2009 TAEBAEK SNOW FESTIVAL & SNOW HIKING
2009 Taebaek Snow Festival After a four hour bus ride, we arrived at Yongyeon Cave. It was snowing lightly, which was a welcome sight. We changed to a shuttle bus to travel from the car park to the cave entrance. Inside was a well made path to follow, so Young Hoon let us go by […]
2009 ICE FISHING FESTIVAL TRIP
Written by Patricia A Skully After boarding the buses bright and early on the Saturday morning, we arrived at the festival site just before noon, ready to fish. The group proceeded down to the frozen river in order to be paired off — two to a pole — to catch an elusive trout. While the […]
1ST KAESONG CITY TOUR 27 APRIL 2008
After spending an awfully long and noisy night in a jimjilbang, we awoke (those lucky few who had actually managed to get a few minutes of sleep), dragged ourselves around the corner to the waiting bus, and were away on time at exactly 6am. After a breezy drive to Imjingak, we raced passed the waiting […]
I WENT TO MY DAD’S HOMETOWN – GAESONG CITY, NORTH KOREA!
Written by Angela Hur Yes that’s right -my dad is from North Korea with a story to tell. Just know that my grandfather was able to escape with his family when my dad was 5 years old and I’m now where I am today. I never got to know my grandfather as he passed away […]
NORTH KOREA TRIP TO KAESONG CITY
Kaesong City Trip. Written by Tom Arkwright Next stop North Korea! Kaesong City here I come! At 6am on a Sunday morning who’d have thought that I’d be on my way to Kaesong. The normal event for quite a few Expats I’m sure, would be to catch the subway home after a heavy night drinking […]
EUMSEONG BUSKER FESTIVAL AND WORAKSAN HIKE
Having completed my fifth Adventure Korea trip in less than three months, I am ready and rearing to do it again. The Eumseong/Woraksan Adventure Korea trip was yet another huge success. Credit goes to all the AK team. They make travelling in Korea so easy. All you need to do is choose your tour, pay […]
TEMPLE STAY & RIVER TREKKING
Buddhism is hard work. Let me sum up my weekend stay at Bapheungsa Temple with the reality of Sunday night: I went to bed at 9:00 and slept for 13 hours. Not that the experience wasn’t great, or insightful. It began with a bus ride, as all Adventure Korea trips do. The group was looking […]
SEORAKSAN NATIONAL PARK
Above the Clouds on Mt. Sorak By Jenna Richards Contributing Writer Participants from Adventure Korea’s trip to Soraksan National Park pose at the base of Mt. Sorak, a popular destination for hiking enthusiasts. Last weekend saw a group of enthusiastic foreigners exploring one of the most beautiful places in Korea, Soraksan National Park. Organized by […]
IT’S SMILES, MOUNTAINS NORTH OF BORDER
It’s Smiles, Mountains North of Border By Jennifer Radakovitch Contributing Writer A view of Mt. Kumgang in North Korea. North Korea has opened the area to tourists from around the world. /Courtesy of Jennifer Radakovitch The experience of seeing North Korea was surreal. From the moment we got through customs, everything and everyone was overly […]
ROCK-CLIMB OPENS EYES TO KOREA’S AUTUMN BEAUTY
By Jennifer Radakovitch Contributing writer Foreign residents discover long unused muscles and Korea’s autumn beauty during a rock-climbing expedition on Mt. Choryong, a three-hour bus ride south of Seoul. Courtesy of Jennifer Radakovitch Autumn offers expats in Korea a wonderful opportunity to escape the stagnant air of the city and discover the fresh air and […]