Blogs about: Travels Through Korea

Featured Blog

Spiders, Cows, and Anapji Pond: Gyeongju by Bike

Yep–one more post on Gyeongju.  It’s not every day I get to ride around on a fall afternoon in the Korean countryside…so I took a lot of pics. Enjoy, and thanks for reading, everyone… more →

Coco Busan

Spiders, Cows, and Anapji Pond: Gyeongju by Bike — 8 comments

Courtney Tait wrote 1 year ago: Yep–one more post on Gyeongju.  It’s not every day I get to ride around on a fall aftern … more →

Tags: Do, See, Try: Stuff I Recommend, gyeongju, Nature, anapji pond, korean nature, Korean cows, Korean spiders, korean laundry, biking in Gyeongju

Plant Life for Stu (And a Dip Into the Past) — 6 comments

Courtney Tait wrote 1 year ago: One of my favourite people in the world is a guy called Stu.   We met somewhere back in the Doc-Mart … more →

Tags: gyeongju, Nature, korean nature, Korean plants, Korean Flowers, Stelly's Secondary, Stuart Adank, nature in Korea

Gyeongju Tree Heaven — 2 comments

Courtney Tait wrote 1 year ago: Back in the 7th, 8th, and 9th centuries, Korea was ruled by a kingdom called Silla.  Its capital was … more →

Tags: Do, See, Try: Stuff I Recommend, Korean Culture, gyeongju, Silla Kingdom, trees in Korea, Fall in Korea, trains to Gyeongju, renting bikes in Gyeongju, Gyeongju sites

Deokjeokdo Bliss: 41 Hours, 39 Pics — 5 comments

Courtney Tait wrote 1 year ago: Any of you who have been following Coco Busan over the last year and a half (thanks, everyone!) have … more →

Tags: Do, See, Try: Stuff I Recommend, Beaches, Deokjeokdo, Korea, minbak, Korea Islands

Seoul, Sister. — 3 comments

Courtney Tait wrote 1 year ago: And off we went. On a slow train. To Seoul. … more →

Tags: So This is Seoul, Seoul

Hanging out Hillside: The Somaemuldo Mission — 3 comments

Courtney Tait wrote 1 year ago: After the mid-April trip to Bijindo island, during which our inspiration to camp on the beach with a … more →

Tags: Somaemuldo

Toilet Creatures — 3 comments

Courtney Tait wrote 1 year ago: I’m not sure why the public bathroom on Somaemuldo features faceless metal creatures with fork … more →

Tags: On the Street, Somaemuldo, public bathrooms, public bathroom signs, Korea bathrooms

Somaemuldo View — 5 comments

Courtney Tait wrote 1 year ago: Sometimes you just want to hop a 7 a.m. boat from Tongyeong, down a bowl of spicy ramen on an island … more →

Tags: Somaemuldo, South Korea islands, tongyeong, ramen

Johnathan, Sun Break — 1 comment

Courtney Tait wrote 1 year ago: A couple weeks ago I went to an overnight beach party with a group of friends and a couple hundred o … more →

Tags: People I Meet, Beaches, South Korea Beaches

An Ajumma Stole My Firewood — 13 comments

Courtney Tait wrote 1 year ago: Well, technically it was Joe’s firewood.  He wrestled it from the brush on the hill behind the … more →

Tags: Beaches, Korean Culture, Bijindo, Korea, Ajumma, South Korea, Korea Islands, ajushi, campng in Korea

Green Water White Sand Bijindo Teaser — 2 comments

Courtney Tait wrote 2 years ago: . As usual, I should be asleep right now, and will be paying for this late-night post in the morning … more →

Tags: Do, See, Try: Stuff I Recommend, Beaches, Bijindo, South Korea, South Korean Islands

Bus Ride Hite, Portside Morning: Busan to Bijindo — 7 comments

Courtney Tait wrote 2 years ago: Board a bus on a Friday night from Busan to Tongyeong, a little city west on the southeast coast, wi … more →

Tags: Beaches, tongyeong, Bijindo, Korea, Camping in Korea, Korea ports, Korea shipyard, hite, The Korea Herald

Sunrise to Japan and Other Thoughts — 14 comments

Courtney Tait wrote 2 years ago: Sunrise, Ulleungdo . It’s 10:30 pm on a Tuesday night in Korea and I’m typing presentati … more →

Tags: Ulleungdo Island, Korea, sunrise, Ulleungdo, Dokdo, Bin Laden, Harper, facebook

Water Rocks and Animal Names — 1 comment

Courtney Tait wrote 2 years ago: There’s a lot of rock jutting out of the sea around Ulleungdo. Imaginative locals have named t … more →

Tags: Ulleungdo Island, Dodong, turtle rock, noodle rock, Thursdsay Party, Candlestick rock

Finding the Snow Fields: Road to Nari Basin — 2 comments

Courtney Tait wrote 2 years ago: I realize it’s mid-April, and photos of snowy Korean fields on an island off the east coast mi … more →

Tags: Do, See, Try: Stuff I Recommend, Ulleungdo Island, Korea, South Korea, Ulleungdo, Nari Basin, Ulleungdo images, Nari Basin images, snow hiking

How the Sushi Rolls Start — 1 comment

Courtney Tait wrote 2 years ago: Just like this, with square sheets of seaweed pressed and sun-drying on a row of wooden rolling mats … more →

Tags: eats, Korean Culture, Ulleungdo Island, Korea, Seaweed, Kimbap, GIM, Algae, drying seaweed

Squid Boats and Island Dusk — 6 comments

Courtney Tait wrote 2 years ago: Squid fishing’s big on Ulleungdo.  It’s done at nighttime, when old Korean fisherman pul … more →

Tags: Ulleungdo Island, South Korea, Ulleungdo, squid, squid boats, squid fishing Korea, Jeodongni, Ports

Death of a Laptop and Ulleungdo in Late Winter — 4 comments

Courtney Tait wrote 2 years ago: Hello everybody! The busy level here in Busan has cranked up about nine notches in the last couple w … more →

Tags: Do, See, Try: Stuff I Recommend, Ulleungdo Island, busan, Ulleungdo, Korean gamers, starcraft, Toshiba, PC bong, Naesujeon Observatory

Skiing with the Gods: Hi 1 Resort under 100,000 Won — 6 comments

Courtney Tait wrote 2 years ago: When you discover you’ve got an unexpected holiday at the beginning of February called “ … more →

Tags: Do, See, Try: Stuff I Recommend, Hi 1 Ski Resort, busan, Korea on a budget, Hi 1 Resort, skiing in Korea, Korean ski resorts, Lunar New Year, on a budget in Korea


Related Tags
All →

Follow this tag via RSS