Walking and Hiking Tours of Busan

Carol and I both had an excellent week long vacation with Carol's Mom (May), and two nephews, Leo (17 years old) and Lee-Koon (Ken) (eight years old).  We went to a water-park, biked down a mountain for four hours, went white water rafting, played in the waves at Dreamland and Legian, checked out a zoo where an elephant kissed my cheek and put a wreath around my neck, witnessed a rooster fight, shopped a bit, went to a lounge-pub rooftop with Leo, went swimming a lot in our villas in Seminyak (near Kuta) and Ubud, saw a Hindu or Buddhist temple or two, went to the Monkey Forrest, watched Balinese dancing, ate and introduced international food to the boys (they liked Shwarmas, fries, steaks, burgers, and chicken the best; no surprise there, huh?).  Leo learned how to swim, while Ken tried his best to overcome his fear of the water.  Overall, it was an excellent trip.  Leo and Ken started to better understand the importance of English, since Ken made friends with kids...

Hi, Some of yous have been asking about what Carol and I did for our anniversary.  Here goes. I had been trying to find a nice hotel package for about a week.  I found a good deal at the Nong-Shim Hotel, which included two nights and use of the spa and gym. We got fruit too, since it was our anniversary.  On Saturday, we checked-in and had a few drinks and almonds, while chatting.  Then had dinner in the German Beer Garden.  We had German Country sausages and a really good pizza.  Of course, we had some micro-brew, too.  There was a live band from Bulgaria playing.  They sang a song for us. On Sunday, we went for a hike and took a gondola ride. After that we went to the spa, which had over 20 different baths, such as a grapefruit bath, a yellow sand bath, and salt water baths.  Then we went to one of the hotel restaurants for a wine buffet (24$U.S.)  We had 3 bottles (2 white, one red), lots of sushi, seafood, BBQ beef,...