tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65920747015324803192024-03-14T06:02:14.669-06:00run, gloria, run!run gloria run!rungloriarunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06550183630878288786noreply@blogger.comBlogger745125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6592074701532480319.post-53139002365324610962023-05-13T03:15:00.003-06:002023-05-13T03:17:19.310-06:00eating my way through Seoul<p>Two weeks in Seoul, South Korea, and we spent most of it eating. </p><p>We stayed in Gangnam, the plastic surgery capital of the world, in a hotel that was mainly for guests recovering from their various cosmetic surgery procedures. While our bandage-covered neighbours embarked on their journey towards perfect beauty, we went on a culinary adventure to eat all the Korean food we can't get in Ottawa.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>Stew in Gangnam</b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKOBngdmmNicnLRE0omQQ_Iw8kwwkvGgpuvlwks34WIHVPTgh8GqLAmnt8jizTN6opiMKH203GnrGYXv57qi-62E1X_ZHkjxv7SOlyt23dTUyYN46zxY6ZDd2hFMh403ZnE_5TsdFxJJ_wOtI6ovEjOHy8DkFzsS0RFcGMndMTQMANpzqGujKNTHlsEg/s4032/IMG_1562.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKOBngdmmNicnLRE0omQQ_Iw8kwwkvGgpuvlwks34WIHVPTgh8GqLAmnt8jizTN6opiMKH203GnrGYXv57qi-62E1X_ZHkjxv7SOlyt23dTUyYN46zxY6ZDd2hFMh403ZnE_5TsdFxJJ_wOtI6ovEjOHy8DkFzsS0RFcGMndMTQMANpzqGujKNTHlsEg/w300-h400/IMG_1562.HEIC" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">With the thirteen hour time zone difference, we were pretty jet lagged when we arrived. We tried to sleep but awoke at 4AM, ravenous with hunger. But where would we get something to eat?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It turns out that Gangnam is pretty bumping at 4AM and lots of restaurants were open, including the stew restaurant across the street from our hotel. Hordes of young people were pouring out of night clubs at that point, filling the restaurants in search for a bite to eat and maybe more soju and beer to drink to keep the "night" going, often to kill some time until the Seoul metro trains were running again so they could stumble home to sleep, while others made their way to church. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Bindaettuk from Kwangjang Market</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKQVMYIZWMlTPg3LhwT28gQr5scBt79MSLP93oUX9iNu3YLXGeCsBpyoFbtR4hjvVCsC3Ys_QRQN-RQyIQD2K4jWUsUtzbH9F1Vl4ZlAt18qPvS3EQ_ErEZY_sWUpL_n4f7Oi9-31D0oBuZB2CjAuE-XwZHiMiJZ1qq2MEram5X6B1uyGXCb2RXiPMQg/s3088/IMG_1587.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2320" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKQVMYIZWMlTPg3LhwT28gQr5scBt79MSLP93oUX9iNu3YLXGeCsBpyoFbtR4hjvVCsC3Ys_QRQN-RQyIQD2K4jWUsUtzbH9F1Vl4ZlAt18qPvS3EQ_ErEZY_sWUpL_n4f7Oi9-31D0oBuZB2CjAuE-XwZHiMiJZ1qq2MEram5X6B1uyGXCb2RXiPMQg/w300-h400/IMG_1587.HEIC" width="300" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Kwangjoon Market was busy, crowded with people sitting on stools at the street food stands eating mandu (dumplings) and ttukbeoki (spicy rice cakes). We couldn't get a spot anywhere, and instead we grabbed some bindaettuk (mungbean pancakes) and kimbap to go, and enjoyed them with a refreshing drink of sikhye (rice drink) next to the much calmer Cheonggyecheon stream.</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Lotte Department Store Food Court</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRae5fKEhyOOH9TzDhkrUuP17DhPs6hEu_i0V5ew2RZNtC4ssrPsXxDNYKbjLKI_-Vhht_r6KEqdLW2IR25U09HGIqjh617aO6ghyUnBo5wmc2m8oOedOj3mHdVXSUuX3sxIO1UaJDnBNhDE1QRP3sSbWLEsp5tNbKEPs-hEnEDddtGNLIjAOyi1TK0w/s4032/IMG_1594.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRae5fKEhyOOH9TzDhkrUuP17DhPs6hEu_i0V5ew2RZNtC4ssrPsXxDNYKbjLKI_-Vhht_r6KEqdLW2IR25U09HGIqjh617aO6ghyUnBo5wmc2m8oOedOj3mHdVXSUuX3sxIO1UaJDnBNhDE1QRP3sSbWLEsp5tNbKEPs-hEnEDddtGNLIjAOyi1TK0w/w300-h400/IMG_1594.HEIC" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">If only we could get dishes like bibim naengmyun (mixed spicy cold noodles) at department store food courts in Ottawa</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Sae Bohm Tteukguk (sp?)</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB3P5Isa-WjkglSj5ybWiXvnMEYpvFEfBmw9ClRxOgcajyohe0kZwlbkLVzsR0RXB4JrsBvbjGjbWzdjTIHoLPTmq_vMRfZ7eONJUXynhDWnlDAu9OV3ZCSypXeQ5AZYvwaJn5lJjxgHO3ys6Y3OvaXVURB2NV7smP-nnrVFkkw7TFPk-WMK2S9wF3FA/s4032/IMG_1634.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB3P5Isa-WjkglSj5ybWiXvnMEYpvFEfBmw9ClRxOgcajyohe0kZwlbkLVzsR0RXB4JrsBvbjGjbWzdjTIHoLPTmq_vMRfZ7eONJUXynhDWnlDAu9OV3ZCSypXeQ5AZYvwaJn5lJjxgHO3ys6Y3OvaXVURB2NV7smP-nnrVFkkw7TFPk-WMK2S9wF3FA/w300-h400/IMG_1634.HEIC" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Found this place while<i> </i>my partner was in search of tteukguk (rice cake soup). It's his favourite Korean dish. It's one of my favourites too, actually. The menu for this place had pages and pages of different kinds of tteukguk. Also, makgeolli (traditional Korean rice liquor)!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><b><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Mini fish buns at Hammersmith Coffee</b></div></b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWUGm0GNmqe2HW8coRUW-31Imj_Qqtr2nzNpKGN51uOP_9zmd_tttCaGc2PPxen1BqAkxFYk08e9aqH8UGhCGrdIrhgP-cxGn7cFgtjzrAyd_M_I5_dGOwMML_ER4GI8xv1gy29NSxY74HbcCiAcgVhob2zAXWPWTaylJOJqLWURUcwVUtMUsxMt1rEw/s4032/IMG_1654.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWUGm0GNmqe2HW8coRUW-31Imj_Qqtr2nzNpKGN51uOP_9zmd_tttCaGc2PPxen1BqAkxFYk08e9aqH8UGhCGrdIrhgP-cxGn7cFgtjzrAyd_M_I5_dGOwMML_ER4GI8xv1gy29NSxY74HbcCiAcgVhob2zAXWPWTaylJOJqLWURUcwVUtMUsxMt1rEw/w300-h400/IMG_1654.HEIC" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We liked to start our day checking out different coffee shops and nibbling on the little cakes that they serve there. Korea has tons of coffee shop on every corner - Koreans really like their coffee! My family likes to buy these fish bun things at the Korean grocery store in Canada and this coffee shop franchise serves miniature versions of them.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Kwanghamun Seokgalbi restaurant </b><b>(sp?)</b><b> at Coex Mall</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOS532w5-3wUNKOka7G8haqjp8jSLo_iOxZurBeoV3tkGeHyoxJVRq0T6SfjLpyVdbGPeDRfvjLBBzuivYqwZS2QxCaKNILyZ27wyorRj9JadbSpdUSGOurPfR4LsEE_Ur7cHcYkYM4-n5iLD3E4G2otUyC7YRzCOL0Xi1WYZi-LvOUMF3Hv-nBQlzJg/s4032/IMG_1657.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOS532w5-3wUNKOka7G8haqjp8jSLo_iOxZurBeoV3tkGeHyoxJVRq0T6SfjLpyVdbGPeDRfvjLBBzuivYqwZS2QxCaKNILyZ27wyorRj9JadbSpdUSGOurPfR4LsEE_Ur7cHcYkYM4-n5iLD3E4G2otUyC7YRzCOL0Xi1WYZi-LvOUMF3Hv-nBQlzJg/w300-h400/IMG_1657.HEIC" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Tasty dishes, and a popular lunch spot for the workers near by. This restaurant was located above the Starfield Library, which was one of the most spectacular libraries I've ever seen.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhBA5su76DEx08LyFY3DjKHfJgxUpLMOtraq7W6xN-41gkCqu693tFASX2KNB_CFcl_PJT2u3uWTi0MqwnKY2N6c9yTpEkDjortSHtzZfmZ4gL6wtxqOoHYIT-8p1bVEc4Gc8BYf_YNpqPqcyno0o6PoVQDRuHy1_plY5cM5tVG0VORDow2FMxkNAa0Kg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhBA5su76DEx08LyFY3DjKHfJgxUpLMOtraq7W6xN-41gkCqu693tFASX2KNB_CFcl_PJT2u3uWTi0MqwnKY2N6c9yTpEkDjortSHtzZfmZ4gL6wtxqOoHYIT-8p1bVEc4Gc8BYf_YNpqPqcyno0o6PoVQDRuHy1_plY5cM5tVG0VORDow2FMxkNAa0Kg=w400-h225" width="400" /></a></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I also saw an office worker in a suit riding around on a longboard during his lunch hour, which was kind of cool.</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Chodae Restaurant (</b><span style="text-align: left;"><b>Gyeonggi-do</b></span><b>)</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRZ5tDMZrTDT9_VCtIJsvTjhtSJ7pWyqVMMQRS6y6Hy4vQo4iffKYqkQ2shfSDBcwTkANvjCHAtTBQ_fs8rkyD_V_zRmgoaerpEY39iMGQMH95jFaRloBKgceD9AY4jIqz3BSiuQTN_7cWS5z50q4ZT05xk6r9_25K719Ju38-TR9jNCGPhZJnKRjj0g/s4032/IMG_1662.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRZ5tDMZrTDT9_VCtIJsvTjhtSJ7pWyqVMMQRS6y6Hy4vQo4iffKYqkQ2shfSDBcwTkANvjCHAtTBQ_fs8rkyD_V_zRmgoaerpEY39iMGQMH95jFaRloBKgceD9AY4jIqz3BSiuQTN_7cWS5z50q4ZT05xk6r9_25K719Ju38-TR9jNCGPhZJnKRjj0g/w300-h400/IMG_1662.HEIC" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimzaeRIto4l9la8lgcuLcyqmOI8MFrCoSWiZ1_hh-tkulCg1bO0KRF0Stw3uz0sr1I88D9NOxQy2SoBVIYn2Ppt4RZNplnjb2ws8mQ45sS2TMGGK9aeCRdBCAiPsX4GT7DTiggR0ZbkJ4-5XCw2CjxJf9ePxBShOM2FeVgnK4-QkFrUUjm4UD6-iYAHA/s2048/IMG_1692.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimzaeRIto4l9la8lgcuLcyqmOI8MFrCoSWiZ1_hh-tkulCg1bO0KRF0Stw3uz0sr1I88D9NOxQy2SoBVIYn2Ppt4RZNplnjb2ws8mQ45sS2TMGGK9aeCRdBCAiPsX4GT7DTiggR0ZbkJ4-5XCw2CjxJf9ePxBShOM2FeVgnK4-QkFrUUjm4UD6-iYAHA/w400-h400/IMG_1692.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This was an amazing restaurant that my aunt recommended. It's located outside of Seoul on the Han River, nestled in a beautiful garden. The restaurant offers an inspiring riverside view while you dine on the set menu of many, many, many courses (I lost count of how many), featuring playful yet elegant modern takes on traditional Korean dishes. All for, like, 30 Canadian dollars, which is an unbelievably reasonable price.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">There's also a nice cafe next door in the garden where you can enjoy some ice cream or milk tea.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><b><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Hongdae District</b></div></b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim8_BT3PgN-shDR4pRj6RUSyg7nOoh3m58ZM6014h6bu0lNdNSfV2zvAgQVwV9kW-BhrKfyJCCOhE3tPIk0RnNQsOJ92k2MAakJFTDz9BBIUFUCfJMPuo3YOCVJ3dtcr0ZjqkrzJLkyaHO94D18eFYU58W-EcGzLHr8PQ_fABItqf94hI8BmjZ-q3Tvw/s3088/IMG_1725.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2320" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim8_BT3PgN-shDR4pRj6RUSyg7nOoh3m58ZM6014h6bu0lNdNSfV2zvAgQVwV9kW-BhrKfyJCCOhE3tPIk0RnNQsOJ92k2MAakJFTDz9BBIUFUCfJMPuo3YOCVJ3dtcr0ZjqkrzJLkyaHO94D18eFYU58W-EcGzLHr8PQ_fABItqf94hI8BmjZ-q3Tvw/w300-h400/IMG_1725.HEIC" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Hongdae is an artsy hip neighbourhood in Seoul where the university students hang out. It's a pretty bumping place, with clubs and bars and karaoke bars and clothing stores. There were entertainers singing on the street and food stands everywhere. I bought a kebab of fruit dipped in liquid sugar syrup from one of the snack stands and made a total utter delicious mess of myself. I dripped/exploded syrup all over my face, hair, shirt and even my spouse. It was totally worth it.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi04YtAIo53MOJ5cOPkeTdaNsJrhURiEDdqYgxHT-cY3nG1aiOJ02mnhLE_xPt2vIuHiI9XUIENhBmjv99whfQvsECUZkw_IYg84j5EJowEZNtM7k4v7mTaCjUl9WhHL_A3o6DvqoyKCvcQkQoWIfCa3b7NKB0AOl0r7MyKHXyCQl8Zgh0YO44XmjH7Ng/s4032/IMG_1747.