4- Hanoi, Vietnam

A few shots from my time in Hanoi to add to the Travel Photography Feature at the top of the blog. These were sepia-d up for effect. My favourites are 1, 2 and 4. What do you think?

Travel Photography Update

Destination Number 3 is Tsukiji Fish Market- check it out at the top of the page.

New In Travel Photography

Check out the link at the top for another few pictures from a cool place- this time Seoraksan.

Back On The Road

I booked flights today to get me away from Seoul and its fumes and off to Thai beaches and Northern Vietnam in August- woohoo!

Can’t wait to be back on the road again, especially when the road leads to such wonderful places as these.

It’s Christmas!

This is what my apartment will look like once I finish the Christmas decorating…

Christmas is almost upon us! My birthday has come and gone, lights are up in Myongdong, City Hall and other places, and snow rained down upon the victorious Suwon players on sunday like heavenly confetti.

My Christmas plans fit into a larger period of time- approximately 2 and a half months- which can basically be summed up as Having It Really Easy. This week and next I have a scattering of half days due to Exam period. Then I have just over a week off for Christmas and the New Year before holding “Winter Camp” for three weeks in January. “Winter Camp” isn’t really a camp at all- its three hours of lessons a day, 1pm – 4pm, for three weeks. At the end of January I’m off to Japan for three weeks on onsens, museums, hitch-hiking*, izakaya feasts and karaoke madness. Finally, at the end of February, I plan lessons and start extra classes- for March onwards I’ll be making a lot more money but also working a lot more.

My birthday came and went without crazy celebrations, but with a satisfying and enjoyable weekend of relaxation. On friday night I went out to Seoul restaurant Mad for Garlic, drank some oishii Marco D’Asti and had cake! Then on saturday we went walking in Seoul Forest, relaxed in Myeongdong, and then I chilled watching football in the evening. Sunday was of course Suwon’s victorious triumph in the K-League finale.

Plans for New Years Eve and Christmas are yet to be finalised, but whatever I end up doing the next couple of months are gonna be incredibly laid back. Back of the net!

*For my visit to Japan I’ll be hitch-hiking from Tokyo to Osaka (possibly Okayama). It should be fun!