Against the Grain
By Isaiah Winters It’s not every day in Korea that you cross paths with a multicultural married couple in their twenties who are their own bosses, live in a restored … Read More
Category: Travel
Gwangju’s Obscure Northern Rim
By Isaiah Winters To usher in the cold, northerly winds of the new year, this January we’ll pay tribute to Gwangju’s obscure northern rim, specifically the flatlands, foothills, and jagged … Read More
Hidden Shrines of Gwangsan-gu
By Isaiah Winters Along the hillocky western edge of Gwangju is the sadang archipelago. These sadang (사당), or ancestral shrines, pock the forests of pine and bamboo that every year … Read More
Forgiveness over Permission – Three Places You Probably Shouldn’t Visit, Unless You Do
By Isaiah Winters I wish I stuck to normal hobbies. I do like hiking, golfing, and swimming, but my inner Mr. Hyde always hijacks these and veers them off … Read More
More Than Just a Beach: Spending a Week in Wando County
By Isaiah Winters Before the last of this year’s summer weather left us, I spent a week in Wando County poking around in search of sites other than the well-known … Read More
Kota Kinabalu: I Flew to Borneo Last July and Boy Are My Arms Tired Kota Kinabalu
As a young man in Canada, nothing was more riveting, nothing was more important than the first season of the TV show Survivor. It was a cultural phenomenon, uniting people around the globe in their desire to see who would emerge victorious after the final tribal council. One of the fondest memories of my youth was huddling around the television with about ten other people one summer evening to watch Richard Hatch claim the million-dollar grand prize.
A Tale of Two Valleys: Swimming Deep in the Mountains of Gokseong
Fed up with the two-hour drive to half-decent beaches only to swim under the punishing gaze of killjoy lifeguards guarding me from life, I’ve retreated deep into the mountains of Gokseong County to swim in peace. In this edition of “Lost,” I’ll bring you along to two of Gokseong’s beautiful valleys terraced with swimmable pools of pure mountain spring water, each with nary a lifeguard in sight. One valley is perfect for the crowd-loving extroverts among our readership, while the other is fit for the misanthropic troglodytes among us who truly believe that three’s a crowd. So, without further ado, let’s jump in.
Three Lazy Hikes Along the West Sea
By Isaiah Winters I hate the West Sea. It’s shallow and muddy with a color palette usually ranging from some metallic sludge to full-on dirty dishwater. In last year’s August … Read More