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi04YtAIo53MOJ5cOPkeTdaNsJrhURiEDdqYgxHT-cY3nG1aiOJ02mnhLE_xPt2vIuHiI9XUIENhBmjv99whfQvsECUZkw_IYg84j5EJowEZNtM7k4v7mTaCjUl9WhHL_A3o6DvqoyKCvcQkQoWIfCa3b7NKB0AOl0r7MyKHXyCQl8Zgh0YO44XmjH7Ng/w300-h400/IMG_1747.HEIC" width="300" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>In Hongdae, we stumbled upon a makgeolli salon hidden in an alley off a side street. It featured a biggest selection of makgeolli we've seen since we arrived in Seoul, including some really eccentric fruit flavours. We asked the server for his favourite recommendation and drank the whole bottle with an anju plate of bulgogi jeon (pancakes).</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwbliMgMAYqhEluCvTz8H9uwVA_eeAktS5mlQOtW5LBf0k6TsofsTBd0MmNnq0xMnbc8wunmWKIDpWgrbklPKUolHOQ0PYTSrwKdeceREpH5A31DpFMbKjXt9_7hwKop7LLtN1p43SNXVcXwHMXvtakvnewwwSdVAriOMnxVhzocWa5-lLP4YbPS0Y3A/s4032/IMG_1729.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwbliMgMAYqhEluCvTz8H9uwVA_eeAktS5mlQOtW5LBf0k6TsofsTBd0MmNnq0xMnbc8wunmWKIDpWgrbklPKUolHOQ0PYTSrwKdeceREpH5A31DpFMbKjXt9_7hwKop7LLtN1p43SNXVcXwHMXvtakvnewwwSdVAriOMnxVhzocWa5-lLP4YbPS0Y3A/w300-h400/IMG_1729.HEIC" width="300" /></a></div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Myeongdong Kyoja</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1pFJw-1GnhryE_se3wzlh7y7Z1YSxRhEvPI2I1ZXyguTLHF8xH_Uo6WaPyIgEfCpXtL6-VI3dy6PxmawuoO4tFfYU0qZT5x07iizrpCMm0zSasA5S_zp2eus_EO8bxXOWrj82JdUQ4zgdfrIYaBx3-MouV2wqbVgkQysU6N1kjIBzJiPQXczqT65zfg/s4032/IMG_1752.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1pFJw-1GnhryE_se3wzlh7y7Z1YSxRhEvPI2I1ZXyguTLHF8xH_Uo6WaPyIgEfCpXtL6-VI3dy6PxmawuoO4tFfYU0qZT5x07iizrpCMm0zSasA5S_zp2eus_EO8bxXOWrj82JdUQ4zgdfrIYaBx3-MouV2wqbVgkQysU6N1kjIBzJiPQXczqT65zfg/w300-h400/IMG_1752.HEIC" width="300" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Some fifty years ago, my grandmother used to meet up with her friends at a restaurant in Myeongdong to eat kalguksu (knife-cut noodle soup). Today, that restaurant is now a popular Michelin Guide-listed hotspot with long lines out the door during meal times. Luckily, the lines moved quickly so I could eat at this famous spot and re-trace my grandmother's old life in the home country. Besides their noodle soup and mandu, they're also famous for their super-garlicky kimchi, which I couldn't get enough of. Also, they had robot busboys! It was totally worth the wait in line.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxxZrH-n9G_IFEDXvTUfIzKcgdhdgVjyludw5_xdwwmahvDqobhoflMe2OyzfBuEbMMp4HYUOwC_OlFQoeRLXC0gldokxkG8U7NLBhZBV9B-FkGE-xzigM8RVEHjHUlCCjtGCCvN5OVwfac0aLg64RdsGbtuehn6xwgUB7I8xboNyQWaoYTCLVQt7pgA/s4032/IMG_1755.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxxZrH-n9G_IFEDXvTUfIzKcgdhdgVjyludw5_xdwwmahvDqobhoflMe2OyzfBuEbMMp4HYUOwC_OlFQoeRLXC0gldokxkG8U7NLBhZBV9B-FkGE-xzigM8RVEHjHUlCCjtGCCvN5OVwfac0aLg64RdsGbtuehn6xwgUB7I8xboNyQWaoYTCLVQt7pgA/w300-h400/IMG_1755.HEIC" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Budae Jjigae</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUkRXgkncP98F9vTjh7VnYE8TGQULrFRG2GpTYO0k_1e8b8L2VyC0rX8075F7K1c9fzWCeUw6V-QqQ50GGkTEze07PQEbIk2Hj-4TuMuc_Q2ey1-yyjXaI_tBhXNrbRaHjAcXP3vJsgKSPsK2eAZasXZK7AUenpjTxT8gPL1tWSYx91-YtHUgJbNhr4A/s4032/IMG_1760.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUkRXgkncP98F9vTjh7VnYE8TGQULrFRG2GpTYO0k_1e8b8L2VyC0rX8075F7K1c9fzWCeUw6V-QqQ50GGkTEze07PQEbIk2Hj-4TuMuc_Q2ey1-yyjXaI_tBhXNrbRaHjAcXP3vJsgKSPsK2eAZasXZK7AUenpjTxT8gPL1tWSYx91-YtHUgJbNhr4A/w300-h400/IMG_1760.HEIC" width="300" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>My first time trying budae jjigae (army stew). This became popular after the Korean War, thanks to the influence of the US military based in South Korea. It's basically instant ramen with a bunch of weird random stuff thrown into it, like canned sausages, processed cheese and baked beans. This was my first time trying budae jjigae because we never had this kind of stuff growing up. The budae jjigae place across the street from our hotel cured its own bacon for the stew, which was delicious, especially when accompanied a bottle of soju.</div><div><br /></div><b><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Kyo Bakery</b></div></b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgFy8lskcbpr919z4TB4D2MxiEDmZ2O2zjJgq_XEZg1eMrDQOc3G6QczCNGAOE8pg5mRbaBlHI-T6bxL6xibEqInwk0RJVfuDtsrgjKA6MMTUMutd5ILmAdwHmdpfMley0oge4VfgsEMJ0codita33eXg3qdK3ujDj-3S10yRfQ2QOT5aeoNECka-QQA/s4032/IMG_1762.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgFy8lskcbpr919z4TB4D2MxiEDmZ2O2zjJgq_XEZg1eMrDQOc3G6QczCNGAOE8pg5mRbaBlHI-T6bxL6xibEqInwk0RJVfuDtsrgjKA6MMTUMutd5ILmAdwHmdpfMley0oge4VfgsEMJ0codita33eXg3qdK3ujDj-3S10yRfQ2QOT5aeoNECka-QQA/w300-h400/IMG_1762.HEIC" width="300" /></a></div>This was our favourite bakery to start our day with. The coffee was good and they always had an assortment of yummy creative pastries, like bulgogi pie, buns with cream cheese and corn filling, red bean buns... I wanted to try them all!<div><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Chan In Dak Galbi </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwou00CHTFIfhDuOqbIxJybzL-J4DZlarIbl1o6B_S9lzqWrm413HPJ6mipMwv5OluFpIrIQtP0dpL13uLwQ4e6SWlU4r78YyC5igYQSxxhPjIBS-tuZ-XaCix6PAHPfetAeZSfOPYsQ4-oh8M6Y7K3e1iIw6k3tpbKck5G4KOpGeggrB0C1WFnNc21A/s4032/IMG_1775.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwou00CHTFIfhDuOqbIxJybzL-J4DZlarIbl1o6B_S9lzqWrm413HPJ6mipMwv5OluFpIrIQtP0dpL13uLwQ4e6SWlU4r78YyC5igYQSxxhPjIBS-tuZ-XaCix6PAHPfetAeZSfOPYsQ4-oh8M6Y7K3e1iIw6k3tpbKck5G4KOpGeggrB0C1WFnNc21A/w300-h400/IMG_1775.HEIC" width="300" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>This was an amazing restaurant that specialized in this dish that we called "Korean paella" - it probably has some other name but I'd never had anything like this before. You order your chicken and accompaniments (including cheese!) and it all comes cooked in a pan that gets dropped in front of you. It came with an abundance of lettuce too, so you could eat it as lettuce wraps. Before I came to Seoul, I've never had so much processed cheese with my Korean food before, because obviously it's not "traditional" - but I've really come around on this and think that cheese works in Korean cuisine... as long as you're not lactose intolerant.</div><div><br /></div><b><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Bonsuwon Galbi (Suwon)</b></div></b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS6BLxp6t47l63qUcSqMv3jLxM876Us_jspSdPuzCV7OEffFgI5_7urwl8OVeLeU42PtT0QlCmpq0y2rgvcw1ngb5OxRUHO4YAYC2jgSyAHqmTSt9ke6jZryPFqu8gBBo09JFDUumYows4SS8dnqKrP745zmKoNBcfDBoijPEc0a0a-uwQlwwRMBLcPQ/s4032/IMG_1829.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS6BLxp6t47l63qUcSqMv3jLxM876Us_jspSdPuzCV7OEffFgI5_7urwl8OVeLeU42PtT0QlCmpq0y2rgvcw1ngb5OxRUHO4YAYC2jgSyAHqmTSt9ke6jZryPFqu8gBBo09JFDUumYows4SS8dnqKrP745zmKoNBcfDBoijPEc0a0a-uwQlwwRMBLcPQ/w300-h400/IMG_1829.HEIC" width="300" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>This was actually not in Seoul, but the nearby city of Suwon, where much of my family is from. Suwon is famous for a number of things, including the Hwaseong Fortress that is an UNESCO heritage site, but Koreans are also known to go to Suwon for galbi. And Bonsuwon is <i>the </i>place to go for galbi that you can have cooked on the grill at your table. There was a long wait to get a table and it was a bit pricey for Korean standards, but again, totally worth it. As usual, we ordered too much and came away completely full from the feast.</div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGVKU84nl6hu3I-cD1Gkt-xmWXP6dmxut_wsGlXwjKNTYsBhMyYaIgQFKAAxaZF8gXSz1nVB2WxPglqRQauWTeoDcCA_f8e6ZKNFQCdma_0KvXIbOx89UAah-bF4eVvxpQTaowfIPvk6qiQZyRELnR_dL51jhtg9p5Z0mucShX29ZzFxqtj9g5OunYng/s4032/IMG_1835.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGVKU84nl6hu3I-cD1Gkt-xmWXP6dmxut_wsGlXwjKNTYsBhMyYaIgQFKAAxaZF8gXSz1nVB2WxPglqRQauWTeoDcCA_f8e6ZKNFQCdma_0KvXIbOx89UAah-bF4eVvxpQTaowfIPvk6qiQZyRELnR_dL51jhtg9p5Z0mucShX29ZzFxqtj9g5OunYng/w300-h400/IMG_1835.HEIC" width="300" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Bukchangdong Soondubu</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMTWV4UmkMCOPumQBs-3VunV-vO-FGRXQII7aDICjIBRvfG6Wvm5z9OuOvKgQ-q0N19T1HwRvU2wuZUbhM_Kijr1ArA0d9uOsSQL7RBLR0vB3T5wQrzDS4HKvNTNLsXJxOxSJ-xiXUVTJdVs88OQv6te94arIkyc7miW-XdmYxH70L3YMdL-5rY62Uzw/s4032/IMG_1852.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMTWV4UmkMCOPumQBs-3VunV-vO-FGRXQII7aDICjIBRvfG6Wvm5z9OuOvKgQ-q0N19T1HwRvU2wuZUbhM_Kijr1ArA0d9uOsSQL7RBLR0vB3T5wQrzDS4HKvNTNLsXJxOxSJ-xiXUVTJdVs88OQv6te94arIkyc7miW-XdmYxH70L3YMdL-5rY62Uzw/w300-h400/IMG_1852.HEIC" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Whenever I go to Koreatown in Toronto, I always eat at Bukchangdong Soondubu for its famous soft tofu stew. It's so hip and popular that it even appeared on Kim's Convenience. Anyway, I was excited to finally have Bukchangdong Soondubu <i>in</i> South Korea!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Jin Jin Sura</b></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJtojXrNZu-DC69nIgcBh0Q2Vk-Mm9Mi44XTxNyXvj-HCtNew0KrpMejMkQxVT6RMP7fnBehV-lR9lnhXgEnSUos9XeQjcc9Vwox-dbe5IeruGEab6RXaywMbsoKWZ8bJXW6YpaJdwqyRmyLYBy9MqS_1hZ5VGM5Evvjn9wXoJ3sSO9DUilFVo7VeMRg/s2048/IMG_1854.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJtojXrNZu-DC69nIgcBh0Q2Vk-Mm9Mi44XTxNyXvj-HCtNew0KrpMejMkQxVT6RMP7fnBehV-lR9lnhXgEnSUos9XeQjcc9Vwox-dbe5IeruGEab6RXaywMbsoKWZ8bJXW6YpaJdwqyRmyLYBy9MqS_1hZ5VGM5Evvjn9wXoJ3sSO9DUilFVo7VeMRg/w400-h400/IMG_1854.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>This was another fine dining restaurant in Gangnam offering a set menu of many many courses of Korean dishes. It seems like it's a popular place in Seoul for Koreans to go for 상견례, the formal introduction of the prospective bride's family and the groom's family before the wedding. I guess my spouse and I could have pretended we were about to get married.</div><div><br /></div><b><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Korean fried chicken</b></div></b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6TbxkywTaWpgjPNOVHrlObjSkx-xn4choppmdsKrvykD6NXqguxrTGPMlhlwVDQI4bgjapEBUJwRPcdmbZiK4RIt4n8vXFaISdi2ATwx5GR2-VLLrt3ltaOLEOMlGXNLuEZ-F46PWTQs2Xi_KlCIURGpqcyWbfWHsxeKzlkoY9FVy2g4N3k5f6iabpA/s4032/IMG_2032.