This is why I'm here: travel. After seven months of grueling work, I'm off.

I decided to break my contract five months early to travel the world and eventually make it back to friends and family back in the states. By the time I get home to Chicago, it will have been 11 months abroad.

This was my first experience with living abroad. For whatever reason, it was something I opted against in university, choosing instead to take several, smaller trips; Amsterdam this year, Italy the next, followed by Ecuador and several cross-country road trips in between. The longest I'd ever traveled for was one month and one week. Eight months is different.

I arrived in Busan, South Korea in late September, 2008. I worked in shitty hagwon (private English institute) teaching English to adults everyday. This is a typical story. It's rare to find a trustworthy hagwon. That being said, they can likely say the same about English teachers.

As a Liberal and possibly tad bit eccentric young lady (at least by their standards), it's been interesting to live in one of the most conservative Asian countries. (More on this later.)

For now, I'm just doing my last bit of errands before taking off for Ho Chi Minh. Once I arrive, I've got some locals to meet up with for a possible trip to a museum and a definite dinner...thanks be to Couchsurfing.com.

Well, that's all for now. I'll write more after I arrive and figure out some of my life.

written by  Nomadic Movements Of An Itinerant on May 1, 2009 from Pusan, South Korea
from the travel blog: Nomadic Movements Of An Itinerant
tagged Busan
Send a Compliment

---

1 comment...

Yes, we're whacky.

Well, I went to the tournament in Busan over the weekend, and boy it was great! So worth it! I came in the top 12 out of 50 in my category, so I can't complain to much (I will though because you know how I am with losing a fight).

Though it was a great experience, I'm not crazy about the rules and what counts and a point and what doesn't in the sport (who would've thought that a twist kick wouldn't count!?) However, being able to do spin kicks and twist kicks to the face is still pretty awesome. Mind you, I got a twist kick to the nose, which still hurts a bit, but that's mainly because I did it to the girl in the first place. So you know... I deserved it.

I didn't know this, but Inha's TKD team is pretty well known, so needless to say I felt really lucky to go with them. They were all just great too. There's just so much to talk about. I guess I will have to explain through... INTERPRETIVE DANCE.

Or just pictures. Go check them out at Facebook (Now that it's working again). Remember, you don't need an account with the link (though these days, who doesn't have Facebook?)

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=348452&id=565230144&l=44de8c3642

written by  Maestro on November 18, 2009 from Pusan, South Korea
from the travel blog: From Montreal to Incheon
tagged Busan, Study, Abroad, Korea, Inha and Taekwondo
Send a Compliment

---

comment on this...