Last Days of Orientation

A few from the last two days of orientation at Kyung Hee University in Suwon, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea.

The last supper.

Seabolt and I overdid it.

More after the jump.

Korean Folk Village, aka The Hottest Place On Earth

To break up the monotony of lectures and Korean classes, everyone in the orientation took a field trip to a Korean Folk Village. For those of you in America (specifically New York), you see a lot of tourists from Asia wearing the same thing – t-shirts, polos, what have you. And you make fun of them, or at least I do.

Well, we all wore the same shirts too. Bright blue polo shirts. Do I make fun of myself now?

Anyway, here are the highlights from the Korean Folk Village:

People wrote wishes on small pieces of paper and tied them to ropes that wrapped around large stones. One of them said, “I wish my dad would stop drinking.” Yikes. (Also, apparently we’re not supposed to read them – oops)

We started suffering from the heat around this time.

Our tour guide. Random fact: she graduated from college a while back with a degree in chemistry.

More after the jump.

Beginnings

Made it to South Korea. I don’t have a lot of time to write, so I’ll these pictures will have to suffice for now. Some people I met, random wanderings, and afternoon soju breaks. I’ll put some more words here when they don’t have us running up hills or learning basic Korean. Enjoy!

Phil

Doug

Jackie

Stephanie

Kyung Hee University – we’re stuck here for 9 days.

More after the jump.