Daegu welcomes Handi, a new Pakistani restaurant to its array of global culinary delights. Handi is located at Bukbu Bus terminal, just around the corner from a long time Pakistani establishment Ali Baba. Rasheed, the owner of Handi, is actually the former cook from Ali Baba who sold his share to start his own business. Bukbu bus terminal is a bit out of the way and a question that often comes up is what subway stop is it near? Bukbu is not near any subway stops ...

Ulsan celebrated its whaling heritage at the Annual Whale Festival this weekend, where many foreigners were competing in teams in the rowing competition. We have had two weekends of practice and now was the final race day. Unfortunately, the heats started from 9am and we had a 90 min bus ride from Daegu to get to the Taewha River. I had tried getting the organizers to move the start time as many of us were travelling from out of town. The best they could do was p...

A long while back I was approached by The Korea Herald on an article they were developing about Muslim life in Korea. I was interviewed back in Nov/11 and was waiting since then for the article to run. Finally, it has now been published, and is overall a very positive article on Muslims for a change. Here is a link to the article on The Korea Herald's website or the text pasted below http://www.koreaherald.com/lifestyle/De tail.jsp?newsMLId=20120424001113 One yea...

Ulsan is a coastal city on the southeast famous for its whaling heritage. There is an annual whale festival, held this year at the end of april, and you can take sightseeing trips out to see real whales in the ocean. As part of this years whale festival there will be a competition where teams can compete in rowing boats. I joined with two friends from Daegu and this weekend was our first practice. Last year we had taken an express bus for 11,000w from Daegu and t...

Daegu is famous for its stunning temples along the Mt Palgong mountain range. The two most prominent ones are the Gatbawi stone statue wearing a cap and the Donghwasa Temple complex. There are other complexes along the range such as Pagyesa and Buinsa. (see blog entry Pagyesa and the Palgong Mountain Temple Trail http://blog.travelpod.com/travel-blog-e ntries/londone7/1/1323025870/tpod.html ) This weekends trip was to Mt Palgong in the north of Daegu where they w...