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6TbxkywTaWpgjPNOVHrlObjSkx-xn4choppmdsKrvykD6NXqguxrTGPMlhlwVDQI4bgjapEBUJwRPcdmbZiK4RIt4n8vXFaISdi2ATwx5GR2-VLLrt3ltaOLEOMlGXNLuEZ-F46PWTQs2Xi_KlCIURGpqcyWbfWHsxeKzlkoY9FVy2g4N3k5f6iabpA/w300-h400/IMG_2032.HEIC" width="300" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>It had to be done, right? You can't go to Korea without getting chi-mek (fried chicken & beer). As usual, we ordered way too much and it was delicious</div><div><br /></div><b><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Korean baseball game food</b></div></b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiOscfjm75l58nkNXarDaOnwDywqcfYgXqXyQmS0q3Qc-FCe8CUXMmQfQ_eCpgd6VBqmL3sUKZhs-OBRpgh__9Rl9ozR1gaxb8ln-LJ9hw_6Kt3fcjVfYYgatbaqqaxFmnuxhFOxe2_lQ7Vg3pjEd_GBHEqbIe9yMHyTc2UzzZNskJ-D-h1PHB3SOD2A/s4032/IMG_2055.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiOscfjm75l58nkNXarDaOnwDywqcfYgXqXyQmS0q3Qc-FCe8CUXMmQfQ_eCpgd6VBqmL3sUKZhs-OBRpgh__9Rl9ozR1gaxb8ln-LJ9hw_6Kt3fcjVfYYgatbaqqaxFmnuxhFOxe2_lQ7Vg3pjEd_GBHEqbIe9yMHyTc2UzzZNskJ-D-h1PHB3SOD2A/s320/IMG_2055.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We caught a baseball game at Jamsil Stadium, and maaaaaan do I wish we can get these kinds of baseball snacks in Canada. More chicken and beer, dumplings, milk tea, tteokbukki, Korean pizza with corn, bulgogi, and pepperoni. The baseball game was really fun. The cheerleaders danced in perfect K-pop choreography, everyone was singing all the time, and I think the team we were cheering even won.</div><div><br /></div><b><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Ssam kyup sal</b></div></b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIntiswjab5-XWWxItd7IsXjR0ETWC0U62wW0JZah0sBBUmDqIoXRK0LMy_qTknml_GWNxp1O8y_5CtxAKC_WC8Sd0jbpbcKstn3cxX7k_kh8qdWU1Fzp9_KxVET7MfUvw9cNrTaJVmIdzV94cOVSegOuK9pDyj3ZcTO7USbqipCFLwDWj40TmjOBmCQ/s4032/IMG_2087.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIntiswjab5-XWWxItd7IsXjR0ETWC0U62wW0JZah0sBBUmDqIoXRK0LMy_qTknml_GWNxp1O8y_5CtxAKC_WC8Sd0jbpbcKstn3cxX7k_kh8qdWU1Fzp9_KxVET7MfUvw9cNrTaJVmIdzV94cOVSegOuK9pDyj3ZcTO7USbqipCFLwDWj40TmjOBmCQ/w300-h400/IMG_2087.HEIC" width="300" /></a></div><div><br /></div>I like to call this Korean bacon, but my spouse says it's misleading because it doesn't actually taste anything like bacon. Anyway, this is thinly sliced pork that you barbecue on a grill, dip in sesame oil and gochukaru and wrap in a lettuce. So delicious. I think I'm going to have to have a ssamkyupsal party at home in my backyard this summer...</div><div><br /></div><div>Now that our trip is over, I know I'm going to miss the plentiful Korean food during our trip. 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Tongyeong only has a population of maybe 140,000 which is tiny compared to Seoul’s ~10 million, but despite its small size, Tongyeong still has a gazillion restaurants everywhere that serve its local specialty of chungmu kimbap, honey bread, and of course seafood. Seafood pretty much runs this whole place, especially this dish called meongge which I still haven’t figure out how it is properly translated (sea squirt?). It’s too bad I’m not more of a seafood enthusiast.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg14AzuorckcqtUJw_piLy0q87lGiEIYTFs_qzylqV3HAOGUCyjQssJSa107k-L5v2P-ow5ZwJiSdj72jJ0hy7fH3ig5zkz67tRyT83rnmUgMyxDANVMIzAJPCbWJX5JvQC0m77dQ4WiaeQ-OAuz17kvMXr0HuQqGum6UaxgxlmJPh-7QqLoxO8xP2smQ/s4032/IMG_1862.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg14AzuorckcqtUJw_piLy0q87lGiEIYTFs_qzylqV3HAOGUCyjQssJSa107k-L5v2P-ow5ZwJiSdj72jJ0hy7fH3ig5zkz67tRyT83rnmUgMyxDANVMIzAJPCbWJX5JvQC0m77dQ4WiaeQ-OAuz17kvMXr0HuQqGum6UaxgxlmJPh-7QqLoxO8xP2smQ/w300-h400/IMG_1862.HEIC" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs0lBvZcoNSS-U7I8x5Hs_-QOCAX2uGPhDcGzTFoYdi6L0w7B2gntHowqzXhstPGOKKXNpHnZeI9Kz8E71_YKi_B28seMkgT1cRSnNPNRPw6u7papBEBygM8Pz3sbhe1Yv5omoBxUDvmuBJ6dDawcWcKoJfmgrr3IY8bzSJw6FfYZvNtWCfNrB3CX5lg/s4032/IMG_1874.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs0lBvZcoNSS-U7I8x5Hs_-QOCAX2uGPhDcGzTFoYdi6L0w7B2gntHowqzXhstPGOKKXNpHnZeI9Kz8E71_YKi_B28seMkgT1cRSnNPNRPw6u7papBEBygM8Pz3sbhe1Yv5omoBxUDvmuBJ6dDawcWcKoJfmgrr3IY8bzSJw6FfYZvNtWCfNrB3CX5lg/w300-h400/IMG_1874.HEIC" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMZvDM4Ku1y3t8y473AeR1PJSocCqM5wSnrfIOBNJXBrZ-EvMY3AX6mjleTUOF5HcC1ZSG8TFGKNfdNNKDwADg9mkk-ne0qAbOmUOzLJL7iXWm7OzZB78pOM2UMxwF2mAekankUNdmvZ0DyO3tB10iPiz_OM_a1J2Yk1xpp2PXzpqsBSR8Kqe-8QuuDw/s4032/IMG_1868.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMZvDM4Ku1y3t8y473AeR1PJSocCqM5wSnrfIOBNJXBrZ-EvMY3AX6mjleTUOF5HcC1ZSG8TFGKNfdNNKDwADg9mkk-ne0qAbOmUOzLJL7iXWm7OzZB78pOM2UMxwF2mAekankUNdmvZ0DyO3tB10iPiz_OM_a1J2Yk1xpp2PXzpqsBSR8Kqe-8QuuDw/w400-h300/IMG_1868.HEIC" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Tongyeong is also the historic site of Admiral Yi Sun-Shin, one of the most beloved figures in Korean history. He's the guy that developed the famous turtle ship, an armoured ship that aided Koreans against invaders.</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHBx5EIhLvlHyl73_BbrYmXbPfaDapLzpnXrk23FEin1cluhylu98py30XrcvTayqAupxKoGXFnEO6ISZl_6Bxvywr4fc8L4jdyj0Qpzm8e3OlHKRBacC5YQto_KEnU4TGEx_soxT_QnMLLBdKairvUxJZ58NPaBLXOy5HxWygvIbk9H1HFYi37b4IjQ/s4032/IMG_1877.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHBx5EIhLvlHyl73_BbrYmXbPfaDapLzpnXrk23FEin1cluhylu98py30XrcvTayqAupxKoGXFnEO6ISZl_6Bxvywr4fc8L4jdyj0Qpzm8e3OlHKRBacC5YQto_KEnU4TGEx_soxT_QnMLLBdKairvUxJZ58NPaBLXOy5HxWygvIbk9H1HFYi37b4IjQ/w400-h300/IMG_1877.HEIC" width="400" /></a></div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisQR_0Z1a1py9qXASnxxtT2LpmBWSurR7WHIiOs6e9gZXd78lbMxCaIzY98EM3-PJuW0ctVdlOce7FXha4-nz_IHWlxyISATp0gNCWEu3DgH0NR-eP0q6B94SUuzZjseg5Aqj7oEP56NjjdPNc0RiWKIFCzzVeH2PKVoW5vQnqy9I5_wpKMMMDfuCmpA/s4032/IMG_1879.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisQR_0Z1a1py9qXASnxxtT2LpmBWSurR7WHIiOs6e9gZXd78lbMxCaIzY98EM3-PJuW0ctVdlOce7FXha4-nz_IHWlxyISATp0gNCWEu3DgH0NR-eP0q6B94SUuzZjseg5Aqj7oEP56NjjdPNc0RiWKIFCzzVeH2PKVoW5vQnqy9I5_wpKMMMDfuCmpA/w400-h300/IMG_1879.HEIC" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div>We woke up to the sound of the neighbour's rooster loudly announcing the coming of dawn. We took a taxi down one of the harbours, where for the price of about five Canadian dollars, you can hop from island to island on a little ferry. For some of the island stops, the ferry doesn’t even fully dock to board or unload passengers. Passengers simply hop off the boat on to land and the ferry keeps moving, barely pausing at all.</div><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4C3Bh80AlFNAvRdPsozAdcjYxvf57FRkKMUdcd4DZGB4MlUnzcDsoHEx8K7rX5earB7YjcnMD97Ej9J_KbjJ-45cV13X0RYAl3tvTh1S-wnLdXpws8dwMCdnhu6fJgIfQbXdIPfUcSY3DXoHlvBLUjDSB2itFUZmIHjT1btG-pmXZK2YdUpHESmRZ_w/s4032/IMG_1939.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4C3Bh80AlFNAvRdPsozAdcjYxvf57FRkKMUdcd4DZGB4MlUnzcDsoHEx8K7rX5earB7YjcnMD97Ej9J_KbjJ-45cV13X0RYAl3tvTh1S-wnLdXpws8dwMCdnhu6fJgIfQbXdIPfUcSY3DXoHlvBLUjDSB2itFUZmIHjT1btG-pmXZK2YdUpHESmRZ_w/w400-h300/IMG_1939.HEIC" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>We got off at Yeondaedo, a small island with a little traditional fishing village built around the mountain. There are some five hundred islands off the coast near Tongyeong, where the ocean is a brilliant hue of turquoise, like the Caribbean, except nobody really hangs out on the beach in their bikinis here – fishermen spend their days haul in their catch for the day while the little old halmunis lay out seaweed to dry on the docks. Archeologists have discovered evidence of human habitation on the island of Yeondaedo tracing back to prehistoric times. People have clearly been enjoying the waters here for millennia. <p></p><p><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Today though, it seemed to a day of rest for the village. We were hoping to grab a bite to eat, but the restaurants (all seafood) were all closed, except for a coffee shop that only served coffee. We hoped we would have better luck elsewhere and set off on a little hike. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK7pOOweLcWqeMTNytqOLkD9eC7BGMx_qKLgvFydG2ce0q-Hptsuoaf4IgHlVTY4veYcFrmufBSpnl9BYf67cxjVemLAy-46Yp4N5EQbl6Qzf9aPtnbEW1Xd6WIvVOemN-HaTsy3MldhZt68pLMK9ga0EvglMoeulGBkUyjJKj9r7OyFVGPhuYqoVsQQ/s4032/IMG_1911.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK7pOOweLcWqeMTNytqOLkD9eC7BGMx_qKLgvFydG2ce0q-Hptsuoaf4IgHlVTY4veYcFrmufBSpnl9BYf67cxjVemLAy-46Yp4N5EQbl6Qzf9aPtnbEW1Xd6WIvVOemN-HaTsy3MldhZt68pLMK9ga0EvglMoeulGBkUyjJKj9r7OyFVGPhuYqoVsQQ/w300-h400/IMG_1911.HEIC" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>We made our way to a suspension bridge that connected Yeondaedo to Manjido, another island close by, where our hiking trail led us to a boardwalk that wrapped around another mountain along the beach. <p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU7q_TQDby3nb1TVGilQxMO7wgYEoFat1zrPIeEfeqRAeWD2vMA_raZKs2msjZlqA7ggVgwGH2PqPfzpo6R6gwMV4xCvQz-wlVv8ZKBHP11E6mP8nFm02yptEslWvIVHM-iNrpFbHw8tRQo9-2skK6B7XiKz2Du5hdugRn8y2WVuLPk5CFyIw_VEmJ6w/s4032/IMG_1914.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU7q_TQDby3nb1TVGilQxMO7wgYEoFat1zrPIeEfeqRAeWD2vMA_raZKs2msjZlqA7ggVgwGH2PqPfzpo6R6gwMV4xCvQz-wlVv8ZKBHP11E6mP8nFm02yptEslWvIVHM-iNrpFbHw8tRQo9-2skK6B7XiKz2Du5hdugRn8y2WVuLPk5CFyIw_VEmJ6w/w400-h300/IMG_1914.HEIC" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBK58ukaemhM0vOTpHo01dgS0okgfa2MWs_NnebvKKXmTLFtIS9rla3D3uardKgzasd9UL6VZjEtpx0SAaYT9tiocHaT7fpchIVnuDJIIBuP0__kbO-cS-a1oplAj1aztDiD4xPMiFTtZiUIGN6UvNVO0ARuPRGQgVGVX-r7niSw35QShhNG2m0UJnAg/s4032/IMG_1925.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBK58ukaemhM0vOTpHo01dgS0okgfa2MWs_NnebvKKXmTLFtIS9rla3D3uardKgzasd9UL6VZjEtpx0SAaYT9tiocHaT7fpchIVnuDJIIBuP0__kbO-cS-a1oplAj1aztDiD4xPMiFTtZiUIGN6UvNVO0ARuPRGQgVGVX-r7niSw35QShhNG2m0UJnAg/w400-h300/IMG_1925.HEIC" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuX4VdLH8P2lm8HNM3Xnd1Mg19Vxck8fzACJATWNJrT3DeL7RN9kSSl3i9LdK4fOA21QvByLcwFEgdbpZ169CvGA7GzS_swOafku5NqNdTm6H-3Wdy7hhXXphwEoH4En4s_GdJlxBz3kgiL89yaERpyi0FMfZ13ZoB8QMRfUJSMO2ZYwo5ZO3U5A6CVg/s4032/IMG_1916.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuX4VdLH8P2lm8HNM3Xnd1Mg19Vxck8fzACJATWNJrT3DeL7RN9kSSl3i9LdK4fOA21QvByLcwFEgdbpZ169CvGA7GzS_swOafku5NqNdTm6H-3Wdy7hhXXphwEoH4En4s_GdJlxBz3kgiL89yaERpyi0FMfZ13ZoB8QMRfUJSMO2ZYwo5ZO3U5A6CVg/w300-h400/IMG_1916.HEIC" width="300" /></a></div><p>We eventually came upon another village there, where there were a few more restaurants, all closed except one place that had a table of guests enjoying their meal. It turns out that the restaurant wasn’t actually open; the husband and wife busily attending to the guests explained to us that they were just feeding their guests who were staying at their inn (called “pensions” in Korea) attached to the restaurant. But they were kind to us and let us eat there too. Everything on the menu was seafood, all invertebrate mollusks of some kind or another. I asked ajumma if she would make me plain ramen and she did.