Korean Thanksgiving

It’s called Chusok, it’s a three day holiday, and it’s a time for Koreans to be with their family and exchange gifts sets (think tea, honey, SPAM). What this meant for me was a short vacation, but having not booked a flight or ferry out of the country at least 2 months prior there was zero opportunity to leave Korea, but that in no way interfered with my holiday fun.

We kicked off the extra long weekend with a Friday night gong show of free beer. The following day we boarded a ferry to explore Geoje-do, a beautiful island about an hour off the coast of Busan. For three days we lazed, swam, gamed and drank. The weather wasn’t in our favour, but it didn’t impede at all on our good times. Koreans were more than helpful with calling us cabs, or driving us waygooks around the island in search of food.. then providing us with treats if they were too full to house us for the evening.

The results: Five Restful Days, Amazing Hospitality, Competition to the Max, Good Company, and Plenty of Laughs – all great reasons to give thanks.