Travelling to another country was a very larger learning curve for me. Actually travelling to the unfamiliar and settling into another culture is allot tougher than I thought it would be.

I over came the different culture and soon got used to the way you are seen by other people in that country, and that not all people see you the way you see other people.  I was just as facinating to the Korean’s as they were to me. The country aren’t used to foreign people in their country yet as its only a recent thing that the country has been open to foreigners.

When i first arrived into the country I was very shocked and apalled by the behavious of the everyday people in Korea. Many people were incredibly rude and you was pushed and barged into quite allot, it wasn’t until someone explained to me the nature of the Korean culture that I actually understood why they were so rude.

It turns out that if you are not introduced to someone personally in Korea, you technically do not exist, so therefore they don’t see you. It sounds rather strange, but I soon learned that the people were absolutely lovely and very welcoming once you had been introduced to them.

People in restaurants and bars, were lovely, they would fall over themselves to make your stay happy and pleasant.

The food was also another learning curve as they do not eat western food out there, it was all completely different. I learned fast that Koreans do not waste a thing. They ate things like intestines and other animal parts. As well as traditional Korean meals such as Galbi, Donkas and Bu-deh-jii-geh.

The first image is traditional Galbi,which you can have either Korean beef of bacon. and you get it served with lots of different side dishes.

The second image is Donkas, which is like a Korean version of Chicken Parmazzan. This is pork meat with cheese covered in breadcrombs with a sweet sauce on the top.

The third image is Bu-deh-jii-geh, which is a very strange meal that I wasn’t too keen on.

In this stew looking bowl there are noodles, ricecakes, vegetables and hot dog sausages the sauce that the food is in is quite a spicy sauce and is served with a bowl of rice.

Travelling to another country and experiencing all the things that I did was an incredible learning curve for me because I do want to travel and spend time in other countries. And I learned that it wasnt as easy as I thought, sometimes I felt I shouldnt be taking images. Sometimes I felt I was invading the privicy of people. I never thought that I would feel like that but I gained a great deal of respect for the people and didnt want to invade privacy sometimes.

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