https://travels.the-jacksons.ca/ Recent content on Travels with Dar and Bruce Hugo -- gohugo.io en-us Sun, 12 Jun 2016 20:57:14 +0000 https://travels.the-jacksons.ca/2010/10/06/oct-5-whitehorse-to-dawson-city/ Wed, 06 Oct 2010 03:45:00 +0000 https://travels.the-jacksons.ca/2010/10/06/oct-5-whitehorse-to-dawson-city/ https://travels.the-jacksons.ca/2010/10/05/oct-4-shopping-day/ Tue, 05 Oct 2010 03:48:00 +0000 https://travels.the-jacksons.ca/2010/10/05/oct-4-shopping-day/ No wildlife today. Museums are closed. That means only one thing. Darlene gets to go shopping. We spend more of our time at the North End Gallery. www.northendgallery.ca We have some new are for the living room! We are not spoiling the surprise by posting the pictures online. You have to visit us in Ottawa to see it! https://travels.the-jacksons.ca/2010/10/04/oct-3-haines-to-whitehorse/ Mon, 04 Oct 2010 04:17:00 +0000 https://travels.the-jacksons.ca/2010/10/04/oct-3-haines-to-whitehorse/ https://travels.the-jacksons.ca/2010/10/02/day-5-oct-2-skagway-haines/ Sat, 02 Oct 2010 17:21:00 +0000 https://travels.the-jacksons.ca/2010/10/02/day-5-oct-2-skagway-haines/ https://travels.the-jacksons.ca/2010/10/01/day-4-oct-1-carcross-tagish/ Fri, 01 Oct 2010 17:19:00 +0000 https://travels.the-jacksons.ca/2010/10/01/day-4-oct-1-carcross-tagish/ <div> </div> <div> Today we head south to Carcross; a beautiful little tourist town.  At the United Way Breakfast we are advised to makes some stops en route:  Emerald Lake and the World’s Smallest Desert. </div> <div> The scenery on the drive is spectacular, which will be the case for the next several days.  The sun is lower here.  As we drive due south at 11am, we have to lower our visors to prevent from being blinded. https://travels.the-jacksons.ca/2010/09/30/day-3-sept-30-whitehorse-and-environs/ Thu, 30 Sep 2010 17:17:00 +0000 https://travels.the-jacksons.ca/2010/09/30/day-3-sept-30-whitehorse-and-environs/ https://travels.the-jacksons.ca/2010/09/30/day-2-whitehorse-yukon/ Thu, 30 Sep 2010 06:01:00 +0000 https://travels.the-jacksons.ca/2010/09/30/day-2-whitehorse-yukon/ The minute you walk outside you can feel that the pace and lifestyle is more relaxed. We started the day with a brief hunt for an iPhone charging cable which Bruce forgot. The first store we tried didn’t have one but got directed to The Source beside the Wal-Mart, close to the Canadian Tire. As those stores were the wrong direction we carried on to Downtown Whitehorse. We strolled down by the Yukon River and soon realized we were getting hungry. https://travels.the-jacksons.ca/2010/09/28/day-1-heading-north-of-60/ Tue, 28 Sep 2010 17:57:00 +0000 https://travels.the-jacksons.ca/2010/09/28/day-1-heading-north-of-60/ https://travels.the-jacksons.ca/photos-from-korea/ Sat, 25 Oct 2008 16:09:00 +0000 https://travels.the-jacksons.ca/photos-from-korea/ Some 1300+ photos of the trip have now been editted to a mere 185 photos. The link will open a slide show at Flickr. Hope you enjoy! Bruce and Darlene https://travels.the-jacksons.ca/korea-2008/sept-27-2008-incheon/ Sat, 27 Sep 2008 04:33:00 +0000 https://travels.the-jacksons.ca/korea-2008/sept-27-2008-incheon/ It’s 1:30pm in Korea. We are sitting at the airport terminal waiting for a flight home. We board in about 25minutes. Unlike Canadian airports who charge for internet access, the airport here gives it away, so we publish one final update. We arrived at the airport a fair bit early for our flight and have been rewarded with emergency exit seats so we have lots of leg room!! https://travels.the-jacksons.ca/korea-2008/sept-26-2008-seoul/ Sat, 27 Sep 2008 04:28:00 +0000 https://travels.the-jacksons.ca/korea-2008/sept-26-2008-seoul/ Seoul A trip back to the Insadong area allowed us to finish up the souvenir shopping and even some Christmas Shopping. This must be a record for me for starting my Christmas shopping. I suspect the same cannot be said for Darlene. After finishing our shopping expedition, we tried to find a walking route that is listed in the Lonely Planet guide book. The walk would have taken us past areas where Shaman rituals are performed. https://travels.the-jacksons.ca/korea-2008/sept-25-2008-seoul-suwon/ Thu, 25 Sep 2008 12:54:00 +0000 https://travels.the-jacksons.ca/korea-2008/sept-25-2008-seoul-suwon/ Seoul / Suwon The Korean Folk Village in Suwon, south