
Last October I was in for a pleasant surprise when a representative from the Korea Tourism Organization (KTO) and Voluntary Agency Network of Korea (VANK) informed me that I was chosen as one of Korea's Top 100 Cultural Bloggers.
My initial reaction was "How can this possibly be? I have only written two blog posts on Korea, and none of them really talked about culture per se. Could this be a hoax?" Turns out it was not! I was invited to join an all-expense-paid Bloggers' Travel Camp for three days, and all I had to do was to pack the panniers and oblige them.
Apart from traveling to Jeongseon and Yeongwol in Gangwon-do province with a group of around 30 blogging enthusiasts from all over the world, I also visited Yeongju and Andong in Gyeongsangbuk-do province, where I learned about Confucian traditions and values. The trip provided me an even greater understanding of Korea's history and culture.
Also, after the culmination of what I'd term as a successful trip, Matt Kelley, host of the KBS World Radio Program, "Seoul Report", invited me and another travel blogger from Indonesia on the weekly, English-language interview program that airs globally on the World Radio Network (WRN).
I recorded this interview on November 3, 2009 at the KBS studios in Yeouido. You can view the streaming video uploaded to the KBS World website.
I urge all of you to maintain a blog, and write as often as you'd like to. Who knows you might also be lucky like me!
Too hard to find you in the picture :)
ReplyDeletewow, its should be a great day.
ReplyDeletei've curios to see KBS by my own eyes..
knowing by watching drama, make me hve a great wishes to be there some day. heheh..
sorry, my sentences maybe go bad. im not fluent in english..
pardon me.. :D