It was interesting learning how to live like a monk but I don't think my body would allow me to do it for more than 24 hours. The language barrier was quite a problem as the monk only spoke Korean so I didn't learn or get as much out of the experience as I was hoping. Much of the time we, the six english speaking people of a group of about thirty, mimicjed the actions and prayers that the others were doing but knew little to the significance of the actions. Ne...

I gotta start with the picture here and the last night. The plan was to enjoy a nice supper as it was a long day. I went to downtown and was a real tourist taking the city bus tour all around the city. That night, I went to the university area to eat some good food with two people I had just met from the hostel, a French man and a Japanese girl. The food was pretty good but as we were eating at a table just outside the restaurant, partly on the road, a man wh...