She dimmed the lights and the room took on the appearance of a night club. It was 9am and the neon lights flooded down from the ceiling in geometric shapes that danced on the wooden floor. Meghan Trainor’s All About That Bass filtered down from the speakers on the forever cemented that song as the first song I danced to in a “Korean nightclub”.
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Hotel B in Gwangju: Cherry Blossom Festival in South Korea
We stayed at the Hotel B in Gwangju when we traveled south the Boseong Tea Plantations and Light Festival just prior to Christmas. Each room includes a flat-screen TV with cable, a kettle, slippers & robes and free toiletries. You gotta have slippers, right?
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My Absolute Favorite Weekend Trips Around Asia
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.
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Korea’s Tea Museum– More Than Tea in Boseong
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.
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Holiday Celebrations: Boseong Annual Light Festival
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.
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The 4-D Experience: Watching Star Wars in a South Korean Theater
4D theater in South Korea offers a unique cinematic experience by combining traditional movie viewing with sensory effects that engage the audience on multiple levels. These theaters typically feature motion-enhanced seats that move and vibrate in sync with the action on screen, along with special effects like wind, fog, strobe lights, and even scents…
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The Hand of Harmony Festival in Pohang
Early morning road trip This morning, excitement filled the air as I woke up at 4:30 AM, ready for adventure. I quickly got ready, grabbing my camera gear and snacks. After setting my Korea-specific GPS, I hit the road, my favorite tunes setting the mood. My destination? Pohang’s annual Hand…
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The Best Fireworks Festival in the Sky Over Busan, South Korea
A single firework penetrates the sky from one of the barges anchored in the ocean off Gwangali Beach in Busan. It’s 7 pm, an overcast sky, an unwelcome canvass to the fireworks display. More than a million and a half people have crowded the 1.4km long stretch of beautiful sandy…