</p><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUHPPfKlXIa57InYRkpy3RIKQH3RJxnzKrnjYLsyEFXZonzK9oE4Wff5GpYnk4y4lAFDfDKVo9UPDmtpj8a1VZNkDx-lYfDbRdLQy0hT7HxIyfaLja9fQMTVfonGLbte127gz43x0bdTfo2uoLABlVjzB-MPGAK-BcK56H8p1vnzdshVxJ3TnBqG9xAg/s4032/IMG_1922.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUHPPfKlXIa57InYRkpy3RIKQH3RJxnzKrnjYLsyEFXZonzK9oE4Wff5GpYnk4y4lAFDfDKVo9UPDmtpj8a1VZNkDx-lYfDbRdLQy0hT7HxIyfaLja9fQMTVfonGLbte127gz43x0bdTfo2uoLABlVjzB-MPGAK-BcK56H8p1vnzdshVxJ3TnBqG9xAg/w300-h400/IMG_1922.HEIC" width="300" /></a></div><p>Afterwards we found another coffee shop nearby that served iced coffee and patbingsu – shaved ice with red beans, which we enjoyed while looking out at the village harbour and listening to the music that the coffee shop owner played, all old English songs like Simon and Garfunkel or “Delilah” that I remembered because the Korean adults in my childhood used to sing those songs at karaoke. It all made me feel like I was in a little time warp. I daydreamed about what it would be like to live here in this quiet idyllic village, maybe running a coffee shop for a few hours a day and serving instant ramen. I probably wouldn’t do well myself since I’m not a huge fan of seafood or running a small business. 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Small children keep coming up to him to say hi. Me, I’m excited about the random cats I keep meeting, napping in the shade of the trees or hanging around people hoping that they’ll drop some food. The crows here sound different, like they’re speaking Korean, or maybe just calling out my husband’s name.</div><div><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizaVsMGRdS9IhlbJaqfns3nW90ALUcNv3bhi8o41yLMhfJM4ceOeeCk7mXD1M589i3Kq974HAH4imOw2i_r0dO-4_4jCNoG-bng0WSuMIq9YM1sXcaMxX7Nin1fO8lPsfyGjj0MRwdyr53JiX3HLhl8IpLo8NISe_yrjD23tLoDIUg5WubN69TMzNyDg/s4032/IMG_1926.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizaVsMGRdS9IhlbJaqfns3nW90ALUcNv3bhi8o41yLMhfJM4ceOeeCk7mXD1M589i3Kq974HAH4imOw2i_r0dO-4_4jCNoG-bng0WSuMIq9YM1sXcaMxX7Nin1fO8lPsfyGjj0MRwdyr53JiX3HLhl8IpLo8NISe_yrjD23tLoDIUg5WubN69TMzNyDg/w400-h300/IMG_1926.HEIC" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPlLP59CTzW2Y0yZkq8OUPW_wN3vuCi9W5xuciQGQNO3GpBLmnG-XMg56BUBT56oy-cnF49Y2FiWI1QqtyeGpbZlI4P0VJ79bfVKJiyJWvdWRaX3iQD6G4c1gVdk9rxyvZvUcBgMue0LzATsO9FARRvGcapRyMDra18ndJYqVRQ5PPn4slrvfnQAEv7A/s4032/IMG_1935.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPlLP59CTzW2Y0yZkq8OUPW_wN3vuCi9W5xuciQGQNO3GpBLmnG-XMg56BUBT56oy-cnF49Y2FiWI1QqtyeGpbZlI4P0VJ79bfVKJiyJWvdWRaX3iQD6G4c1gVdk9rxyvZvUcBgMue0LzATsO9FARRvGcapRyMDra18ndJYqVRQ5PPn4slrvfnQAEv7A/w400-h300/IMG_1935.HEIC" width="400" /></a></div></div><div><br /></div>Eventually the ferry came back for us and we hopped on to get back to Tongyeong. We took the cable car up Mireuk Mountain, where we got a breathtaking panoramic view all around the coast. We could even catch a faint glimpse of Japan in the distance. I also discovered that there was a luge course on the mountain, so of course I had to try it. I could never pass up the option to ride down a mountain fast.</div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7G28hVgbUR3Kj4uO3xJdWUJBomK0-lEbdv94QAE6CIYDYNQsQGasfNk9XXhB9NJLS9DbpF53DKVlXzNV6-hcjIDpqM9Co4T2kAkXz0vUBdIyQ7BByfH5M8_DpcRL6xI5DUrwIjBZcVtrVYEzKjduMcMUWCqLVkdwsQ3C1-oj14wsNc4Rki78H81sNIA/s4032/IMG_1944.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7G28hVgbUR3Kj4uO3xJdWUJBomK0-lEbdv94QAE6CIYDYNQsQGasfNk9XXhB9NJLS9DbpF53DKVlXzNV6-hcjIDpqM9Co4T2kAkXz0vUBdIyQ7BByfH5M8_DpcRL6xI5DUrwIjBZcVtrVYEzKjduMcMUWCqLVkdwsQ3C1-oj14wsNc4Rki78H81sNIA/w400-h300/IMG_1944.HEIC" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>In the evening, we went on a sunset cruise on a yacht. It was the fanciest yacht I have ever been on, not that I’ve been on a lot of yachts, since I usually prefer human-powered activities on the water, like kayaking or paddleboarding. But this yacht had four bedrooms (that we didn’t use of course) and two bathrooms and a glorious deck with all sorts of comfortable spots where you could lounge and watch the sun set. The yacht staff played old Korean ballads from the 70s and offered sparkling wine and shrimp ramen, which was my second ramen of the day but still delicious. It was such a blissfully peaceful experience.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDFIJMmO0xGMxOedE3OWcURAU6080a0PSq5QG88LGv3kk6Rzp4rDwNaZ18GwICFJNDKaDCQrbwRWuXCPiBMWmPrGF-k2V4mYiXxpdMaS2k-K1hX1m21y2_bYOvnbZm_Zs-4XcPS81dILKL_p1AoTMgfAl4g6iKOGb4MEfxpVaIufGJxyJoarNEPiEy6g/s4032/IMG_1966.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDFIJMmO0xGMxOedE3OWcURAU6080a0PSq5QG88LGv3kk6Rzp4rDwNaZ18GwICFJNDKaDCQrbwRWuXCPiBMWmPrGF-k2V4mYiXxpdMaS2k-K1hX1m21y2_bYOvnbZm_Zs-4XcPS81dILKL_p1AoTMgfAl4g6iKOGb4MEfxpVaIufGJxyJoarNEPiEy6g/w400-h300/IMG_1966.HEIC" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgl6QLDpXmxKWoeAIrmhkzvPPTKi0CE2zTBBd2NhTJN_8CATeHbX4jmmMzx6DKnYaC7mqSTLZAWChGh-Otdc_a-N68z3Xt-62BB-4lhebcCs2I1W30u2gDF1cw4ztAKeXovCtJX5EZOaKcdz5_E3Z8-darz1S-C1_1UDKkyftFEgZsTBF4zOwQ5bHAJw/s4032/IMG_1962.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgl6QLDpXmxKWoeAIrmhkzvPPTKi0CE2zTBBd2NhTJN_8CATeHbX4jmmMzx6DKnYaC7mqSTLZAWChGh-Otdc_a-N68z3Xt-62BB-4lhebcCs2I1W30u2gDF1cw4ztAKeXovCtJX5EZOaKcdz5_E3Z8-darz1S-C1_1UDKkyftFEgZsTBF4zOwQ5bHAJw/w300-h400/IMG_1962.HEIC" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBdvEy3QqsV9ATPqaRj7ZJsIsBME6E74RslV4Lkj98o2t_WEM7C4lRy1huD09xz9B53HlbY6Ij3fLqe7Lv1ekYauN3aC5qzez5hGuDnm12ozYTTwxmhrZM9ox9qYeMoBaxlwVjGUucGlfnh6v_XONzLLsID6lui3V4LjqgZ4UXYsQCCTIt6OF_zXYZtQ/s4032/IMG_1970.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBdvEy3QqsV9ATPqaRj7ZJsIsBME6E74RslV4Lkj98o2t_WEM7C4lRy1huD09xz9B53HlbY6Ij3fLqe7Lv1ekYauN3aC5qzez5hGuDnm12ozYTTwxmhrZM9ox9qYeMoBaxlwVjGUucGlfnh6v_XONzLLsID6lui3V4LjqgZ4UXYsQCCTIt6OF_zXYZtQ/w300-h400/IMG_1970.HEIC" width="300" /></a></div><br /></div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>I thought about how I used to keep up a travel log when I was younger and mainly stopped because I was traveling too much, mostly for work and couldn’t keep up, and then I wasn’t traveling at all. But I like having records of the places I’ve been and things I’ve seen and I find that unless I write them down, the memories of these places all become muddled up. Maybe I’ll start writing in my travel log again, not regularly but whenever I do make it out somewhere special that I want to try to remember.<p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE6XkcHAQ_H4HmulSz0Y7TRxNrs2hCcLrNoCoFsAw-mO8MH405h8ONi8pT0fQz9n8L7B7TwXBztmcHo8ulAcSWdeINl-BiX2F7fqyqD99RkOHT2ZWQ_qgb2f7YG6IFki-fRxfPGwUALn70WIEbrD5mwjT8ZdFh-gAoZKd33p6SBawxOH5bnzSZuiV37w/s4032/IMG_1973.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE6XkcHAQ_H4HmulSz0Y7TRxNrs2hCcLrNoCoFsAw-mO8MH405h8ONi8pT0fQz9n8L7B7TwXBztmcHo8ulAcSWdeINl-BiX2F7fqyqD99RkOHT2ZWQ_qgb2f7YG6IFki-fRxfPGwUALn70WIEbrD5mwjT8ZdFh-gAoZKd33p6SBawxOH5bnzSZuiV37w/w300-h400/IMG_1973.HEIC" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5737HbbGQBJeleUoPUKJs6CgczxKniS4V9HNXkF39XeUH9BBPkrd7H0I5fx4z8F3CDh-IIk1mD82oupkagtbDpYDD1jRI4ZUbsZKB8lhRrdRJrpfdZMus_O_pc5yF_rcNtn9xHT66kS2LGBCPY_5Tt2EqJngZu3P2w0XE-ANZ6VQOPj5mV5Yt2HfTng/s4032/IMG_1968.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5737HbbGQBJeleUoPUKJs6CgczxKniS4V9HNXkF39XeUH9BBPkrd7H0I5fx4z8F3CDh-IIk1mD82oupkagtbDpYDD1jRI4ZUbsZKB8lhRrdRJrpfdZMus_O_pc5yF_rcNtn9xHT66kS2LGBCPY_5Tt2EqJngZu3P2w0XE-ANZ6VQOPj5mV5Yt2HfTng/w400-h300/IMG_1968.HEIC" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>After the sun sank below the mountains, the yacht staff anchored the yacht next to a few other yachts and set off a merry storm of fireworks, while blasting cheery upbeat music full of surprisingly expletives in English. After the fireworks ended, and we hailed a cab to go back home, I was tired and ready to head back, but at the same time I was sorry to see my magical day end.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjne3GuQpUe2X5uax--s-mn2X9i0KtKlkCCPMH2AqfIuLzxuDnq5stI1hXu-6Ep96W94rNYn1HfdPuFfvyfz3oVft93hnLi_kcMy_AV0nPA1ot9oZeot2Vk8_G-Y4wkthhsPzRMF12YxfHe9y0GVHMtwzOfYF0CsmzjDk7DEEjvx1cWlb3dt9dcg4w-PQ/s4032/IMG_1936.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjne3GuQpUe2X5uax--s-mn2X9i0KtKlkCCPMH2AqfIuLzxuDnq5stI1hXu-6Ep96W94rNYn1HfdPuFfvyfz3oVft93hnLi_kcMy_AV0nPA1ot9oZeot2Vk8_G-Y4wkthhsPzRMF12YxfHe9y0GVHMtwzOfYF0CsmzjDk7DEEjvx1cWlb3dt9dcg4w-PQ/w400-h300/IMG_1936.HEIC" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><div><br /></div></div>rungloriarunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06550183630878288786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6592074701532480319.post-88940854347459082632017-11-07T06:46:00.000-07:002019-10-27T05:44:59.925-06:00going for a hike in happy valley-goose bay<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Happy Valley-Goose Bay airport</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt;">I wasn't sure what to expect in Happy Valley-Goose Bay. On one hand, it
had a population roughly the size of Iqaluit, which is pretty large for
northern communities. On the other hand, it was a northern community, and there’s
quite a variation in northern towns across Canada. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">so many bears at my hotel</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt;">My hotel was attached to a restaurant that was surprisingly jungle-themed
called Jungle Jim's. It really was decorated like a jungle, which felt really
unexpected for, well, a town in Labrador. But here I was, in the Labrador part
of Newfoundland and Labrador, with easy access to frozen margaritas and Jungle
Jim’s Bongo Burger Madness deals.</span><br />
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Happy Valley-Goose Bay started off as a military base. It’s one of the more central and populous communities in Labrador – a lot of folks who need specialized medical care in the northern Nunatsiavut regions get flown to Goose Bay for treatment, if not to St. John’s if services aren’t available in Goose Bay either.<br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Our cab driver, a friendly chatty fellow from Newfoundland with a strong
Newfoundland accent that I strained to understand at times, had recommended <span style="font-family: Times; font-size: small;">Birch Island Conservation Trail</span> for us. It was lovely. It was far enough from the main roads to
feel immersed in nature. The town was in the process of laying down a board
walk along the marshy trail, and I took my time, wandering down the path,
enjoying the gorgeous view of the water and muddy banks.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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and hung popsicle art from the trees. It seemed like a popular spot amongst
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">The same cab driver also suggested we have dinner at the Trappers Cabin.
