March 22, 2013

Galbijjim: Carnival for Carnivores

Galbijjim is a veritable carnival for carnivores, spicy and succulent. For meat-lovers who like their dishes to come with a kick, galbijjim (갈비찜 in Korean) is essentially a bowl filled with their fleshy fantasies.   This is the last Foodporn Friday post before I head off on my round-the-world trip, so I thought it only appropriate that I write the post myself (sorry, fabulous assorted guest posters) before my fingers get too fat to type. Hey, I’m going to America…

March 19, 2013

10 Reasons Why Goa Is Great

Located in West India and bordered by the Arabian Sea, Goa is one of India’s top tourist destinations for both domestic and international travellers. There are plenty of reasons to add Goa to your list of travel destinations, but here are just a few that will give you a better idea of what Goa has to offer:   1) Beaches Goa’s crystal blue waters and white sandy beaches are the region’s top tourist attraction. Book holiday deals… at Anjuna Beach,

March 11, 2013

Shit My Korean Students Say: Part 2

A little while ago, I published a post called Shit My Korean Students Say…. There was everything from mother love and cannibalism, from fashion to new, obscenely-named nations. Did my students stop there? Thankfully not.   The past few months have seen my students’ levels of sass increase, which I can only attribute to them having a teacher who enjoys teasing them, forcing them to come up with snappy comebacks so as not to be defeated. Then there’s just

March 6, 2013

The Fantasy Five: Korean Islands

I’ve blathered on about my recent trip to Geumodo, where I inexplicably had a change of character and went hiking across the island of my own accord. Geumodo however marked the start of something that I’d always wanted to do in Korea – visit one of the nation’s many islands.   Sure, I’ve been to Jeju island before, where I stuffed my face with black pork and fish stew, saw a giant penis sheath and had a near …

March 4, 2013

What To Do In Yeosu: Five Ideas

“What to do in Yeosu?” was the question I asked to myself as Dana and I planned to stay there during our Lunar New Year trip. Nearby Suncheon offered up the sublime Suncheon Bay, and Geumodo…‘s beauty managed to ensare me and bring out the hidden casual hiker in me. Yet before embarking on the trip, I hadn’t actually checked out what to do in Yeosu itself.   Luckily I found plenty in the little port city, which

February 18, 2013

Geumodo: Wait, Did You Say Hiking?

Geumodo (금오도) was stop number two of mine and Dana’s trip to the south coast for Lunar New Year. After enjoying the natural beauty of Suncheon Bay, and later stuffing our faces with some rather good dalkgalbi, Dana and I boarded a bus heading to Yeosu, where we planned to stay the night before taking a ferry to Geumodo in the morning.   If you remember my post about my resolution to Korea and myself…, I lamented

February 13, 2013

Suncheon Bay

South Korea recently celebrated Seollal (설날), aka Korean Lunar New Year, and I actually wound up with a few days away from work! With time of work being not a common occurrence, in keeping with my before-I-leave-Korea resolution…, I planned a three-day trip to the peninsula’s southern coast, recruited my friend Dana (Gil Dong was with family in Goheung), and then took a bus bound for Suncheon. Our first day’s mission? Exploring Suncheon Bay.   Suncheon Bay (순천만, Suncheonman)

February 6, 2013

Cheonan: Same Day, Different City

Cheonan. What to say about Cheonan? It’s the general census among both foreigners living in Korea, and Koreans themselves, that the country’s cities have an identity problem. The problem being, that they don’t have an identity.   Sure, there are little differences. Busan and Pohang have beaches. Seoul appears to be ten times bigger than any other city in the country. People in Daegu are extremely friendly, and Daejeon’s downtown Dunsan area is glitzy than many of its counterparts. Yet,…

January 23, 2013

12 Beautiful Photos of Korea

I’ve shown you all quite a few photos of Korea before. I’ve had photo posts of palaces, parks, pussies and penises. Yet, a professional photographer I can’t profess to be. That’s a whole lot of Ps.   True, I purchased a new camera not too long ago, and have used it to snap much better photos… than I was doing before. Yet, words like ‘aperture’ and ‘focus’ still terrify me, and it’s safe to say that I

January 21, 2013

Daecheong Lake: Or, A Promise To Korea

I’ve been getting really, really, really lazy these days. For the past month, I feel as if I haven’t done too much. I have excuses for the last couple of weekends in December – like a ridiculous fever which then turned into some kind of food poisoning, complete with vomiting, diarrhoea and a shot in the bum. However, for January…I have no excuses. None. The only thing I’ve done was go to Daecheong Lake, and there’ll be more on that later.…