tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30581130215272678852024-03-14T08:33:59.263+09:00Pilgrim with a PassportA blog about my time spent living, travelling and working abroad.Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05758156008588772849noreply@blogger.comBlogger271125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3058113021527267885.post-2299866405244941142017-05-11T05:11:00.003+09:002017-05-11T06:00:39.697+09:00A Year of Festivals in South Korea<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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When traveling, one of the best ways to experience the flavor of a foreign country is to partake in one of its festivals. It’s during these cultural celebrations that locals display their brightest colors and passions; it’s when age-old traditions and long-gone art forms once more conquer the streets; and it’s when creativity, self-expression and above all happiness are given their highest priority.</div>
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Some countries are more festival-prone than others, of course. <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com.au/here-are-the-countries-with-the-most-public-holidays-2015-1" rel="nofollow">India has more public holidays than any other country in the world</a>, and due to its vastness and diversity, holds major festivals practically every week. Spain and Japan are not far behind. But lesser-known (and lesser-visited) South Korea deserves a bigger shout-out if only because too few people are aware of its rich cultural offerings.</div>
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With a long history spanning numerous empires, rulers and conflicts, as well as spiritual influences ranging from ancient shamanic traditions to Buddhism and Christianity, this tiny country has accrued a wealth of fascinating festivals. It’s a good thing, too, since these events provide an important commemorative role in a country that has sacrificed so much of its traditional life in favor of rapid technological and industrial growth (the last fifty years have seen Korea change from a war-torn, impoverished wasteland into a prosperous first-world cyber-nation and <a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/business-32970410" rel="nofollow">Asia’s fourth-largest economy</a>).<br />
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When you get sick of the shoving and frantic seat-grabbing on Seoul’s subway (we all do, eventually), when you can’t stand the smog or the overcrowded sidewalks, or the cosmetic shallowness of Gangnam, then it’s time to indulge in a more authentic, time-honored sort of ritual: it’s time to enjoy a Korean festival.</div>
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Here’s a rundown of the best of them.</div>
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January: <span style="font-weight: normal;">Sancheoneo Mountain Trout Festival</span></span></h3>
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Korean winters can be brutally cold, but that’s no excuse to stay inside. In the heart of Gangwon – the country’s coldest province – the Sancheoneo Mountain Trout Festival takes place every January. There’s a variety of events and activities on offer, including ice-skating, sledding, snowman building, and several ice sculpture museums. But its most popular activity is ice-fishing. As visitors walk across a frozen river surface they’ll encounter several holes drilled into the ice, where they can fish for the thousands of trout that are released into the river during the festival. Those with a more rapturous love of the cold can even jump into the water to catch the fish by hand.<br />
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<b>What’s nearby:</b> The rugged province of Gangwon is filled with worthwhile sights and activities, ranging from the gorgeous misty peaks of Seoraksan National Park, to the pleasant seaside town of Sokcho, to the self-proclaimed sovereign island nation of Nami-Seom.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">February:<span style="font-weight: normal;"> “Seollal” or Lunar New Year</span></span></h3>
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One of Korea’s most important traditional holidays is Seollal, or Lunar New Year as it’s commonly known in English. Unlike New Year's celebrations in the west, Seollal is less a time for fireworks and rampant boozing, and more a time to honor your ancestors and spend time with family. Stores shut down, cities turn quiet, and the national roads become jam-packed as people flock toward loved ones. But there are also plenty of festive events to enjoy during this three-day holiday. The traditional hanok villages of Bukchon and Namsangol both hold cultural events including live musical performances, parades, and an array of traditional games for you to play, such as paengi, a spinning top game. There are also prayer flags where you can write down your wishes for the oncoming year.<br />
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<b>What’s nearby:</b> Namsangol and Bukchon are both close to the five great palaces of Seoul, which are excellent showcases of traditional Korean culture, particularly with their changing of the guard ceremonies.<br />
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On Jindo Island, in the extreme south of Korea, a natural event takes place, one that’s been dubbed “the Moses Miracle” of Korea. A few times a year, the sea magically parts, revealing a ribbon of rocky land leading to the island of Modo. Locals have built an entire festival around the phenomenon, which brings thousands of visitors from across the country to walk across the sea in thigh-high orange boots. As with so many Korean festivals, soju and makgeolli are plentiful, as is seafood caught straight from the receding sea. Most magical of all, however, is the parade of flag-bearers, drum-beaters and merry-makers who march across the exposed seabed like messengers for the gods.<br />
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<b>What’s nearby:</b> Jindo is a generally very peaceful place, far removed from the neon lights and hustle-bustle of contemporary urban Korea. There are some beautiful scenic hiking trails across the island, and in the heart of its lush valleys is Unlimsanbang, a nineteenth century artist’s retreat.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">April: <span style="font-weight: normal;">Jinhae Cherry Blossom Festival</span></span></h3>
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In the west, we tend to associate cherry blossoms with Japan, but come springtime, Korea, too, is alive with the pink-white cloud formations of these floral delights. Like the Japanese, Koreans closely follow the progression of the cherry blossom front as it moves across their country, many of them taking their families to parks or natural spaces to view the blossoms up close. One of the best places to do this is in Jinhae, a southern naval town that hosts a ten-day festival dedicated to the blossoms. Visitors can explore a stunning flower tunnel overlooking Yeojwacheon stream, watch trains pass beneath a gorgeous blossom canopy, and witness a military band parade.<br />
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<b>What’s nearby:</b> Jinhae is close to Korea’s second-largest city, Busan, but there are also some coastal regions worth checking out, such as the botanical garden island of Oedo and the peaceful maritime town of Tongyeong.<br />
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The great thing about Korea is that there are festivals for practically everything, especially when it comes to foods and nature. Nonsan Strawberry Festival in April, Yeongdong Grape Festival in August, and Cheongsong Apple Picking Festival in November are all great ways to experience Korea’s local produce in ways that are memorable and entertaining (believe me, strawberry makgeolli makes for some very fun times). The tranquil city of Damyang is famed for its charming bamboo forest, around which an entire festival takes place every May. Expect, of course, plenty of serene walks through shaded bamboo groves, but there are also bamboo games, bamboo art projects, and bamboo foods and drinks to enjoy.<br />
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<b>What’s nearby:</b> Very close to Damyang is Geumjeongsanseong Fortress, nestled atop mountains with incredible views across the rugged nearby plains. The ear-shaped duel-peaks of mysterious Maisan Mountain are also worth checking out.</div>
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The southern city of Busan is home to Korea’s most popular beach, Haeundae Beach, which sometimes gets so busy you can’t even see the sand. Come in late spring, however, and you’ll see plenty, as the Haeundae Sand Festival occupies the entire golden seafront overlooked by Busan’s pretty skyline. There’s a wide variety of meticulously crafted sand sculptures on display, made by both Korean and international artists. Visitors, too, can frolic in the stuff, whether it be burying themselves head-to-toe in a sand bath, participating in a volley ball tournament, or sampling different sands from across the world.</div>
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<b>What’s nearby:</b> Busan has a wealth of sights and activities on offer, including the sea-swept coastal temple of Haedong Yonggunsa, Jagalchi Fish Market, and the multicolored houses of Gamcheon, sometimes known as Korea’s Machu Picchu.<br />
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Every July, the people of Boryeong carry barrels of skin-enhancing mud from Boryeong mud flats to Daecheong Beach, which they turn into a messy wonderland of mudslides, mud baths, and mud assault courses (there’s even a mud prison). Cue thousands of partygoers looking for a crazy and unforgettable way to escape Korea’s stifling summer heat. If the mud isn’t enough for you, there’s a music stage that pelts dancers with water, a midday air-show, and some of the most dazzling evening fireworks you’ll ever see.<br />
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<b>What’s nearby:</b> Boryeong is located close to the port city of Gunsan, from which you can catch a ferry to the quiet, undiscovered paradise of Seonyudo Island.<br />
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Korea’s not known for its rock or electronic music scene, but that doesn’t mean you have to spend summer without your live music fix. Considered one of the biggest and most popular live music events in the Seoul area, Pentaport Rock Festival takes its name from the five ideals it pursues: music, passion, environmentalism, DIY, and friendship. Previous guests have included the likes of The Prodigy, Black Eyed Peas, Franz Ferdinand, Fallout Boy, LCD Soundsystem, Korn, The Chemical Brothers, Manic Street Preachers, and Kasabian.<br />
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<b>What’s nearby:</b> Incheon is somewhat lacking in sights compared to nearby Seoul, but it does have a Chinatown worth checking out, not to mention some fairground rides on Wolmi Island.</div>
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The region of Andong is famed for its historic and cultural sights, not least among them the quaint Joseon-period village of Hahoe. Andong also gave us one of Korea’s tastiest dishes: jjimdak. But perhaps its greatest gift is Andong Mask Festival, a celebration of the country’s historical use of masks in ritualistic dance, shamanism, and warfare. The festival provides over 50 events and activities, including mask shows, mask dance lessons, mask making, and plenty of shops selling, yep, masks. The mask dances themselves are varied and entertaining even to those unfamiliar with the stories they portray. Some even have a rustic charm and playful sense of humor that we as outsiders rarely see from Koreans (expect to see dancing bulls gleefully peeing on audience members, for example).<br />
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<b>What’s nearby:</b> The aforementioned Hahoe Village is an essential place to check off any travel itinerary of the area, but you can also try a temple-stay at beautiful Guinsa Temple in the valleys of the Sobaek Mountains.<br />
