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Yeosu Mural Alley

montanaron — Sat, 04 May 2013 00:28:30 +0000

I’d been hearing about the Yeosu Mural Alley for a while, ever since before the Expo began last year. A few reports that people published online stated that the alley begins near the Expo site and continues for about a kilometer. I searched everywhere near the Expo, but could never find the Alley. I recently [...]

Yeosu’s Turtle Ship Festival

montanaron — Fri, 03 May 2013 00:14:54 +0000

Starting with a parade and fireworks this evening, the Turtle Ship Festival, held every year in conjunction with Children’s Day (Sunday, this year) will run through Monday. I’ve posted about it before, but I’ve never been able to take in the parade, which begins at 6:30 p.m. Hopefully, I’ll get down there this evening to [...]

Yeosu Expo Grounds Reopen!

montanaron — Sun, 21 Apr 2013 13:19:35 +0000

Yes, at long last, the Expo site has reopened for the general public. I was just down there today, along with a few thousand other folks, and I was very happy to walk around the grounds. It brought back a lot of fond memories of the Expo’s three-month run last summer.

I’d guess that only [...]

Yeosu’s Harbor Market

montanaron — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 09:26:42 +0000

Taking a leisurely stroll through Yeosu’s harbor market is a pleasant way to spend a Saturday morning or afternoon. Though it’s not a huge market, like Seoul’s Namdaemun or Bangkok’s Chatuchak Weekend Market, it still offers plenty of shopping opportunities for food, clothing and other items, and opportunities to get slightly lost in a small [...]

Demise of Yeosu Expo Site?

montanaron — Sun, 31 Mar 2013 23:35:21 +0000

What to do with the Expo site? An article from the JoongAng Daily entitled “Yeosu businesses fight to stay afloat months after the Expo” explores the issue. The article notes that the Yeosu city government wants to open the site by April 20th, but it doesn’t indicate what the area will be used for.

The [...]

Tension in Korea

montanaron — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 01:42:55 +0000

Just a note of reassurance to my friends and family who read this blog. As everyone probably knows, there is a high level of tension right now between South Korea and the United States on one side and North Korea on the other. In my opinion, the U.S. didn’t help matters any by sending over [...]

Korean News

montanaron — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 13:46:55 +0000

There have been a couple of big, recent news items that you may or may not have heard about. In a nationwide attack, several bank sites and TV broadcasting sites were hacked today, including NongHyup bank, where I do all my banking, including online bill payments back to the states. I checked it out a [...]

Mountain Hike

montanaron — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 06:17:47 +0000

Wow, long time, no see! There are various reasons for that, as usual. The spring semester has started here at the university, and we’re using new textbooks for one of the classes. Writing lesson plans for that class seems to be consuming a huge amount of my free time. We’re also having some gorgeous spring [...]

Yet Another Yeosu Expo Update

montanaron — Sat, 16 Feb 2013 08:54:03 +0000

I took a walk around the Expo site last Sunday, and, basically, nothing has changed since the last time I was down there. No more demolition has occurred, and it looks like everything that’s remaining will stay there. The only noticeable difference is that all the rubbish, debris, steel beams and whatnot has been removed [...]

Self Portrait-The Yeosu Menace

montanaron — Sun, 10 Feb 2013 13:45:53 +0000

Finally, after a month or so delay, I got my new camera tripod that I ordered from Amazon.com. It gathered dust up in Seoul for about 5 weeks before I finally decided to track it down. After several phone calls, the delivery company got it here in good shape. Although it’s a cheapie, it has [...]