#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. Tom and his girlfriend Laura stayed at same guesthouse as me, the famous island guesthouse, […]
Olle Course 10 Expedition – A Story by Thomas M. Holst Read More »
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. , This is one of the image I thought I would like to see in
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*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 clear day. I didn’t get to see the whole silhouette of Great wall like I
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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 had to say.. Well, I didn’t have anything else to do in this town, so
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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 to work at observatory. Not for a view, for astronomy. I was a teacher for
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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 one I got for free handout from Hong Kong tourism website is an entire book
Hong Kong You Knew is Wrong Read More »
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 not on a list of the most beautiful cities, but it has a lot to
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. . 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 fortress is one of must see place in Korea. . The wall surrounds the center
Itinerary of short trip to Seoul, 2nd day Read More »
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 now, right? First day of Seoul, we looked around what Seoul looks like. Kyung bok
Itinerary of short trip to Seoul, 1st day. Read More »
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 anyway this actual event is a week later but I wasn’t planning stay that long
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