Korea’s Red and Black Islands: Hongdo and Heuksando
An example of the islands truly unique flora.
Photos and Story by Christina Balint
I travel solo for a number of reasons:
1. If I run out of money and need to sleep in a cave or a boat, there’s no one to tell me I’m crazy.
2. If I bushwhack up a mountain and cross paths with a snake, consequently shrieking with the pitch and fury of a 5 year old girl, there’s no one to laugh at me.
3. It’s far less intimidating for open-minded, warm-hearted Koreans to sweep you under the wings of their generosity if there’s only one “foreigner.”
I had 4 days off work and they went something like this… (more…)