Be The One Who Travels
Date him, date her, your life is better when you date this kind of person, in fact, you aren’t really living until you have.
I call bullshit.
Be the girl, be the boy, be the person that you want to be and forget about dating anyone. Or date whoever you…
Photoessay: Camping on Hagampo Beach
This Saturday/Sunday, my friends and I went camping on the beach. Koreans love camping, so it was…
aegyozillaalmighty said: I’ve noticed a lot of foreigners here getting pets of the street. You and Mary, myself and my kitten Hobum, and a friend with his dog Bubba. Oh well, even if they mess up our plans they pay for themselves with love.
- haha and they definitely will mess up our plans. still, worth it!
sistacrumpet said: You are a wonderful person.
- I’d like to think that most people would have made the same decision as me… but thanks! I guess I take my morals seriously haha.
Meet Mary: Rescuing a Puppy in Korea
Last month, when I thought about my life in Korea, or the immediate future, having a pet was not one of my thoughts or aspirations. I love to travel and am always hesitant about acquiring what I like to think of as “permanent possessions”, or something that can’t be left behind or replaced. I don’t have an eReader or a large camera and I resist buying clothing that I’ll ultimately get rid of before my next big move. There are multiple international flights in my foreseeable future. For someone who travels, owning a dog is pretty much last on the list of things that will make life easier. But sometimes… life doesn’t really care about any of that.
a breath of foreign air has moved
from Tumblr to Wordpress. take a peak!
change
have you noticed something strange when you click the link “more about Sally?”
it takes you to a different website than before… with the same blog posts from Tumblr.
it’s not a mistake! it’s because I’ve begun the transition of my blog over to Wordpress. the old website can still be found at here, but I’ll be moving all of the content over to the new Wordpress site within the next week. it’s a consolidation, of sorts. Tumblr is more fit for micro-blogging, if you will, while I write and post content that’s more suited for a full-time blog website.
although I won’t be posting original articles and pictures on Tumblr anymore, I will still be posting a link when I write something on Wordpress. you’ll see a little blurb about my post or pictures and be able to click and see the entire post. I’m not leaving!
I’m just moving out and scheduling regular visitation times.
I hope you’re as excited about this as I am. serious site analytics! blog and website on the same host! more accessible social media share buttons! an email subscription list! WOOHOO!
change is in the wind… I’m really excited about this. enjoy the new site!
Butterfly Festival in Hampyeong: Part 2 (See: Part 1)
I didn’t think about how tough it would be to photograph butterflies until I actually got there, but I thankfully still managed a couple quality shots. even though the butterflies were almost all just the tiny white variety. still, and there were plenty of other attractions at the festival and plenty of funny moments to capture.
Butterfly Festival in Hampyeong: Part 1
in southern Korea, in a small village named Hampyeong, there is an annual butterfly festival. the festival is this towns “thing”, so throughout the streets you can see butterflies everywhere. the lamp posts, the sidewalk, the fences, an entire bridge… you name it, it’s butterfly themed.
the festival has really interesting fauna exhibits, including goldfish, wood beetles, larvae, an entire building full of cacti, and lots of interesting displays, like the elder women who are hand weaving a straw mat.
there are of course butterflies, but you’ll have to wait for Part 2 to see pictures. there was also a little amusement park area for kids and some cool performances. really cool! I recommend it!
recent excellent travel essays in the Blogosphere
I’ve been posting a lot of pictures, and I’m sure that some people are wondering when they can actually hear from me next. I haven’t written a solid blog post in what feels like ages. the truth is, I’ve been so impressed with what I’ve been reading lately, that it’s been hard to pull myself up to the bench and try to write my own. these past few weeks seem to have yielded some amazing travel writing. so, I’m opting to share these pieces.
if you’re wondering what it’s like to be a young adult who travels, who adventures and wants to go to weird countries that have no appeal to you, then maybe these few articles will be interesting. they’re excellent snapshots into the ‘traveler’s mindset’, if you will.
without further a due, your travel literature for the day:
‘Date a Boy Who Travels’ by llainnnes
‘Date A Boy Who Travels: A Response’ by Robert Schrader on Leave Your Daily Hell
Friday, May 17th, was Buddha’s birthday, a national holiday in Korea. I had plans to go to Busan for the long weekend (along with most of Korea) but around 3pm on Thursday, a horrible sore throat decided to rear its head and discourage me from travel. remembering that time I fainted on the Buenos Aires subway and the other times I nearly fainted on a Korean bus, because I’d been sick and refused to let it keep me down, I decided to make it a quiet(er) weekend and cancelled my ticket with a heavy heart.
a trip to the pharmacy and a solid night’s sleep later, I was feeling better. so, instead of heading to Busan, I opted for a mini trip to Daecheon, a beach town about 1.5 driving hours away. all beach towns are pretty big on seafood, which makes for some great pictures.
enjoy! maybe you can reminisce on your last day spent beachside or plan a trip of your own. maybe it won’t involve dried fish… but then again, maybe it might. who knows!
hanging out in the neighborhood…
the flowering trees are part of an orchard in my backyard. I think it’s an apple orchard, but I’m not sure. I finally found the source of some of the dogs I’ve heard every night, barking at each other… they’re all in cages, but there are at least 5 dogs hiding in shacks behind my apartment building.
there’s a small pathway beside the orchard, and when I looked closely at it, I realized that instead of using rocks, the path was made using oyster shells, presumably scooped off the beach nearby or taken off some ajjuma selling oysters’ hands. ingenious and pretty.
just some photos from around the neighborhood in Korea.
who doesn’t love some solid contrast, huh?
Rural Korea: Exploring Waymook Beach
Sally Bucey explores her local Waymook Beach just in time for Buddha’s Birthday weekend.
Chincha Mag published a photo essay I created. if you like my photographs, you’ll like these. check it out!
recently I decided to practice taking pictures of a sunset with the DSLR that I’ve temporarily kidnapped. the results: not too shabby for a first time!
taken in a small park on the western coast of Korea.