of Seoul, is the Korean version of Upper Canada Village. It has replicas of traditional houses and some actual traditional houses that have been moved from different parts of Korea to give visitors an idea of how a village could have looked. As you move through the village you can see different classes of houses and how Koreans would have lived. https://travels.the-jacksons.ca/korea-2008/sept-24-2008-seoul/ Wed, 24 Sep 2008 12:29:00 +0000 https://travels.the-jacksons.ca/korea-2008/sept-24-2008-seoul/ Seoul Just over 2 weeks ago we arrived at Changdeokung (Palace of Prospering Virtue) for the 11:30am tour to find out that it is closed on Mondays. Today it was open. You can only go into Changdeokung on a guided tour, so this was the biggest collection of English speaking people since we arrived here. Changdeokung was a backup palace for the Korean royalty used up to the end of the Joseon dynasty that ended in 1910 when the Japanese invaded and occupied Korea. https://travels.the-jacksons.ca/korea-2008/sept-23-2008-seoul/ Tue, 23 Sep 2008 11:57:00 +0000 https://travels.the-jacksons.ca/korea-2008/sept-23-2008-seoul/ Seoul The morning was spent catching up on documenting the trip and photos from the last few days. Our nights had been late so that we didn’t work on it. The work was done as we rode the train from Busan to Seoul. We took the KTX (Korea Train Express) – Korea’s high speed train. The trip took 2 hours and 45 minutes. The fastest speed that I noticed was 298 km/hr. https://travels.the-jacksons.ca/korea-2008/sept-22-2008-busan/ Tue, 23 Sep 2008 07:08:00 +0000 https://travels.the-jacksons.ca/korea-2008/sept-22-2008-busan/ Busan We traveled today to Beomeosa temple, an active temple. It was a 3km walk up a winding and pretty steep roadway. Luckily a shaded walk. For part of the trip we were not sure if we were going the right way – signs are not also where you need them (or at least where we need them). The roadway had 2 lanes of traffic going the same direction but I am not really sure why there were lines on the road as the use of lanes seemed very arbitrary. https://travels.the-jacksons.ca/korea-2008/sept-21-2008-busan/ Tue, 23 Sep 2008 06:45:00 +0000 https://travels.the-jacksons.ca/korea-2008/sept-21-2008-busan/ Pusan We visited Hae Dung Yong Gong temple. It is another buddhist temple in Korea – there are a lot of them. This one differs from the last we have seen in that it is not set in the forest or up a mountain and isn’t a small hermitage on the shear face of a rock wall. This temple is set right on the coast facing the East Korea Sea. This temple would be exposed to the storms on the ocean and the “Dragon Sea”. https://travels.the-jacksons.ca/korea-2008/sept-20-2008-busan/ Sat, 20 Sep 2008 13:25:00 +0000 https://travels.the-jacksons.ca/korea-2008/sept-20-2008-busan/ Busan Across from the Busan express train station is a sign “Shopping area for foreigners”. Obviously a sign like this must be checked out. It was a strange area with a very different feel to it. It creeped both of us out. There is Russian writing on many of the shops and bars. One man yelled at me, asking me if I wanted a hair cut. One think I have read is that a hair cut in Korea is not always just a hair cut. https://travels.the-jacksons.ca/korea-2008/sept-19-2008-busan/ Fri, 19 Sep 2008 13:10:00 +0000 https://travels.the-jacksons.ca/korea-2008/sept-19-2008-busan/ Pusan (Busan) Darlene wanted a beach, so she got a beach! We are in Pusan which is famous for its beaches. We are staying at Haeundae beach. Apparently the beach can have ½ million visitors a day during the peak season. Despite the fact that it is 30 degrees the beach is relatively deserted. We went down to swim in the East Sea (Sea of Japan) and sat on the beach for the last of the afternoon sun. https://travels.the-jacksons.ca/korea-2008/sept-18-2008-gyeongju/ Wed, 17 Sep 2008 19:50:00 +0000 https://travels.the-jacksons.ca/korea-2008/sept-18-2008-gyeongju/ Gyeongju We headed out to the Gyeongju National Museum this morning. It is a nice museum consisting of several buildings and some items that are outside to be visited. Outside there is a large bell which is the Divine Bell of King Seongdeok. Inside one of the buildings there was a depiction of how the bell was constructed – a large hole in the earth was dug in the shape of the bell and