What a difference a generation makes. I took my first plane flight ever when I was 18 -- to Miami. Never even been to an airport until then.
He ate South Korean food nearly every day, and reports an intense craving for Italian food which had already been addressed within hours of him being back on US soil. This was not your usual tourist highlight trip: he ended up sleeping on the floor of a Buddhist monastery, traveling the countryside, seeing the DMZ and the Blue House (like our White House). He also reported mixed reactions from South Koreans -- most were nice, but some had a definite anti-American attitude.
His "Forgotten Futurist" blog has all the photos from his trip. Some of them are pretty funny, like the sequence about vending machines, theme parks and fast food joints and the English translations. Check it out...
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