One of the phrases I've been hearing recently from my (adult) students is that "Korea is a conservative country. Korean people are very conservative." When I first arrived here I would have actually believed that, but after a couple of years experience I now know that this is simply not true. Now I laugh when I hear this! Korea and Koreans may be conservative on the surface, but if you look down below that surface then you will find some things could not be possibly be justifed as being called '
It's been a while since my first journal entry, and because i'm so lazy and can't think of anything interesting to write, I thought I'd put some pictures up for you all! The above picture was taken at Gyeongbokgung palace in Seoul. It's the main palace, where the royalty used to live and hang out during the dyanasty eras. Usually they do re-enactments of palace life for the tourists. This Buddha is made of dried raspberries!!! Taken outside Pusan station. This is a typical back street scene
I've lived in Korea for almost 2 years. During that time I have kind of fallen in love with the place, even though it drives me crazy on a regular basis. Until I came here, my experiences of East Asia were solely limited to Thailand (and a tiny bit of Myanmar). So rather foolishly, I thought that having that experience would give me an advantage here. Korea/Thailand - almost same-same I thought........ BIG mistake!! Korea is extremely different to Thailand. Firstly, the weather. Any upstanding K
