here are lots of pics of busan, 2nd largest city in korea, and port city with ferries to japanhttp://worldneighborhoods.com/pictures/ busan-f36/i am 45 mins on high speed trainflight arrived 4am from the oceanside so it was pitchblack except for lots of fishing boats with their lights. got to see korea for the first time by day. went for a stroll to the beach... it was deserted and this is august peak season!!! imagine an entire shoreline to yourself!.. lots of s...

what a drama of anxiety and tension it took to get my passport and E22 work visa.if they confirmed me JUNE 8 why do they have to drag everything out to the last minute sending my contract JULY 27??? positions are filled on a 'first come first serve basis' and they want us to 'get our documents in early' but when they send out contracts its totally random and no logic?? (i suspect they deal with larger recruiters first) when they should be sending out contracts ba...

Hello everyone,so i joined this site to post updates on my travels and adventures in south korea in addition to my facebook wall which everyone doesnt usei have been accepted into the EPIK program and have been placed in Daeguwhich is the third largest city, 2 hours from seoul, and one hour from busan which is the second largest city where you get the three hour ferry to japanthe epik process is so tediousi was accepted as a sucessful teacher on JUN 8 but my cont...

Just thought I should share with people the various ways there are to research and plan events in Korea that I've been using1) Facebook Groups.There are numerous groups that organize trips you can join, and can give you useful information about tours. I join all these groups to get on their mailing lists but dont actually go on the tours. Often they start out from Seoul, so this causes a problem for me living south in Daegu. What you can do is read their itinerar...

I've seen a few of these 'top ten' lists and never completely agreed with them so decided to make a list of my own. I was recently shocked to read a comment that outside Seoul you only need to visit Gyeongju and "you're not missing much" in the rest of the country!I tried to be more balanced rather than just focus on Seoul but I'm sure people will still disagree with this list. I can only comment on places I've been.Rather than rank them I am simply doing them ba...