Daegu: Top 5 Things to See and Do for Free
Daegu is the little known, yet third largest city in South Korea. In 2011, it hosted the IAAF World Athletics Championships and in 2002 it, hosted the FIFA World Cup. I spent a year teaching
By Jamie| 2013-12-22T00:23:16+00:00 March 4th, 2013|Advice|
Daegu is the little known, yet third largest city in South Korea. In 2011, it hosted the IAAF World Athletics Championships and in 2002 it, hosted the FIFA World Cup. I spent a year teaching
By Jamie| 2013-12-22T00:30:32+00:00 March 3rd, 2013|Stories|
Çiğ köfte literally translates as raw meatballs. However, due to regulations about selling raw meat in Turkey, it is now completely vegetarian. Instead of using traditional beef or lamb, the meat has been replaced by
By Jamie| 2016-07-31T21:05:50+00:00 March 1st, 2013|Thoughts and Inspiration|
Please note: This is an opinion piece based upon other articles I have read and comments I have received from readers. It is intended to explore the ideas of why people don't travel and invites
By Jamie| 2013-12-22T01:00:57+00:00 February 27th, 2013|Advice|
In the world of bureaucracy, we need less stamps and more action. Unfortunately Turkey is a perfect example of standing in queues and getting stamps on pieces of paper for seemingly pointless reasons. Here is
By Jamie| 2013-12-22T00:42:31+00:00 February 25th, 2013|Stories|
At nineteen years old, hitchhiking to Morocco was a wonderful idea. They mostly speak French and I definitely learnt something about that at school a few years back. Armed with cardboard and a desire for
By Jamie| 2013-12-22T01:39:48+00:00 February 24th, 2013|Thoughts and Inspiration|
There is only one time in life when one truly lets go of all their possessions. It's when they die. This is the time when family members come into the home of the deceased, root
By Jamie| 2013-12-26T20:09:34+00:00 February 21st, 2013|Thoughts and Inspiration|
Gone are the days when we used to get cassettes and slowly, painfully record bits of music, trying to avoid the start of the next song or the radio host's voice. That was when mix
By Jamie| 2013-12-27T00:31:21+00:00 February 19th, 2013|Thoughts and Inspiration|
Fear terrifies me. Literally. It always has. Learning from people far wiser than I, here are some wonderful quotes related to fear. “Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgement that something else
By Jamie| 2013-12-27T00:20:50+00:00 February 17th, 2013|Thoughts and Inspiration|
A new obsession has taken hold of people. The smart phone. I was on a subway in Korea a while back and I looked up from the book I was reading. Twenty-five people were in
By Jamie| 2016-06-11T12:12:23+00:00 February 16th, 2013|Advice|
The following set instructions is a step-by-step guide of how to set-up a WordPress website on your own domain. This means that you don't have to have .wordpress, .blogspot, or any other extensions at the
By Jamie| 2013-12-27T00:51:44+00:00 February 11th, 2013|Euro Hitch 2012|
My hitching journey had taken me to Romania. After the initial freak out about how dangerous Romania might be, my hitching partner settled down and we started to enjoy the country. We were somewhere way
By Jamie| 2018-03-01T09:48:24+00:00 February 9th, 2013|Stories|
Because I don't want to wait for retirement to live this dream. by Paula Londe Don’t let my freckles fool you; I’m older than I look, but still not “old enough” to be on the road.
