I speak with Evan and Rachel of http://www.youtube.com/user/evannrachel

They are expat American’s who have been living and teaching in South Korea for the last two years.

We talk about the process of making travel videos and I ask them why they decided to start

If you were a digital nomad, what would you miss most about home?

I’m taking a six week break in South Korea to catch up on nine months of editing. I have amazing footage from all over South East Asia. Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, Brunei, Philippines, Hong Kong, Japan and South Korea.
Why South Korea and not somewhere cheaper in South East Asia? South Korea has great reasonable priced food and drink, super fast internet, modern cheap accommodation AND I desperately want to catch up on my editing NOW!

Some amazing videos coming out over the next few weeks.

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I share a cave meal with fellow youtubers Evan and Rachel at the Dragon’s Dream Restaurant in Busan.

They have been teaching English in Korea for two years and discuss why it is such a great job for expats.

Good wage, free accommodation, health insurance, up to 3 months holidays and cheap cost of living expenses, teaching English in Korea certainly sounds fantastic!

For more information about how to do it and what life is like in South Korea, visit Evan and Rachel’s youtube channel http://www.youtube.com/user/EvannRachel

Visit a Tachinomiya Bar in Osaka, a standing bar that offers cheap drinks and snacks, (partially due to cheaper taxes on bars with no seats) for hardworking Japanese heading home from work.

Goes to show wherever you visit in the world men love to eat meat, drink beer and talk crap

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I was informed that Haeundae Beach was the best place to stay in Busan, South Korea.

I arrived without any accommodation organised, but was lucky to find the Mr Egg Hostels. http://www.mregghostel.com

There are two Mr Egg Hostels, Original; which offers the cheapest private on suite rooms in Busan and View; which offers dorm rooms with ocean views. I speak with the young owners, Sean and John. Hostels both offer free breakfast, wi fi and laundry.

Music: I don’t know by Grapes – Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution (3.0)

At the start of my round the world travel video adventure I made a video talking about the 7 things I wanted to achieve on my trip. 9.5 mths in I look back on what I have achieved. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VgzCP2pE44

The seven goals were:
*To see the world
*To film the world
*To get paid to film the world
*To get fit
*To find a traveling partner
*To make a difference
*To find a home

And what have I learnt from my travels, to observe and not react, that my view of the word is determined by the way I was brought up and the culture I was raised in. And most importantly, ‘Without people you are nothing!’

Music: Lerax by Re-Drum, Album: It’s Better to Burn Out Than To Fade Away
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The The – Slow Emotion Replay http://youtu.be/7epsKzky3aI
Joe Strummer – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTNDPPb4224

Pour yourself a drink and settle in for a bar room chat about what visitors like about El Nido, the Philippines last frontier in tourism. I join Michael and Dan in the Lonesome Carabao Lounge, Michael, a Singapore based finance journalist, set up the lounge, and Dan was returning to El Nido for his second visit.
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I try a bowl of Bosintang ??? Korean Dog Soup.
What do viewers think, why do we find it ok to eat certain animals and not others?

As someone who grew up on a farm and experienced killing animals for food, I find it interesting that people have an issue with eating certain animals and not others. I think any person who eats meat should at some stage in their life kill an animal to eat. I know when I killed and prepared an animal to eat, I was inclined to eat less meat as it can be a distressing experience.

In South Korea a special breed of dog called the Nureongi (???) or Hwangu (??) are farmed and eaten.
More information on dog eating in Korea – http://askakorean.blogspot.com/2009/08/dog-its-whats-for-dinner.html

When traveling to foreign locales it is always important to remember that some strange local dishes may not agree with you. In Beppu Japan I tried a a local delicacy, raw horse meat, with dire consequences.

Thanks to Jevoen for camera work and behind the scenes comments and waitress ‘Pho’ who endured my bad jokes and mis-pronunciation of her name.

Singapore local Joey further discusses Singapore. He talks about the contradictory nature of Singapore, using examples of gay culture and homelessness. He talks about the one party political system and how the big issue of the day is the number of foreigners living and working in Singapore.