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They say Korean alchemy regards kimchi as one of the four essential elements of the Earth. That’s not actually true, but it wouldn’t come as much of a surprise given how ubiquitous this fermented national dish is in Korea. Koreans love the stuff, and in fact, no Korean meal is really considered as such if it’s not accompanied by kimchi. And who can blame them? Korean cuisine has much to be proud of, but perhaps its greatest feat is managing to make cabbage taste utterly delicious.</div>
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Gwangju is famed for its spicy varieties of kimchi, and every October the city hosts the World Kimchi Festival, at which visitors can make and taste hundreds of types of this sacred sidedish. There are also industry fairs, cabbage harvesting sessions, and a conference on the globalization of kimchi.<br />
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<b>What’s nearby:</b> Head back in time exploring the thatched cottages of Nagan Fortress Folk Village, possibly the best-preserved relic of traditional Korean life. The emerald-green fuzzy tea fields of Boseong Tea Plantation are also nearby.</div>
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One of Seoul’s finest places to take a stroll is the Cheonggyecheon, a five-mile-long stream extending from the royal palaces through Dongdaemun before finally joining the River Han. For decades it was a forgotten, underground sewer torrent, but in 2005 the local government restored it to its former glory, and it now provides a peaceful habitat for birds and fish, as well as a peaceful respite from the bustling cityscape surrounding it.</div>
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One of the best times to walk the Cheonggyecheon is in November, when an array of colorful, glowing lanterns is strewn along its length as part of the Seoul Lantern Festival. These lanterns come in all shapes and sizes – at first they appear as traditional drums, peasants and lotus flowers, but the further you walk, the more quirky and modern they become, taking the form of robot lanterns and giant pineapples.<br />
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<b>What’s nearby:</b> The stream winds close to several of Seoul’s most interesting areas and sights, such as the five royal palaces, the narrow alleys and souvenir shops of Insadong, and Dongdaemun’s nightmarket.</div>
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On December 31st, numerous festivals are held across South Korea in celebration of the New Year, but perhaps the most unique is this sunrise festival on the east coast city of Gangneung. The golden beach here is fronted by a picturesque ship and railway station, but even more impressive is the colossal hourglass, so big it takes a year for all the sand to fall to the bottom. During Jeongdongjin Sunrise Festival, you can rejoice in the coming of the New Year by watching those last few grains trickle down as the clocks strike midnight. A grand ceremony ensues, as the hourglass is turned over to symbolize the start of the New Year.</div>
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What’s nearby: Enjoy some light exercise and pleasant woodland scenery via the nearby Jeongseon Railbike route, make wooly friends at Daegwallyeong Sheep Ranch, or take some phallic snapshots at Haesindang Penis Park (yep, it’s a park filled with giant wooden penises).<br />
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As we’ve seen, Korea offers a kaleidoscopic variety of festivals worth partaking in, and any traveler should try to experience at least one during his or her visit. They’re an excellent way to learn about Korean culture, offer experiences you can’t find anywhere else in the world, and are just generally a damn good time. You also get to see Koreans showing a side of themselves you might otherwise miss. Many Koreans can appear shy or aloof in public, particularly around foreigners, but join them in the act of celebration and you’ll find their warmth and love of life absolutely infectious, as they share their makgeolli and soju with you, usher you over for a game of yut or hwatu, or invite you to dance to the beat of barrel drums. </div>
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Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05758156008588772849noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3058113021527267885.post-80681353518126899702015-09-02T22:16:00.004+09:002017-05-10T05:24:18.001+09:00The Return to Korea: Part 3<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<a href="http://pilgrimwithapassport.blogspot.kr/2015/09/the-return-to-korea-part-1.html">Please click here to read Part 1 of this post if you haven't already.</a><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">We spent most of our summer vacation on Jeju Island, the popular tropical getaway south of the main peninsula. Honestly, we were kind of skeptical that this place would live up to its reputation as "the Hawaii of Korea," but it actually blew us away with its natural beauty and mellow atmosphere. One of the first places we visited was Jeongbang Waterfall.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Here we are at Oedolgae, one of Jeju's many cool-looking volcanic rock formations.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">One of our co-teachers, Alice, was also visiting Jeju, so we met up with her and her boyfriend for dinner and night-time walking along the docks of Seogwipo City.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">The next day we went to the beautiful Seopjikoji Pensinula...</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">...climbed Sunrise Peak...</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Like temples, waterfalls are another sight that can get repetitive after a while, but Jeju has some really stunning examples that make them worth visiting.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">At the Ripley's Believe it or Not Museum.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">On our last full day on the island, we went to Hyeopjae Beach, known as one of Korea's most beautiful beaches.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">A perfect last day of vacation.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">One of the last things we did in Jeju was visit Loveland, a sex-themed park with lots of statues of genitals and naked people. The next day we caught our plane back to Seoul, which was fittingly gloomy and bleak-looking to suit our moods.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Back to reality: strolling around Gangnam as we look for a place to eat.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">I'm proud to announce that it's now been a year since <a href="http://pilgrimwithapassport.blogspot.kr/2014/08/our-wedding-in-bali.html">Angela and I got married on a beach in Bali</a>. I've never been so astonished by the speed at which time passes! What a great first year it's been though. We celebrated our first anniversary by eating at one of our favourite restaurants, Zelen's in Itaewon.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">That weekend, we also took a bus to the mountains near Hongcheon, a couple of hours to the east of Seoul. Here we stayed in a lovely pension with our own private swimming pool.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">A delicious Korean barbecue we prepared in our own private space.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">We had our own private pool as well as a jacuzzi. Needless to say, we spent a good portion of our Saturday idling around drinking red wine in there.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">We're planning on following the traditional western guidelines for our anniversary gifts, with paper gifts for our first year, cotton for our second, and so on. Angela made for me a framed picture showing maps of where we first met (Seoul), where we got engaged (Malaysia), and where we got married (Bali). For Angela, I prepared a bottle filled with scrolls, each one containing a memory from our first year of marriage.</span></td></tr>
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That pretty much concludes our first 6 months. So far, this year's had its share of ups and downs, but looking through this blogpost reminds me that we're so lucky to be together and to have enjoyed so many exciting experiences. We're going to try to savour this last half-year as much as we can, since it may well be the last we see of Korea - and Asia - for quite some time.<br />
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I may make one more post summarising the second half of our year here, but that won't be until early 2016. If all goes to plan, by then we'll have started a new chapter our lives, living together on the east coast of the USA.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">On Angela's birthday, I woke her up with heart-shaped breakfast in bed.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">We have an ongoing tradition of making each other treasure hunts on our birthdays. Last year I took Angela on <a href="http://pilgrimwithapassport.blogspot.kr/2014/06/a-treasure-hunt-in-hanoi-part-1.html">a hunt through Hanoi Vietnam</a>, but this year I led her through Seoul, via clues such as these QR-codes.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">We also went to Insadong and made handcrafted rings for each other...</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">...returned to the pretty district of Bukchon...</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">...and watched a live drawing show.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">That evening, we watched fireworks on the River Han near Banpo Bridge.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Drinking with our friends.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Probably our most exhausting trip this year was our cycle to Gapyeong along the River Han.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">We saw some stunning valley scenery along the way.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">In Gapyeong, we returned to Nami Island, one of our favourite places in Korea.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Another trip took us to Semiwon, a beautiful park not far from Hanam.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">One of the places we were sad to have missed on our first year was Ulleungdo, a mysterious, rugged island to the east of Korea. This year, we finally paid it a visit, and were blown away by its breathtaking scenery and awesome cliff walks.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">In late June, Angela spent a weekend in California to attend her friend Stephanie's wedding.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">During our last year in Korea, we visited Seoul's <a href="http://pilgrimwithapassport.blogspot.kr/2013/07/seouls-trick-eye-museum.html">Trick-Eye Museum</a>, where visitors can pose for optical illusion-based photographs. This year we visited a similar museum called the Alive Museum.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Posing with the monster from <i>괴물</i> (<i>The Host)</i> by the Han River.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Another new experience: silent disco!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">In the week running up to summer vacation, our school held three special event days, including a water day, during which Angela hosted a fishing pool, while I held a water fight. </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Our school also converted into a petting zoo for a day, including pigs, birds, turtles, lizards, a snake, a deer and an ostrich.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>And</i> we held a marketplace day, during which Angela sold cotton candy...</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">...and I sold popcorn and slushies.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">On our first day of summer vacation, we saw a temporary exhibition of 1600 pandas near Lotte World Tower.</span></td></tr>
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<a href="http://pilgrimwithapassport.blogspot.kr/2015/09/the-return-to-korea-part-3.html"><span style="font-size: large;">Click here to continue the adventure in Part 3, during which we visit beautiful Jeju Island.</span></a></div>
Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05758156008588772849noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3058113021527267885.post-77880531166223112462015-09-02T22:16:00.002+09:002017-05-10T05:26:42.870+09:00The Return to Korea: Part 1<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Korea is the birthplace - or at the very least, the raison d'être - of this blog. It's the country where I met the love of my life, the country where I lived for a year and a half, and the country where I learned about a fascinating culture, and experienced a wealth of sights and festivities, including mud festivals, pink mountains, penis parks, palaces, puppy cafes, and excursions across the North Korean border. It was never our plan to return, but when we realised Korea would be one of the easier places to get my American green card, we started applying for teaching jobs immediately, and before we knew it, our planes were booked and we were all set for another year in this awesome country.<br />
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During my first year in Korea I think I wrote over a hundred blog posts detailing various adventures and experiences that Angela and I shared. This year, I just haven't had the time or energy, since I've been focusing on other writing pursuits, namely freelance writing and fiction. Nevertheless, we <i>have </i>visited some amazing must-see places that we missed the last time, including the beautiful islands of Jeju and Ulleungdo, so now seems a good time for a general update. Here's a basic rundown of our last six months.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">This is Hanam City, our current Korean hometown. Located in eastern Gyeonggi-do Province, it's a pretty unremarkable satellite city of Seoul, and I can't think of many good reasons to visit. This is made worse by the fact that there's no metro station yet (it's opening in 2016, too late for us!), so the only way to Seoul is via bus or taxi. This has made life here feel isolating, and we pine for the days when we could just take a quick subway ride to the cool districts Seoul has to offer. We do still travel into the capital a lot - just not as easily as we would like - and Hanam does at least offer a decent range of restaurants and shops. The locals are also friendlier and less ostentatious than those in Gangnam and other parts of Seoul.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Probably the most interesting thing in Hanam is Deokpung Market, which is often abuzz with vendors selling battered vegetables, pigs feet, blood sausage and tteokbokki.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Our apartment here is pretty small compared to where we used to live, but we've gradually made it our own, decorating it with ornaments, maps and travel photos.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Pretty early on we bought ourselves bicycles, which we often ride to work via pretty canals and mountainous scenery.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Here's our current workplace: KEDLP (Korean-English Dual-Language Program). During our first two months our school was actually based in a different location, a stone's throw from our apartment, but now we're in a quieter part of Hanam fifteen minutes away. It's probably the prettiest hagwon I've worked in, but the fact that it's made up of several buildings does bring up some logistical issues that I won't go into it.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">There are only two other foreign co-workers at our school. This is Maresha and Wade, who've been super friendly and welcoming to us. They've actually been in Korea for five years, and are finishing off one more year before returning home to Washington state. We've become good friends over the last six months, and they've introduced us to some great bars and restaurants in Hanam, particularly Dino Meat. Man, I could write a whole blog post about Dino Meat. Suffice to say, it's pretty much the best Korean food we've ever eaten: the reddest, most delectable beef, cheese-filled tteok, and the best kimchi, all unlimited. We were going there on a weekly basis for the longest time, but have tried to cut down recently as it's not the cheapest or healthiest of meals.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Here's Angela with one of her favourite classes at KEDLP.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Blowing bubbles outside during early spring.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">One of the first trips we went on this year was to Jinhae Cherry Blossom Festival. Unfortunately, stormy weather, poor organisation on the part of our tour operators, and terrible traffic resulted in one of the worst trips we've ever been on. We didn't even get to attend the festival, though we did at least see some cherry blossoms.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Just like during our first year, we've made a point of visiting Angela's Korean family as regularly as we can. They are doing well, and Angela's cousins, Eun-Young and Eun-Ji are currently working hard developing their own teashop business.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">We also made a point of returning to our old neighbourhoods. Here we are in Cheolsan, my first hometown in Korea. Those lights in the background were one of the first things I saw in Korea upon arrival back in October of 2012.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Not a whole lot has changed in Seoul since we left, but one thing of note is Lotte World Tower, which is twice the height it was when we left. It's currently projected to become the world's fourth tallest building.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">We had such a gorgeous, sunny spring this year that we regularly ventured into Seoul for some good old-fashioned sightseeing. I took Angela to the Great Wall of Korea, Hwaseong Fortress, in Suwon, which I'd previously visited in winter, though it looked much different in this warm, flowery weather. </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Dongdaemun History and Culture Park was under construction when we left, but was now complete.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">We were excited to return to our favourite mountain in Seoul: Inwangsan. When I originally wrote <a href="http://pilgrimwithapassport.blogspot.kr/2014/02/my-top-50-experiences-in-south-korea.html">my list of top 50 experiences in Korea</a>, climbing this was at number one.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Here we are drinking on the Han River with our old friends, Matt and Kimmi, who actually returned to Korea on the exact same date as we did. Adding to the coincidence was the fact that their school put them on the same <i>flight</i> as us. We shared a plane from the US to Korea, and we've continued to hang out with them on the weekends in Seoul.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">On May 15th, Korea celebrates Teacher's Day. This year, our students' parents generously gave us a ton of gifts, including candles, vitamins, toiletries, and copious Starbucks gift cards. </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Here's Noel on a strawberry picking field trip.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Here's Aiden on the same trip. I had to include a picture of him, since he's probably the most exasperating yet irresistibly enthusiastic student I've ever taught.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Another sunny weekend saw us return to Gyeongbokgung Palace.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Sitting by peaceful palace grounds on a sparkling, sunny day, colouring with the one you love. Can life possibly get better than this?</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">For Buddha's Birthday, we went to Jogyesa Temple, which was colourfully decorated with lanterns.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">The tour took us through the heart and bones of the news studio, including newsrooms, control rooms, green screen rooms, and much more. Definitely another must-see attraction!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Back in Florida, Angela's parents hosted a potluck for a bunch of their friends, where Angela got to showcase her traditional Korean hanbok.</span></td></tr>
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Near the end of February, Angela's parents drove us to Fort Myers Airport, where we said our goodbyes to them. We've had to say a lot of goodbyes these past few years, and they never get any easier. Still, we were excited to be heading back to the country where we first met. Even after all our travels and sightseeing there, Korea still had a lot more in store for us, including new friends, new places, and new opportunities for growth and happy memories. Oh, and lots of soju and maekju.<br />
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Nevertheless, I won't be posting very frequently this year. I have too much other writing to do, including freelance copywriting and my novel. Still, Angela and I <i>will</i> enjoy the occasional interesting, blogworthy experience from time to time, and it's hard to resist documenting these in some form on this blog. Let's see if we can tick off those sights we missed out on the last time we were here!</div>
Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05758156008588772849noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3058113021527267885.post-42013522866229330022015-03-26T22:26:00.000+09:002017-05-10T05:28:53.895+09:00Florida and Georgia: Part 1<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I know I'm far from the first person to acknowledge this, but...long-distance relationships suck! Two months have never felt longer than the two that Angela and I spent apart last December and January. Even using Skype almost every day, nothing made up for the fact that we couldn't hold one another or share the same physical space. It gave us both a huge admiration for all the couples out there who've endured even longer periods apart, especially those in the past who didn't have the luxury of high-speed video chatting.<br />
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Thank goodness we both have awesome parents who allowed us to share the month of February with one another before our return-trip to Korea. In late January, my mum paid for my flight to Cape Coral, Florida, where Angela was living with her mum and dad. They let me stay at their beautiful canal-side home, the same place we stayed in last March. During those four weeks, we didn't do as much touristy, sightseeing-type stuff as last year; instead, we spent a lot of time relaxing together, and we also helped Angela's parents decorate the house. We did go for a trip up to Atlanta, Georgia at one point though, since that had the closest embassy where we could finalise our Korean visas.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Reunited at last! Here we are on a street near Angela's parent's house, cycling in the sun. February in Cape Coral has its chilly days, for sure, but there's still more sun than England gets in a year (or at least, that's how it feels). It definitely made this winter a lot easier to get through!</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">...aaaand not-so-relaxing times.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">I followed a bunch of clues that led me to several locations spread around Cape Coral and Fort Myers.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">A bone-dry horseshoe crab shell.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Picnic on the beach! The strawberries and cream cheese were heavenly.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Then onto Florida's favourite past-time: Vulva-golf!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">My birthday cake reads: "Hooray! You're not 30 yet!" Very feel-good stuff.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">I'm an incredibly lucky guy. Some of the amazing gifts I received included a brand new Canon Powershot camera to replace the one I lost in England (thank you so much, Angela's parents!), as well as some delicious Mexican tequila (from the cruise that Angela and her family went on over Christmas), and a whole bunch of books. <i>City of Dark Magic</i> was kind of a disappointment despite its really fun-sounding premise, but the other books are awesome, especially <i>Perfume</i>, <i>The Wonderbook</i>, and of course, that old classic, <i>If on a Winter's Night a Traveler</i>, which I'm excited to read again.