Category: Asia

This will be a new type of post for me in which I review a country based on my own personal experiences and what I have heard from others, as well as giving some basic useful information.  One thing to…

As much as I enjoyed my time in Korea, I had to make it to Singapore in time to see the Grand Prix there, which was during that upcoming weekend.  However, I couldn’t fly directly to Singapore but had to…

One thing that I always enjoy is seeing a mountain or a big piece of nature in the middle of a large metropolis.  I was looking at Google Maps and saw that there was such a thing in Seoul, so…

Now was time to visit one of the places I was most looking forward to in Korea: the DMZ.  DMZ stands for Demilitarized Zone, and it is a 4-km wide area that separates North and South Korea.  Although it is…

When I got off the plane, one could say I was quite tired.  I can barely fall asleep in my own bed, let alone on an aircraft in what my body thinks is the middle of the evening.  When I…

After dropping $68 to cure my anxiety about missing a flight, I was super pumped up for what would be my first flight in an international premium cabin.  I approached the Asiana business class check-in counter at JFK and received…

Alright, time to start writing about the trip! After driving across the USA to drop off my car at my parents’ house in Washington DC and spending a bit of time with friends and family, I was finally ready to…