Saturday, February 20th, 2010

Cold Market Day

Anjung-Ri is a little town.

Complete with mom & pop storefronts,…

ramshackle little quaint older-style homes,…

and their very own Unkin’ Donuts.
(Well, I’m pretty sure there’s a “D” missing there somewhere.)
Donuts are actually a fairly popular import in Korea.

But they also have market days.
Days when local farmers & vendors alike haul their wares out & into the streets of the [...]

Thursday, February 18th, 2010

A Walk to the Ville

My neighbor Cynthia & I took a walk this afternoon to the ville for Market Days.
This is one of the little ramshackle houses that reside in the middle of Anjung- Ri.
I took a few good pictures of the market days themselves and some of the surrounding scenery. But for now this is all you get.
It’s [...]

Monday, December 7th, 2009

Driving in Korea

I’ve been meaning to write about this for a while now…but as usual, something else comes up.
But needless to say, driving in Korea is more than a bit different than back home.
Let’s start with the similarities:

They drive on the right-hand side of the road, like us.
They have traffic lights & stop signs, like us.
Ahhh….
…..ahhh….
………ummm….
Well, there [...]