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Did I mention we also went out for a delicious meal at a Japanese steak house? A perfect end to magical birthday, courtesy of my amazing wife and awesome in-laws.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Out on the dock with Lucky.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Angela's parents are still in the process of decorating their house, and we decided to help out a little. We spent several days painting walls, doors, and ceilings, as well as plastering and sanding down surfaces.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">A messy job, but with such beautiful weather it was great to be working outside.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">I got to watch the Superbowl during my stay, along with the Grammys and the Oscars. Unfortunately, the New England Patriots won, which was just about the worst possible outcome from Angela and her family's perspective. Still, got to enjoy some of those creative commercials, a great half-time performance from Katy Perry, and I also learned a lot about American football.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">One new experience for both of us was attending a paint night. We drank beers in a Mexican restaurant whilst painting seaweed-bedraggled moons. Not a bad way to spend an evening.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Our finished masterpieces.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Angela and I had to spend a few days in Atlanta, Georgia in order to submit our passports to the Korean embassy. It required an eight-hour-long drive north. Angela's mum accompanied us. The most striking thing was just how much the landscape and climate changed in those eight hours. Palm trees gave way to conifers and pine trees, and by the time we reached Atlanta, the weather felt legitimately icy and wintery, so unlike the mild T-shirt weather of Cape Coral! One of the coolest things about entering Atlanta was getting to see its skyline, which I knew as the setting for the Walking Dead TV show (the first season, at least).</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Wandering around the streets of Atlanta, we soon found the Korean embassy and submitted our passports and visa application forms. We'd have to wait a week for them to mail them back to Angela's house in Florida.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Atlanta is the birthplace of Coca Cola, so we made an obligatory visit to the Coca Cola Museum after we left the Korean Embassy.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Hugging the Coca Cola polar bear mascot.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Sneaking into the top-secret Coca Cola vault, where the magical recipe lay.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Angela plays some bizarre Coca Cola-themed video game involving a train heist.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Hanging out with Coca Cola posters and memorabilia.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">In this area we were allowed to sample various Coca Cola products from around the world. I'm not a huge fan of fizzy drinks, but I was determined to try them all! Which meant way too much sugar, and an hour-long wave of nausea upon leaving the museum.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Grabbing a free bottle of coke on the way out. Considering I don't really drink coke that much, this was actually a really cool museum, with some very creative, imaginative displays, dioramas, and interactive exhibits. Definitely recommend this to anyone paying Atlanta a visit!</span></td></tr>
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<a href="http://pilgrimwithapassport.blogspot.kr/2015/03/florida-and-georgia-part-2.html"><span style="font-size: large;">Click here to continue the adventure in Part 2!</span></a></div>
Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05758156008588772849noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3058113021527267885.post-3706880627117594542015-02-15T08:13:00.001+09:002017-05-10T05:29:02.037+09:00Home, Sweet Home: Part 2<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<a href="http://pilgrimwithapassport.blogspot.com/2015/02/home-sweet-home-part-1.html">Click here to read Part 1 of this post if you haven't already.</a><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Here's Zombie Doctor James, Skeleton Angela, and Werewolf Scarlett, dressed up for a family Halloween party.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">On another trip to London, Angela and I met up with my old university chum, Charles.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Angela enjoys a delicious banana bread beer.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Exploring London by night.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Covent Garden.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">One day, my mum drove us to the West Country to visit Stonehenge, which Angela had never seen before.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">We also went to beautiful Bath, the city where I lived and studied for three years. Being back filled me with longing to live my life here again. If Angela and I were to one day base ourselves in the UK, this would be my first choice of location. Pity it's pretty expensive, and too small to offer a wide range of potential job offers. For now, I could only savour being back for a brief moment.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">During yet another foray into London, I met up with another uni friend, Michael. We would hang out together several times during my time in England.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Trying out a double bass at Michael's place.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">I was tremendously lucky that my mum and Gary repeatedly took me out for delicious meals while I was living with them. During Angela's visit, we all went with my uncle Gary and aunt Gilly to Alec's, a fancy restaurant near Brentwood, which has been featured in the hit reality TV show, <i>The Only Way is Essex</i>. The sashimi was to die for.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">On our last trip to London together, I took Angela to a quaint little café to enjoy some traditional English tea and scones.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">The remainder of our day would be devoted to Angela's favourite book series: Harry Potter! First, we stopped at King's Cross Station to see Platform 9 3/4.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Then we headed for Leavesden to do the Warner Bros. Studio Tour titled <i>The Making of Harry Potter</i>.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">One of the very last things Angela and I did before she had to fly off to the states was get matching tattoos together. We didn't have rings during our wedding, so we'd been planning for some time to get matching eternity symbols on our wedding ring fingers. We went to a tattoo parlour in Grays and finally got our wedding rings!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">We were really happy with the finished result! As a newly-wed couple, we were excited to mark our commitment to one another with this tastefully unique and permanent symbol. It felt like a worthy substitute for actual rings, until we get actual rings in the future.</span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></td></tr>
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Despite being newly-weds, however, the time to part ways was upon us. We'd been dreading this day for months. I took Angela to Heathrow Airport, where we cried in each other's arms, desperately not wanting to let go. Saying goodbye to one another was easily one of the hardest things either of us had ever done. We'd been inseparable for the previous eight months, never spending a moment apart, and for us to now be torn apart and placed on separate continents was utterly devastating. It takes a lot to make me cry, but I looked like a blubbering mess on the train ride home that day. The streets, my house, my room, all of them felt empty. You know someone's your soulmate when you feel so physically, emotionally and spiritually incomplete in their absence.<br />
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We had to consider ourselves lucky though. Throughout history, millions of long distance couples have had to resign themselves to waiting for letters in the post. We were blessed with the magic of Skype, which, while far from perfect, still allowed us to see and hear one another almost every day that we were apart.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Here we are drinking rosé during one of our regular skype dates. This was our relationship for two months.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Meanwhile, still in England, I had time to meet up with some more friends I'd not seen in a while. Here I am with a bunch of them at the Goose pub in Romford, around Christmas time.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">With Will, Erin, and Charles, in London.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">With my best friend, Matt, and his partner, Selina.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Also saw my dad, as well as other extended family members, such as my nan, and several aunts, uncles and cousins.</span></td></tr>
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During those remaining two months in England, I did several things to keep myself busy. Firstly, I delivered leaflets around Grays for Gary's record store business, as well as going on several collections with him to pick up records. This kept me way physically fitter than I would have been otherwise. I also learned to drive during my last month in England. I didn't have
enough time to take the test, but I did get pretty confident at driving
by the end, so hopefully it won't be too difficult to take the test in
the future.<br />
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Since my longterm aim is to become a copywriter, I also started doing some freelance copywriting on a couple of websites. I did three main jobs. The first was writing web content for Big Hug Foundation, a charity that supports impoverished children in India. Since it was for charity, I did that job for free. The second was proofreading and copy-editing a man's novel for him. The third job was co-writing a mobile-phone video game about the zombie apocalypse (yes, this was by far the most enjoyable of the three). I'm planning to continue doing more freelance writing jobs in the future, as a way of getting experience and building up my portfolio.<br />
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I'll end this post by explaining what my current plans are. Angela and I decided that since we don't have much money right now, and since being apart is frankly unbearable, we'd apply for my American visa whilst living and working abroad again. This way, we could live in the same country, and earn money while we wait for the visa to go through. It so happens that one of the countries where it's easiest to apply for the US visa is South Korea. So, yeah. Just like that, we decided we're going to go back to Korea to teach for another year. It was never part of our plans originally, and I honestly wondered if I'd ever return to that country. But now that we are, we're both super excited to return. There's so much about Korea that we miss, and while there's a part of us that'd rather settle down with our careers in the west, it's hard not to look forward to another year of living abroad.<br />
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So, it goes without saying that I'll still be doing this blog for a while longer. There's no way I'll be doing as many posts in 2015 as I did the previous two years, since we won't be doing as much sightseeing in Korea this time round, and frankly, I don't have time for it anymore. I'm trying to write an epic fantasy-sci-fi novel, and I want to do some freelance copywriting along with the teaching. So, I doubt I'll have time to do much more than the occasional recap or summary of what we've been up to, with a few pictures thrown in too (obviously). We'll probably do a little trip somewhere after Korea's over, as well. At the moment, we're thinking Peru, but it's too far in the future to know for sure. Either way, there's plenty more adventure ahead for these two pilgrims with passports.<br />
