Reflections of parents of not-so-young-kids-anymore
Busan has a multi-million population of 3.44 million, but the city feels compact, with several places of interest to us not too far from our Airbnb apartment. The Songdo Marine Cable Car has two stations, with most visitors usually opting
All of the places we visited after Gamcheon Culture Village were in the same general vicinity and easily walkable point to point. The route we took was Gukje Market, then BIFF Square, Jagalchi Fish Market, Gwangbokro Fashion Street, and finally
It was a short 15-minute cab ride from Gamcheon Culture Village to our next place – Gukje Market. The market has a huge number of homely shops and stores that offer a huge variety of wares, including all kinds of
Some of the most iconic pictures taken by visitors to Busan are of a small town with houses painted in cheerful colors, sitting on a steep hill. This place is Gamcheon Culture Village, which in 2009 was decorated by students,
It was actually our ang mo bud Matt who alerted me to the political tensions that started overnight two days ago: the headlines reported that the South Korean president had declared martial law in the country. That immediately got me
We’d be heading out for our 18-day vacation in South Korea soon, and here is my short post commenting on the gear and toys I’d be bringing over for the trip this time. We’d been watching, of course, the ongoing
I’ve had a love-hate relationship with the VR gear I’ve owned for the last ten years now: and they included the Samsung Gear VR, and Oculus/Meta Quests 1 and 2. These devices weren’t comfortable to wear for long sessions, battery
It’s been more than 3 months since I posted an update on our planning for the year-end holiday in South Korea. Basically, the broad itinerary we worked out in July was about right, so we didn’t think further about it
We’re not travel bloggers. But it seems that over the last 5 years, most posts we’ve written here have been about traveling! A good part of this is because as our two kids get older – and I routinely quip
The final post in this series of blog posts covering our 11-day trip to Cebu! As is becoming a practice, at the end of every trip, I’d do a summary and reflective post musing about what I saw, with an
The first of the last two posts in this series covering our 11-day trip to Cebu — and this one will again be about the image and video capturing experience during the trip. Since 2022, when pandemic restrictions were lifted
This was my second overseas trip where I brought along a UAV to capture aerial photos and videos of various places. The experience in Cebu was, on the whole, very positive. With a few exceptions — see below — I
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