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Korea: First Impressions
This is going to be super short as I’m totally jet lagged. I arrived into Incheon (Seoul) International airport around 4pm and was promptly met by a rep from my school who put me into a taxi and off I...
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Where in the World…
Sometimes as I lie in my new bed, in my new room in a brand spanking new apartment block, it’s easy to forget where I am. From the minute You step outside the door of your 21 storey apartment complex...
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Marathon for Peace
So on my way home yesterday I read about the ’4th Annual Gyeonngi Peace Marathon’. It is happening this Sunday in Paju and involves a course that goes right up to the DMZ, the border with North Korea....
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Casino Jack and the United States of Money
Today I opted out of running a 34km marathon (no surpriese there!) and instead decided to attend the 2nd annual DMZ Documentary Film Festival which was much more my cup of tea. The festival screens a...
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The Scariest Place on Earth
So don’t ask me how or why exactly, but on Friday the other Munsan teachers and I ended up in a place Bill Clinton famously called, ” The scariest place on Earth.” Anyone who knows me and knows my keen...
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Dear North Korea
Dear North Korea, I don’t think you know me, but I guess it’s about time for a formal introduction. My name is Janet, and I moved in with your lovely southerly neighbour 99 days ago. It’s, I’m not...
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Spent all my money on whiskey and beer
When I go to a country it is not about how many museums I have visited, how many temples I’ve stayed in or how many photos I have taken…it is about how much of my time I can admit to being truly...
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Walking in a Winter Wonderland
Murphys Law: Pray for it to snow on Christmas every year since you were a child and it will never snow. Leave the country for 2 winters in a row, and it will snow more than it did it the previous 2...
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The Scariest Place on Earth
With all the recent talk about North and South Korea, I thought I would share this post with you. This time 2 years ago I was living and working in Munsan, a town of about 100,000 only a few KMs from...
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Stunning views of North Korea
It’s not every day that you go on an adventure with two of your friends, in search of a Fortress, and end up less than 2km from North Korea! Well, that’s exactly what happened to me today! As Im living...
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안녕하세요 한국 (Hello Korea!)
So I am currently in the process of packing my life into my backpack…yet again. It seems to be a never ending process for me as I move around from country to country so often.… View Post The post...
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Where in the World…
Sometimes as I lie in my new bed, in my new room in a brand spanking new apartment block, it’s easy to forget where I am. From the minute You step outside the door of your 21 storey apartment complex...
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Marathon for Peace
So on my way home yesterday I read about the ‘4th Annual Gyeonngi Peace Marathon’. It is happening this Sunday in Paju and involves a course that goes right up to the DMZ, the border with North Korea....
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Casino Jack and the United States of Money
Today I opted out of running a 34km marathon (no surpriese there!) and instead decided to attend the 2nd annual DMZ Documentary Film Festival which was much more my cup of tea. The festival screens a...
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Walking in a Winter Wonderland
Murphys Law: Pray for it to snow on Christmas every year since you were a child and it will never snow. Leave the country for 2 winters in a row, and it will snow more than it did it the previous 2...
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