Nic Trips

One of the best parts about the city of Ulsan that makes it stand out from other cities is it's biking and walking paths. Along both sides of the Taehwa river and a few of it's tributaries,for the bulk part of the city, there are paved and lit paths for biking and walking. (green = walkers, red = bikers) It is complete with signs, water break and toilet stops and exercise park stops to stretch and work out. Even thought I live very far from the center city, since I bought a bike a month and a half ago, I've been exploring several parts of the 5 main routes and even using it for long distance transport: changing my hour bus ride to city hall into an hour bike ride instead. On the map below, you can see the colored bike routes. I have done all of A (I live at the northern most tip of it), a third of B, and a small part of D. This weekend, we are going to do all of C! One weekend in particular, Shane suggested that we ride to Ilsan Beach in Dong-gu (the East Di...

This is the giant plane that took me across the Pacific Ocean from San Fransisco, California to Seoul, South Korea. Total travel time from Syracuse, NY to Daejeon (where the orientation is) was 35.5 hours. Train from Syracuse to Chicago = 14 hours Car from Chicago to West Lafayette = 2 hours Car from West Lafayette to Indianapolis = 1 hour Plane from Indianapolis to San Francisco = 4.5 hours Plane from San Francisco to Seoul = 12 hours Bus from Incheon Airport to Daejeon = 2 hours