posted by [identity profile] jaybee65.livejournal.com at 06:26pm on 07/07/2008
I taught English in Korea eons ago, and had the time of my life! I really recommend it.
 
posted by [identity profile] recrudescence.livejournal.com at 11:22pm on 07/07/2008
Seriously? People on my flist keep coming out of the woodwork with stories like this. That's awesome!
 
posted by [identity profile] jaybee65.livejournal.com at 11:52pm on 07/07/2008
That's the wonderful thing about LJ: you can pretty much find someone who has done anything you can think of!

I actually went there twice. The first time was the traditional junior year abroad thing at Yonsei University in Seoul, then I went back after graduation for another year, doing part-time postgraduate courses and part-time teaching at private academies. I lived in Seoul both times, but I traveled all over the place (and to Japan, too). Korea's a wonderful country and is compact enough that you can see a large chunk of it in a reasonable amount of time.
 
posted by [identity profile] recrudescence.livejournal.com at 11:23pm on 13/07/2008
Hmmm. I just might have to pick your brain sometime in the near future.

Getting to see Japan would be excellent--I just want to take a little time to travel before I seriously settle anywhere, and teaching abroad lets me soak up all the new cultures I can while giving something back, too, so everyone's happy, right?

 
posted by [identity profile] jaybee65.livejournal.com at 02:24am on 14/07/2008
Feel free to pick my brain anytime! Though some of my information will be long out of date -- it's been quite a few years since I lived there.

As for travel to Japan, I took the ferry from Busan to Shimonoseki, then traveled by train (and sometimes hitchhiking, though I *really* don't recommend that!) to Hiroshima, Osaka, Kyoto, and points along the way. It was pretty economical and loads of fun.

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