Typed up at: Laura and Alan’s place in Emeryville, Starbucks in Palo Alto
Posted from: Laura and Alan’s place in Emeryville, Andy and Juliette’s place in Newbury Park
The port agent drove us to the place where our ship had just docked. The gangplank wasn’t down yet, so we spent a while just standing next to the [...]

Typed up: on ship to Long Beach
Posted from: Andy and Juliette’s house in Newbury Park
The bus ride to Busan was over an hour shorter than the book had said it would be. I think they must have built some new roads since the book was written. It was easy to find a locker that fit [...]

Typed up: on ship to Long Beach
Posted from: Andy and Juliette’s house in Newbury Park
We took the bus from the Express Bus Station in Seoul to Cheongju. It was great. The bus had leather seats similar to business class in an airplane, yet ticket prices were still pretty low. The scenery was nice and green. [...]

Typed up: on ship to Long Beach
Posted from: Andy and Juliette’s home in Newbury Park
Our flight to Seoul was as good as we’ve gotten used to. We ended up at the end of the immigration line, and this is the first time that our bags made it to the luggage carousel before we did. The [...]

Typed up: on ship to Long Beach
Posted from: Andy and Juliette’s house in Newbury Park
Just having a few days to kill before our flight to Seoul we stayed in Solano to dry out and relax. It still rained regularly, but not non-stop like it had been. Solano was a small town with no sights, so [...]

Typed up: on bus to Busan, on ship to Long Beach
Posted from: Andy and Juliette’s house in Newbury Park
As we got off the bus in Banaue, a friendly local wanted to know where we were going. She took us to our hotel, the Banaue View Inn, in a tricycle. We checked in. She wanted to [...]