Tag: Korea
Convenience and comfort in Korea…and especially toilets
Seoul is an extremely traveler-friendly city. There are enough English-language signs so that non-Hangul readers can figure out where they need to go, or how to get there. There are multi-lingual tourist information agents in red vests whose job it is to stand, or stroll, in popular visiting spots and answer questions. Sometimes they are… Read More Convenience and comfort in Korea…and especially toilets
On hiking in Korea, fungi and towering gilded monuments
My Korean friends tell me there is an expression, or perhaps it is a single word, in Korean that means “Fall colors” or “going hiking to enjoy the Fall colors.” It sounds like ka-ul or something like that; they tried to teach me but I am a failure. At any rate, just trust me that there is… Read More On hiking in Korea, fungi and towering gilded monuments
In the event of desperate etiquette emergency…
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A Good Read and “Liberation Day”
Saipan is really, really very far from the U.S. mainland. According to a stat I came across a few years ago but can’t be bothered to go back and locate, only Guam is further away and only by a hair–or, okay–maybe a hundred miles. If the United States counts the island of Saipan (along with… Read More A Good Read and “Liberation Day”
Seriously, where am I? 