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 a recent Korea Tourism Organization article, the Jinju Namgang Yudeung Festival was selected as one of the top two festivals being promoted for 2012. I went to this annual October festival in 2008 for the first time, and again in 2011. The festival takes place in the southern coastal city of Jinju. Jinju [...]
My first Jeongwol Daeboreum experience was with the Cheongdo Jeongwol Daeboreum Festival in 2010. Unfortunately in 2011, for fear of spreading the livestock killing foot-and-mouth disease, these festivals were canceled and people were discouraged from unnecessary travel. Now, after 5 years of living in Korea, I was finally able to visit Jeju Island during the [...]
Ringing in the lunar new year in Korea, called Seollal (설날) in Korean, offers Koreans and tourists a chance to be a spectator at one of Korea’s longest standing traditions, ssireum (씨름) wrestling. The Korea Ssireum Association holds about 20 tournaments each year, with the Seollal event being the biggest. At this tournament champions walk [...]