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LATEST ARTICLES ( 90 )

• Monkey Boy is Back

  

  The Monkey Boy Goes is back…. well sort of. Since MobileMe went down and my patience ran out with iWeb, I’ve basically got to start all over again. I’m still... Read more

  Posted on 06 July 2012 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Three and a Half Minutes in Korea

  

  I love photos, but I sometimes feel they don't quite capture the feeling of actually being here. Flicking through 120+ photos on Facebook gets boring pretty... Read more

  Posted on 18 May 2012 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Drumming to Heal Old Wounds: Dancing with the Joseon and Samurai at The...

  

  There was once a time when Japan and Korea weren’t hurling abuse, colonising, squabbling over rocks in the sea or blasting half-baked missiles over each... Read more

  Posted on 10 May 2012 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Taeguk’s Little Brother: The Other Favela-Anchang Village

  

  Anchang village is very much off the radar in Busan. If you thought Taeguk village was random, then check out this little town. Read more

  Posted on 18 April 2012 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Street Art and Escapism in Busan: Down the Rabbit Hole of Taeguk Village

  

  You can read the full article on the Monkey Boy’s jaunt through the Favela like “village” of Taeguk by clicking here, on The Three Wise Monkeys. Or by clicking... Read more

  Posted on 10 April 2012 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Yangshuo: Travels in a Mushroom Kingdom

  

  April 2011. Guangxi province, China. Peeking out of my soft sleeper cabin’s window a few hours previously, the moon shone a mysterious communist red, reminding... Read more

  Posted on 24 March 2012 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Bandits on Three!!

  

  I’ve been dicking around in Asia, English teaching for nigh on 6 years now. I haven’t done much in the way of exercise for most of it, and as such, I’ve a few... Read more

  Posted on 13 March 2012 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Monkeying Around: The Sushi Trail!

  

  Sometimes you’ve just got to be the horrible gaijin, that some people think you are. I felt pretty cheeky placing my shitty little camera on the revolving... Read more

  Posted on 08 February 2012 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• How Did I Get out Here?

  

  Despite graduating from university with no money, mounting debts and the inability to find a decent job. I have worked and traveled all over Korea and Japan,... Read more

  Posted on 27 January 2012 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Handy Beginners Korean!

  

  Eddie Izzard said it best when he spoke of the British and their attitude to second language acquisition: 'Two languages in one head!? No one can live at that... Read more

  Posted on 04 August 2011 DESTINATIONS, LANGUAGES, TRAVEL