul. Posted by AsianGirls in South Korea, eh!!! | Mar 4, 2011
- An nyoung ha seh yo, South Korea
Hello S.Korea!!! I can't believe that we are finally here, and what a warm welcome too. Estella met us at the arrivals and helped us with our luggage and we headed off to our hote Posted by AsianGirls in South Korea, eh!!! | Mar 4, 2011
- A Korean AdventureBusan is an attractive city which spreads its 3.8m people across the coast and between the hills. Think a Rio de Janeiro style landscape of sea, green hills poking up and out with city intertwined by the coast. It Posted by theelman in Lewis' Travel Writing In Your Face 2011 | Mar 3, 2011
- Premiers jours en Corée.Après un long vol et une escale à Dubaï, je suis finalement arrivée à l'aéroport de Séoul accueillie par mon buddy. Nous avons pris le bus jusqu'à la Sogang University dans le quartier de Sinchon, où il y a beaucoup Posted by moka_16 in asiantrip | Feb 27, 2011