Korea Day 2

Jet Lag is trying to set in, but i'm fighting it worse than Pac-Man...

Up this morning around 6AM, no idea why, but I am...nothing to do but jump online and and try to find the necessary arrangements for Beijing...

Brenda and andrew got up around 8, so after way too many cups of nescafe i was ready to go. Jokingly, Andrew got Kim-Chi for breakfast, claiming he was only going to feed me rice and Kim-Chi... That plan backfired, I like Kim Chi. Of course andrew doesn't like that this has backfired on him, waking up to the smell of kim chi wafting through the house.

Breakfast was Egss, Kim-chi and rice compliments of brenda, a good start to the day. Just what we needed to make the journey to visit andrew at school and watch him teach.

This mornings adventure was new to both Brenda and I, with her never having made the solo trip to see andrew at work, this was evident by us getting on the wrong bus to start!

Watching andrew was fun, the kids brought him in gifts and even a cake. andrew was using the scategories game, in a modified version with the students, they had lots of fun, and really enjoyed themselves. It was fun to watch the interaction...he might just be as good as he says he is.
English teachers over for a gathering.

Andrew relegated himselft grill master, it being his birthday (as he constantly reminded EVERYONE ALL NIGHT LONG). Grilling up chicken, pork, mushrooms, lots of beer, pasta salad made with the dressing i had brought for him.

It was nice meeting all Andrews friends and being able to participate in all the comraderie!

My night ended around 11, it was all that i could handle, those youngins out partied this old fart!

Korea Day One

Korea Day 1

Landing in Korea and passing through Immigration was quite uneventful. A little rocky on the landing in Busan, Immigration was quick and painless, and baggage claim was super easy. Having paked two suitcases I was a little concerned that I wouldn't be able to identify them as they came down the turnstyle. Loaded on the cart they passed through with ease, one simple question "anything to declare?" with a prompt no I was on my way.

coming out into the arival hall I quickly b-lined to the forex and exchanged some cash, passed through the exit doors to see a giddy andrew and brenda. Heading outside we loaded the bags into the car...this was the first frightening experience in Korea...Andrew was driging the car!

The ride to from Pusan to Hamyang was good, Andrew had not forgotten how to drive. the road system was very developed. Every so often there were these speed camera's, the inboard GPS would flash as you approached the speed cameras notifying you that you were travelling to fast, you could tell that all the GPS's did this as the other cars on the road would slam on there breaks to make sure they did not get photographed speeding. As each car passed through it was like the start of the Indy 500, everyone seemed to slam on the gas until the next speed camera.

After arriving at the house, we caught up for a bit, had a few glasses of Hite and hit the hay.

Plane Ride Over

4.20.10

the trip has begun and slumber is soon upon m e....thanks of course to Japanese beer and lunestra....

I'm going to be taking a different approach to the blog this time, instead of typing posts as i find an internet connection i'm going to be taking my diary digital and transferrin to the blog. Just something new to attempt, we'll see how it goes.

the trip started out uneventful, with the exception of a little rushing to get home and showered and ready to go, but with no problems....made the bus, came close to missing my flght in detroit due to 20 minute early final boarding call, very suprised by that, as I don't believe they made a terminal wide first boarding announcement...

had lunch at the sushi place in the mcnamara terminal, don't think i'll do that again, had mold on Tako salad (calamari/ octopus), so i sent it back only to be presented with 2nd that had mold on it, so i changed to a seaweed salad that was just fine If your actually interested the main course for me was Eel and cucumber roll with a Kirin...

so now i'm on the plane and , and ready for slumber and ready to get woken by the breakfast cart....Next stop Narita, and after that Busan and the week with Andrew and Brenda

Asia 2010....the trip to close it out

All right, back again in the land of rice and heat....heres the itinerary i'm going to be working off of..

land Busan, travel to Hamynang
Seoul, for the DMZ
Beijing, China.... 18 hour free for all, the great wall, olympic stadium, T- Square, and the Temple of Heaven park
Ulaanbaatar Mongolia....sleeping a Ger....
Singapore....gots to have me some chicken and rice
Darwin, Land of OZ....not the most dramatic of places to visit but for the price it was WAY cheaper than Sydney or Melbourne or Perth
Singapore.....yeah...more chicken and rice, maybe i'll splurge and have a singapore sling at the Raffles
Yangon, Myanmar...will the Junta follow me? i can be a shady looking fucker
Manila, Philippines, 22 hours and then back to Detroit

Should be a good trip, who knows what will come about, just home it goes better than last time with no stolen camera's etc...

till later
Peace out and Happy Trails