I've been to five Olympic stadiums in my travels over the years (1972 Munich, 1976 Montreal, 1984 Sarajevo, 1992 Barcelona, 2008 Beijing), just missed out on visiting 1964 Tokyo, and will probably make it to 1988 Seoul soon. But I've never been to an actual Olympics event. Buying tickets for London 2012 will be near impossible and when you add in hotels/airfares the cost could be astronomical!However, living in Daegu we are fortunate that this summer they will be...

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This blog is getting out of hand. What started of as just a personal diary to keep a few people back home updated on my travels has grown to something I never imagined. First of all, this is showing up in google searches. If you google image 'samarkand uzbekistan restaurant' the number 1 & 2 pics are my blog, and further down another pic. This explains why this is the no.1 most viewed pic on my blog.Also, I was googling a festival, and pictures of my apartmen...

I have a trip planned for every weekend now well into May. This weekend started with the first one which is Andong, 90 mins north of Daegu. I had been to Andong before in October for the annual Mask Dance Festival (see earlier entry). Andong is famous not only for its annual mask festival, but also for the Andong Hahoe Village, which is a Unesco recognized site. This is a 600 year old folk village still maintained by members of the original family. It has even be...

Business ownership can change quite frequently. The lady in gwaneum market selling fish sticks closed down over christmas. I thought she went away for the holidays but a new owner came in january with a new storefront. Then she decided to change the price of fish sticks from two for .70 cents to two for a dollar. Now she has decided to change the line completely, stopped carrying fish sticks, and switched to waffles and spicy rice noodles. The lady around the cor...