I had heard about this place from other people as well. The feature idea at
this place was that you got to grill your own steaks. I wondered if it would be
like Korean table top barbecue and, curious, made reservations and an order for
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Cabin also also a night club as well as a grill-your-own steak restaurant, and
also featured video lottery machines and what looked like a karaoke machine. Clearly
this was a happening place. The interior was decorated like the inside of a log
cabin, with large chandeliers made from antlers. The friendly server rolled up
to our table with our raw steaks and showed us to the communal grill – which was
when I realized/remembered that I’d never cooked my own stove in my life. Luckily I was able to call my spouse for
stoveside assistance, and he was able to give me seasoning and grilling
instructions over the phone. I<span style="font-family: "\22 times new roman\22 "; font-size: 16px;">t was a pleasant end to an adventurous trip to Labrador.</span><br />
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<br />rungloriarunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06550183630878288786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6592074701532480319.post-42192376712565376952017-11-05T17:35:00.002-07:002019-10-27T05:47:46.607-06:00Nain, Nunatsiavut<br />
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I realize that a lot of my posts about the north are actually about the traveling involved.<br />
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With northern travel, carefully laid out plans often change at the last minute. In the case of my first trip to Nain in the Nunatsiavut region, due to a number of delays due to fog and mechanical issues, my entire itinerary (and plans to get a full night's sleep) changed and I ended up flying Ottawa to Montreal to St John's overnight to Goose Bay, where I arrived five minutes before my next plane, a chartered flight, was scheduled to depart.<br />
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But it's all part of the adventure. If you can’t learn to adapt to your situation and roll with it, you won’t last long. It was as we flew over the vast landscape of Labrador that I had begun to feel really excited. I had never been to the Nunatsiavut region of Canada before, and I was curious to know what it would look like.<br />
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We landed in Nain on a chartered flight in a small airplane, landing on a smallair strip by a small airport.<br />
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In the past, this was what I knew about Labrador:<br />
•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>The classic post-apocalyptic science fiction novel the Chrysalids was based in Labrador.<br />
•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>I once read a novel based in Nunatsiavut written by an author who had clearly never been to Nunatsiavut.<br />
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Nain is the administrative capital of the Nunatsiavut region. With a population of about 1400 people, it's the northernmost permanent settlement in Labrador, as well as one of the oldest permanent Inuit settlements in Canada, established by Moravian priests in the 1770s. This is in contrast to, say, Cambridge Bay which only really became a permanent settlement in the 1960s.<br />
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One of the most striking sights for me was all of the trees. In many ways, Nain very much resembled the other northern communities I had seen in Nunavut, with similar houses in painted bright colour with skidoos parked in the front, folks whizzing by on ATVs, small Inuit kids scurrying around in their hoodies playing with the dogs, and the brisk crisp air (it had snowed earlier that week). And yet, unlike the communities of Nunavut, the community was surrounded by trees, expansive canopies of evergreen trees, dotted with yellowish trees that a local told me that this is what juniper trees looked like at this time of the year.<br />
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Out on the street, I bought a few carvings from a local artist, who with the help of his apprentice carved inukshuks and uluks (in Nunatsiavut they refer to an ulu as an uluk) out of soapstone by hand. I chatted with him about his artwork, which he was very proud of.<br />
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Maybe this was the exhaustion from a long day, but I felt filed with an immense sense of gratitude at this wonderful opportunity I had to explore such remote and interesting places in Canada, places that even Newfoundlanders rarely had the chance to visit. And that in the end is what makes all the flight changes, delays, turbulence, mechanical problems, lack of sleep and general uncertainty of northern travel worth it.<br />
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In general, I was awe-struck by just how generous and hospitable everyone in the community was to their visitors. I got to eat home-cooked ptarmigan soup and bannock and meet brilliant people. I hope my travels bring me back to the Nunatsiavut region again soon.<br />
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<br />rungloriarunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06550183630878288786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6592074701532480319.post-27253487913091363622017-10-01T16:17:00.005-06:002019-10-27T05:50:59.427-06:00return to Iqaluit<div style="text-align: center;">
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When we first arrived in Iqaluit, we had a five-hour layover before we had to get back on the plane to Yellowknife via Rankin Inlet. The new airport hadn't opened yet and the old one was still a short walk to downtown, so we decided to take the opportunity to do a little walking tour of town.<br />
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I was in Iqaluit first on a layover, and then back again a few days later for work. What really clinched Iqaluit as a city for me, was not the Francophone Centre or the mosque, but the opening of the brand new Aquatic Centre. It was like a spaceship that had landed in a Western movie. It's huge, ultra-modern, and even has a water slide! I went for the really nice gym, and I went pretty much every day.<br />
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I also got to play a few games with the local ultimate frisbee scene at Iqaluit's Glorious League of Ultimate (I.G.L.U.). My favourite Arctic frisbee team will always be Cambridge Bay's, but the Iqaluit players are a fun group of folks and I'd love to play with them again.</div>
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I also took my opportunity there to eat Arctic char whenever I could.<br />
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<br />rungloriarunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06550183630878288786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6592074701532480319.post-56252801773615041482017-09-11T19:51:00.001-06:002017-09-11T19:51:30.988-06:00Folk on the Rocks music festival in Yellowknife<br />
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We got pulled over by the police on our way to the gig. In our driver's defence, the speed limit on the highway had suddenly been changed to from 60 km/h to 20 overnight, in anticipation of the festival goers that would be swarming the roads on foot that night. To the police officer's credit, he let us off with a warning and he didn't make a big deal of the fact that I was obviously scrambling to put on my seat belt.<br />
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We had been invited to perform at one of the biggest music festivals in the Canadian North: Folk on the Rocks in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories. It was a fantastic opportunity and experience and I was stoked for another chance to go back up north to one of my favourite cities in Canada.<br />
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With a population of less than 20,000, Yellowknife is a small town, even by Canadian standards. But it's one of the largest cities in the Canadian North, larger than any community in Nunavut including Iqaluit, so it tends to be a thriving hub for arts and culture in the north. Every time I go back there, I'm pleasantly surprised by just how much this city has going on for it - including a delicious culinary scene featuring a variety of ethnic flavours and fine dining, and lots and lots of fish; a tight-knit queer scene; and so much awesome music.<br />
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Although I've performed in Yellowknife several times before, including at NWT Pride, this was my first time experiencing Folk on the Rocks. I thought I had an idea of what to expect, but it was way cooler than I could have dreamed of.<br />
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First of all, the festival is held in the woods on the shores by a lake, specifically Long Lake. I had known that before, but I had not clued in that this meant that it was a beach festival. I love walking through soft sand, and there was no shortage of that. And with the long hours of daylight that comes with summer in the north, it was such a magical feeling to be dancing to indie band Operators in my bare feet in the sand while the sun set - and it was almost midnight!<br />
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Despite the fact that it's a small town music festival, it featured multiple stages and lots of programming, so yes, festival goers do have to choose between the various acts that are all performing at the same time - tough decisions for music lovers!<br />
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It was clear that the festival had put a lot of thought into organizing the event. Because Yellowknife has soooo many artists and other creative folks, everything was splashed with mural paintings, even the outhouses and the trash cans.</div>
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The festival has also gone to great lengths with respect to social responsibility. I was impressed by all the efforts to preserve the festival space so that it could continue to be used in future years. There was recycling and composting available everywhere. We discovered this when we (gasp) threw out our paper plates in the trash can, and a volunteer hurried up to us to remind us that the plates In response to an incident last year, the festival also <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/folk-on-the-rocks-safe-space-1.4174307">designed a safe space policy</a> which included the Safety Squad, volunteers dressed in purple who make sure everyone is partying safely.<br />
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Also, the hospitality was pretty great. The green room, for example, had a view like nothing else.<br />
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The artists' hospitality section also featured a fried fish dinner catered by the one and only Bullock's Bistro, one of the most famous restaurants in Yellowknife, known for their delicious fish sauce - don't try asking what the secret ingredient is though....<br />
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On Sunday, we wandered around town, trying to find a place to grab a bite and a little drink. I'd forgotten that <i>everything</i> is closed on Sundays in Yellowknife. Everything. Even the few restaurants that are usually open on Sundays were closed, because the owners were off at Folk on the Rocks. And that was the truth: Folk on the Rocks is the place to be in Yellowknife.<br />
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Because our flights were sponsored by the northern airline Canadian North, we ended up flying through Iqaluit, which ended up being its own adventure - but that's a story for another day.<br />
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<br />rungloriarunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06550183630878288786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6592074701532480319.post-89910911495833202522017-09-06T07:20:00.000-06:002017-09-06T07:20:10.049-06:00A day off in Vancouver<br />
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<span class="s1">I lived here eight years ago but apparently that is long enough to forget where everything is. Including where I used to live and where I used to work. I thought I remembered the layout of downtown Vancouver, but my memories only came in snippets, and I found myself getting lost more often than I thought I would - standing on a street corner, utterly disoriented as to what direction was where. Sometimes I could glimpse the water....but the ocean surrounds downtown on three sides. Sometimes I would see the mountains. Where were those? For some reason, I can usually find my way around if I can see the sky. But the tall skyscrapers and condos loomed above me and I could not remember where I had come from.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">But what I did remember was where my favourite food places were.</span></div>
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I hit up the food court at the H-Mart downtown Vancouver where I used eat all the time because I was a cheap student missing my mom's Korean food. I ordered the last chajangmyun that was available, basically Korean spaghetti if you substitute Italian tomato sauce for black bean sauce. The small child who wanted to order it after me was NOT happy.<br />
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<span class="s1">I also met up with some girl friends at Chewy's for some tasty tasty British Columbia oysters. Unfortunately, there's been a problem with BC oysters being tainted this year, so we ended up being served oysters from Prince Edward Island. They were still delicious but it was kind of funny.</span></div>
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Vancouver also seems to be all about arugula grilled cheese sandwiches, which I feel like is pretty symbolic about the kind of thing that Vancouver does to food.<br />
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On the one morning that it didn't rain, I went for a jog around Stanley Park, which was full of tourists, couples jogging with mathcing backpacks (soooo romantic :D !) and Korean families carrying large selfie sticks, all enjoying the sea air and ocean view and all serving as interesting obstacles on my running route. <br />
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Vancouver is also always a great opportunity to visit my mother's side of the family. My grandparents loaded me up with so much dried squid to bring to bring back home, I'm sure I looked like such an Asian stereotype, multiple plastic bags of dried squid on the SkyTrain.<br />
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rungloriarunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06550183630878288786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6592074701532480319.post-81618889637439972412017-09-03T13:57:00.003-06:002017-09-03T13:57:45.741-06:00the Greenwich Dunes Trail on Prince Edward IslandWe've been going to Prince Edward Island for years now, as we try to make it an annual trip to visit family there. However, this year was the first time that we tried out the Greenwich Dunes Trail, and it has turned into one of the coolest sights I've experienced - not just on Prince Edward Island, but, like ever. And I like to think that's saying something for my travel blog.<br />
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When we first were trying to figure out whether we wanted to try out the Greenwich Dunes Trail, we watched a few Youtube videos where other hikers exclaimed how they had never seen anything like this in their life. I thought at first they were exaggerating or maybe they hadn't traveled very much before. But they were right - it was really cool!<br />
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Even if you're not a science eco-system fan and don't know what parabolic sand dunes mean, this place will totally blow your mind. Picture this: You've got the Atlantic Ocean. You've got beaches surrounded by sand dunes. So far, cool but nothing too unusual - there's a lot of ocean shoreline on Prince Edward Island.<br />
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But, just on the other side of those sand dunes, you've got freshwater wetlands. What, really? I mean there are lots of wetlands in Canada, including in Ontario, but it's rather unusual to see it pretty much in the same place as an ocean beach. And on top of it all, the tall cat tails and grass growing out of the marshes have spread to grow over the sand dunes, which is for me the most original site. I've seen my fair share of sand dunes, after all - a large chunk of this travel blog is dedicated to my time living in Namibia, which has one of the most popularly photographed Subsaharan sand dunes in the world. But I've never seen sand dunes covered in grass, forming around both the ocean and wetlands. It's such a unique landscape, right here in Canada.<br />
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The most fun way to get to Greenwich sand dunes is by taking the Greenwich Dunes Trail, a relatively easy trail that's about 4.4 kilometres as a loop. It's also mostly accessible by wheelchair and stroller up until the very last part where you trek over the sand dunes, but thanks to the convenient board walk they've laid down right through the marshes, you still can go pretty far and get pretty close to the grass-covered dunes without getting your shoes filled with sand climbing through the dunes at the end.<br />
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My friends sometimes ask me what they should check out when they visit Prince Edward Island for a vacation. It's already so hard to figure out how to filter the many lovely things that the Island has to offer, from the delicious culinary scene in Charlottetown to the various local art studios in the most random tiny town, but the Greenwich Dunes Trail has now made the top of my list. Ocean, sand dunes, marshes, all in one place - definitely check it out!</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Eat a healthy yummy breakfast of yogurt, fruit, Island honey, and locally baked bread from the farmers' market, while watching the alpacas also eating breakfast on the lawn outside. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Go for a run. Discover a new running route every day, down a different red dirt path. Make it an easy jog, with lots of breaks to take pictures of the countryside, but cardio-intensive enough to take long deep breaths of the fresh country air. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Now that you're all sweaty and warmed up, cool off with a refreshing swim in the ocean or a local river or creek. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">G</span><span style="font-family: inherit;">o for a long drive to a cute little village. The island is full of them. Have a seafood chowder lunch on a cafe on the wharf.
