Great wall of Korea
12 March 2015
Hiking Geumjung in Busan
In about 1600, Korea and Japan were having one of their regular wars. To stop this, Korea decided to build a wall along the mountains that surroun....
Peak neon
11 March 2015
The brilliant bright lights of Busan
Busan has achieved peak neon. So far I only went to one of the many areas that are apparently well known nightspots for people to run around screa....
Short train ride
11 March 2015
From Daegu to Busan on the KTX
Now I am in Busan, the southern metropolis on the coast of Korea, home of a famous beach, very useful in winter, the Busan film festival, not on w....
Last night in Daegu
10 March 2015
Eating Jeonju style Bibimbap in Daegu
I am not about to go all sentimental here, but Daegu is an excellent place. I enjoyed my 4 days here more than my entire trip to Seoul 3 or so yea....
Wrong buddha
10 March 2015
Hiking Palgonsan near Daegu at Gatbawi
Despite warnings of a world ending freeze / blizzard, I woke up feeling so strong that I thought I better go to another mountain. This was my last....
Random nonsense
9 March 2015
The old market and new monorail of Daegu
After returning from recovery mountain, I decided to give my spa bath a whirl. It seemed to have lots of jets and something that makes bubbles tha....
Recovery mountain
9 March 2015
Hiking Apsan in Daegu
What better way to rest your aching legs from climbing about on mountains than to climb another? None I say. This particular mountain is called Ap....
Shabu xiabu jiabu
8 March 2015
Eating in a Daegu department store
As promised, I didnt do much tonight. I did have Shabu Shabu, which in China is called Xiabu Xiabu, which in Korea is called Jiabu Jiabu. More on ....
Getting down to business
8 March 2015
Hiking Bisuelsan near Daegu by bus
Brace yourself for photo overload, or more likely, prepare to scroll past many boring photos. Today I made a rough plan to go to some mountains in....