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Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05758156008588772849noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3058113021527267885.post-59245327070683677762015-02-15T08:12:00.003+09:002017-05-10T05:29:52.664+09:00Home, Sweet Home: Part 1<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Over two years ago, I started this blog with the intention of documenting my experiences living, working and travelling abroad. Predominately, it would focus on my time teaching in Korea, though I always planned to backpack across Asia afterwards as well. For the longest time, my return to England seemed so far away it was barely worth considering. I was wrapped up in a new life, preoccupied by new friends, new environments, and of course, a new partner. Though I kept in contact with friends and family back home via Skype and Facebook, living abroad often felt like living in another dimension.<br />
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Angela and I were due to arrive in England on the 27th October 2014, a day shy of two years since I left for Korea on October 28th 2012. After all the dozens of incredible places we'd visited, the hundreds of memorable experiences we'd shared, and the thousands of people we'd met, it was finally time to finish our travels abroad. I insisted we take the ferry from Calais to Dover instead of the Channel Tunnel, since I'd envisioned for myself a rather heroic homecoming. I would spread my arms wide as I stood at the bow of the ship, white cliffs would surge over the horizon, and there'd even be trumpets and cheering crowds to herald my arrival.<br />
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But life rarely has that same momentous sense of crescendo that we find in novels and films, and in many ways, our journey ended more as a fizzle than a finale. While we'd enjoyed our time in Sweden and France, and were looking forward to returning home, there was little of the excitement or exhilaration we'd felt at other points on the trip. Things were plodding along mechanically towards a predestined end. We were like painters adding mundane finishing touches to a work of art, already long past the most dramatic and imaginative parts of the task, and simply eager to get it finished.<br />
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There was also an inherent sadness to it all. The journey was over, and worse than that, we would soon have to separate for a while. Even as a newly-wed married couple, we were hampered by legal bureaucracy, by our conflicting nationalities, by not being born in the same part of the world. The plan was for me to obtain a US green card so I could live with Angela in America, but even when you're married this requires a ton of paperwork and lot of patience. Barring some occasional weekend visits, we were looking at being apart for potentially a whole year, which seemed harrowing and frankly unfair. We had grown used to being around one another 24-7 for the better part of a year, and the thought of suddenly separating ourselves across different continents cast a horrible spectre over our return to England. I was excited to see my friends and family, and to introduce them to Angela, but my god, I did not want to say goodbye to my soulmate.<br />
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We did have a few weeks before we had to worry about that, however. We would stay at the home of my mother and her partner, Gary, who were such generous, welcoming hosts, taking us out for lovely meals, driving us around, and generally making our stay in England a pleasant one. Their house is in Grays, an unremarkable Essex town just near the Thames estuary, its only major points of interest being Lakeside Shopping Centre, the Dartford Crossing, and old Tilbury Fort. But we would take the train into London several times, and even went as far afield as my former university city of Bath.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Our final stop in a foreign country would be Calais, perhaps France's blandest town. We lugged our backpacks for several miles, opting to walk to the ferry port instead of taking a local bus. We were pretty hot and sweaty by the time we got to our boat.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">We had to wait ages to get a bus from Dover to London. It turned out that National Express had messed up our booking, and the bus could only take us as far as Canterbury, where we'd have to wait to catch another one. This made an already very long day even more laborious. Still, at least we passed some pretty Kentish countryside on the way.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Finally we reached Grays, and I reunited with my mum and Gary. That evening, the four of us ate some pizza, and chatted for a long time. Throughout our time in England, Angela and I were extremely lucky to have my mum and Gary's support while we prepared for the next chapter in our lives.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Getting some meat from a butcher in Waitrose, in preparation for a sorely missed Sunday roast!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Back home, I was also happy to be reunited with my old classical guitar. I hadn't had many opportunities to practice over the last two years.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">At Gary and my mum's house, we had some family round for a Sunday roast, including my sister, Natalie, my niece, Scarlett, and my nephew, Dylan, who'd I'd never met in person until now.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">On one of our many excursions to London, Angela and I visited the Tower of London during the 100th anniversary of World War I. A sea of 888,246 red poppies surrounded the tower, each one representing the life of a British or Commonwealth soldier killed during the war. The only downside to visiting London during this period was that it was even more ridiculously busy than it normally is. We could barely even get a view of the poppies without pushing through dense crowds.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">One evening during another visit to London, we met up with a friend Angela made while living in Paris, and enjoyed a meal at a fancy restaurant.</span></td></tr>
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Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05758156008588772849noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3058113021527267885.post-87362439720584835482015-01-04T08:54:00.001+09:002017-05-10T05:30:28.184+09:00Valenciennes<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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By the end of October, Angela and I had been travelling for eight months straight, rarely stopping in one place for more than a week or two. Asia was far behind us, and we were quickly edging our way back to England via pit-stops in Sweden and France. Our very last stop before crossing the Channel would be Valenciennes, a town in northern France, close to the Belgian border. Angela lived and worked there for nine months back in 2012, not long before coming to Korea, so there were fond memories and lasting friendships drawing her back. In fact, one of her old friends, Libby, still lived in Valenciennes, and when she found out we'd be doing some travelling in France, she invited us to come and stay at her place for two nights.<br />
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Most of the town was reconstructed after World War 2, so it's somewhat lacking in historical sights compared to other towns in the region. The main square is pleasant enough though, and there's a town hall with pretty Neo-Renaissance façades. Regardless of its relative mediocrity, we were happy to be exploring a quiet French town away from the grime and frenzy of Paris. Libby also took us to the small neighbouring town of Le Quesnoy, a uniquely charming place filled with moss-coated bastions and New Zealand-themed street names (Libby is originally from New Zealand, and once taught in Le Quesnoy as part of an exchange programme). She also invited us to partake in one of her English lessons at the university where she works, and made us some delicious home-cooked French meals in the evenings.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Back at the house, Angela pets Libby and Romain's hamster, <i>Chocolat</i>.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">The next morning, Libby took us to the college where she works, to participate in one of her classes.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Since the class revolved around improving conversational English, Libby split the students into three groups, so that they had the opportunity to converse, turn-by-turn, with Kymberly, Angela and me. It seemed a lot different to teaching back in Korea, particularly the completely different age group (most of the students were in their early 20s)!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Hanging out at <i>La Marie</i> (the town hall).</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">We took a train for 10 minutes and stopped in Le Quesnoy, where Libby used to work.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Along the way we made a brief stop in the city of Lille. This would be our last stop before Calais.</span></td></tr>
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After two years of living and blogging abroad, I was finally returning to England with a beautiful American wife and lots of travel stories under my belt. There was a time back when I was slogging through Korean teaching life that my return to England seemed aeons away. Now, it's strange to think I'll be writing a blogpost about it!</div>
Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05758156008588772849noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3058113021527267885.post-67685911291592814512015-01-03T06:51:00.002+09:002017-05-10T05:30:55.504+09:00Two Lovers in Paris: Part 2<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<a href="http://pilgrimwithapassport.blogspot.co.uk/2015/01/paris-part-1.html">Click here to read Part 1 of this post if you haven't already.</a><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">The next day, we went to the Eiffel Tower, enjoying some <i>gaufres</i> along the way.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">As lifelong Francophile visiting Paris for the first time as lovers, we couldn't resist adding our own love lock to the bridge.</span></td></tr>
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Once again, we had to say goodbye to this city that we both love so much. While it didn't enchant us or sweep us off our feet quite as much as we were hoping, we're thankful we finally got to visit it with a loved one. It was particularly fun getting to do more romantic things like adding our lovelock to the river Seine and take photos in front of the Eiffel Tower.<br />
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Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05758156008588772849noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3058113021527267885.post-53185754217085034292015-01-03T06:51:00.000+09:002017-05-10T05:32:10.388+09:00Two Lovers in Paris: Part 1<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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The very first day that Angela and I met, one of the first things that brought us together was our mutual love of France and French culture. We'd both visited the country several times - Angela even living and working there for a year - and we loved sharing our stories, musing about potential future trips through Provence, Aquitaine or Normandy, and practicing our French with one another from time to time. During our time in Korea we even visited several French-themed tourist sights, such as <a href="http://www.pilgrimwithapassport.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/petite-france.html">Petite France</a>, <a href="http://www.pilgrimwithapassport.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/un-petit-morceau-de-france-seoul.html">Seoul's French Quarter</a>, and <a href="http://www.pilgrimwithapassport.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/the-three-villages-of-paju-part-2.html">Paju's Provence Village</a>. Nothing beats the real thing, however, so we were always looking forward to going to France together someday.<br />