metal was heated until melted the the melted metal was poured into the “mold”. https://travels.the-jacksons.ca/korea-2008/sept-17-2008-gyeongju/ Wed, 17 Sep 2008 11:57:00 +0000 https://travels.the-jacksons.ca/korea-2008/sept-17-2008-gyeongju/ Gyeongju Today I seem to be continuing a trend when traveling through Asian countries. In Japan (2001), I lost a hat. Now twice this trip I have lost a hat (I brought two on this trip!). Now both are gone and I had to buy a new one which will hopefully make it through the trip. We are two weeks through the trip, so it has to survive ten days. I’m averaging 7 days a hat it doesn’t look good. https://travels.the-jacksons.ca/korea-2008/sept-16-2008-an-dong-to-gyeongju/ Tue, 16 Sep 2008 12:13:00 +0000 https://travels.the-jacksons.ca/korea-2008/sept-16-2008-an-dong-to-gyeongju/ Yet another travel day, we have moved south from An Dong to Gyeongju about 2 hours south east. When we arrived at that bus terminal it was crazy and the line up for tickets was huge. It has been a long weekend in Korea as it is their Thanksgiving – Chosek. Today’s bus ride was uneventful and the driver was probably the sanest we have had. We have checked into a Korean Love Motel for our stay here. https://travels.the-jacksons.ca/korea-2008/sept-15-2008-an-dong/ Tue, 16 Sep 2008 12:04:00 +0000 https://travels.the-jacksons.ca/korea-2008/sept-15-2008-an-dong/ An Dong In the morning we hopped on a city bus and headed to visit the Dosan Seowon Confucian Academy. This site includes the hallowed lecture hall, dormitory, library, publishing place, etc. It is a very peaceful spot and you can see how it would be conducive to studying. We had lunch at Mr. Pizza and enjoyed an interesting pizza: .5 was potato and bacon (sort of) and the other . https://travels.the-jacksons.ca/korea-2008/sept-14-2008-andong-hahoe-folk-village/ Sun, 14 Sep 2008 09:15:00 +0000 https://travels.the-jacksons.ca/korea-2008/sept-14-2008-andong-hahoe-folk-village/ Andong / Hahoe Folk Village This is our first full day in An Dong and we are off by city bus to visit Hahoe folk village which is about 50 minutes by city bus outside of the city. The bus ride costs about 1 dollar. Hahoe is a village that has been preserved rather than a village that has been built as a tourist site representing a traditional Korean village but you do still see modern life here – cars, TV satellite dishes, and other modern amenities. https://travels.the-jacksons.ca/korea-2008/sept-13-2008-sokcho-to-andong/ Sat, 13 Sep 2008 09:08:00 +0000 https://travels.the-jacksons.ca/korea-2008/sept-13-2008-sokcho-to-andong/ Sokcho to Andong Another travel day. Moving from Sokcho to Andong. The directions we got from the tourist information office was to take a bus west back to Seoul then another bus to Andong. This would also involve changing to a different bus station in Seoul. Luckily for internet we discovered we could travel south from Sokcho to Gangeung and then take a train to Andong. This would save us probably 5 hours of travel. https://travels.the-jacksons.ca/korea-2008/sept-12-2008-seoraksan-national-park/ Fri, 12 Sep 2008 08:31:00 +0000 https://travels.the-jacksons.ca/korea-2008/sept-12-2008-seoraksan-national-park/ Sokcho / Seoraksan National Park Day 2 of hiking in the park. En route to the park by 9am after double checking to make sure the camera is there! The hike today is described as mostly easy with just 600m of hard hiking. We head off to Biseondae (Flying Fairy Peak) which is a veritical rock formation that stands at the entrance to a gorge. Very easy to get to this location, from there was start ascending to Geumganggul Cave. https://travels.the-jacksons.ca/korea-2008/sept-11-2008-seoraksan-national-park/ Thu, 11 Sep 2008 08:30:00 +0000 https://travels.the-jacksons.ca/korea-2008/sept-11-2008-seoraksan-national-park/ Sokcho / Seoraksan National Park The day started off pretty nicely, up early to catch a city bus into the National Park. About a 20 minute bus ride later we arrived in the park, paid our entrace and started to decide on which trail to take. When we discovered that our camera was still in the hotel room. So back on a bus back to the hotel. Luckily the bus ride is short, frequent and cheap. https://travels.the-jacksons.ca/korea-2008/sept-10-2008-seoul-to-sokcho/ Wed, 10 Sep 2008 08:28:00 +0000 