The first building we went to saturday morning is a distinctively designed signature landmark of the expo. This houses the Ocean & Coast Best Practice area. This was the first time I saw our press passes being used. We went to the front of the line where there is a seperate line for disabled, elderly, pregnant women, or VIPs. We showed our passes and had to show additional Press ID to get whisked inside past the many envious onlookers. First we were locked in...

As we had a panorama view of the entire expo site from our hotel I opened all the curtains to see all the lights. I slept like this to see the morning view also. However, this woke me up at 5am when daylight broke. I noticed there was a large naval ship docked beside which I hadnt noticed at night. Closer to 6am the top deck filled with rows of naval soldiers beginning their morning exercises. They proceeded thru a routine of arm movements, jumping, stretching, a...

Information taken from the Official Yeosu Website with larger viewable version http://eng.expo2012.kr/is/ps/fcltyGuida nce/infoMapS.html See also Guide to International Pavilions http://blog.travelpod.com/travel-blog-e ntries/londone7/21/1340396980/tpod.html

I was really impressed by the rooms we were given for the expo. Our hotel was the MVL which stands for most valued life. In korean this seems to get pronounced the hangul way of 'embel'. The exterior entranceway was impressive and the main lobby was something out of some futuristic movie. Staff all speak high levels of fluent english which is unusual for Korea. Our rooms were on the 10th floor. I had a nice panorama view of the entire expo site and was able to se...

In the two weekends leading up to my trip I was very worried as to how I was going to get to Yeosu. The buses from Seobu terminal are problematic (see previous entry) and I heard they sell out and you have to stand in lines all the way. Fortunately I was able to leave school after lesson six at 3.15 so I could take a cab to try to catch the early 4.10 bus to Yeosu before the evening crowd hits. It began raining friday just as it was time for me to leave. I tried ...