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Back in late October, when we were close to finishing our eight-month-long journey across Eurasia, we were low on money and eager to get back to our families in England and the USA. However, we couldn't resist setting aside some time in France. From Stockholm we took a plane to Paris, which we explored for several days, reminiscing about old times whilst reveling in the present, then headed onward to the small northern town of Valenciennes, where Angela used to live. After that, we would cross the channel and finally arrive in England, the final stop on our journey! But I'm getting ahead of myself. For now, here's an overview of our time in the City of Love.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Our plane ride from Stockholm to Paris took a few hours.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">After leaving the catacombs, we headed for 59 Rue de Rivoli, an artists' squat where creative bohemians showcase their work for free.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Exploring the Latin Quarter.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">There was a bunch of cool pixel art clinging to the corners of the buildings in this area.</span></td></tr>
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<a href="http://pilgrimwithapassport.blogspot.co.uk/2015/01/paris-part-2.html"><span style="font-size: large;">Click here to continue the adventure in Part 2!</span></a></div>
Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05758156008588772849noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3058113021527267885.post-29754207393122400302014-12-18T11:21:00.005+09:002017-05-10T05:32:25.889+09:00A Weekend in Stockholm: Part 2<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<a href="http://pilgrimwithapassport.blogspot.co.uk/2014/12/a-weekend-in-stockholm-part-1.html">Click here to read Part 1 of this post if you haven't already.</a><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">The next morning we explored Södermalm, a creative and trendy district just south of Gamla Stan.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">At the end of the main street you can see the Ericsson Globe, one of the largest hemispherical buildings in the world.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">On the way home we stopped off at the local <i>Systembolaget</i>, which is a government-owned liquor store. It's the only retail store in Sweden allowed to sell drinks that contain more than 3.5% alcohol volume.</span></td></tr>
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We were sad to say goodbye to Nick and Ulrika, who'd been such lovely hosts during our stay in Sweden. Stockholm is certainly one of Europe's prettiest cities, and if it weren't so damn expensive we might have stayed longer! In the meantime, however, we were off to France, one of our favourite countries in the world. Finally, we would be visiting Paris, the City of Love, together as husband and wife.</div>
Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05758156008588772849noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3058113021527267885.post-56083958050896555812014-12-18T11:21:00.003+09:002017-05-10T05:33:40.305+09:00A Weekend in Stockholm: Part 1<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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It's strange how the act of travel so frequently defies our expectations. Rarely does a country feel precisely as we imagined it, and no matter how many stories we've heard or photos we've seen, nothing compares to living and breathing the real thing. One thing I've learned from travel is that no country or city is a fixed constant, that they are always evolving, and places never feel quite the same when you return to them for a second or third visit. I think part of this is physical change - change of weather, new buildings, fashion trends, and so on - but the traveller's internal changes can also have a marked effect on the surroundings. Your mood, your energy, your circumstances...these can change the atmosphere or quality of a place in immeasurable ways.<br />
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Where am I going with this? Well, before this journey, if you'd listed the thirteen countries Angela and I would visit, and asked us to guess at which one we would feel the strongest culture shock, we would probably have said, I don't know, India? Maybe Cambodia? One of the poorer, more backward countries for sure. Never would we have expected it to be Sweden. Yep, that perfectly progressive, safe, modern, ultra-clean northern European country, perhaps among the least likely nations to inspire feelings of cultural alienation in the western traveller. Of course, the thing we've learned about culture shock is that the nationality or culture you yourself grew up with is only a small part of it. What's just as important is the nation or culture you've most recently been spending a lot of time in. For example, a Japanese person may feel culture shock in Paris if that's the only foreign city they've been to in a while, but let them spend a month in London or Brussels or Berlin first, and chances are that Paris won't phase them one bit. It's all about what you've acclimatised to.<br />
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With that in mind, consider the fact that we'd just spent about three weeks traveling through northern India. We were finally starting to get used to the endless filth, the noise and the traffic, the touts and shopkeepers bothering us on every corner, the infinite chaos of it all, and then BOOM, in comes Stockholm with its spotlessly clean streets, its orderly traffic, its quaint European architecture, and its socially reserved citizens. Who would ever imagine that this small northern capital could club you round the head with such savage averageness? Asia had disappeared into the abyss, and we were left floating in some strange place called Europe. <i>How can there be no cows, tuk-tuks, or huge piles of trash in the middle of the street?</i> we thought. <i>And why are those cyclists and motorcyclists wearing helmets? What is this madness?! </i><br />
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To be honest, we're so adaptable at this point that the shock only lasted for one day. After that, things felt relatively normal. But boy, that first day<i>, </i>we were blown away by Stockholm's medieval churches and castles, the picturesque storefronts and cobblestoned streets of Gamla Stan, and all the charming canals and waterfronts. I'd been to Stockholm before, and before I moved to Korea I was actually getting bored of European cities, particularly those in the north. So it just goes to show what a difference two years in Asia can make. This time round, the city bewitched me in a way it simply never could during my first visit.<br />
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As for <i>why</i> we chose to stop off at Sweden on our route back to England? One of my best friends, Nick, has lived in Stockholm for a few years now with his girlfriend, Ulrika. I hadn't seen him in two years, and flights from India to Stockholm via Dubai were relatively cheap for the distance covered. It seemed a no-brainer that we stop there for a few days to pay them a visit. We were especially thankful that they let us stay at their apartment while we were there. Stockholm is ridiculously expensive and we're glad we didn't have to pay for accommodation. Those beers, though, man! <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">From Delhi, we took an evening plane to Dubai for a brief layover before continuing to Stockholm. I forgot to mention that this all happened around mid-October of this year. It's really taken me a long time to get round to posting about it!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">After sleeping for most of our seven-hour flight, we arrived in the much cooler climes of Stockholm Arlanda Airport.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Nick met us during his lunch break, and let us into his and Ulrika's apartment. I got to play Nick's Xbox One, the first time I played video games in two years. Later that evening, we enjoyed a delicious homecooked meal and wine with our two friends, who were excellent hosts for our entire stay. Nick and I go a long way back, and I've known Ulrika for quite some time too, so it was wonderful finally reuniting with them after all this time apart. Getting to introduce them to my amazing wife was the icing on the cake!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Drottninggaten is a busy pedestrian street lined with fashion stores. Angela dragged me into about a dozen or so. Par for the course.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">The presentation was on the history of the record industry. Among the many interesting things we learned about were <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAZlPNJhlO0">these strange things.</a></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Browsing vinyls.</span></td></tr>
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Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05758156008588772849noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3058113021527267885.post-82731936996665367582014-11-30T01:19:00.000+09:002017-05-10T05:35:38.302+09:00Rishikesh - City of Yoga<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Barring a brief return to Delhi, our final stop in India would be the small city of Rishikesh. It was only a half-hour tuk-tuk drive from our previous stop, Haridwar, and it's said that if you visit one you may as well visit the other. Plus, we'd met some fellow travellers who'd recommended Rishikesh to us for its relaxing, zen atmosphere, as a place to escape from the craziness of so many other Indian cities. Known as the yoga capital of the world, the Beatles famously stayed at an ashram there before returning to the UK to record the White Album.<br />
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We stayed for a couple of days, and it became one of our favourite places in India. It felt more like a small town than a city, its two sides connected by various pedestrian bridges that spanned some breathtaking sections of the Ganges River. Our biggest regret is that we didn't allow ourselves enough time to stay at one of the ashrams here, where we could have detoxed, meditated and lived like Hindu babas for a few weeks. Oh well, that leaves us a good reason to return. In the meantime, we simply explored and enjoyed the breezy air of this rather Nepal-like place.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Leaving Haridwar, we passed the giant Shiva statue that guards the city.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">We were pretty hungry, so our first mission was finding some food. We settled for these vegeburgers. Rishikesh is a strictly vegetarian city, and not a single restaurant serves meat.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Crossing the bridge with a throng of people.</span></td></tr>
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From Rishikesh we made a brief return to Delhi. We didn't do a whole lot there, except prepare ourselves for the flight to Europe. Oh, and Angela had this done:<br />
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Soon enough we were catching a plane to Stockholm, and saying goodbye to India. It's difficult to sum up a country like this one. I'd always dreamed of visiting India, and in some respects it totally lived up to my very high expectations, assaulting us with its colours and smells and spiritual powers in a way that never stopped being exciting. On the other hand, I'm not sure I can see myself, in the future, looking back with a nostalgic <i>Ah! India!</i> the same way I do with places like China or France. That's not such a bad thing though. We both had an amazing time there, and despite all the scams and the filth and the exhausting conditions, we still want to go back, particularly to see the south. I can see the route forming already: Mumbai - Goa - Hampi - Kerala - maybe Sri Lanka. But that's for another time.<br />
