Tigers & Magpies travel editor, Eddie Provencher, is an American citizen who first came to the Korean peninsula in September 2006 to teach English, learn Korean, and to have a cultural experience. Since coming to Korea Eddie has grown to love teaching English, has passed the Test of Proficiency In Korean (TOPIK) Level 4, and has had many deep cultural experiences.
In the spring of 2009 Eddie took a 3 month break from teaching English to travel in Korea. Through this experience, Eddie developed a sincere appreciation for the natural beauty of the landscape, for the culinary tastes of the nation, and for the warmth and kindness of the Korean people.
Here on Tigers & Magpies you will find Korean travel reports and photos so that you can learn a little bit more about the Korean peninsula, and so that you too can travel and have a travel experience worth remembering and cherishing.
According to David Mason over at the very informative www.San-Shin.net, Jikjisa Temple (직지사) is one of Korea’s oldest temples, having possibly been built in the year 418, long before Buddhism was formally accepted by the Silla Kindom in 527. David also includes Jikjisa in his list of The Top 20 Temples of South Korea. The [...]
Geumjeong Mountain Fortress (금정산성), located in Busan and encompassing Godang Peak (고당봉) the highest mountain peak in the area at 801.5m, counts as one of the best places to hike in Korea that I’ve yet to find. This fortress was built in 1703, but some evidence exists that a fortress had been in the same [...]