Finally after the 'night of terror', breakfast fight, and airport hold ups at Cebu, I was finally on my last flight home to Busan. I was looking forward to having a long hot proper shower, and being able to sleep peacefully in my own bed ant and roach free.A trick I use on flights is to slightly recline all the seats in my row before the other passengers come so that everyone assumes they are already in upright position. I managed to sleep for half of the two hou...

Saturday morning I had to be at the ferry terminal at 7am for my 8am ferry. I'm surprised I've never done this before as its so close and easy to goto Japan and one of the reasons I came to Korea. At the ferry terminal you have to exchange your booking confirmation for your actual tickets. I was also surprised there was an additional tax to be paid of 25,200w ($22.50) and a further one of 2000 Yen ($25) on return. These could just as easily be included in the tic...

My ferry to Japan was 8am Saturday morning which needed me to be at the ferry terminal 7am one hour earlier. I was figuring out somewhere close and cheap to stay on my arrival. I asked around and people didnt really have any clear suggestions other than going further from Busan Station which is a bit of a 'red light district' after hours. I decided to try looking up jimjilbangs (sleeping halls) on korean websites as usually they dont show up in english searches. ...

For my trip to Taiwan I started a day early by taking a train to Busan to get a motel for the night. I had a ticket booked for 5.23 but then found out this was the vice principals last day and she had left so I could actually sneak out. I tried to change to an earlier train but the next one was 5.11 so not much difference even though I reached the station after 3pm. At Gupo there was rain and I met up with a friend. Then we looked for a motel. Last time I found a...

My flight back to Busan was a strange time of 2.30am saturday morning, which meant I had to get to the airport by friday midnite for check in. Luckily the hostel had let me leave my backpack all day after I checked out in the morning instead of carrying it all day.I started chatting to kill some more time as it was only 7pm. There was a nice filipino lady telling me how she was worked here for 17 years. I told her I have many filipino friends in Toronto. Then I l...