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As much as we loved India, it honestly felt much sadder that we were saying goodbye to Asia as a whole. We spent most of the last two years there, and though it's an extremely vast and varied continent, with many distinct, unrelated cultures, there's also a certain quality that ties them all together. Even developed countries like Korea and Japan have it. Maybe it's the hustle and bustle; we were traveling through some of the most highly populated countries of the world, after all. Maybe it's the temples, or that exotic mysteriousness that underlies the religions and cultures in this part of the world. Or maybe it's just that wholesome abundance of delicious food! Either way, Asia has a certain something that other continents don't, and it's what keeps me coming back to explore more of its diverse and exciting countries.</div>
Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05758156008588772849noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3058113021527267885.post-14725522867299552502014-11-28T00:33:00.001+09:002017-05-10T05:37:13.974+09:00Haridwar - City of Colours<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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It's pretty cool that after leaving Varanasi, which must have been the greyest, gloomiest, most shadowy city that we visited in India, our next destination was Haridwar, easily the most multicoloured, vibrant city on our journey. Like Varanasi, it's a holy city where people from all around flock to bathe in a river, though up here in the mountains of Uttarakhand, it's a much cleaner affair. In Varanasi, the Ganges looks like a fetid, moving swamp, whereas in Haridwar it's much cooler and more crystalline. Granted, this is India so I'd be surprised if it's <i>that</i> clean, but at least it looks the part. In any case, while it might not have the same wow-factor as Varanasi, it's a much more accessible, relaxing place for a tourist to explore, with fewer touts and a much more sanitary atmosphere.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">We took an overnight train from Varanasi to Haridwar.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Catching a train in India: an exercise in tackling crowds and attempting to read signs in Hindi.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">We forgot to bring snacks, and around dinner time we were pretty hungry. So while the train stopped at one station, I rushed onto the platform to buy a pre-packed meal. Once back on board, it turned out Angela had also bought some meals from a vendor walking down the aisles. In any case, we ate the one I bought, and saved the other for the morning. After we finished, I looked for a trash can to get rid of the plastic dishes. A man on the train told me just to throw them out the window. I was a little taken aback at first, but seeing as that's exactly what Indians do, I flung the trash outside, and saw some homeless people scramble across the tracks to collect it.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">The next morning we woke up right at the moment the train reached Haridwar, almost missing our stop! We soon took a tuk-tuk to our hotel.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">We got some street food, something we've avoided for the most part in India, but this was dessert food and it looked pretty clean.</span></td></tr>
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Coming next, my last blogpost from Asia: the mountainous capital of yoga, Rishikesh.</div>
Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05758156008588772849noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3058113021527267885.post-7657300058467847152014-11-19T22:59:00.004+09:002017-05-10T05:37:40.820+09:00Varanasi - City of the Dead: Part 2<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<a href="http://pilgrimwithapassport.blogspot.co.uk/2014/11/varanasi-city-of-dead-part-1.html">Click here to read Part 1 of this post if you haven't already.</a><br />
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Varanasi was one of the strangest, dirtiest, and most fascinating places either of us have ever been to. We were both a little relieved to get out of there, since our final two destinations in India - Haridwar and Rishikesh - would be a lot cleaner and more accessible.</div>
Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05758156008588772849noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3058113021527267885.post-75864925146262394502014-11-19T22:59:00.001+09:002017-05-10T05:39:54.143+09:00Varanasi - City of the Dead: Part 1<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I've been keeping this blog for over two years, and for most of that time I've updated it at a steady pace, rarely documenting anything more than two or three weeks after the event. However, since Angela and I finally made it to the UK towards the end of last month, and since we've been visiting friends and family that I've not seen for two years, as well as doing lots of job-hunting, I've now lost all motivation to finish these remaining blog posts. Well, not <i>all</i> motivation, otherwise I wouldn't even be writing this. But let's just say I'm too preoccupied by other matters to churn out these things at the rate I once did. I'll finish, eventually. But I don't know if I have the energy to put out more than a few per posts month, and I may not always write them with much depth or clarity of thought.<br />
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Now that that's been said, let's move on to Varanasi, which might be the most purely Indian city we visited in India. I say that because Varanasi exemplifies this country's most striking contradiction: that uncanny balance between the sacred and the sickening, between the divine and the downright dirty. People often describe India as a "love it or hate it" place, and this foul-smelling holy city must surely be one of the most polarising travel destinations on the planet. Angela, for one, rarely left our hotel room during our three days there, preferring self-imposed isolation over fly-coated alleyways, trash mountains, and endless faecal matter.<br />
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Fortunately, Angela did at least join me for a boat trip along the Ganges River, which must be Varanasi's most rewarding experience. The views along the riverside ghats are like something from a dream, with ethereal figures wandering down the steps and performing strange rituals in the water. At first, you can't help but feel baffled that people so readily bathe in a river that has become utterly stagnated with sewage, chemical waste, and corpses. But then you marvel at the power of faith: all these devotees see is holy water, and to them this city is a gateway to heaven. Hindus believe that to die here brings release from the cycle of reincarnation, and as a result, the atmosphere of death pervades everything. Hundreds of cremations take place along the ghats every week, the old and the sick linger by the river awaiting their last moments on earth, and the buildings and temples are painted in such sombre, shadowy tones that one can imagine the afterlife itself bleeding into the city.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">It was a long, overnight train ride from Agra to Varanasi.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">We left Agra during some random festival (India has so many, even our driver wasn't sure which this was).</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">We headed to the train station pretty early since we were worried we might encounter a lot of weekend traffic (we did on the way into the city, after all). We said our thanks and goodbyes to our driver, Bubloo, who'd taken us all around Rajasthan the past two weeks, and then prepared ourselves for a long wait at this dinghy train station an hour outside of Agra.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Finally our train arrived, and we settled down in our reasonably comfy beds.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Passing a village early the next morning.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Looking over a fence, I found this park that seemed like a green oasis of nature and cleanliness...</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">...aaaaaand back to the trash-filled streets.</span></td></tr>
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Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05758156008588772849noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3058113021527267885.post-8214156109630147772014-10-25T01:08:00.005+09:002017-05-10T05:40:50.770+09:00Agra - City of the Taj<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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No visit to India would be complete without a visit to the Taj Mahal, so on our way out of Rajasthan, Angela and I travelled with our driver Bubloo to Agra, the host city of the world's most famous mausoleum. The Taj Mahal may be one of the most beautiful buildings in the world, but Agra itself is a dirty rundown dump of a city, even by already very low Indian standards. As we drove in and searched for our hotel, we passed streets piled with so much rubble and trash it felt like the aftermath of a war. We tried to find some character or charm during our navigations of the city, but every single street seemed just as grimy and drab as the next, all of them completely lacking in the colour and energy that permeates much of India.<br />
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Fortunately, the city's premier attraction, the Taj Mahal, makes a visit to Agra more than worth it, and easily lives up to its reputation as the crown jewel of Muslim architecture in India. Most of the time when you visit a famous sight like this, there's an overfamiliarity that takes away from its majesty, the same way that knowing spoilers for a film can take away from its power to move or surprise. Usually, I find, a monument's surroundings become more interesting than the monument itself: the grassy knolls and whitewashed pantheons surprise you more than the Leaning Tower of Pisa; the mist straddling the Marin headlands is more eye-catching than the Golden Gate Bridge; oh, and perhaps the best example from this particular trip: Angkor Wat is probably the least impressive of the major temples in that complex. The Taj Mahal, however, is one of the few famous sights I've visited that actually looked considerably more striking than it ever did in those hundreds of photos I'd seen in books or on the web. Those pearlescent marble columns, the Persian calligraphy and floral motifs dancing over the arch tops, all topped by that gorgeous mosaic onion of a roof... It was easy even for us architecturally inept types to just stand there and gawp at its beauty.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Speeding through a tunnel that looked like the inside of an asteroid.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">As we got closer to Agra, we passed through a region filled with these tall, chimney-like towers.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">It was a weekend, so there was a lot of traffic heading into the city.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Once in the city, it didn't take us long to realise what a dump we were in. None of the cities we visited in Rajasthan had looked so unashamedly disarrayed and filthy.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I think this is the spot where we saw a lady squatting down to take a crap among the piles of trash, in full view of all the passing cars. India is such a strangely contradictory place. There are such strict and conservative rules about what to wear and how to behave in public, especially for women, yet no one bats an eye lid while this woman goes to the toilet in front of hundreds of passersby.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">We passed some men celebrating for some festival by covering themselves in multicoloured dust.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The Yamuna River, which flows through Agra as well as Delhi, is so polluted that this awful sulphurous stench envelops the surrounding city. As you explore the beautiful Taj Mahal, you want to be overcome by the fragrance of a luxury perfume, but instead, everything stinks like rotten eggs.</span></td></tr>
