Hoa Lo Prison, more commonly known as the “Hanoi Hilton Hotel” in the States, is an infamous prison that gained notoriety during the Vietnam War for holding shot down American pilots. The prison has a much longer history however, none of which is any bit prettier. Hoa Lo Prison – Hanoi Hilton Getting To the …
The National Museum of Korea is the largest museum in Asia, and one of the largest in the world, attracting over 20 million visitors since it’s reopening in 2005. It is the 9th most visited museum in the world. We were so thoroughly impressed, we wished we would have visited sooner. National Museum of Korea …
There were two large displays of Christmas lights north of Seoul that I/we were pretty interested in seeing: the lights in Santa Claus Village (though really all over) Pocheon Herb Island and the Garden of Morning Calm Lighting Festival. We decided we would do one of them and while I originally wanted to do Morning …
There is something about birds that draws me to them. Bird watching is one of many favorite pastimes for both of us, but especially for me. So once we discovered that the Kuala Lumpur Bird Park was not only easily accessible but also the largest free-flight aviary in the world, we knew we had to …
We recently got done spending 3 months in Songtan, South Korea (October 2015- January 2016). We are a little behind on posts, though (we have made it to Malaysia, and now Vietnam since then), so we will probably continue posting things from Korea over the next month or so, interspersed with more current posts. Here are …
Going to a jimjilbang was one of those Korean experiences we really wanted to try out but found a little intimidating at first. It is a very popular activity to do – especially during the winter – among pretty much all Koreans. As winter was coming into full force, we finally decided to make a …