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China Southern Nightmare

China Southern Nightmare

WARNING:  TRAVEL RANTING AHEAD.  YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED! We recently had the most terrible experience in our combined history of travel.  We have traveled to over 30 countries between the two of us and this is by far the worst experience we have ever had booking a flight.  We highly recommend never dealing with China [...]

How To Beat Jet Lag

How To Beat Jet Lag

I was reading a post one our friend in China wrote on jet lag and thought I would share a few tricks I have learned from having traveled to more than 30 countries worldwide with more than six 18 hour+ flights and never had issues with jet lag. In the article linked above, our friend, Biscuet, mentions [...]

Our Not-So-Friendly Northern Neighbors

Our Not-So-Friendly Northern Neighbors

As you can imagine, things have been a little tense here on the Korean peninsula.  Being residents of South Korea and experiencing the national mourning that took place after the sinking of the South Korean war ship, the Cheonan, we genuinely feel the nation’s pain.  Forty-six sailors and one rescue worker died when the ship [...]

Healing Arts

Healing Arts

One thing that we have wanted to try for a long time is some traditional oriental medicine.  While Koreans have a unique diet that also aids in good overall health, the practice of oriental medicine in highly regarded here and is even paid for by our government health insurance. One practice we’ve been really curious [...]

Summer Travel Plans

Summer Travel Plans

We are a little less than a month away from our summer break and just wanted to share the details and ask for any recommendations you can offer.  Here are our travel plans for our China trip.  This is the first time either of us have been to “real” China.  We have been to Hong [...]

A Great Weekend Courtesy of 10 Magazine & Thanks to You!

A Great Weekend Courtesy of 10 Magazine & Thanks to You!

Thanks to all our readers and friends, we got to spend a very fun and enjoyable weekend in Seoul this past week.  Because of your votes for our video, we made it into the top ten entrants for 10Magazine‘s Korea Awaits Video Contest!  Thanks again for your support.  We gathered along with the rest of [...]

Getting a Taste of Korea

Getting a Taste of Korea

When we arrived in Korea, one of our first posts was about Korean food.  Since that time we have had many more experiences with local food, some good and some not so much.  So, we thought it might be a good idea to give a little update. First, a quick lesson on how Koreans describe [...]

Culture Blooms Here

Culture Blooms Here

One of the most incredible things we have experienced in Korea has been the 3 amazingly beautiful weeks of Cherry Blossom season.  Although a little later than usual, we watched as once-bare trees blossomed into pink and white clouds lining the streets of our city.  Though Ulsan was really beautiful, we were advised to go [...]

Our Taekwondo Class

Our Taekwondo Class

As some of you may know from our previous posts, we are currently blue belts in Taekwondo(태권도).  When we arrived in Korea and started to ask around about Taekwondo we were surprised to learn that in Korea, it is possible to become a black belt in one year!  This was surprising to us due to [...]

Our Commute Version 2.0

Our Commute Version 2.0

Many of you may have read our post How We Get To Work when first got here and have seen the video.  Well since then we became a little tired of the bus system and have purchased a small 50cc scooter!  We use it to get to work everyday as long as it is not [...]

How To Get Free Air Miles and Save $600+

How To Get Free Air Miles and Save $600+

We have been living abroad for about 8 months now and we have been finding some great resources for travel hacking.  What is travel hacking you ask?  Travel hacking is a popular term used to describe traveling and enjoying once-in-a-lifetime experiences for less cost or less effort.  For example about three months ago we were [...]

Our Fifteen Minutes!!

Our Fifteen Minutes!!

Read to the end to see how we became famous in Korea;-) We are now blue belts!!  This is the fifth level belt and means we only have another five to go to get a black belt! You can check back every couple months to see our status update via the image bellow Belt colors [...]

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