Arrival and Orientation

After our many hours in the air and on the ground, we finally arrived in Busan, South Korea. That only marked the end of our air travel.
In the airport, we met with some other teachers and got on a bus bound for Sorabol College in Gyeongju for orientation and the mandatory H1N1 influenza quarantine.

Upon arrival, we were handed a wrapped gift
and an H1N1 informational handout.

Sweet dorm bedding

Removing the paper revealed a decorative gift box
with the words, "Beautiful Day."

Inside was a personalized hand towel.
Thank you?

Judy doing her part to eliminate the spread of swine flu

Lunch...

Chopsticks on the side of the vending machine


On our first day in South Korea, we set out on a whale watching tour

All those characters mean 'toilet'

P.E.T. recycling?

On the boat

3 out of 4 Korean woman carry a parasol, it's amazing.

Hyundai Motors ship yard

The Canadian Couples
Allie, Dave, Teresa and Jon

The American Couple

Crazy boat toilet

Judy on the throne

The world knows this animal as a dolphin,
but to Koreans, it is a whale.

This was our "whale watching" tour guide, not Kim Jong Il.
(Possibly still an old lesbian though...)

Captain Jack Sparrow's ship changed a little once it left the Caribbean

All for Hyundai Motors

Mmmmmmm, breakfast!

The vat of (what can only be best described as) mashed potato salad.
It was mashed potatoes with hard boiled eggs, carrots and cucumbers.
It wasn't good by any means, but not as bad as it sounds.

Cereal, hard boiled eggs, watermelon
and a toasted mashed potato salad sandwich.

This was the standard breakfast each morning.

Allie showing us how Canadians can 'blow' a hard boiled egg from it's shell

To her credit, she did succeed!

The view from the front steps of Sorabol College

Not the most beautiful campus...


On the second day, we went on a tour of the tombs and temples of Gyeongju.
"To me, the whole city is a cemetery."
-Our tour guide for the day, referring to the tombs that littered the city.

A Korean tomb consists of a burial chamber, covered with a mound of rocks, then a thick layer of dirt and grass. So, to the untrained eye, an area with a lot of tombs just looks like a ridiculously hard golf course. Good work, Korea!

Judy standing in front of two tombs.
She thought they looked like boobs...

Koreans enjoying a ladle of fresh, mountain spring water

The Gyeongju valley behind us

Hydrating ourselves Korean style

The water did not look this brown in real life, we promise!




Warriors protecting Buddha's ground from evil spirits

This represents man: Simple and Strong.
The female counterpart was having to be restored because it was weak...

After visiting the temple, you can find a rock, make a wish,
and place it on a stack and your wish will come true

Andrew in front of the Canon Temple.

This is where the Japanese got the name for the camera company

Please take note of the nipple hair

(on the warrior, not Judy)

Allie and Jon about to have their first Bibimbap.

The faces in the pictures should be reversed.
The girls could hardly eat theirs.

Andrew, headed to the man's room

The most amazing family ever!

If only everyone from Seattle wore their
uniforms while sightseeing and enjoying meat on a stick.


Lego brand jean shorts...

Andrew with some tombs

Judy enjoying her bag of coffee milkshake

Make: Daewoo

Model: Best

Korey and Judy enjoying their 1.6 liter beers that we smuggled into the building one night.

We are pretty certain that Dimple is a strip club

Judy and Hannah at the door of Dimple.

We were too afraid to enter

There are peppers like these drying in the sun everywhere.
They are most likely Kimchi bound.

Andrew playing a video game (and dealing a little crack)

Can I interest you in one of my Crunky Nude Balls?