Thats right 4 more weeks to go until Chu-sok is here. Cho-sok is similar to thanksgiving day in the States. It seems like it is a bigger holiday here. Basically in Korea there are 2 major holidays, Chu-sok, and Sol-nal (lunar newyear). Koreans are really big on the lunar calender. Many use it to determine their age. At our school there is a young teacher who has only finished high school....he is about 20 years old...(might be younger...he is known to exaggerate alot!). So he might be able to say that he is 22 (although in America he would be 20, and in Korea based on the solar calender he would be 21) So I think he is using the lunar birthdate.
So basically the lunar new year is a big deal. Hoewever both holidays are similar in that families get together (crazy traffics jams!) and spend time. For us however we go on trips. We used to just travel around Seoul, or go to Pusan (we were staying in Ulsan at the time). Now we have a car, that changed things last year...but we ran into heavy traffic for the first time in Korea...not fun!
So we will take a few small trips to surrounding areas.
Next month we will book tickets for our trip to India (Hindustan), and I will apply for a visa. It will the 5th country I have been too. I am really looking forward to it!!!
Ok I gotta go!
Jeyo
4 comments:
What is was the forth country you've been too? Korea, Japan, England, and what else?
Jemilah
Hong Kong honeymoon trip.
Great place nice shopping, great sights, cheap transportation. The food....it is like a huge melting pot! Thai, Indian, Korean, Chinese, asian, european...lots of stuff. Also is it great for people watching.
Don't forget America man. You've been to five countries. Who could you possibly be talking about... young kid tends to exaggerate... hmmm who could it be?
China, get out! Wow. Here a dumb question for you (at the very real risk of sounding like a dumb American), is the difference between Hong Kong and Tokyo a vast one?
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