I was looking for photos from Korea for my lastest post, My Super Korean Identity Revealed. I lost a lot of photos after my five-year-old laptop broke down, so most of the old photos were from my phone. Ever since I got this phone (iPhone), two years ago, I took a lot of pictures, […]
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If you want to explore NYC with a budget, Roomorama is the way to go. It certainly was the answer for me. I wasn’t sure I could afford to stay in NYC for 3- 5 days, and Roomorama came to the rescue. There are a lot of places to stay in and around
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It’s been nine months since I left home. I’ve been China, Vietnam, Laos, the US and now I’m exploring Europe, moving countries every week. Sometimes people asked me ‘Do you miss home?’ and ‘Do you miss Korean food?’. Well, I don’t really. I’ve been unhappy about the cultural and social situations in the country for
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Kara and I bonded through the dogs, the food and musical Wicked. Anybody who gets Wicked and loves the dogs, can be my friend. How can you not, after a singalong Wicked numbers in the car? Great times. Anyway, while Kara and John were visiting their family for a week, Stephen and I stayed at
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The Best of Finland It’s been three weeks since I landed on Europe for Runaway Europe project. The destination #2 was Finland and I fell in love with the country. It was a brief itinerary for five days starting with Tampere, Turku and finished with Helsinki. Finland was always a very wild
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What to do in Denver? After TBEX, Stephen and I ended up staying in Denver about two weeks. One week with John and Kara, Stephen’s old friends, and following week for dogsitting for them. We worked, most of the time. But we had big and small excursions with Kara everyday while John, Kara’s
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“What makes you travel?” Then I thought, ‘why?’. Most of the interviews in any publication, this was the question what everyone asked. What makes me travel? What makes me constantly move? That was one of the questions I got from my family who don’t really understand the reasons
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“Vietnam is a country of food, a country of skinny people obsessed with eating.” – From ‘Catfish and Mandala’ by Andrew X. Pham You’re right Andrew, they really are. One thing I didn’t worry in Vietnam was; what to eat. There are food carts, street vendors, hole-in-the-wall restaurants, and food vendors who carry their food
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Mustamakkara, the black sausage. Would you eat it? Mustamakkara, the black sausage, is an authentic Finnish cuisine that originated in Tampere region. You can get it in other places in Finland, but not as authentic as Tampere’s. It’s the best to be eaten when it’s hot and fresh. The name itself just doesn’t sound very
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Accommodation Dream Hostel Location Near Tampere train station and city centre Internet Access Wi-Fi is accessible both in the room and the lobby Room Dorm-room is well equipped and clean.White bed, white sheet and white wall: everything looks really neat. Comfortable mattress, reading light on the bed, safe under the bed,
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