https://travels.the-jacksons.ca/korea-2008/sept-10-2008-seoul-to-sokcho/ Seoul to Sokcho Internetless today. It is a travel day today. We moved from Seoul to Sokcho on the Northeast coast of Korea. Leaving Seoul by bus, we could see the develpment occuring in the south of Seoul. Entire blocks of apartments being built. Not just one 20 or 30 story building being erected but sets of eight or ten 20 or 30 story buildings. As we moved more out of the city there were more fields of rice and smaller towns. https://travels.the-jacksons.ca/korea-2008/sept-9-2008-panmunjom-dmz-and-seoul/ Tue, 09 Sep 2008 12:25:00 +0000 https://travels.the-jacksons.ca/korea-2008/sept-9-2008-panmunjom-dmz-and-seoul/ Our first tour in Korea. This is one thing that I didn’t get to do on my first time through Korea, so it was a must do for this trip. The day starts with a passport check at the tour office and checking to make sure everyone conforms to the dress code (no shorts / sandals / tank tops / nothing that will offend the North Koreans). Our tour bus had a sign in front “Foreign Tourists on Board”. https://travels.the-jacksons.ca/korea-2008/sept-8-2008-seoul/ Mon, 08 Sep 2008 12:20:00 +0000 https://travels.the-jacksons.ca/korea-2008/sept-8-2008-seoul/ Seoul We have become regulars with the ‘sandwich lady’. Today we didn’t even need to order – as soon as we got to her truck she started cooking our breakfast. It’s so convienent. She is located just at the entrance to the subway. She seems to do a pretty brisk business. The plan for today was to go to Changdeokgung, a UNESCO World Heritage site. On the way there we picked up cold canned coffee to go from a 7-11 type store. https://travels.the-jacksons.ca/korea-2008/sept-7-2008-seoul/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 12:47:00 +0000 https://travels.the-jacksons.ca/korea-2008/sept-7-2008-seoul/ Seoul Took it easy this morning as we have had 2-12 hour long tiring days. The sandwich lady is off today – Darlene wandered around and found some huge and yummy muffins, chocolate and coffee milk, and Starbucks cold coffee products at a Crown bakery for breakfast. We have seen Crown Bakery often in Seoul. We also got our laundry done and get some more pictures captioned so we would remember where the pictures were taken. https://travels.the-jacksons.ca/korea-2008/sept-6-2008-seoul/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 02:07:00 +0000 https://travels.the-jacksons.ca/korea-2008/sept-6-2008-seoul/ Seoul Stopped at the sandwich lady to get breakfast – grilled westerns and then a coffee downtown. We saw a building with an interesting sign: Maple Bear which had the name of the institution Maple Bear and a teddy bear holding a Canadian Flag. The director was outside and spoke with us – he was from Windsor and explained that Maple Bear was where children attended school to learn English and get exposed to Canada – basically immersion. https://travels.the-jacksons.ca/korea-2008/2008-01-01-test/ Fri, 05 Sep 2008 12:58:00 +0000 https://travels.the-jacksons.ca/korea-2008/2008-01-01-test/ Seoul This morning we went down to the transit station and on the way had breakfast: a woman had a sandwich cart which she made breakfast sandwiches – we had a grilled western sandwich with ham and cheese and sliced cabbage (I think) – Bruce had the all dressed with mustard, ketchup and a grainy substance that looked like sugar or salt – but we don’t know what it was. We headed downtown and walked through a market. https://travels.the-jacksons.ca/korea-2008/sept-5-2008-seoul/ Fri, 05 Sep 2008 12:58:00 +0000 https://travels.the-jacksons.ca/korea-2008/sept-5-2008-seoul/ Seoul This morning we went down to the transit station and on the way had breakfast: a woman had a sandwich cart which she made breakfast sandwiches – we had a grilled western sandwich with ham and cheese and sliced cabbage (I think) – Bruce had the all dressed with mustard, ketchup and a grainy substance that looked like sugar or salt – but we don’t know what it was. We headed downtown and walked through a market. https://travels.the-jacksons.ca/about/ Mon, 03 Mar 2008 18:18:27 +0000 https://travels.the-jacksons.ca/about/ This is an example of a WordPress page, you could edit this to put information about yourself or your site so readers know where you are coming from. 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