DMZ and the palace

Rain or shine this guy is always hanging around the palace.

In a place far away aliens do get to sit on the throne.

Not really a depiction of life in the court. They let people keep their heads.

Those men are not really serious although the blades were heavy.

Changing of the guard occurs rain or shine but on a limited scale.

Crossing the line results in losing your pictures at the very least.

The site of the Third Tunnel from the north.

Armed guards posted on the other side of the gate to freedom.

The Freedom Bell on display in Imjingak

Halloween in South Korea

Fall produce is abundant and for sale on the street.

That's right folks the road is closed to dry the rice crop.
Girls gone wild in Incheon are they coming or going? Mickala, Chris, and Kat.

Another mountaintop experience, TaLK set the night on fire. The fall colors set the day on fire as the talk scholars welcomed mountain air.

Trick or treat with the 5th & 6th grade.

You can see for miles from the mountain top power plant resevoir.

Mountain mist tries to cover miles of mountains.

Fall weather is a warning winter is close. Still no snow here.

Special thanks to my camera crew for making me look good. Life as a star is exhausting.

The video was compiled to share the TaLK experience. A picture is worth a thousand words and still does not discribe the journey to the mountain top.

Pictures by KM and Gyoung Soo, Michala Keeler, Mr. Guul and the students of Sandong Elementary School.

On top of the world!

The hills are alive, but it is too dark to see!

Nothing but six feet of concrete separates me from a really big fall, the edge is near.

The dragon in the sky put out the sun before we reached the bottom. (Always carry a flashlight in the mountains.)

Fall is coming to the mountain one tree at a time.

The view takes your breath away, that and it is almost 1000 meters high.

A rough and rocky road, worn by many feet over the years.

From the ground Mt. Geumo beacons those who want to touch the sky.

A wall that was built to keep China out welcomes visitors to climb, it's all uphill from here.
At the top there are several Buddist temples, however God is not contained in a building made by hands.

The words, "you lift me up to stand on mountains", kept me moving to the top. I was not disappointed in the view, although the trip to the bottom in the dark was a walk of faith.

Martin and Bryan, my host family boys. Baseball is his dream!

My classroom with second grade.

The classroom is a challenge, but well appointed. Teaching is not restricted to the classroom, but goes on in the playground, at lunch and after school under the learning tree.

September in Gumi

The outdoor classroom. Hurram, a man made mountain.

The climb has just begun from the complex climbing wall to Hurrum to the classrooms in Sandong Elementary School. The campus is truly a garden to grow children in. The gated community I reside in is everything from the western world with the culture of Korea. There is no place like OZ.


The climbing wall. part of the complex community I live in.

On the road again!

The travel is continuing as we moved from the comfort of Kyhung Hee to the Kolon Hotel resort in Gyeongbuk-do. There is mountain side view and a golf course. We have classes with little time between as we try to recover from the weekend home stay.

My family are hard working professionals during the week and farmers on the weekend. Coming to Korea was meant to help Korean nationals discover their roots, something I do not have, but seeing how the rural farmers still produce on the same level as back home has helped me find my roots. Although we did not grow ginger and pomegranates the methods of hard work and long hours produce the fruit of labors.