New discovery

Ah the joys of finding another treasure, still! Near Cafe Street - uber cute by the way! - we found a skate park. Made many new friends with small Korean boys. THIS would never be ok back home; numbers were exchanged, hands were held, so cute!

Snowman Family

My fave is the Frenchie!

Rocky Horror Picture Show

Had a fabulous time at Rocky Horror in Itaewon last night. My costume was not as epic as when I went with Hannay but still real good I think;)

Ended up in Hongdai (?). Was dancing till 5 am. Instead of heading to the jimjubong, I just waited for the trains to start up again at 530 am. Exhausted today. Headache to boot.

Had such a grande time at Rocky! So much so that I reminisced in my dreams about Rocky at home. Woke up thinking I was back in Canada. But I'm not. Two and a half months down and weekends to enjoy ...

Japan VS Korea

Wow! Japan was a whirl wind. The WinK (when in Korea) trip was three days long; really it felt like three weeks with how much travelling we did and all the things we saw and adventures we had.

I hoped in the subway (about 1.5 hrs) after work Tuesday and ended up in Seoul where I met the other WinK travellers. We took a bus to Busan (about  8 hrs). We were in Busan for 10 hrs. We wandered to the beach front which was beautiful. Reminded me of Nica. Also ventured to the fish market and in the streets. Took the ferry to Japan (about 8 hrs).

Saw a shrine and castle our first day. Went to Aso Mountain the next day: a sulfur volcano-type. Hiked that evening with the hostel owner. Went to an onsen (naked, outdoor, hot, mineral, hot spring type). Shopped in Fukoka that night. Bus to ferry in the a.m. (about 3 hrs). Ferry took us back to Busan (about 6 hrs). Bus to Seoul (about 6 hrs). Taxi home, arriving at 130 a.m. Having to teach this day. 

Youwza!

The air was instantly cleaner, clearer and fresher in Japan. Was a great change.

The people were so much friendlier! They didn't stare at you out of judgement and resentment as they do in Korea at times, but out of curiosity.

Their body types are more similar to ours. Koreans are aneorxic. 

Everyone dresses the same - fancy - in Korea. In Japan everyone had their own style.

Was a very different shift.

BUSAN, SOUTH KOREA

JAPAN

SHRINE

CASTLE

ASO MOUNTAIN

HIKE

ONSEN

LAST BREAKFAST

Nami Island - Korean Independence Day

Two-three hours of standing on a bus and train later ... We arrived at Nami Island. It is situated 63 km from Seoul in the middle of the Han River. Nami Island looks like a floating leaf. It is has an area of 480,000m2 and a circumference of 5 km.

We took a low-key, slow-paced zip line to then island and then toured by foot.