Why Living Abroad Made Me A Better American

Why Living Abroad Made Me A Better American

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July 5, 2010  |  Expat Life, Featured, Life in Korea, No Sidebar, Personal Travel, Travel  |  20 Comments  | 

All travel has its advantages. If the passenger visits better countries, he may learn to improve his own. And if fortune carries him to worse, he may learn to enjoy it. – Samuel Johnson I am generally not the most positive person about America.  I think we're largely fat, uncultured, and incredibly self-centered.  Whenever I go overseas, these beliefs generally become stronger as I see them in contrast to folks in the rest of the world.  While I don't go quite so far as to pretend to be Canadian, I am most definitely an American apologist when I'm abroad,

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Travel Photo Tuesday: Seoul Fabric Market Stall

Travel Photo Tuesday: Seoul Fabric Market Stall

06/29/2010  |  No Comments

This is one of my favourite photos from Korea.  When Marc visited me in Korea, we made the trek all Read More

Wish I were there!

Wish I were there!

06/25/2010  |  No Comments

Two of my expat friends sitting on the beach at Gagye, one of the many beaches on Jindo Island, where Read More

Travel Photo Tuesday: Seoul Performer

Travel Photo Tuesday: Seoul Performer

06/22/2010  |  4 Comments

During one of my visits to Seoul (a frustrating journey of 7+ hours from where I lived on a rural Read More

One Year Back: A Korean Retrospective

One Year Back: A Korean Retrospective

05/27/2010  |  9 Comments

Today marks the one year anniversary of my return from Korea. I can't believe  I've been back for a year, Read More

Travel Photo Tuesday: Cow in the Road

Travel Photo Tuesday: Cow in the Road

05/18/2010  |  3 Comments

A lone cow stands in the middle of the road.  In Korea, the banks of rivers and canals are often Read More

Travel Photo Tuesday: Rural Korean Street

Travel Photo Tuesday: Rural Korean Street

04/27/2010  |  No Comments

Rural South Korea is quite different from most people's concept of the country.  Rather than giant steel and glass buildings Read More

Best Photographs of Jindo: Part Three

Best Photographs of Jindo: Part Three

04/17/2010  |  4 Comments

This is my third post in a series of posts of a collection of some of my favourite shots Read More

Best Photographs of Jindo: Part Two

Best Photographs of Jindo: Part Two

04/15/2010  |  No Comments

This is my second post in a series of posts I will be making with a collection of some of Read More

Best Photographs of Jindo: Part One

Best Photographs of Jindo: Part One

04/13/2010  |  4 Comments

I've been feeling a little nostalgic lately about my life in Korea, as some of my favourite expats are finally Read More

The Way I Travel: Slowly

The Way I Travel: Slowly

04/11/2010  |  4 Comments

I don't think I will ever be able to understand people who can spend only one day, or even one Read More

Travel Photo Tuesday: Cherry Blossoms in Suncheon

Travel Photo Tuesday: Cherry Blossoms in Suncheon

04/06/2010  |  2 Comments

It's cherry blossom season in East Asia right now, and about this time last year I was on a trip Read More

Cherry Blossoms on Jindo

Cherry Blossoms on Jindo

03/29/2010  |  2 Comments

In celebration of the beginning of cherry blossom season here in Washington DC, I have decided to re-post a video Read More

In which I spoke to North Korean defectors...

In which I spoke to North Korean defectors…

02/17/2010  |  5 Comments

Last night Marc and I attended a screening of Kimjongilia, a documentary about North Korea as seen through the narratives Read More

Motorcycle Monday

Motorcycle Monday

01/12/2010  |  No Comments

I can't tell you how many times I saw set-ups just like this one during my stint in Korea.  Quite Read More

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