DESTINATIONS & CITY GUIDES How to Experience Travel From Home: 30 Inspiring Ideas Posted on March 26, 2016November 15, 2025 And then it dawned on me. I realized it’s much more than the above. I realized it was more than just the sum of the experiences, the places I’d been or the things I’d seen. It was how it made me feel. And then I realized that I can experience a lot of the same sensations without hopping on a plane, train or boat… right in my own neighborhood. Read more
DESTINATIONS & CITY GUIDES How to Hike Apsan’s Kosangol Valley Trail Like a Local Posted on March 7, 2016November 15, 2025 After consulting the map I decided to hike up to the Kosangol Valley because it would take me past the Mud Crack Ripple Mark and Dinosaur Footprint. Keep in mind I had no idea what either of those markers on the map would entail or whether or not I’d be able to discern them once I had arrived. Read more
DESTINATIONS & CITY GUIDES 6 Restaurants and Cafes in Daegu Locals Actually Love Posted on March 1, 2016November 15, 2025 I really had no idea we would eat (or drink) out as much as we do. We wanted to live downtown, so we could walk out the door into the mix and that’s exactly what we did for the first 8 months we were here. We still eat out a lot, its good and cheap and now that its just the two of us, its pretty easy too. Read more
DESTINATIONS & CITY GUIDES Daegu Breweries You’ll Love: Best Beer, Cocktails, and Late-Night Vibes Posted on February 24, 2016November 15, 2025 The last time we were here all you could get was OB, Cass, Hite and bottled Budweiser, Heineken or Corona. All that changed in April 2014, when the government loosened restrictions that had prohibited microbreweries from operating because they couldn’t match mandated quotas. Now there’s a real trend to microbreweries… Read more
DESTINATIONS & CITY GUIDES 10 Great Reasons to Visit Thailand During Any Time of the Year Posted on January 19, 2016November 15, 2025 Why I Fell in Love with Phuket, Bangkok, and Chiang Mai Thailand has captured my heart, and I am eagerly counting down the days until my return. I had a feeling I would love it, but I never anticipated just how deeply it would resonate with me. Despite all the… Read more
DESTINATIONS & CITY GUIDES Weekend Trips in Asia: Quick Getaways from Daegu, South Korea Posted on January 5, 2016November 15, 2025 My life had been thrown in a tailspin. We were moving 7,000 miles across the world from Fort Lee Virginia to Camp Henry in Daegu South Korea. We had to hire a realtor, find an apartment which took 3 months and get to all the Asian traveling we had imagined when we accepted this assignment. The year took us all over South Korea, Japan, China, Malaysia and Thailand and we’re just getting started. 2016 is going to be even better. Read more
DESTINATIONS & CITY GUIDES What You Need to Know Before Visiting Korea’s Tea Fields & Museum in Boseong Posted on December 27, 2015May 8, 2026 We stumbled upon the Korea’s Tea Museum after seeing a sign at the turnoff to our intended destination–the Boseong Tea Plantation. Happy accidents like this make travel unpredictable and sometimes ends up being the highlight of the day. We walked into the museum not knowing what to expect. We didn’t know if the exhibits would have English translations or if we’d spend a few walking around looking at pretty pictures. Read more
DESTINATIONS & CITY GUIDES Boseong Light Festival: A First-Hand Guide to the Beautiful Chaos Posted on December 27, 2015November 15, 2025 We ended up parking along the railing at a overlook of the valley below. Steven pulled behind the last car, making sure to put enough distance behind it and us to maneuver out when it was time to go. He looked back and said there wasn’t enough room for more than one car to fit in behind us. And we settled in for an hour to wait for the sun to go down. Read more