By Jamie| 2018-03-01T09:49:00+00:00 February 8th, 2013|Thoughts and Inspiration|
This is a guest post by Gabi Klaf. My mother recently wrote, "I cannot support what you are doing to the children." Kobi's mom won't stop crying and sending guilt-tripped, concerned messages, including but not
By Jamie| 2018-03-01T09:47:57+00:00 February 4th, 2013|Euro Hitch 2012|
Waving goodbye to Brno and struggling to find enough change for a bus, our hitchhiking journey took us from Czech Republic towards southern Hungary and the town of Szeged. At the border of Hungary, we
By Jamie| 2018-03-01T09:47:23+00:00 February 2nd, 2013|Stories, Thoughts and Inspiration|
When I was living in France and working as a ski rep, I happened to take an unfortunate tumble. I landed on my lower back and the compression went up my spine, causing compression fractures
By Jamie| 2013-12-13T17:16:16+00:00 January 31st, 2013|Video|
After University, I headed to Uganda to volunteer for SoftPower and had one of the best experiences of my life. I can talk about this experience for days, but sometimes images speak louder that words.
By Jamie| 2017-02-06T13:31:04+00:00 January 31st, 2013|Advice, Video|
Arguably, South Korea is the best country to start teaching English in (if you are interested in teaching in South Korea, please go to the bottom of the page and check the links before emailing
By Jamie| 2014-01-06T18:14:47+00:00 January 29th, 2013|Thoughts and Inspiration|
How often does $300,000 fall into your inbox? Quite often I have found. Normally the letters are so badly written that they are quite unreadable and you can understand very little other than the idea
By Jamie| 2018-03-01T09:46:29+00:00 January 29th, 2013|Euro Hitch 2012|
After our first night in the 8 people, 1 bed apartment, we headed into Berlin with great expectations. I was a little disappointed. I walked the full 1.3 km of East Side Gallery; part of the
By Jamie| 2014-01-06T18:24:51+00:00 January 29th, 2013|Euro Hitch 2012, Photo|
A highlight of Berlin is the East Side Gallery. It is a 1.3 km stretch of The Berlin Wall that has been decorated with over 100 images. It stands as an international symbol for peace.
By Jamie| 2018-03-01T09:46:20+00:00 January 28th, 2013|Stories|
A single picture can tell a thousand words. This picture was taken in Gyeongju, South Korea. Myself and a few friends had rented out scooters for the day and got lost on the way home
By Jamie| 2018-03-01T09:46:00+00:00 January 28th, 2013|Advice|
Kraków is one of the most historical and interesting towns in all of Poland. With interesting buildings, it is perfect for simply getting lost in and enjoying what you stumble upon. It is fast becoming
By Jamie| 2018-03-01T09:45:28+00:00 January 27th, 2013|Euro Hitch 2012|
Prague, one of the most beautiful cities in the world. I did not want to be there. To make matters worse, it was cold and I had not found anywhere to stay for the night,
By Jamie| 2014-01-07T04:38:27+00:00 January 27th, 2013|Euro Hitch 2012, Photo|
One of my favourite parts of Prague in the Czech Republic is the John Lennon Wall. It is a wall that has been decorated in graffiti that purveys messages of love and hope. That and
By Jamie| 2018-03-01T09:45:04+00:00 January 26th, 2013|Euro Hitch 2012|
It was in a considerably more sober state that I continued on my hitchhiking journey. My Slovakian friend took me and my fellow hitcher into Bratislava for long enough to sit on a leaky beanbag
By Jamie| 2014-01-07T10:34:12+00:00 January 24th, 2013|Advice|
As with everything in life, there is an element of risk. It is inherent to our nature that we want to keep ourselves out of harms way. To put ourselves in positions in which we
By Jamie| 2014-01-09T05:05:08+00:00 January 24th, 2013|Thoughts and Inspiration|
Because I choose not to. You've been galavanting again. When are you going to join the real world and get a real job like the rest of us real people? You are getting a bit
By Jamie| 2018-03-01T09:44:33+00:00 January 23rd, 2013|Euro Hitch 2012|
As my bruises healed, my two week stop-over in Budapest was done. It was time for me to continue my hitchhiking journey. The whole world was available to me and I only had to choose
By Jamie| 2018-03-01T09:44:10+00:00 January 22nd, 2013|Advice|
Berlin has a reputation as the hippest city in Germany and the centre of art, culture, and music for the country. All around, you are surrounded by traces of history in what once was a