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Gam Wine Tunnel

gdesilva01@gmail.com — Fri, 21 Jul 2017 18:55:47 +0000

I love wine. I mean really, who doesn’t? So, when I discovered that there was a winery in Korea – on the outskirts of Daegu – that produced a speciality wine from persimmon fruit, I had to try it. My expectations were low though, as I’ve toured some of the best wineries in the world […]

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Getting Naked in Daegu: My First Jjimjilbang Experience

gdesilva01@gmail.com — Thu, 20 Jul 2017 23:06:26 +0000

My life philosophy is collect experiences, not stuff. Yet with just one month left on my English teaching contract in Daegu South Korea, I still hadn’t ventured to a jjimjilbang. A jjimjilbang has various places for you to indulge in hot tubs and saunas. Sounds great right? Except in Korea you are expected to enjoy them naked. […]

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5 Best Coffee Shops in Daegu

gdesilva01@gmail.com — Thu, 20 Jul 2017 21:04:23 +0000

There certainly isn’t a shortage of coffee shops in Daegu. I recently counted 47 different establishments where I could grab a morning latte in the 15-minute walk between the front of my apartment building and the doorstep of my workplace. Forty-seven! Admittedly, some of these are hardly salubrious such as 7-Eleven and the run-down looking […]

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The Neon Boneyard of Las Vegas

gdesilva01@gmail.com — Thu, 29 Jun 2017 23:33:10 +0000

Vegas wouldn’t be Vegas without its oversized lighted signage adorning every hotel and shop. Towering over 12 feet in height the neon lights of yesteryear have sadly been replaced by more friendly LED lighting. However, if you head to downtown you can still admire the artwork of some of the most iconic signs of the […]

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Jinhae Cherry Blossom Festival

gdesilva01@gmail.com — Mon, 03 Apr 2017 13:29:51 +0000

I’ve been waiting for this week for 14 months. The precise magical moment in Spring when Korea’s cherry trees blossom. I had read about Korea’s abundance of cherry blossoms and the accompanying festivals shortly after I decided to move here in February 2015. For a decade, I had longed to see them in Japan, but was […]

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