Stephen's Travels

Shamanism on the Beach

Shamanism (called Muism too) is the oldest religion on the peninsula – coming before Buddhism and Confucianism. The central ceremony to this is [...]

Buddha’s Birthday fell on a Thursday and we took a vacation day on Friday to give ourselves a long weekend to head over [...]

Buddha’s birthday is a national holiday in Korea. All of the Buddhist temples hang lanterns all around the temple grounds. The most famous [...]

It’s May and short sleeves can finally be worn. We headed to Busan Station to catch a city wide tour bus. This might [...]

We kept seeing these posters advertising the Eobang (어방 – spirit of the fisherman) Festival on Gwangali (광안리) beach. We walked over to [...]

On a crisp April morning, we headed over to Busan tower. There is also a huge outdoor shopping area just outside the Nampo-dong [...]

So my mom has come to visit us here in Busan, Korea. A little background on her – she’s a flight attendant and [...]

My Mom 어마 came to visit from Florida in early April. She timed her trip with the predicted cherry blossoms. However, most of [...]

It’s the end or March and temperatures are starting to thaw out a bit. There is an explosion of flowers blooming. The most [...]

We discovered a park right next to the traditional market by our apartment. It used to be a naval fortress in the 1600’s [...]