Check out a local art gallery. The Island is full of them. Buy some artwork or crafts for someone you care about. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"> Go for a walk on a beach. Any beach will do; the Island is full of them. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Take an afternoon siesta nap. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">It's 5PM, why not have a beer. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Have dinner, whether at the farm or on a patio in lively Charlottetown. Eat fish and/or mussels/oysters/lobsters with a side of potatoes. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Have ice cream for dessert. Cows' Creamery or whatever random roadside ice cream stand. The Island is full of them. A glass of Matos' strawberry chardonnay pairs well with most ice cream flavours. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"> Do some stargazing. Appreciate the beautiful night sky of the countryside. Meditate on: how vast the universe is; how small your stresses are (in relation to the size of the universe); how you are connected to this vast universe. How short your life is, and how therefore it is imperative to take the time you have to appreciate what you have, and who you have. Contemplate this perspective shift, and be grateful for it. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Dunes Studio Gallery & Cafe - Brackley Beach</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">North Rustico</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The famous Blue Mussel Cafe - North Rustico Harbour</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Around the Sea - Canada's Rotating House</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kite surfing at Victoria-by-the-Sea</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Red Island Baked Potato" baked potato themed restaurant in Cornwall</td></tr>
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<br />rungloriarunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06550183630878288786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6592074701532480319.post-90510342054259009422017-03-26T19:53:00.000-06:002017-03-26T19:56:59.198-06:00Protest Signs: Pro-seal hunt demonstration by Nunavut Sivuniksavut<br />
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Last March 17, rather than spending St. Patrick's Day drinking green beer like other students, the students of Nunavut Sivuniksavut held a demonstration on Parliament Hill to show support for Inuit right to hunt seal.<br />
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The students wanted to raise awareness about the importance of the seal hunt to Indigenous communities. Even many animal rights activists who argue for a ban on the seal hunt often indicate that they are willing to make an exception for Indigenous subsistence hunting and mainly want to focus on commercial seal hunters. However, it's important to know that the majority of the commercial seal hunt is actually done by Inuit hunters, whose main source of income is the commercial seal hunt, including income to buy the gas, ammunition and other hunting equipment to get the seal meat to feed their families. It's not so easy to separate the two notions, and the seal hunt bans have had a huge devastating effect on the local economies of Inuit communities, even with a supposed Indigenous exception.<br />
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You don't need to take my word for it; there's a thought-provoking film by Nunavut filmmaker Alethea Arnaquq-Baril called <a href="https://www.nfb.ca/film/angry_inuk/">Angry Inuk</a> which does a thorough job of looking at the issue in an informative yet interesting way. It's definitely worth checking out, no matter what your thoughts on the subject are. There's also a g<a href="http://www.ppehlab.org/blogposts/2017/3/18/1y0q4mmk9vzjfe135r5cbdv0pljwox">reat essay</a> analyzing the colonialist aspects of the issues (although, like I said, you gotta watch the movie!)<br />
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The rally involved demonstrations of traditional Inuit throat singing, dancing, and even a sealskin fashion show. I'm always impressed by Nunavut Sivuniksavut students' strong political engagement and eagerness to share their cultural pride with the rest of the world.<br />
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Checked out the counter protest to the Concerned Coalition of Concerned Citizens' March for Freedom, Liberty & Justice that was supposedly planned today. Saw only one guy turn up for the original March; the rest of the crowd seemed to be rallying against Islamophobia.
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Some of my photos were also featured on <a href="https://apt613.ca/photos-human-chain-protest-at-the-u-s-embassy-in-ottawa/">Apt613's coverage of the event</a>.
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Lately I've been taking photographs of signs at rallies and protests, because it's an interesting way to capture messages people are expressing. Today I attended the Solidarity against Islamophobia Pan-Canadian Day of Action.<br />
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<br />rungloriarunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06550183630878288786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6592074701532480319.post-4697958346517745462016-12-29T15:44:00.002-07:002016-12-29T15:44:37.813-07:00The Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum<br />
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On my last day in Tucson, I got to visit the <a href="https://www.desertmuseum.org/">Arizona Sonora Desert Museum</a>, which turned out to be my favourite part of the trip. So many magical moments. It wasn't like the museums in Ottawa - most of the Desert Museum was outdoors, in the desert! These are things you can do when you don't have to deal with snow storms for what feels like half the year.<br />
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To be clear, the Desert Museum is more than a museum: it's walking trails, botanical gardens, zoo, and, of course, gift shops.<br />
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I loved getting a chance to see the animals - I had never even heard of some of them before.<br />
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There was a coyote that seemed to be posing for an artist that happened to be painting there.<br />
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They had a cute little home for bees, which was pretty cool, if you like bees and <a href="http://rungloriarun.blogspot.ca/2016/09/a-day-in-life.html">aren't terrified of being swarmed by Africanized bee</a>s like I am.<br />
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There was a really cool special exhibit where you could pet stingrays. Usually I don't care for petting zoos, or, for that matter, animals that have killed the Crocodile Hunter, but these were baby stingrays that had their stingers filed down, and these ones <i>loved </i>being stroked by friendly hands. You would just stand at the side of the pool and the babies would swim right up to you and snuggle their bellies over your fingers for a little rub, just as though they were house cats.<br />
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The museum also featured a wide variety of colourful birds that live in the area....<br />
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...including raptor birds of prey that would fly so close over your head, you could feel the wind from their wings on your face. It was incredible!<br />
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The museum also featured a cool venomous reptile show, where we got to meet a Gila monster and a diamondback rattlesnake....from a safe distance, of course. I'm thankful that this was my only encounter with rattlesnakes in Tucson, considering that this is the rattlesnake capital of the United States.<br />
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In the end, there was just not enough time for me to see all of the things there were to see there. I'd highly recommend spending the whole day if one has time.<br />
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I did make sure to go on the desert trail loop, which was full of gorgeous views of the desert landcape...and also cactus plants. Lots of those. They're pretty cool to look at, but pretty serious to get pricked by. I found out the hard way when I accidentally walked into one while I was trying to take a selfie. Those cactus needles are pretty painful. They stuck right through my jeans and into my skin. Pretty tricky to take out. Now I know: always carry tweezers when walking in the desert.<br />
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<br />rungloriarunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06550183630878288786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6592074701532480319.post-15128452802583030582016-12-28T09:41:00.002-07:002016-12-28T09:56:24.872-07:00arriving in Arizona<br />
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The American border security was having a tough time with my story.<br />
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"Tell me again why you're going to Arizona?"<br />
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"For a research team workshop," I repeated. "I'm an Arctic researcher.*"<br />
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The officer raised his eyebrow. "Arctic research? In Arizona?"<br />
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Yeah, I know - my story sounded kind of fake to me too. It was true, but why did I say that? I'm a Millenial; I'm not just an Arctic researcher, but at least ten other things. Why didn't I say I was a international development researcher? A human rights lawyer? An indie musician? A travel blogger, even? I tried to explain: "I'm visiting some faculty in Arizona that are world-renowned experts in various forms of experimental governance, which we thought would be informative for the Arctic setting..."<br />
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The officer then narrowed his eyebrows, and I'll never forget the surprising words that followed: "<i>But nothing works in Arizona."</i><br />
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Okay then. Clearly there were going to be some adventures ahead of me for my first time in Arizona, the land where apparently nothing works, and, coincidentally, all of U-Haul's license plates come from because they never expire. Eventually the border security officer's eyes glazed over as I continued to explain innovative self-governance theories as though I was defending a doctoral dissertation, and instead he passed me on to "random additional security screening."<br />
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I was taking the most roundabout route to Tucson. From Ottawa to Washington DC to Los Angeles to Tucson, Arizona. If you have a basic sense of American geography, you'll catch on that this is not the most direct route possible; in fact, it involves overshooting the final destination, crossing several time zones and then back into some of those previous time zones. But originally we were supposed to fly through Houston, where tropical storms were brewing and threatening all kinds of floods. Luckily United Airlines offered to switch my flights to avoid the weather warning areas, allowing me to basically fly over and around the entire United States of America.<br />
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When we landed at Washington Dulles International Airport, we discovered that we were not in fact in DC, but nearby Virginia. We ran into the world's friendliest airport employee with a heart of gold who took us on a tour of the airport to show us where the good restaurants were. I also discovered a nail spa where I spent the remainder of my layover in <strike>Washington DC</strike> Virginia.<br />
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Los Angeles was huge and smoggy.<br />
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By the time we finally arrived at our hotel in Arizona, I was so disoriented from the zigzag route we had taken to get here, I actually Googled "what time is it" "what time zone am I in "where am I" "when am I" "who am I". I've always liked the French word <i>dépaysant</i>, which lacks a direct English equivalent translation that carries the right idea of being "de-country-ed". Too much space jumping and time travelling leaves the soul feeling undone.<br />
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The older woman running the hotel front desk was a stern no-nonsense type who checked me in.<br />
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"Is your outdoor pool by any chance open, even though it's winter?" I asked her, with child-like hope.<br />
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"Yes, it's heated," she answered, and her eyes added <i>For the silly Canadian tourists who are the only ones that use the swimming pool in December. </i><br />
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She gave me my hotel key and two-for-one drink coupon for the hotel bar. A two-for-one drink seemed like a great remedy for my sense of weightlessness, so I pulled up a stool at the hotel bar to try a local Barrio beer.<br />
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The kitchen staff from the restaurant next door was just coming off of their shift and joined me for a quick drink. The restaurant chef was a friendly fellow who drew a map on the back of my breakfast voucher. It was an awesome map, and I was sad to have to hand in my breakfast voucher for the actual breakfast the next morning, possibly back to him since he was the restaurant cook.<br />
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He had also slipped in his phone number on the map, offering to show me and my colleagues around. I told him that my Canadian phone unfortunately didn't work in the United States. He suggested we connect on Facebook. I told him I didn't have Facebook, which was actually probably the biggest lie I've ever told. But they had exciting plans for the evening. My exciting plan was to pass out in the hotel bed while consuming American Netflix.<br />
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The next day, I awoke early before sunrise with the advantage of being an Eastern Time zone traveller in Mountain Time. I went for a walk around the hotel grounds. I could hardly believe I was still in North America. The Arizona landscape looked as foreign as the moon. There were rolling mountains off in the distance, endless desert, citrus trees...and palm trees!<br />
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And cactus plants everywhere! That was the most exciting discovery for me. There were lots of palm trees when I lived in South America and in Africa, and I'd lived in deserts before, albeit polar deserts. But a "forest" of cactii...this was something I was experiencing for the first time.<br />
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It was like straight out of <i>Better Call Saul. </i>Or was that shot in New Mexico? Either way: palm trees! Cactus plants!<br />
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I was able to find my way around downtown with relative ease. Whenever I got lost, the local folks were pretty helpful, although they would always give me directions in miles instead of kilometres, and I would just smile and nod because I don't remember how long a mile is.<br />
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With the mild temperatures, it was entirely possible for buildings to have outdoor corridors and thus take on gorgeous innovative new designs that we in Ontario could never dream of using.<br />
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The University of Arizona campus, where I spent most of my time, was breathtaking. I suddenly wondered, "why would anyone choose to go to a Canadian university?" I had gone to law school at York University, which was rumoured to have been designed after a California campus style, in a not-so-California climate, where the cold winter wind would whip around the corners of the campus buildings located too far apart from each other, and students would trudge through the snow, dreaming of the Tim Hortons coffee they hoped to grab before class.<br />
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The craft beers in Tucson were at good old American prices, which probably would have been a great deal if the Canadian dollar wasn't doing so poorly. But on the other hand, they had just elected Donald Trump as president, so I guess we all have our stuff to figure out.<br />
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Take this one restaurant we went to, for example, called Batch Cafe and Bar. It was as though they had designed a restaurant specifically for my tastes. They offered an impressive selection of over a hundred different bourbons, first off. Also, they made doughnuts. They also served sandwiches, which you can order to be served on said doughnuts instead of bread like normal people. And they also featured a menu of boozy cereal, all the cereal from your childhood served with whiskeys that were not from your childhood. I had, for example, the Wheat & Rye, featuring my favourite Frosted Mini-Wheats.<br />
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The delicious food almost made up for all of the scorpion stories that our University of Arizona colleagues told us, of finding the creepy critters in your bed and in your toilet. That is the one thing I'll appreciate about Northern climates: the cold keeps the creepier things away.<br />
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Greetings! It's been a busy couple of months working on various projects but we're just starting to get to that time of year where we can finally showcase our work! I wanted to share the various opportunities to check out my work.<br />
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Today at noon, I'll be presenting my research findings on access to justice issues for gender-based violence survivors in Guyana at the Human Rights Research and Education Centre at the University of Ottawa. I'll be sharing this special lecture with my colleague Andreanne Martel, who did her research on sexual violence strategies in India. The event is free and open to the public, and a light lunch will be provided. <a href="https://cdp-hrc.uottawa.ca/en/nov-30-access-justice-and-gender-based-violence">More information on the event here</a>.<br />
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Tomorrow (Thursday) I'll also be presenting my research on Guyana at the "Global Research for Local Action" Conference at the International Development Research Centre. My presentation will be the second one of the day, so do come check it out if you aren't able to make it to today's lecture. This is also free and open to the public. <a href="https://www.idrc.ca/en/events/global-research-local-action">More information on the conference here</a>. <br />
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Finally, let's move away from research and towards art: I have the pleasure of performing a special piece at the <a href="https://mirrormountainfilmfest.com/">Mirror Mountain Film Festival</a> this Friday night. My band <a href="https://scarybearsoundtrack.wordpress.com/">Scary Bear Soundtrack</a> has collaborated with Toronto film maker Tim Smith to present "City Fragments", which features Smith's film of projected visual urban images interacting our specially commissioned musical compisution, which we perform live along with the film as a live soundtrack. It's going to be a really cool event - don't miss it! <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/735880303254442/">Facebook event here</a>; also read more about our performance <a href="https://mirrormountainfilmfest.com/city-fragments/">here</a>.</div>
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Yes, indeed, it's been a busy week, but an exciting one as well! Next week I'm going to Tuscon, for the Change and Economic Development in Arctic Canada meeting - who would have thought that my interest in Arctic research would take me to Arizona? I'll be sure to post photos of my travels.</div>
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Some of my favourite wines come from South America, especially Chile and Argentina, but I had no idea that Guyana had a local winery. Guyana itself doesn't have a very big wine appreciation culture - folks are much more about rum or beer here. They don't even really grow grapes here, so when my friends recommended I check out Pandama Winery, I was surprised to hear that a local winery existed.
