Tag: travel blog
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Korean Cafe Vibes ft. eating an $8 Tart in Gangnam, Seoul, South Korea
The cafe I went to today was called Urban Rabbit, located in Gangnam nearest to exit 11 on line 2 or Sinnonhyeon exit 5 on line 9. The tart wasn’t overly tasty but I was in a dessert mood. The tart cost 8,000 won (what the actual heck) and it was 90% whipped cream. The…
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What’s going on at the Seoul Hall of Urbanism and Architecture
Today, I wandered around Gwangwhamun, the cultural hub of Seoul, with a camera in hand and no particular plan. I stumbled across this ‘interactive balloon surface’ at the Seoul Hall of Urbanism and Architecture. The space was not overly conducive for interactive, fun play (in my design opinion). Oh, that’s right, I have a real-life…
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What my eyeballs saw today in Dongdaemun, Seoul, South Korea
Today, I forced my couch potato oaf of a body out to Dongdaemun to investigate the famous fabric market. I recently (two months ago) purchased an embroidery starter kit with every intention of learning how to punch needle (seriously, what the hell is punch needling?). After a night of failed punch needling and red wine…
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Yeouido Park is a landscape architect’s playground
You know when the stars and zodiac signs align and you have both the energy to leave your house and a pollution-free blue sky? No? Well, you obviously don’t live in Asia. This happened for us only two weekends ago when we ventured over to Yeouido Park near the Han River. We decided to rent…
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Happy belated birthday, Buddha! 서울에서는 석가탕신일
On a lukewarm Friday evening in May, I summoned enough brain and leg power to wander beyond my daily work route of train station to work, work back to train station, and went to Bongeunsa Temple. This miraculous venture just so happened to be around the time of Buddha’s sweet sixteen, so there were lanterns,…
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How to do a “Visa Run” in Fukuoka
If you’re a regular reader of this very important blog, you’ll know that my travelling ‘how-to’s’ are more like ‘loose suggestions’ or ‘visual prompts’ rather than informative guides. This post is no exception. In keeping with who I am as an amateur hobby blogger, I’ll keep this ‘how-to’ guide pretty visual and non-descriptive. Truth be…
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Korean New Year… in Japan
새해 복 많이 받으세요! That is Happy New Year in Korean and is appropriate for today because it is in fact Korean New Year. Wow, Jo is posting something relevant and in a timely manner? What is happening, she must be on holiday? Lunar New Year is celebrated in countries other than China alone, including…
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Sunday Morning in Beijing or Seoul?
Here are some photographs from my Sunday morning in my neighbourhood. I loved waking up early, buying an okay-tasting coffee and walking around taking photographs. I later regretted buying the coffee because it’s not fun changing camera settings and fiddling around to pretend I know how to use a camera in the freezing cold with…
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It’s a date! 샤로수길에서는 데이트!
Over the weekend, we decided to go on a lavish date and live our lives as though we had all the time and money in the world. By that, I mean we ate three different meals within the space of about 3.5 hours with a heartfelt session of karaoke in between meals one and two…