In Busan, there are two main beaches which everyone talks about. All the tourists go to Haeundae while the locals go to Gwangalli. However, there are two more beaches that hardly anyone talks about; Dadaepo (다대포) beach and Songdo (송도) beach. To my luck, before I left Busan, I managed to go to all four…
Continue reading ➞ Busan’s Hidden Beaches : Part 1 – Songdo Beach (송도해수욕장)
When I read the weather report saying we were due for a cold weekend as ‘the Siberian cold front is moving south toward the Korean peninsula’. I couldn't help but think that the weather report sounded like something out of the Will Jaeger series (one of my favourite book trilogies). I imagined I was sitting…
In the last few weeks, the number of daily infections has spiked in South Korea reaching similar values to the first wave which was in February. Last week the country introduced higher levels of social distancing which meant that various establishments are now under strict health and safety requirements or have even been shut down.…
Continue reading ➞ Korea’s Third Wave of Corona & My Experience With Offline Classes
When studying literature the changing of seasons are often used to symbolize different ideas such as the passing of time or age. For example, Spring tends to symbolize new life and happiness whereas winter will often symbolize death or illness. Autumn, on the other hand, tends to symbolise maturity and sadness or preparation for change.…
HAPPY FIJI DAY!!! A Special post to celebrate 50 years of independence!!!Fiji is a small country so it’s not every day that you meet someone else who is also from Fiji. However, I was lucky enough to find a small community of Fijians while on holiday in Seoul. HAPPY FIJI DAY! From Gwangalli Beach, Busan…
Once I left Wendy in Paju, I was on my way to meet the Seomyeon Squad in Hongdae. FYI Seomyeon Squad is what I call my group of friends from the dorms, this consists of Kami, Alan and Zaya who I go everywhere with. Seomyeon is the main shopping district here in Busan where we…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsKT6gmk8iw Happy Friday everyone!! I hope you all had a great week. Here is the YouTube video that goes along with the Busan Skyline Blog that I wrote a few weeks back. Check it out and give it a like and subscribe to my channel for more videos on my travels!
In Fiji, at the end of a busy week of exams, we would often go to Chatime and enjoy some bubble tea or coffee smoothies and if we were hungry we would get a meal and share. In Korea, it's not that different. After this week’s mock exam my friends and I went to a…
View from the Restaurant After a long week of doing mock tests and vocabulary tests, we decided to go to Seomyeon and get some dinner. We were planning to go to a buffet place that served Western food. However, when we arrived at the restaurant there was an 18 table queue and we were really…
On Saturday afternoon my mum messages me because she hadn't heard from me all day. ‘Hey Bua, what’s the plan today?’ She was probably expecting that I went to a café with my friends or I went to the beach or something touristy and fun like I do most weekends. ‘I’m at a Buddhist Temple,…
