"I put together another highlight video on my YouTube channel. This one is focused on my second year living and working in Daejeon, South Korea."
Tag: Beach Life
The Four Stages of Culture Shock
"Last year, during my very first term at my hagwon, one of the lessons I taught was The Four Stages of Culture Shock. A handful of my students have lived abroad, or plan to live abroad in the near future, but the lesson almost felt like it was intended for me. After all, at that point I was only a handful of weeks into my first foray into life in South Korea. "
Boryeong Mud Festival
"The Boryeong Mud Festival draws huge crowds - especially those from foreign countries - to the beach to soak up the benefits of Boryeong's mineral-rich mud."
Byeonsanbando National Park
"When I first started pursuing a job teaching English abroad, I often found myself daydreaming about hitchhiking down country roads lined with rice paddies, hiking up and down rural mountains, jumping into remote pools fed by waterfalls, and lounging on a beach with a beer and friends from all around the world.
Last weekend I did exactly that when three friends and I trekked to Byeonsanbando National Park."
Destination: Busan
"When you think of South Korea, do you picture surfing, vast beaches, and scenic natural beauty?"