Spring festivals in Korea: the Jindo Sea Parting and Butterflies
Last weekend, I walked across a parted sea wearing thigh-high rubber boots, chewed on wiggling octopus tentacles, and saw a baby wild boar poop on a guy’s t-shirt–all within 24 hours. With Adventure Korea, a budget travel company catered to foreigners, I traveled to Jeollanam-do, Korea’s southwestern province, to attend two annual spring festivals. On...
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A Korean Farmstay: Cheongpung Farm and green tea fields
Beyond the seas of red crosses and florescent, artificial lights, there are rural patches throughout the South Korean peninsula where the stars glitter visibly overhead. One such place is Cheongpung Farm, located in Hwasoon, a rural area in Korea’s South Jeolla province. Over the weekend, I was invited by Adventure Korea, a budget travel company, to...
Hiking in Korea: Seoraksan vs. Jirisan
The word ‘san’ means ‘mountain’ in Korean. This year, I’ve hiked a number of mountains, most notably two 12-14 hour trails in South Korea’s largest national parks: Seoraksan National Park, located in Gangwon province, and Jirisan National Park, located in South Jeolla province. At the end of May, I hiked Seoraksan, and in July, I...
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Boseong Green Tea: seeing, smelling and experiencing the meditative art of tea making
On Sunday, I fell in love with the Boseong green tea fields. My travel companion Sarah told me that she’d never seen me so excited–I skipped through the rolling hills, inhaled the luscious scents and snapped photos like there was no tomorrow. Unfortunately, now I’m left to sift through all these redundant photos. Nevertheless, these...
Sleeping in Straw Houses at the Nagan Folk Village
As of late, Korea has been extraordinarily successful with preserving traditional relics, villages, temples and other structures. One such beauty is the Nagan Folk Village (낙안읍성민속마을), comprised of chogajip (초가집), straw-roofed houses, located in South Jeolla province. Less than one hundred years ago, many Koreans were still living in these types of homes! I had the chance to...
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