Revisit Korea 2011: The Comforts of Home Alone in TongYeong City!

03.18.2012 – My first full week in Korea is a very new experience. Anyone who would want to travel to this place would probably end up wanting to go to Seoul but not unknown places like Tong Yeong. For me this is just one fine place to be right now more than any place everyone wishes to be. This was my first Friday in an unknown province outside Korea and I’m home alone while everyone is at sea to test the ship they are about to launch in a week. This is going to be one of those nights I’m just hanging out on my own and watching TV shows I don’t understand.

Revisit Korea 2011: Going Through the Undersea Tunnel!

03.17.2012 – It was cold… The breeze is all around. I don’t know how to react to the cold weather at the time like this but its one of those adventures you’ll never forget. It was past 7PM and I just finished dinner with the sardines we brought from Manila was enough to hit the spot. The day won’t end without a trip to the Undersea Tunnel known as “Yongmundalyang” which was built before the Second World War broke out. The name is engraved at the entrance of this impressive structure that stretches to 483 meters long and 5 meters wide connecting land to another island which is the other side of Tong Yeong.

Revisit Korea 2011: Interesting Things Along Donam-Ro!

03.16.2012 – There are interesting sights where I’m temporarily based. This is not as popular as Seoul but it has its own merits to wonder what it feels like to live in this place. So late afternoon I started my stroll which basically the best time since its not cold but since its kind of late to get out the dropping of the temperature begins to rise. For most of my day I spent eating snacks that we bought at Top Mart the other night. It was funny we had to take the cab going to our place even though its close as the distance between my old office at RCBC to the Shopwise supermarket that’s just like 3 to 5 blocks away.

Revisit Korea 2011: The Stroll at Tong Yeong City.

03.15.2012 – First day at Tongyeong City was an adjustment with seven degrees it’s not normal for someone who grew up in a tropical country to experience that temperature. We called home in the morning that we’re all settled and ready to buy supplies like our food for the next few days. The small town of Tong Yeong doesn’t look like provinces as what our original perspective was whenever that word describes this place. It was similar to what Makati looks like now is best describing this town. But the population is not as over crowded as Manila is having right now.

Revisit Korea 2011: Good Morning Busan! Hello Tong Yeong City!

03.14.2012 – It was still cold at 6AM and it was eerily silent. My first day in Busan Korea was not pleasant and I was running down the clock to be ready because our trip did not stop here. It was one of those days I wanted to have more time on my hands. Unfortunately time was not on my side as I set up my things prepared to pack again for what to be the road trip to TongYeong City. They say it’s a province and whenever that word came into my mind I was thinking LOTS of trees and mountain the kind of wilderness that you’ll try to survive for the next twelve or thirteen days.