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December 17, 2014
December 18th: Wonpyeong Beach and Bigeum-do (southern coast, South Korea)
Presenting One Weird Globe’s Advent Calendar – a new beach every day! Enjoy the countdown with sand, seas, and strange sights along the way. One new post every day from December 1st to Christmas Eve. See them all athttp://www.oneweirdglobe.com/24-beaches/.
Of all the beaches featured in this24 Beaches series, this one is about as remote and off the beaten path as it gets. The island of Bigeum-do (Bigeum island) is about 54 kilometers from the southern coast of South Korea.O...
December 16, 2014
December 17th: Chuam Beach and a weird little sculpture park (South Korea)
Presenting One Weird Globe’s Advent Calendar – a new beach every day! Enjoy the countdown with sand, seas, and strange sights along the way. One new post every day from December 1st to Christmas Eve. See them all athttp://www.oneweirdglobe.com/24-beaches/.
Donghae and northeastern South Korea has no shortage of beaches, but Chuam Beach made the list for having some awesome scenery and a sculpture park. It’s peaceful, with no other foreigners around, and is a great escape fr...
December 15, 2014
December 16th: Jumunjin Beach (northeast coast, South Korea)
Presenting One Weird Globe’s Advent Calendar – a new beach every day! Enjoy the countdown with sand, seas, and strange sights along the way. One new post every day from December 1st to Christmas Eve. See them all athttp://www.oneweirdglobe.com/24-beaches/.
If South Korea is on your travel list, you’ve probably read something about the DMZ – the De-Militarized Zone separating the North from the South. While that area is imbued with danger – and rightly so – this northeast co...
December 14, 2014
December 15th: Gyeongpo Beach – go bungee jumping right on the beach (east coast, South Korea)
Presenting One Weird Globe’s Advent Calendar – a new beach every day! Enjoy the countdown with sand, seas, and strange sights along the way. One new post every day from December 1st to Christmas Eve. See them all athttp://www.oneweirdglobe.com/24-beaches/.
Gangwon-do and Gangneung have a lot going for it. The area will see a lot of activity as the province of the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, but the city of Gangneung has had a fair bit of development long before those...
December 13, 2014
December 14th: Sapsi-do – an awesome isolated beach (west coast, South Korea)
Presenting One Weird Globe’s Advent Calendar – a new beach every day! Enjoy the countdown with sand, seas, and strange sights along the way. One new post every day from December 1st to Christmas Eve. See them all athttp://www.oneweirdglobe.com/24-beaches/.
Sometimes, getting away from it all means finding your way to a part of the world few tourists go. Such is the case with Sapsi-do, or Sapsi island, on South Korea’s west coast. You’re relatively close to the much more fam...
December 12, 2014
December 13th: Byeongsan Beach and the nearby monkey school (west coast, South Korea)
Presenting One Weird Globe’s Advent Calendar – a new beach every day! Enjoy the countdown with sand, seas, and strange sights along the way. One new post every day from December 1st to Christmas Eve. See them all athttp://www.oneweirdglobe.com/24-beaches/.
If you like the sort of beaches where you’re the only foreigners around, you’re going to love this area of South Korea. There are actually two beaches on this partof the coast – specifically, Buan-gun in Jeollabuk-do (or...
December 11, 2014
December 12th: Haeundae Beach (Busan, South Korea)
Presenting One Weird Globe’s Advent Calendar – a new beach every day! Enjoy the countdown with sand, seas, and strange sights along the way. One new post every day from December 1st to Christmas Eve. See them all athttp://www.oneweirdglobe.com/24-beaches/.
Haeundae Beach (pronouncedhay-yoon-day) is the best-known beach in Busan, and far and away the most popular beach in South Korea. The only other beach that even comes close is perhaps Daecheon Beach, also known as the Mud...
December 10, 2014
December 11th: Eulwangni Beach (Incheon, South Korea)
Presenting One Weird Globe’s Advent Calendar – a new beach every day! Enjoy the countdown with sand, seas, and strange sights along the way. One new post every day from December 1st to Christmas Eve. See them all athttp://www.oneweirdglobe.com/24-beaches/.
Now back in the Seoul area and on the same islandas the Incheon International Airport (ICN) is Eulwangni Beach (in Korean, it’s 을왕해수욕장). It can also be spelled Eurwangni, Ulwangni, or Eulwangri – ahh, the wonders of roman...
December 9, 2014
December 10th: Nopporat Thara (Krabi, southern Thailand)
Presenting One Weird Globe’s Advent Calendar – a new beach every day! Enjoy the countdown with sand, seas, and strange sights along the way. One new post every day from December 1st to Christmas Eve. See them all athttp://www.oneweirdglobe.com/24-beaches/.
Returning to Thailand so soon? Don’t worry – we’ll get back to Korea. I’m just trying to go between different types of beaches, the last couple of which have been pretty but less swimmable. Nopporat Thara (also spelled No...
December 8, 2014
December 9th: the Modo sculpture park and beach (Incheon, South Korea)
Presenting One Weird Globe’s Advent Calendar – a new beach every day! Enjoy the countdown with sand, seas, and strange sights along the way. One new post every day from December 1st to Christmas Eve. See them all athttp://www.oneweirdglobe.com/24-beaches/.
Today, I’m taking you out of Thailand and over to South Korea for one of my favorite beaches ever. As with yesterday’s beach, the sand and surf isn’t the main part of the story – it’s what’son the beach. Presenting the er...