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Pandama Winery is located off the Soesdyke Linden Highway, approximately an hour from Georgetown, along a rugged dirt path that is only accessible by trucks with four wheel drive. It's run by a friendly Guyanese-American couple named Tracey and Warren (and a few extremely friendly dogs) who not only make wine, but also soap, art, and, on that particular day, absolutely delicious pizza. There were also little lizards running all over the place, beautiful butterflies that would flutter by, and two big gorgeous parrots in the back.<br />
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The thing that made Pandama particularly special was its lovely ambience. It's a retreat in addition to a winery, so you can stay overnight in one of their cosy cabins, hanging out at a bushcook at night, and going for a dip in their creek, which has an awesome deck with hammocks (hammocks!). We were just there for the day, but we spent the day lounging on the deck and swimming in the cool refreshing creek.<br />
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There were no snakes in the blackwater creek this time either luckily, although we were warned not to bring food down to the creek, because <i>something</i> would eat them. I did not want to know what.
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I've been told that once you drink the black water from the creek, you cannot leave Guyana - you always feel compelled to return. I did not drink the black water - had to leave room for wine, I claimed - but I could totally see why people believe it has a magical effect.<br />
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And of course, wine tasting. As I had mentioned, grapes don't really grow here, but in a creative twist, Pandama makes wine from a variety of other local plants, including soursop, sorrel, mango, pear, and jamoon. I wasn't sure about it at first, but all of the wine that I tried was surprisingly good. They were definitely on the sweet side, as you might expect, but quite enjoyable.<br />
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The one the surprised me the most was a wine that Warren gave me without telling me what it was.
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"Which wine is this?" I asked.
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"I want you to try it first before I tell you," he answered.
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I sipped it, swirling it around my mouth in curiosity. It seemed familiar but I couldn't quite catch what it was made of. It was at the tip of my tongue, so to speak.
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"Pear?" I guessed.
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"Eggplant," he replied, and went away.
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Eggplant! I would never have thought to make wine out of eggplant, but here it was, and quite delicious, actually. <br />
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Then there was the pepper wine, made out of hot peppers. Now, I'll tell you that I love spicy food. I'm Korean, so I'm all about the hot things. I have definitely found that hot peppers here in Guyana are quite hot. There have been a few times where I've squirted pepper sauce on my food only to realize that yes, even Koreans have their limits to how much heat and pain they could take.
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So now Warren lay down in front of me a pepper wine.
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"You have to shoot it," my companion told me. She had tried the pepper wine before.
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I looked at her in disbelief. "I'm not going to shoot wine," I said, pretentiously examining the colour of the wine against the white of the table. Then I took a sip and swished it in my mouth, like a fool. I should have taken it in one shot.
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I waited for the intense burning in my throat to subside while my companions laughed at me. I have no idea why they even make a wine this spicy. It strikes me as a mean joke to play on guests that you don't like very much. Maybe it might be interesting to use in cooking?
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Needless to say, we did not order another bottle of pepper wine. Instead, we chose the sour sop, which we took our time drinking while talking about the things that ladies talk about when they have a ladies day out: makeup and diets and where the Pokestops in Guyana are (if you want to know, the Botanical Gardens, but definitely not at Pandama, since they barely had cell phone reception).<br />
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A Guyanese colleague invited me to join her at her farm, located in the bush about twenty miles outside of Linden. I'm always up for a road trip out of the city, but this time we had an unusual set of passengers to take with us: a family of ducks.
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My colleague had purchased some ducks to bring up to the farm, but first we had to figure out how to transport them safely. Eventually, we settled on putting some newspapers in a cardboard box and sticking them in the back of the pickup truck. I was a little worried about them, but we had loaded up the truck with so much farm supplies, plus two extra guys who were coming with us, there simply was no room to put them in the wonderfully air-conditioned front cab with us. But they seemed all right - at least the cardboard box gave them some shade in the heat of the day, and there were enough holes in the box to give them some ventilation.
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My job had been to supply the beer. Being not much of a drinker, I pulled the ultimately embarrassing mistake of not bringing enough beer. Luckily there were many roadside snackettes and rum shops on the way, so we pulled into one joint, where one of the boys, B, jumped out and picked up an adequate supply. The girl at the shop seemed to know him, because she also gave him a lunch box. I saw a man riding a bicycle leading a horse on the side of the road.<br />
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The farm was located on an unmarked dirt path off the Soesdyke Linden Highway, about an hour from Georgetown. Once we arrived, the first thing we did was unpack the family of ducks, who were all luckily still alive. We released them into the pen where they were building a little cement pond for them. The ducks fluttered about, adjusting to their new environment. They all seemed to run as one pack, following each other from one end of the pen to the other. One of the ducklings got separated from the group and couldn't see where they had gone. That's when I found out what a duckling sounds like when it's having have a panic attack. CHIRP. CHIRP. CHIRP. I had no idea a duckling could be so loud. I carefully led the duckling back to its family, and it hurriedly climbed on top of its mother's back.
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"The baby ducklings are so cute," I gushed.
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Then it was time to check on the chicken. The farm had originally been a commercial chicken farm when my colleague took over. The farm still raised some chicken, but they were also expanding into ducks, perhaps goats, and growing crops, although it was an eternal battle against the hungry hungry enemy ants of South America who constantly fed on the crops.<br />
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Because some new hens had been brought to the farm, we set about the task of counting how many chicken the farm actually had. Counting chickens turned out to be a surprisingly difficult task. It didn't help that the little rascals tended to run around and hide when you were in the middle of your count, so you had to start all over again. We all made our individual count and we each came up with different numbers. B eventually counted them by pushing them each aside, which the hens did not like at all.
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I got to meet the Amerindian family that lives on the farm property as the caretakers. They had two adorable little daughters named Jillian and Judith, age five and seven, who were shy but friendly.
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Jillian and Judith took me on a little hike to show me their secret spring which they use for drinking water. I was struck by the unusual colour of the spring, which was a bright reddish-orange, yet crystal clear. We hung out on the dock, dipping our hands and feet, while Jillian washed her face.<br />
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Further into the property, which my colleague romantically calls the Marakai Oasis, I got to explore the main house that my colleague had built with her husband. It had a lovely open air concept with a spacious loft overhead, perfect for inviting company over to spend a night in the country. It also had a wide veranda with plenty of seating so you could just sit and watch nature from the porch.<br />
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My favourite part of the place was the gazebo, which they call a <i>benab</i> here, built next to the creek, it served as a perfect shaded sanctuary from the hot South American sun while allowing the breeze to keep you cool. They had built a little outdoor kitchen attached to it, and they had hung - hooray!! - hammocks. This was where I spent a big chunk of the afternoon, lounging and napping while the men did some work on the property, swinging their cutlasses to chop down protruding branches and hanging up electrical wiring. I had a Coke, and it was the best Coke I had ever tasted because the Coke was cold and it was so very humid in the bush.<br />
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After my nap, and after the guys had finished their hard work, we went for a swim in the creek. At first I was a little apprehensive about going into the black water creek, which was so black you could not see under the water at all. I'm nervous about water I can't see through. In Ontario, usually that kind of water has a mushy floor which grosses me out. Also, movies about the crazy creatures of South America like that Jennifer Lopez movie Anaconda do not help at all - there are all sorts of animals here that we don't have in Canada. Plus it didn't help that the Amerindian caretaker Dennis was going on and on, as he casually sipped his Coke while lounging in the shade, about the snake that he had found there and killed the other day.
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But it was hot and the creek looked cool and lots of Guyanese folks learn how to swim in the blackwater creeks of South America. So I took the plunge and jumped in. It was indeed refreshingly cool, and I was surprised to find that the bottom of the creek was lined with soft white sand.<br />
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Surprisingly, it was the other young worker S that needed coaxing to come into the water. He had stripped down to his boxers, but refused to dip a toe into creek until we had surveyed the entire area to make sure it was fine and not full of <i>whatever it was</i> he was afraid of. Unlike B, he hadn't had the benefit of swimming lessons, so he didn't have the option of treading water like us. Finally, B told him that if you just make a lot of noise in the water and splash around, it will scare the fish and whatever (<i>AND WHATEVER. I don't even want to know what</i>) away from you. So eventually S was persuaded to wade into the water, where he stood nervously, continuously making loud splashes with his arms to keep away the <i>whatever</i>.<br />
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By the time I got out of the water, my body had cooled down to a pleasantly comfortable temperature. Meanwhile, Jillian, Judith and their brother Clinton were helping Mark sow someseeds in the field.
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It had been a lovely day, and I was grateful for the generosity of my hosts. I love having a chance to get out of the city, and once again I thought about how it wouldn't be so bad to retire in the country...but if without air conditioning, I'd need a minimum of at least three hammocks and a magnificent gazebo.
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rungloriarunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06550183630878288786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6592074701532480319.post-41470393170257492522016-09-20T05:00:00.000-06:002016-09-20T05:00:00.180-06:00visiting the villages of Essequibo<br />
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A fellow Guyanese lawyer generously gave me an opportunity to accompany her while she left the capital city of Georgetown to work in Region 2, the Pomeroon-Supenaam area along the Essequibo coast. <br />
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My day started before 6AM in the picturesque village of Eccles, which is on the outskirts of Georgetown in a neighbourhood that had the idyllic neighbourly feel of a North American subdivision.<br />
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We then set off in her pickup truck on the long journey through Region 3 district of Essequibo Islands-West Demerara, on the bridge over the Demerara River with its clanking metal plates and through the many villages along the way. <br />
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Eventually we arrived in the township of Parika. Even though my colleague described it as an outpost that was too small to be a town, it was impressively busy with dozens and dozens of vendor stalls along the roads selling pretty much anything you might need - fruit, DVDs, plaintain chips, clothes, hammocks, and cold drinks. It's known for its Sunday markets, but even on a Wednesday it was bustling, due to the fact that it is a port hub for both land and river transportation.<br />
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We ourselves were there to take a water taxi through the Essequibo Islands. We were allowed to park at the Parika Police Station (I imagine because of my colleague's good relations with the police and not because the Parika police let city folks use their lot for free parking) and did a little bit of shopping at the market stalls. Sadly there was no honey available, which this area is well known for, because of production problems due to the weather, but it was nice to be greeted by a number of locals on the street who all seemed to know my colleague. It was a refreshing breath of fresh air to be away from hectic Georgetown in this friendly port, where robbery rates are much lower and nobody was catcalling me (but again, maybe it was thanks to my respected colleague accompanying me).<br />
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Eventually, we made our way to the water taxis and loaded into the boat. Usually you have to wait until the boat is full before they leave, and sometimes that can be a very long time if there aren't a lot of folks looking to cross the river, but luckily at this time of day (about 7:30AM, I think?), there were many commuters taking the trip, so we were able to take off shortly. Some folks were with their kids, some businessmen had their briefcases, and I saw one man stepping off the dock with two crates filled with live chirping yellow chicks.<br />
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It was a lovely boat ride through the Essequibo Islands. The local Guyanese refer to the water taxis as as speed boats, but my colleague explained that they aren't really speed boats in the sense of some of the monstrous roaring ego machines you see at cottages on the lakes of North America, but they are boats with motors and we were still zipping through the water at a fun pace.<br />
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There are over three hundred islands on the Essequibo river, some uninhabited and some inhabited with even farms. This region reminded me somewhat of the Thousand Islands in the St Lawrence River in Ontario. There were so many huge islands everywhere! The scenery was absolutely breathtaking. Despite the fast clip of the boat, I felt myself relaxing into a peaceful tranquility.<br />
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Court is sometimes held in the communities on the islands too, and the lawyers and magistrates travel to the various communities in the region, much like the circuit courts held in community halls and high school gyms in Nunavut. They may not have to deal with propellor plane issues<br />
due to cold weather conditions like Arctic lawyers do, but transport in these parts of Guyana is not always easy. My colleague explained to me that once after court had ended, there were no more water taxis and she had to find her own way back. She waited and waited until a farmer offered to let her hitch a ride on his boat - as long as she was okay with sharing the ride with his herd of goats and sheep. What else could you do? So she got on the boat, wearing her suit and carrying her briefcase. Luckily, the sheep and goats were used to the boat ride and sat calmly through the boat ride.<br />
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(For a somewhat similar story about the adventures of lawyers trying to make their way home from remote regions, read Senator Dennis Paterson's account of being a legal aid lawyer in Nunavut/Northwest Territories in the early days, <a href="http://lawsociety.nu.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/2015-Newsletter-Final.pdf">quoted in an article that I wrote for the Polar Barrister </a>- page 8!) <br />
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Although enjoyable, the boat ride took longer than I initially thought it would, because the Essequibo River is much wider than I thought it would be. Once we got off the docks, we stopped off at a snack stand, where I got an aloe juice (as an Asian, I'm thrilled to report they sell these everywhere!) and a delicious snack made from cassava, which is a root and is also apparently listed as <a href="http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1967235_1967238_1967250,00.html">one of the world's most dangerous foods </a>because if you do it wrong it can produce cyanide. But it was soooo yummy. Maybe the danger makes it delicious. </div>
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Then, as if our journey wasn't lengthy or adventurous enough, we were approached rather enthusiastically by a number of taxi drivers shouting various destinations. Again, these shared taxis generally do not leave until their cabs are filled with the maximum number of passengers so sometimes it involves waiting for quite a while. But eventually we found sufficient passengers to leave and made our way through the long winding roads through the villages, weaving past hitch hikers on the side of the road and donkeys crossing. Like a true Canadian, I took a bunch of photos of coconut trees.</div>
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The communities had names that sounded like some European settlers were either trying to write poetry or crack jokes with names like The Jib, Fear Not, Devonshire Castle, Windsor Castle, Hampton Court. These were small communities too, often only one road long, with the entire Pomeroon-Supenaam region having a population of less than 50,000.<br />
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We finally arrived in Charity, where my colleague had a court matter. It had taken several hours to arrive here. I was amazed that some lawyers make this long trek on a regular (sometimes weekly) basis.<br />
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Everyone in Charity seemed to know my colleague as well, and I had the privilege of attending a session at the magistrate's court, where I observed a landlord-tenant matter relating to rice assessment. Rice is a big industry here.</div>
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We stopped at an orchid place where I saw orchids growing in the outdoors for the first time in my life, hugging an old mango tree.<br />
