Today is Dongji 동지. The logest night of the year. I should explain some background for this. Okay, the traditional East Asian calendars divide a year into 24 solar terms. And Dongji is 22nd solar term of the year. And […]
*Location : Beppu, Japan *Occasion : It was one of the most interesting place in Kyushu area. Japan is well known as quality natural spa. There are 9 different hell experiences called ‘Nine(9) hells of Beppu’. And I choose to […]
#The New Contents! The very first Guest of honor on #Runaway tales by Runawayers Category is Thomas M. Holst. Tom is from Omaha, US, and spend last few years in China and Korea. We met on my recent Jeju trip. […]
Some of ‘famous’ photography of Asia, you can see massive group of tai chi fairly often. Nothing like this in any other continent. Tai chi, or Taiji is a Chinese philosophy. Many Chinese are doing this for meditation and exercising. […]
*Location : Beijing, China *Occasion : Great wall of China. It was THE purpose of the trip. It was right before the Olympic started. Thought I should visit before Olympic, when it’s still cheaper. It was winter and not very […]
Part 1. Meditating. Everything is a postcard! Part 2. Astronomy, why must? Part 3. Nature, people and the job offer. After the tour, went to the tour operator and gave my feedback like I promised. He carefully hears what I […]
Part 1. Meditating. Everything is a postcard! Part 2. Astronomy, why must? Part 3. People, nature and a job offer. . . Next step was to found out how I can get to the observatory. Did I mention? I used […]
What word pop up in your head when you hear “Hong Kong” ?. Before I really knew about Hong Kong, Shopping, expensive food, and luxury accommodation were for the whole idea because every Korean tour operators said so. Even the […]
Besides “Gangnam Style”, what do you know about Seoul? My hometown, one of the biggest cities in the world that expands over 600 years, Seoul is becoming a popular destination for world travelers. The capital city of South Korea may […]
. . 2nd day Suwon Fortress –> Musical in Daehakro –> Shopping in Hongdae . Suwon Hwasung(Hwa fortress – ‘sung’ is ‘fortress’ in Korean) . UNESCO designated the fortress a World heritage site in 1997. You can imagine why Suwon […]
From my friend Meaghan‘s short visit to Seoul, I did a little plan for the tour. Here’s Runaway Juno’s style of itinerary of short trip to Seoul. 1st. City tour. You want to get to know where you are right […]
When we reached to Kuala Lumpur, we saw an informative commercial about religious event is going to be held a place called Batu Cave. Apparently this event was masochistic looking devotees. I was not sure I can handle the masochistic-looking pressure, but […]