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.
My last three hikes in Seoul which were to Bukhansan’s Dobongsan and Insubong peaks, and then to nearby Suraksan Mountain, were really fantastic. Hoping to continue the streak of quality hikes in Seoul, I went to Gwanaksan Mountain (관악산/632m) on May 20. Before going there, I was aware of a particularly scenic shrine called Yeonjudae, [...]
I recently claimed that Insubong in Bukhansan National Park may be the best hike in Seoul and a likely candidate for top 10 hikes in Korea, but now that I’ve been to Suraksan (수락산/637.7m), I think Insubong has some competition. I went hiking on Suraksan on May 18, and boy was I impressed at the [...]
On my last hike at the beginning of May, I visited Bukhansan National Park’s Dobongsan Mountain. The national park is divided into two sections: the Dobongsan side, and the Bukhansan side. For my second hike in the park, I wanted to visit the Bukhansan side. I wanted to visit Insubong (인수봉/810m) after seeing pictures of [...]