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📸 Meanwhile: Behind the Camera
Just a quick photography note from behind the camera . . . I’ve updated my photography portfolio with new photo essays from Japan, South Korea, and Shanghai. I’ve also added new images to my ongoing projects — Street Photography and Street Art & Graffiti — and started documenting my apparently inevitable descent into photographing manhole covers. I’m not entirely…
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🇰🇷 What to Drink in South Korea: A Sip-by-Sip Guide to Korean Drinks Culture
Every country has a national drink. Korea has a national drinking system, and the difference matters more than you’d think. Spend a few days in Seoul and you’ll notice the drinks arrive with rules attached — who pours for whom, which hand does the pouring, and when you’re allowed to make eye contact with your elders.…
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🇰🇷 Incheon: Throwing Elbows for Korean Skincare
Beautiful sunset last night. And then the Incheon Bridge (the longest in Korea) put on a light show. Incheon observation: I have never seen as many densely clustered high-rise apartment buildings as there are here in Incheon/Seoul. The population density is unreal. South Korea is about the same size as Indiana, yet it has more…
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🇰🇷 Seoul, South Korea: Shopping and a Protest
We are in South Korea today. Well technically, we are docked in Incheon, which is about an hour and a half west of Seoul. So, we’re taking the herd bus to Seoul this am. It’s a drop and do your own thing bus, though. No tour. Huzzah. Because my main focus for today is shopping. …
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📚 Destination Bookshelf: What I Read Before Our Trip to Japan, Seoul & Shanghai
Before we take a trip, I always try to do some reading that connects with our upcoming destination(s). I gravitate toward my favorite genre – historical fiction. For me, historical fiction helps make history more accessible and relatable. Ken is more of a non-fiction guy, but I don’t have the patience to get through A Concise…