I am going on an adventure

Tag: Pilgrimage

  • Wat Arun (Temple of Dawn)

    I am sorry for such a long time between posts. Since coming to South East Asia, I have been jumping on tours or traveling most of the time. The heat also takes a lot out of me. I want to do as much as I can while I am here, but after being out in…

  • More temples – Wat Pho

    On the 2nd day in Thailand, I used an app called get your guide. It has different tours you can go on, so I found a walking tour of 2 of the main temples in Bangkok. You will see the term Wat a lot from here on out. Wat just means Buddhist Temple or monastery.…

  • Thailand

    Leaving Hong Kong to Bangkok was another easy flight. We landed in Bangkok, and I made it through customs quickly. I left the air-conditioned airport to find a taxi or bus and was immediately hit with a wave of heat. I did not know that every pore I had could generate sweat that fast, but…

  • Hong Kong

    So, while I was in Korea, I decided to check on flights from Seoul. My credit card points got me down here [Thailand], so a free flight. I flew on Cathay Pacific.  The airline was good, the food was decent, and I liked that there was no boarding in sections, I just lined up in…

  • Seoul

    After Busan, I took an express train into Seoul. It was a good ride, only a few hours, and then I had to figure out the subway lines in Seoul to get to my hotel. I found a DMZ tour and woke up insanely early to get an hour subway ride to the pickup point.

  • Gamcheon

    We left the port area and went to Gamcheon, a colorful neighborhood built during the Korean War by refugees. It is now a culturally significant area and a major tourist attraction because of the beauty and historical value.

  • More Busan

    After the temple, we went to Blue Sand Beach, previously blue snake beach. We went out onto an observatory over the water where they would dive for seafood. I had a spicy seafood ramen with a couple of dentists from Singapore. We then moved to MI Po, another Port to pick up people who took…

  • Boat to Busan

    The other day, I took a ferry from Fukuoka, Japan, to Busan. Busan is the 2nd largest city in South Korea and is on the beach. It is beautiful.  I was only going to stay one night, but I found a tour, so I made another night of hotel reservations.  The good thing with having…

  • Hypocenter

    On my last day in Nagasaki,  I left the temple with the turtle and Kannon and started walking to Peace Park. On my way, I saw a broken gate and two trees that survived the atomic blast. These were remnants of the atomic blast. Two trees that were originally thought to be dead but grew…

  • Last day in Nagasaki

    My last day of walking around Nagasaki,  I visited a temple that I saw out of my hotel room window. I saw it at just the right angle, and it looked like a giant turtle head. I just happened to open my curtains and saw it, so I figured I would walk up to it.…