Author: Austin G
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Thailand Day Six: The Bro Out
This is Day Six of my Thailand trip. If you havent read the other days yet, read Day One, Two, Three, Four, and Five first. That’s right, there’s homework involved in this blog post. Just kidding. You don’t need to read any old posts. However, if you’re interested, there are some neat adventures about grand…
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A Day in the Life
I don’t know if anyone wonders what I get up to between weekend adventures or not, but I figured I’d post on the matter since living in Korea is not all weekend adventures and fun and games. I do have a real job and I work about 8.5 hours a day (1-9:40pm) although I do…
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Thailand Day Five: Ayutthaya, Banana Pancakes, and Elephants
This is the fifth day of my trip to Thailand during Lunar New Year. If you missed the previous entries, check them out below Day One Day Two Day Three Day Four This morning, Nicole and I slept in a bit before heading to the bus station for adventures. Today we were visiting Ayutthaya, once…
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Thailand Day Four: Food Tours and Palaces
This is the fourth day of our trip to Thailand. If you haven’t read them yet, I encourage you to read day one, two, and three. Nicole and I got up early again today, just like our Railroad market day. Nicole booked a Travel Zoo food tour around central Bangkok for us. We met up…
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Thailand Day Three: Floating Market
This is the third day of my trip to Thailand. If you missed the first and second days, check them out first. Our third day in Thailand was a Monday. The real enjoyment of a vacation doesn’t seem to hit until you find yourself vacationing on a weekday. I was enjoying my time on Saturday…
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Thailand Day Two: Markets and Pubs
This is the second post in my series of Thailand vacation posts. If you missed it, the first one is here. Nicole and I ate a quick breakfast in the room; danishes from the 7-11 on the corner. Then, we stopped at the street side café for more delicious soup. It was quickly becoming a staple…
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Thailand Day One: The Adventure Begins
In Korea they celebrate two new years’: Solar New Year, the traditional western New Year, and Lunar New Year, an exciting double New Year you get to celebrate if you live and/or work in East Asia. For Lunar New Year, Nicole and I had two days off: Thursday and Friday. We both additionally took off…
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Snowboarding in Korea
This weekend, Nicole and I went snowboarding in Muju, South Korea. It’s about two hours away from Gwangju by bus. Nicole found a coupon online to rent gear, get a bus to the mountain, get a lift pass, and lessons all for about $100. I asked one of my Korean coworkers, Lizzy, to help me…
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10 Things I’ve learned about Korea Part I
1. Koreans Love Soju and they drink it like water I can’t tell you how many times I’ve gone out to dinner with Nicole or various friends in Korea and at the next table sat a group of older Korean men getting sauced on Soju. I’ve had the drink, I don’t mind the drink, but…