With schools closed for winter break most foreigners are busy planning their winter getaways. While Seoul's Incheon Airport is Korea's main international hub, for those living in the south there is another option. Busan's Gimhae International Airport can provide you with destinations to Japan, China, and South East Asia, as well as connections for onward flights to North America, and is an easier, comfortable alternative to Incheon's mega airport.About the Airpor...

Many people are surprised to know that Daegu has an international airport and often overlook this as part of their travel itinerary. As a dual use military airbase Daegu International Airport provides connections to Jeju, Seoul, as well as China and other seasonal routes, and can be an ideal start for weekend or holiday getaways.The primary routes served by Daegu Airport are almost hourly Domestic flights to Jeju with a choice of Korean Air or Asiana, as well as ...

With the close of school from New Years to Mar 1 I only have to teach three days of classes for winter camp during the new years week. The remaining time is divided between vacation days and sitting in empty schools known as 'deskwarming'.I get to teach grade 1 middle school students as during term I only teach grade 3 and only high level grade 2 students.Since the school board global festival in November when I made a giant totem pole from cardboard boxes, I've ...

When I went home in August I had to get a new passport as I was running out of pages. Every time you leave or enter korea they stamp you in and out. Other visas such as China or Vietnam took up a whole page and every asian country will stamp you in/out.I even ended up with six stamps when I went to Hong Kong, left to enter Macau for a day trip and return to HK, then leave again to return to Korea.There were only six pages left on my passport which was supposed to...

One of the biggest problems in trying to arrange my trip to Uzbekistan was arranging the Visa. I'd tried talking to several local Korean travel agents but got blank expressions since Koreans don't go there for holidays so they didnt know how to arrange the visa or even how to explain to me in english the process.I had come to work in Korea especially to visit Uzbekistan as flights were much cheaper than if I tried from back in Canada. I first wanted to go in Aug ...