Through the Windshield

Here are some pictures from various buses we rode yesterday on our way to and from the Green Tea fields. Click each one for the larger versions.















BTW: In an effort to get the 'blog to load faster, I have removed a few of the widgets from the sidebar and reduced the number of posts displaying on the main page. Hooray for efficiency.

Picking a Winner

Our friend Lauren is in town for a week! We're having fun Korean adventures and taking lots of pictures, so look for 'blog updates all this week. Today we visited Boseong, famous for its beautiful green tea fields. Before I post any of the many pictures from the fields, however, I wanted to share a couple candids of a woman keeping busy in a neighboring bus. These were taken while we were waiting to pull out of the station.





In her defense- and to mitigate some of the meanness I'm feeling for posting these- I must add that the weather has been awfully dry lately and the air in the buses is terrible. So, pick away sweet ajumma, pick away...

Regular Service

Went for a walk yesterday with my nine-months-pregnant wife (per doctor's orders) and found this coffee machine:


Is it just me, or does the machine look like it should be dispensing Metamucil?

"Now the only thing that spoils our fishing trips... is rain."

Speaking of ease and consistency, here's some video from a recent trip to E-mart on the #13 bus:

Dime Stores and Bus Stations (Jeju Photos 6)

Our final day on Jeju started early. Our ferry was leaving at 2pm and we wanted to see the World's Longest Lava Tube... Here are some pictures from the bus ride to said tube. Included is a shot of Jon with the ladies at the Jeju Folk Art Complex who were very sweet to a couple of traveling white boys.

















BTW: The title of this post is from a very excellent Bob Dylan tune: "Love Minus Zero/No Limit". Hear a live verion from 1992 (at San Jose State University).



Man, is this post multimedia or what??

Stuck in Wando (Part 1)

Yesterday, we went to Wando for a nice day trip. After two hours on the bus, we learned that the day's last bus was leaving just fifteen minutes after our arrival. So, resigning ourselves to the fact that the dog would destroy the house while we were gone, we decided to stay the night. It was a blast. Here are a few pictures, with more to come in the next few days. Thanks to Jamie and Leah for the invite!