August, Seven months...

Hummm….. What have I been up to?  I have been to Boryeong Mud Festival on Daecheon Beach it was really 'fantastic' I had the best time.

I am now a brown belt is Taekwondo so only 2 more belts till I am a black belt! I feel that our Taekwondo instructor is pushing us onto new belts because he is afraid we will become bored and quit, as a lot of the other foreign teachers have!

Laura , Lenny and  Rooks are leaving on Friday. Boooooo... It has been fun working with English people. The next group of teachers will be from America. Maybe my boss thinks the English drink to much? I am not sure but I am VERY excited to meet the new staff. It will be fun showing them around Changnyeong and the surrounding cities etc.

I realized the other day that I have been here for seven months, already! It was gone soooooooooo fast and I am sad because I am over the half way mark. I don’t want this experience to end! I will have to figure out what I want to do when my contract is up. I may consider working in Korea an additional year.

Weekend in Busan

THAILAND!!!

*I didn't keep a diary when I was in Thailand so I will just have do my best and try and remember….

I arrived in Thailand safe and sound. My flight went by really fast. I arrived on Ko Samui Island on Saturday morning. My hotel was really nice. I spent my first day on Chawng beach. In the evening I got a boat to Ko Pan Ngan for the full moon party. I met some people from my hotel who where going to the party. We all got a mini bus to the port together.  The party itself was really good. I met some more people that evening. They were from Canada. They are teaching in Thailand. They were interested to know about teaching in Korea but I think they have a better deal! Later that evening, well early hour of the morning, I went back to Ko Samui. I spent the next couple of days here before moving back to Koh Pan Nyang. When on Ko Samui I also went jet skiing canoeing in the sea. 

My next destination was Koh Pan Nyang Island. Here I went on an over night trip. It was really good but there were a lot of bugs! I really liked the elephant trekking. I met a girl  from Denmark. She was travelling on her own too. We decided to move to our next destination together. This was nice as the journey was pretty long so it was good to do it with somebody else. 

On the 27th July I travelled down to Phuket on the night boat and bus. Overall the journey took 15 hours but it was fine because we travelled through the night so it went really fast! When In Phuket I said goodbye to the girl from Denmark as we wanted to explore different areas. That night I stayed at a REALLY fancy hotel and there was a bath next to my bed...very cool! I stayed there for 2 nights. I met a couple from London. They were travelling around Thailand for 3 weeks. It was nice to exchange stories.

My next location was Phi Phi island. I was having loads of fun BUT THEN I got bitten by a monkey!!!!! YES THAT IS RIGHT, A beach monkey. I had to go to the hospital and had a rabies jab. I have to have one every 3 days for a week! I got bitten on my leg and butt!

My next and final destination was Bangkok. I decided to get a plane rather than the night train, just to save time. It was a little more money but I think it was worth it to get an extra day in Bangkok. In Bangkok I went on a lot of day trips and I met a lot of people. I went to Tiger temple and got my picture taken with a cute tiger cub. It was good but it was also raining so it was a bit disappointing. I also went to the floating market, which I loved!

I loved every minute of my solo adventure. It was a little strange being by my self.  Although, I did always find people to talk too, it was sometimes hard work.

Hmmmm where to next....?

Summer Time...BBQ

Teaching

June (4 months already)

I think you are due an update! Lets see… well all in all I am really happy here at the moment. I am working in English Camp again. I did get moved back to Cyber Camp as a few teachers left abruptly so the staff got moved around again. All is okay now as I got moved back last week. YIPPEEEEEE

I have booked my flights to go to Thailand in July for 2 weeks. I can't wait! I am going by myself which is very daunting but I can't let that stop me from exploring. I did come to Korea by myself after all!

All of the teachers went to Seoul a few weeks ago for Laura's birthday. It was great as it was my first time visiting Seoul.

I am going to Boryeong Mud festival in 2 weeks, it is on Daecheon Beach and by the sounds of it you just drink all day and cover your self in MUD! 

I went to visit Dave Moxon in Daegu at the weekend. (He is a friend I know from University. He started working in Daegu in May.) It was great. I definitely have an advantage knowing somebody close by, as he has introduced me to a lot more people and invited me to some fun days out! (I am helping him out as well!)

I am now a blue belt in Teakwondo (Belt 4) The next belt is brown then red then BLACK!!! We have started to fight in our lessons now. I have been paired up with my boss Suzie, as we are the same height. This is a bit strange….fighting my boss! She really goes for it and kicks REALLY hard. I always let her win though!

JAPAN- Fukuoka!!!

I went to Japan, Fukuoka with two people from work. (Laura and Rylan) We went for only a few days but it was well worth it! We took a ferry from Busan, it took just over two hours to get there. This journey would of been a difficult journey on the best of days as I get travel sick. Especially when on bumpy boats. This journey was incredibly painful as we all had horrible hangovers from the night before. For some reason we thought it would be a good idea to get very drunk in Busan! We all slept in on Saturday morning and we had to run as fast as possible to the port to ensure we were able to check in. We just about made it. I didn't even get time to brush my teeth.Well that didn't matter in the end as I was sick so much!

By the time we arrived in Fukuoka, adrenaline kicked in and we were all very excited and ready to explore  Japan. I expected Japan to have many similarities to Korea but overall it was completely different, unique in its own way. 

I had sooooo much fun visiting Fukuoka! I really want to visit other parts of Japan. It is like a completely different world!

By Gemma 24 years old!

Cyber School

Sometimes the students fall asleep!