Posted in Outdoors, South Korea, heritage sites, tagged Chungju, DMZ, Inwangsan, Odaemi on March 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
And now for something completely different. Well no, not completely, but a little more exciting than endless photos. Here are some movie montages of my recent travels (courtesy of independent film maker and imovie addict Jonathan Bronson).
Chungju, Chungcheongbuk-do
Inwangsan, Seoul
DMZ Odaemi Village, Gangwon-do
Posted in Asia, culture, heritage sites, museums & galleries, tagged taipei, danshui, juifan on March 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Seolnal second time around and we hopped on a plane once again (still in keeping with ‘Chinese New Year’ as it’s known elsewhere), this time bound for Taipei rather than Beijing. Only a four day holiday, but enough to see Taeipei and two close towns, Danshui and Juifan.
And we chose just the right time to [...]
Posted in South Korea, miscellaneous, tagged flight of the conchords, noraebang on March 8, 2009 | 1 Comment »
노래방 song-room….Basically a private room for karaoke, beloved of everyone; old and young, male and female, boss and subordinate, foreignor and native (often visited after a heavy drinking session). You can sing all manner of songs, including many Western pop. But what is more entertaining than inebriated businessmen belting out ‘I can’t take my eyes [...]
