Step Inn Guest house

Step Inn Guest house

Introduction to my trip to Malaysia and the first hostel we stayed at in KL.

Mongol Nomadic 유목민 몽골

Mongol Nomadic 유목민 몽골

In Dongdaemun there are some streets strewn with flags, this area seems to be "Little Russia", a section near Dongdaemun History and Culture park with restaurants from Eastern Euroasia. The friend I was with was hoping to find a great Russian restaurant she'd stumbled upon last time she was out exploring but we were unable [...]

해우재 Haewoojae Museum

해우재 Haewoojae Museum

Located about a half hour from Suwon station is a small free museum shaped like a toilet. This museum is the work of Sim Jaedeok who demolished his own house after 30 years and got architect Go Giung to build the toilet shaped building in honor of the World's Toilet Association. In 2009, after Sim Jaedeok's death [...]

Pyeongchang Winter Olympics 2018

Pyeongchang Winter Olympics 2018

South Korea has been gearing up for the Olympics in a variety of ways both small and large. Incheon is now broken up into two large terminals and there's a new train line that leaves from Incheon and continues all the way to the Olympics which is hosted on the other side of the country. [...]

The Best Laid Plans

In my previous post I said I was taking a bit of a break and I'd be back in mid-February after a mini break to visit New Zealand. This didn't happen. I didn't spend the first half of my break exploring or doing much but commuting to the hospital, meeting nurses and doing my best [...]

Blog hiatus until mid-February

Blog hiatus until mid-February

This blog is going on hiatus for about a month. I'll be taking a short break in order to better focus on preparing for my upcoming trips. I've got a couple weeks of camp to get through first and then I'm off to my first winter vacation stop: New Zealand. I'm so excited, but I've [...]