Holy crap, my final week in Korea. Obviously there was food and tons of it that might have actually been too much but like come on, it’s so good. Yeah, I am definitely going to miss that. My week was also spent saying farewell to…
Hope you enjoyed the word play. Jeremy signed us for a little frisbee gathering (aka a Hat Tournament for the more frisbee-literate) out in 대전 (Daejeon), which is a super beautiful city with wide blue skies and mountains enclosing it. Just look at the scene…
In order to resolve my visa issues, I had to escape the South Korea for a bit to regain my visa-free status as a US citizen. Getting out of the country was a little bit of a nuisance but not too much trouble since I…
Movements were pretty big things this weekend. One of the nice things I love about the English language is the fluidity and adaptability of certain words. Movement happens to be one of those words. 광주 (Gwangju) probably best represents the sociopolitical connotations of that word…
So the only important thing about this week to me was the 16th Annual Jeonju International Film Festival, for which I had the pleasure of attending even the opening ceremony. The ceremony was hosted by 임성민 (Lim Sung-min, former KBS news announcer) and 김동완 (Kim…
Day 1… Actually f*** that, let’s just go through everything in a sprint. Red-eye via a cheap Singapore Airlines roundtrip with a spare seat and Academy Award-nominated new releases all ready to watch. You could say my flight in was pretty comfy. (Likewise for my…
Night 19 It actually took forever to get to Hanoi because of a layover in Bangkok and the fact that Noi Bai International Airport is like 2 hours from the Old Quarter. Although a got a döner to keep me happy, initial impressions of Hanoi…
Night 17 Dude, if you ever want to go on a date somewhere nice and quaint in Thailand, Chiang Rai is it. It reminded of those super quaint areas in SoCal lit with Christmas lights and a bunch of young artists singing some tunes next…
Day 16 I got sick. Day 17 Yale Health gave me magical drugs before I left for Asia and they served their use very well at this point in time. I was back on my feet and actually getting hungry. Thank you, science. As a…
Day 14 Getting in from Bagan actually took much longer than expected. The taxi driver from the bus stop to our guesthouse was also definitely screwing us over for some extra kyat. However, our hostel itself doubled as an art studio and music school so…