In the previous post i mentioned about the Korean overlanding site and that Hyein posted on there that we are doing some trips in Korea. Well the response was outstanding, people were very nice and welcoming, even more so the big-wigs that run that community decided to organize a weekend camping and invite us. Btw, […]
Korea – Car Shipping Guide
Download the PDF version – Busan Car Shipping.pdf 1 Overview There are many ports in South Korea to which you can ship your vehicle in a container. However, as far as we know only Busan has the necessary Customs office to process the import of your vehicle. The port in Busan is separated into two components – […]
Korea – Overlanding in your own backyard
This is going to be a long post…we could have broken it up in two, too late now. Last time Hyein visited her parents in September right before we left for this whole drive around the world thing. She came over to Seoul unannounced to her parents as a birthday surprise for her Dad’s 60th […]
Korea – Full of Love
To us Korea is not just a travel destination, but also our home. We have been dreaming of meeting up with family, friends and eating all that delicious Korean food. Our plan is to stay in Korea for 6 weeks, the longest of any country. Spend some time with Hyein’s parents to make sure they […]
Chiang Mai – How to Elephant in Thailand
Since Chiang Mai is in the North of Thailand, right by Myanmar and Laos, we naively thought that the weather situation would improve and we would get a bit of a break from the heat. We were wrong yet again. It’s even hotter than Bangkok…wait is that even possible or do the tires just melt […]
Thailand – Outsider’s Guide to Songkran
Man, are we behind on our posts or what? I’m sorry if the quality of the posts has gone down…actually i’m not. First of all, not much to go down from and second, we have been too busy having way too much fun in Seoul. Okay, so we left off on the last post looking […]
Koh Samui – How to Island Hop in Thailand
We got lucky and arrived in Thailand during the University’s spring break. So Suin and her friends had already plan a little trip south to visit Koh Samui and of course try some delicious southern Thai food. My first reaction was to take a bus, then i was reminded of the prices in Thailand and […]
Thailand – Bangkok Insider’s Guide
And we are back to a “developing” county. I heard somewhere that there are really no more “3rd world” countries left in the world. And the better way of describing a country is either as “developed” or “developing”. For example, Singapore is definitely developed and New York has been down graded to “developing”. We will […]
Singapore – Reverse Culture Shock
While shopping for tickets to Thailand in Argentina, we looked at the usual sources like Expedia and Google’s ITA Matrix. And just to be thorough decided to check out Singapore Airlines, we have a bit of history and loyalty with them. The first time i flew to Seoul to visit Hyein, was a spur of the […]
Expense Report – Central and South America
I know that everyone wants to know, how we are able to afford this trip and how much it costs. When planning for the world tour, i needed this information for myself. So before we left we decided to record our spending. We tracked every single purchase that we made on our trip through Central […]