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On the way back, the water taxi took a lot longer to fill, but eventually passengers straggled in. The return boat ride was a lot more bumpy and wet, but I still managed to nod off during the ride. It had been a long exciting excursion and now I was ready for a nap.<br />
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<br />rungloriarunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06550183630878288786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6592074701532480319.post-67171458071173761542016-09-19T05:09:00.000-06:002016-09-18T21:21:31.180-06:00Hiking through the Amazon jungle to the waterfall of Kaieteur National Park
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I've been spending most of my time in Guyana on the coast, enjoying the Caribbean lifestyle, especially Caribbean food and Caribbean music (I love the soca aerobics class at Space Gym!), but I thought it was about time to take a trip into the Amazon rainforest. I am, after all, in South America. And the one thing that I knew I had wanted to see while in Guyana was the famous Kaieteur Falls, buried deep in the Potaro-Siparuni Region 8.<br />
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Kaieteur is one of Guyana's proudest gems. Located in Kaieteur National Park, the country's first and only national park so far, the waterfall at Kaieteur is twice the height of Victoria Falls (<a href="http://rungloriarun.blogspot.com/2011/12/living-on-edge-in-victoria-falls.html">where I once went for a little swim</a>) and four times higher than Niagara Falls. It is, as every Guyanese person will happily tell you as a fact that they've memorized, the widest single drop waterfall in the world. It is also one of the most powerful waterfalls. There is also a persistent belief among Guyanese folks that Pierre and Margaret Trudeau had their honeymoon in Kaieteur National Park, and that Canada's current prime minister Justin Trudeau was conceived there. This may or may not be true, but I know I want to believe it. People have <a href="http://www.stabroeknews.com/2015/opinion/letters/10/26/invite-justin-to-visit-kaieteur-falls/">called for Guyana to invite Prime Minister Justin Trudeau </a>to come visit his "place of origin" in Guyana.<br />
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Interestingly, many of the Guyanese colleagues I've been talking to have never actually visited Kaieteur themselves. For one thing, I imagine it's different when you live there with your busy life, like how I haven't done a tour of the Parliament building in Ottawa since I was a kid, and the only times I've been there was for business reasons. And secondly, the trip is quite expensive, probably more expensive than the average working class person would feel reasonable to spend for a trip. But I really wanted to go.<br />
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We started our journey at the Air Services hangar at Ogle Airport, where we loaded into a tiny propeller plane that can seat about a dozen people, tighty, packt like sardines in a crushed tin box. As an Arctic lawyer, I've flown in tons of small prop planes before, sometimes in terrible weather conditions, but this was smaller than those planes, I suppose because it only transported people and not a community's worth of groceries and a court party in addition.<br />
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This meant I got to sit right behind the pilot and enjoy his view of the front of the plane!!<br />
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I was treated to a lovely aerial view of Guyana. I watched as the communities gave way to farm fields which then gave way to the vast Amazon rainforest that makes up a big chunk of the country. I was amazed to see how far the endless canopy of treetops extended, like a giant broccoli crown. It helped me realize just how much of Guyana is pristine wilderness - like much of Canada's north - which is one of the things that made me want to come to Guyana in the first place. This is what I love and where I love to be: in the middle of nature, far from any signs of city life. At least until the mining companies come in.<br />
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And then I fell asleep, which is why prime airplane seats are generally wasted on me.<br />
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I woke up when my travel companion nudged me just as we flew over Kaieteur. The landscape was still rainforest, but had changed dramatically, as we were surrounded by chains of mountains and daunting cliffs with brown rivers cutting through them.<br />
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The plane touched down on a tiny airstrip in a small opening in the jungle which was, along with a small cabin that had washrooms and a waiting room, the only visible man-made structure that I could see in the area.<br />
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We were greeted by two Amerindian guides who took us through the rainforest, over and under and through the huge boulders that form the enormous and ancient precambrian Guiana Shield. Unlike the lady passenger who for some reason decided to wear sandals on this trip, I was thrilled to have a chance to do a bit of hiking, but it made me wish I hadn't gone to Space Gym the previous day to do a hundred squats and lunges. My legs complained, even though it wasn't a particularly challenging hike (unless you wore sandals). <br />
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Our guides pointed out various plants along the way. Many of them were carnivorous plants that fed on mosquitos and other insects, which is why we weren't being pestered by them at all during our walk. I considered stealing some to bring back to my mosquito-ridden apartment. Seriously considered it. Did not, because we aren't supposed to alter the environment while in the national park. But what an idea.<br />
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Parts of our hike took us over cement bars propped over deep crevices and sometimes into them. My guide assured me that there were no jaguars around during the day, and that they were generally shy about people.
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Suddenly the hiking trail spit us out into Johnson's View, the first viewing point of the waterfalls.<br />
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I like the fact that the trails and lookout points here do not have guard rails. They do make the heights of the cliffs seem a lot scarier, but as long as you keep a sensible head and don't take risks in stepping too close to the edge, you can enjoy an unspoiled view of the waterfalls, and the river rapids.<br />
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After taking a large number of selfies, we then continued through the trail to arrive at the second lookout, slightly closer to the falls, called Boy Scouts View, for the Guyanese Boy Scouts that used to camp here. Which by the way, sounds like an awesome camping trip. I don't remember much of what I did during my short time in Girl Guides, but I seem to recall sewing buttons.<br />
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Finally, a little further down the trail, we arrived at the third lookout point, which our guide called Rainbow View. Indeed, there was a rainbow arching over the falls. It was so damn magical.<br />
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After I had my fill of taking selfies from every angle imaginable, I just stood and admired the view of Kaieteur. Waterfalls are such magnificent things. As I had mentioned before, Kaiteur is one of the world's most powerful waterfalls, propelling such a tremendous amount of water down the towering ledge with such a tremendous amount of force. To me, it looked like sorcery to watch the river water break into white streaks resembling dynamic cave stalactites rushing down, as some of the water turns into mist and the rest of the water crashes into the bottom with a spectacular roar. I was mesmerized, and my guide had to remind us that our plane was waiting back at the airstrip.<br />
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On the plane ride back, one of the passengers got to ride up front with the pilot. I was mildly jealous, but the reality is I would have slept through it all anyway.<br />
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<br />rungloriarunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06550183630878288786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6592074701532480319.post-9710873724881237522016-09-16T05:46:00.000-06:002016-09-16T05:46:55.344-06:00finding water in the best way ever<br />
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When I woke up Sunday morning, a palm tree slamming its leaves against my window had knocked down the makeshift window screen I had made out of an extra mosquito net, letting in new hungry hungry mosquitos.<br />
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(what a weird sentence that was. never thought a palm tree would turn against me as a nemesis.)<br />
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More pressingly, we were still out of water, which happens occasionally (sometimes mid-shower). Actually, some of the taps were out of water. The other taps were spewing out brown sludge, which made me decide I should skip my Korean skincare beauty routine for that day. Instead I brushed my teeth with coconut water.<br />
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(not sure how my dentist will feel about this.)<br />
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The lack of water was a pain, because I needed to do laundry and was out of underwear. Also, the internet was slow because everyone was on it. And we had drunk all of our potable water.
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No running water, no drinking water, no underwear, no internet. I thought for a moment about escaping to a hotel room for one night, where there would be glorious air conditioning, bathtubs of water, room service and laundry service. But instead, I decided to treat myself by splurging a couple of dollars to get into the Tower Suites pool. Two words: Swim-up bar.<br />
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(that might have been three words)<br />
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The pool bar was open, there was an endless supply of plaintain chips, as well as an endless supply of Sam Smith, which was what the hotel was playing all day.<br />
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Can I just also repeat that one of the things I love about Georgetown is that the four storeys of the hotel makes it a tower?<br />
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By the time I got back home, the water and internet was back on, and I could get my laundry done.<br />
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Travel tip: you never know what your laundry situation will be, so be sure to only pack the kind of underwear you want all your neighbours to see, flopping on the clothesline in the wind.<br />
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<br />rungloriarunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06550183630878288786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6592074701532480319.post-24973931205236065792016-09-15T18:34:00.000-06:002016-09-15T18:34:24.067-06:00walking tours of Georgetown<br />
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On Sunday, we decided to try out a walking tour provided by a company called<a href="http://www.provotiquewalkingtours.com/"> Provotique Walking Tours</a>. Our tour guide was the lovely Ruqayyah Boyer who is Guyana's own beauty pageant queen. She not only told us stories about the buildings and landmarks downtown, but she would also occasionally break out in song. She was like a real life Disney princess.<br />
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On particular thing that I appreciated was having two police officers personally guard our walking tour, because robbery is quite a problem in Guyana. This meant I was finally able to take photos around town while feeling safe from potential muggers. So here you are - actual photos of Georgetown!
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the sewage drains that run along the streets of Guyana</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">St. George's cathedral, one of the largest wooden churches in the world</td></tr>
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Guyana has this lovely tradition here where people go liming at the Seawall on Sunday evenings. Friends and families and lovers hang out over a couple of drinks at the long stretch of sea wall that the Dutch had built to keep out the Atlantic Ocean. Vendors sell beer, nuts and other snacks, and there are fun activities to keep kids entertained too, including trampolines and a guy in what looks like a really hot Mickey Mouse costume that you can get your photo taken with for a fee. I can't imagine wearing that in this weather.<br />
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It provides a lovely view of the sun setting into the ocean, but folks
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It's not always the safest place for foreigners, especially after dark, but it was fun for us to check out while there was still some daylight. Also, to awkwardly pose for those stereotypical beach photos that North Americans always expect from the Caribbean.<br />
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<br />rungloriarunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06550183630878288786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6592074701532480319.post-23130885291340957282016-09-13T07:11:00.000-06:002016-09-13T07:11:08.574-06:00a day in the life<i>(a snapshot of what my days in Georgetown have been like, lately)</i><br />
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Today is the day I decided I'm going to try wearing my hair down today. It's been really hot lately so I've been piling my hair on top of my head in a high ponytail or bun so that my hair wouldn't stick to the back of my sweaty neck, but on this particular day I had a lot of meetings planned, so I reasoned that I would be able to stay cool inside. Time to let my hair down.<br />
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I called for cab. The cab did not have air conditioning. On the way to work, I saw a cow hanging out by the road and I wondered who the cow belonged to and why it was there. It wasn't usually there.<br />
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At my first stop, I sank down at my desk with a great sigh of relief because the air conditioner was on full blast. It was so cool, I could have a nice warm cup of Jamaican sorrel tea. I love tea, but usually the weather is too hot to enjoy it.<br />
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A colleague came into the office and announced that she had found bees.<br />
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Well, I guess I could be okay with bees, I thought, as long as they're not Africanized bees. I had read some articles in the newspaper lately about <a href="http://www.kaieteurnewsonline.com/2016/08/22/deadly-killer-bee-attacks-in-guyana/">horrible attacks in Guyana by swarms of Africanized bees</a>, some leading to<a href="http://www.kaieteurnewsonline.com/2016/08/26/man-stung-by-africanised-bees-succumbs/"> horrible deaths</a>, and quite frankly, that was a little scary to think about.<br />
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They're African bees, the colleague announced as she returned back into the room.<br />
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A company would be called to smoke them out. Meanwhile, I decided to get myself out of there fast.<br />
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I headed over to my next scheduled event, a Jubilee celebration held by a few government ministries and the Women and Gender Equality Commission to honour the women in history who had made great contributions to Guyana. It was held at the majestic Arthur Chung Conference Centre which, surprisingly despite the lavish decor of its facade, was not air conditioned because it had an open air concept. This is a concept that Canada doesn't really have, except maybe the TTC station entrances that lead underground which are always a slushy mess in the winter. I tried to sweep my hair aside to look like less of a sweaty disaster, and wondered how all the other women in the room managed to look so cool and dignified. Inspired by the speeches, I got what I needed at the event and headed off to my next destination.<br />
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"Do you think you could get me a job at your work?" she asked me.<br />
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I blinked in surprise. "Canada's pretty cold in the winter, you know," I blurted out, my mind still on the slushly TTC subway stations.<br />
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Her face fell in disappointment. She had meant the Canadian High Commission in Guyana, which was considerably warmer than Canada, and also a place that I didn't work for.<br />
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Surprisingly, the magistrates' courts were air-conditioned, and had a great air of solemnity and dignity. Unfortunately, it was right in there that I had an asthma-triggered coughing fit, removing much of the solemnity and dignity in the room. I thought I would die of embarrassment.<br />
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I stopped for lunch at one of my favourite snack joints, a Rastafarian place called House of Flavours serving ital food. The food is cheap and fantastic, although I usually prefer to get it as a take away and eat it elsewhere. Inside the place, it was not air-conditioned, of course, and mosquitoes nibbled at my ankles while Rastafarians hung out, watching gory kung fu movies on the tiny TV above the fridge. I felt like I was intruding. But the meal was delicious. House of Flavours is the reason why I will not be getting scurvy, because I pretty much don't eat vegetables otherwise.<br />
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After my meal, I reluctantly headed back out into the blazing hot sun. I have almost grown accustomed to sweating in the business suits that I have to wear to match the business formal dress culture of Guyana, but really, this whole wearing my hair down thing was a mess. I walked in a couple of unproductive circles, trying to find the next office I was supposed to meet at. Getting lost downtown seems to be one of my main activities here for a few reasons:<br />
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<li>I refuse to get a smart phone with a data plan because I'm perfectly comfortable with T9 flip phones. I've been living in Nunavut for the last couple of years, dammit, where smart phones are relatively new, and also I'm of the generation that grew up without cell phones at all. On the other hand, it means not having access to a map app...</li>
<li>...or access to any map at all, since nobody really feels comfortable pulling out a map in the middle of the street like a target sign to get robbed.</li>
<li>Usually, I look at a map beforehand and memorize where I'm supposed to go. This doesn't always work out because there aren't always street signs.</li>
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I saw a chicken literally cross the road. My life is a joke.<br />
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As I continued along my extra long extra hot wander through town, some men offered helpful directions while other men catcalled me. Eventually I found the office, which was not air-conditioned. At the end of the day, I decided to head back to the first office, for some more air conditioning and tea. A man in a truck sat waiting at the gate.<br />
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"I'm here to take care of the bees," he said.<br />
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I shuddered and decided that maybe I should call it a day.<br />
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