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.
For my final winter hike of the year, I made my way down to Gyeongsangnam-do’s Gajisan Mountain Provincial Park (1,241m). I’ve been to this mountain a few times already and written about a couple of those trips (here and here). While I don’t usually go back to the same mountain so often, this mountain has [...]
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 [...]
In the early spring of 2011, I met a couple of older Korean men on Gajisan Mountain in Gyeongsangnam-do. I happened to be looking for a shady spot to sit and eat my lunch, but there was very little to be found at the peak. These two men noticed that and invited me to sit [...]