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Agra also has a big fort that looked pretty impressive from a distance, but we didn't go inside since we'd seen enough forts and palaces in Rajasthan. We departed the next day, glad to have ticked another World Wonder off our bucket list, but even gladder to get the hell out of that shitehole of a city.</div>
Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05758156008588772849noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3058113021527267885.post-91606872658925873662014-10-12T12:19:00.000+09:002017-05-10T05:42:45.806+09:00Pushkar - City of Camels: Part 2<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<a href="http://pilgrimwithapassport.blogspot.in/2014/10/pushkar-city-of-camels-part-1.html">Click here to read Part 1 of this post if you haven't already.</a><br />
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Pushkar was, for me, not as outlandishly exotic and exciting as the other cities we visited in Rajasthan, and those phoney priests certainly didn't do it any favours. Still, that camel ride in the desert made me feel like Indiana Jones or the Prince of Persia or some similarly swashbuckling adventurer. Now we were done with Rajasthan, we'd be heading east towards the state of Uttar Pradesh. Our first stop: Agra, home to a very famous and beautiful mausoleum.</div>
Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05758156008588772849noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3058113021527267885.post-8907982759352035192014-10-12T12:18:00.000+09:002017-05-10T05:43:44.280+09:00Pushkar - City of Camels: Part 1<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Angela and I were almost finished with Rajasthan, but we had one final destination left to see in this ancient realm of royalty and dust. Centred around a holy lake said to have appeared when Brahma dropped a lotus flower in the middle of the desert, Pushkar is a pilgrimage town that draws a colourful melange of characters: bearded babas and bathers, Hindu devotees, tourists and tribal musicians; all of them congregate along the bazaars and ghats that encircle the sparkling lake filled with holy water.<br />
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We didn't do a whole lot in Pushkar. It's less a place of sightseeing and more a place to wander and observe the water rituals, the chantings, the prayers, and other such spiritual scenes that seem so enchanting to our western eyes (well, not so enchanting when one of the lakeside "priests" scams the hell out of you, but more on that later). We'd be missing out on the famous camel fair that takes place here at the end of October, and which sees hundreds of camel merchants bring their livestock to the middle of town for bartering, bazaars, competitions and performances. We would, however, get to enjoy a unique camel experience of our own, which involved riding one just outside town for some beautiful views of the desert.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">One of the first places we visited was a Brahma temple. It's one of the only remaining temples dedicated to Brahma, which may seem strange given that Brahma is the God of Creation, perhaps the ultimate of divine titles. Supposedly, temples to Vishnu (the Preserver), Shiva (the Destroyer), and Ganesh (the Remover of Obstacles) are much more common, because these gods still have an active role in the day to day lives of the people, and must be appeased regularly. Brahma, on the other hand, has already finished his task of creating the world, and so has little interaction with present-day people or events.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Once at the lake, we were ushered over to sit with a "priest" who helped us use the petals for a ritual, where we repeated a chant and prayer, threw the flower petals over our shoulders, and received blessings in the form of bindis. We thought that we were being honourable little backpackers by immersing ourselves in the local culture. Little did we know that we were actually embroiled in a devious scam. The priest asked us how many family members we had, then told us to make a donation for each family member, explaining that the more we donated, the more good luck we'd bring to our families. Of course, this sort of emotional manipulation made it hard for us to offer anything too small, but we tried to keep it at a modest amount. The priest laughed at our paltry offerings and told us how the average donation was around 5000 rupees (about 80 US dollars) per family member, an absolutely ridiculous amount in retrospect, but in the heat of the moment we just nodded our heads in comprehension. Thankfully, we had enough sense not to donate anywhere near as much as he'd suggested, but still gave away around thirty dollars between the two of us. It was thirty dollars more than that stinking trickster deserved, but we were entrapped by our own needless sense of obligation. It wasn't until later that we read about the famous "false priests" of Pushkar, many of whom have made a small fortune from swindling hapless tourists. The very same day we were there, our driver Bubloo informed us that the scammers managed to take about 800 dollars from a group of three Europeans. After seven months of travelling in Asia, it's kind of embarrassing that even we fell for such blatant thievery, but it just goes to show that even very experienced travellers are at risk. I only hope any readers planning to visit this town learn from our mistakes. DON'T TRUST THE PRIESTS AT PUSHKAR LAKE!</span></td></tr>
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Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05758156008588772849noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3058113021527267885.post-75924079827906485652014-10-09T17:01:00.003+09:002017-05-10T05:44:02.406+09:00Udaipur - City of Lakes: Part 2<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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After leaving Jag Mandir we returned to our hotel, relaxing for the rest of the day. Udaipur was a beautiful place and we would have liked to stay an extra day to soak it in more. But we were on a busy schedule, and tomorrow we would be returning to Rajasthan's deserts, this time to visit Pushkar, a land of camels and bazaars.</div>
Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05758156008588772849noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3058113021527267885.post-29626835505286504772014-10-09T17:01:00.000+09:002017-05-10T05:45:33.486+09:00Udaipur - City of Lakes: Part 1<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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The third stop on our roadtrip through Rajasthan was the beautiful, watery city of Udaipur, known for its shimmering lakes and pearlescent palaces. If Jaipur's principal colour was pink, and Jodhpur's blue, then Udaipur is drenched in shades of cream, ivory and taupe. Located among the green heights of the Aravalli mountains, its temperate, Venice-like cityscape felt very different to the desert settlements we visited elsewhere in Rajasthan. It was also much cleaner, so polished and Europe-esque for an Indian city that it almost felt like we were in a different country. The shore around Lake Pichola, decorated with fairytale palaces, onion-shaped mansions and nacreous crescents and cupolas, was easily one of the most romantic places we've seen on this trip.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Our driver, Bubloo, took us south away from the Thar Desert and across the Aravalli Mountains to Udaipur.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">On the way, we stopped at Ranakpur Jain Temple.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I don't think I ever mentioned it, but India has some of the biggest ants we've encountered on our trip. These things must have a nasty bite.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">From the outside, the temple was an impressive but not especially breathtaking structure. From the inside, however, it looked incredible, filled with beautifully detailed, polished marble columns, engravings and motifs.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">We got talking to these curious schoolgirls, who wanted to know what our names were, where we were from, how old we were, and a bunch of other questions.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">In one part of the fort, we listened to this man play some spiritual, meditational music on his santoor, a percussive string instrument originating in Persia and Kashmir.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Me, trying to fit in with the Rajasthani men. Got lots of bemused looks as I walked down the street in this, as well as some laughs, and some praise. And lots of photo-taking. One man declared, "you look like maharaja!"</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I think those people on the left were laughing at me. Whatever, it was nice to get some attention from Indian people that didn't involve them trying to get my money.</span></td></tr>
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After admiring the gaudy, pink palaces of Jaipur, Angela and I were now bound for Jodhpur, the Blue City. Many of the houses in this old city - Rajasthan's second-largest - are painted bright Vishnu-blue, making for some striking cityscapes as one explores its narrow streets. These buildings encircle a steep orange bluff topped with one of India's largest fortifications, the mighty Mehrangarh Fort, which overlooks the city from its very centre, making it visible from practically every district.<br />
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Thankfully, while it's still pretty bustling and noisy (are there <i>any</i> Indian cities that aren't noisy, I wonder?), Jodhpur feels a lot more relaxed than Jaipur or Delhi, much to our relief. During our two days there we wandered its markets, explored its half-blue streets, and climbed up to the fort for some excellent panoramic views of Jodhpur and the surrounding Thar Desert.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Our driver Bubloo took us by car from Jaipur to Jodhpur, a journey that took around six hours.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">We stayed in a lovely white palace-like hotel overlooked by Mehrangarh Fort.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">In the distance we could see Umaid Bhawan Palace, a residence for Jodhpur's royal family.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">We would see more of the fort tomorrow. For now, we admired it from the rooftop of our hotel.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">For dinner I had Mutton Mughalai, consisting of morsels of mutton cooked and marinated in a white yoghurt and sour cream sauce. Angela had Mutter Paneer again.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Climbing back up to the fort the next day.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Caught some nice views of the town and the nearby desert as we climbed up.</span></td></tr>
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Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05758156008588772849noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3058113021527267885.post-13752741824545642332014-10-04T22:11:00.000+09:002017-05-10T05:48:32.239+09:00Jaipur - The Pink City: Part 2<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">We saw <i>Daawat-e-Ishq, </i>a comedy-romance about a girl and her father's attempts to outsmart a dowry-seeking prospective husband. There were no subtitles, but we managed to get the gist of the film through the actions of the characters, and the smitterings of English spoken amongst the Hindi. It was a fun film, and makes us both want to watch more Indian cinema in the future. The best part, though, was during the film's closing song, when a white woman stood up and started dancing to the music, much to the excitement of the local Indian crowds. Hundreds of cameras and phones came out to take pictures, and several locals even started dancing with her. Needless to say, we left with big smiles across our faces.</span></td></tr>
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Jaipur was a crazy but beautiful place, and provided us an excellent introduction to the region of Rajasthan. Next we'd be heading for Jodhpur, commonly known as the "Blue City."</div>
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