https://grrrltraveler.com A Female Solo Travel Blog | It's not a vacation until you survive it! Sat, 21 Sep 2024 10:34:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://grrrltraveler.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/favicon.gif https://grrrltraveler.com 32 32 https://grrrltraveler.com/things-to-know-before-traveling-korea/ https://grrrltraveler.com/things-to-know-before-traveling-korea/#comments Fri, 05 Feb 2016 13:45:43 +0000 http://grrrltraveler.com/?p=47642   This post may contain affiliate links. Never leave home without travel insurance. Click for the travel insurance I use or check out this recommended trip insurance finder tool. Korean culture can feel very different for Western travelers.  Here’s 42 things to know before traveling Korea and things to know about Korean culture. To the outsider...]]> https://grrrltraveler.com/things-to-know-before-traveling-korea/feed/ 6 https://grrrltraveler.com/polyglot-plights-with-multilingualism/ https://grrrltraveler.com/polyglot-plights-with-multilingualism/#comments Wed, 09 Sep 2015 05:47:05 +0000 http://grrrltraveler.com/?p=46873 Polyglot: My Plights with Multilingualism . I love learning languages, but is there a problem with learning too many languages? Firstly, I’m not here to speak as a professional polyglot. I am not fluent in any other language than English. But I have learned several languages along the way to the point where either I...]]> https://grrrltraveler.com/polyglot-plights-with-multilingualism/feed/ 4 https://grrrltraveler.com/vegetarian-tips-travel/ https://grrrltraveler.com/vegetarian-tips-travel/#comments Wed, 10 Sep 2014 15:29:40 +0000 http://grrrltraveler.com/?p=44461   Up until recently, I’ve not been very good at bringing the topic of food in my blog, so I wanted to share a vegetarian travel guide with tips for vegetarian travelers. Vegetarian tips in travel are survival tools when it comes to meat loving countries. I have a confession~ I’m actually not a big...]]> https://grrrltraveler.com/vegetarian-tips-travel/feed/ 14 https://grrrltraveler.com/must-try-vegetarian-foods-around-the-world/ https://grrrltraveler.com/must-try-vegetarian-foods-around-the-world/#comments Tue, 02 Sep 2014 09:50:25 +0000 http://grrrltraveler.com/?p=43956   If you’re vegetarian or vegan traveler, you probably know that it’s not always easy to eat your way around the world. You’d like to taste the colorful world of spices and flavors, but you have to be smart in navigating your way to find the right dishes for your diet. The world can be...]]> https://grrrltraveler.com/must-try-vegetarian-foods-around-the-world/feed/ 51 https://grrrltraveler.com/dealing-with-language-barriers-in-travel/ https://grrrltraveler.com/dealing-with-language-barriers-in-travel/#comments Wed, 19 Feb 2014 12:29:20 +0000 http://grrrltraveler.com/?p=41493 ]]> https://grrrltraveler.com/dealing-with-language-barriers-in-travel/feed/ 7 https://grrrltraveler.com/exchange-programs-how-to-decide-where-to-live-abroad/ https://grrrltraveler.com/exchange-programs-how-to-decide-where-to-live-abroad/#comments Mon, 03 Feb 2014 13:58:08 +0000 http://grrrltraveler.com/?p=41210 Moving abroad : Deciding what’s the best country for you to live in? The travel Q & A  topic today is:  ” Exchange Programs: How to decide where to live abroad?” I got an interesting letter from 15 year old Caprice, who lives in Australia. She has a huge decision to make about what country she should...]]> https://grrrltraveler.com/exchange-programs-how-to-decide-where-to-live-abroad/feed/ 2 https://grrrltraveler.com/renting-a-phone-in-korea/ https://grrrltraveler.com/renting-a-phone-in-korea/#comments Thu, 11 Apr 2013 02:40:01 +0000 http://grrrltraveler.com/?p=33442 Updated: May 2019 For unlocked mobile users, you can also get  a Korean SIM card and data plan too! Traveling to Korea and want to keep in touch with friends or have a backup phone? Renting a phone in Korea in person Firstly, Korea is a CDMA based network; unless your foreign phone has CDMA...]]> https://grrrltraveler.com/renting-a-phone-in-korea/feed/ 14 https://grrrltraveler.com/how-to-write-hangul-on-your-mac-computer-or-iphone/ Fri, 22 Mar 2013 11:09:24 +0000 http://grrrltraveler.com/?p=35642   When you’re living in Korea, you’re always trying to get the gist of the culture. Thus, there are times you’ll want to write in the country language for your Facebook status,  to impress your Asian friends or maybe, you just want take your language studies to another level. Unfortunately, I don’t have a Korean...]]> https://grrrltraveler.com/panchan-korean-side-dishes/ https://grrrltraveler.com/panchan-korean-side-dishes/#comments Tue, 19 Mar 2013 04:40:30 +0000 http://grrrltraveler.com/?p=33410 I was in a restaurant in Korea Town with a girlfriend and before our meal could even arrive, the waiter brought out a handful of side dishes. What was this generosity? My friend explained to me that they it was common to Korean culture, that a meal came with side dishes (or 반찬 banchan) and they were free. Wait. Rewind.]]> https://grrrltraveler.com/panchan-korean-side-dishes/feed/ 5 https://grrrltraveler.com/why-travel/ https://grrrltraveler.com/why-travel/#comments Sat, 22 Dec 2012 16:08:28 +0000 http://grrrltraveler.com/?p=30239 A few months at most... I'll go back home just long enough to find another job to get me back to Korea." That's what I told myself. Returning to the U.S. was the furthest thing from my plan. My Hindu astrologer in Dharamsala quoted a year. I had difficulty believing him. A year later,... the stars were right.]]> https://grrrltraveler.com/why-travel/feed/ 22