by vfitzjarrald | Oct 10, 2014 | Korea, Travel
*Apologies* This post was originally written for my own Blog about the GTA. I write to a much different audience than you all! I am going to remember one of my writing skills, and think about my audience – making a few tweaks. Here is the newly revised version...
by bbeckel | Sep 22, 2014 | Korea, Travel
Summer went by in a flash! We spent July in Colorado. We arrived from Ecuador, exhausted, on July 1 and spent the night in my parents’ new home near Denver. They were still driving the moving truck cross-country! We spent many days helping unpack, change...
by bbeckel | Sep 20, 2014 | Jeju, Korea, Travel
Each fall (dates vary based on the Lunar calendar), Koreans celebrate the fact that their ancestors were great people who produced life and culture and history. It’s sort of like Thanksgiving, in that they get together with family, eat a big feast, and have an...
by bbeckel | Sep 18, 2014 | Jeju, Korea, Travel
Wow. It’s been a VERY long time since I posted. Sorry! The start of our year in Korea has been nothing if not busy. And full of the unexpected. But we are both alive and well, and look to be heading into about 9 more months of Jeju life. I’ll give you a...
by bbeckel | Jul 28, 2014 | Korea, Travel
After a week in the Galapagos, we spent one night in Quito near the airport – just relaxing and enjoying the mountain air. Then back on an early flight west to Coca, the hub for Amazon lodge trips. We were met at the TINY airport and brought to a boat dock. They...
by bbeckel | Jul 19, 2014 | Korea, Travel
Stop 2 on our Ecuador tour was the Galapagos Islands – home of the animals that lead to the discovery of evolution. They developed from under-ocean volcanoes over 600 miles from any other land, so all life there has come by a long journey on waves, wind, or...
