South Korea is a country of many extremes. From K-Pop obsession to identical high rises, to hagwon-ridden suburbia and road-side shacks, the country continues to baffle and surprise anyone who hopes to look for its secrets. (And there are many of them, for certain.) Rich in history, beauty, and (quite often) absurdity, Korea is a land worth exploring.
Over the summer, as I was riding my bicycle around my small suburb of Minneapolis, I began to wonder if other people imagined my ‘suburban lifestyle’ as looking like this. Wide open spaces, lots of Read more…
Lake Superior: Updated 2011 Lake Superior has a very near and dear place in my heart. Ice cold and lingering up there in the north, it seems like the haunted gateway to a different world. Read more…
India: October 3, 2010 – November 17, 2010 After completing my contract in Korea, I flew to India to teach English at a school in the slums of Mumbai. Although I worked for most of Read more…