Ok, well I think it’s time to say something about the town I have been living in for just over 2 months now! The town is a pretty decent size, not massive but not small either. There are 2 main streets which are connected by another street which also has a fair few shops and things. The main street near me, which is pretty much directly outside my apartment building, has lots of shops and restaurants, including Pizza Hut and Baskin Robbins! There is also a ...

I decided that I should try and learn Korean while I am over here, partly because it would be nice to make an effort to speak the Korean language and also partly because very few people speak anything but Korean and everywhere you go everything is written in Korean! So, I had a trip to Seoul and Kyobo bookstore to find a book to help me learn and I found a couple of really good books, which were recommended to me by someone I met in the bookstore who had been le...

Ok, again this will be a relatively short entry, at least for now as the weather has been fairly consistent since I arrived here - HOT, HOT, HOT, HOT!! It has been consistently around 30 - 32 degrees in the daytime and the evenings not much cooler at around 27 degrees. To be honest the heat hasn’t been the problem, it’s the humidity that has made it unbearable, sometimes getting into the 90%’s. I had air conditioning put in the apartment the first week i...

Well, I thought I’d add a short section on the food, even though I covered the main things in the first blog entry I wrote. I am sure that I will gradually add to this as I experiment more with the food here, but this is it for now: The BBQ restaurants seem to be really common here and I have been out to eat about 6 times now and I think all but 2 of those time have been to the BBQ restaurants! The other places I have been out are to Pizza Hut and also to a ...

Well by now I guess that you will have seen the photo’s, but I still thought I’d add an entry on my apartment! Ok, my apartment in on the top (20th) floor of the apartment block which makes for some pretty amazing views from the balcony and also means that no-one overlooks me! As you walk in the front door, immediately in front is the lounge area, which consists of a bright orange sofa and chair (although I have now covered the sofa in a blanket). There is...