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 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 [...]
Gangwon-do is Korea’s most northeastern province. It’s famous for being especially mountainous in an already mountain packed country. Gangwon-do’s beautiful landscape boasts three national parks: Seoraksan (1,708m), Odaesan (1,563), and Chiaksan (1,288m), and three provincial parks: Taebaeksan (1567m), Gyeongpo, and Naksan. On the southern edge of Gangwon-do bordering Chungcheongbuk-do, is where you’ll find Taebaeksan Provincial [...]