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My South Korean adventures

I’ve been meaning for sometime to start a blog on my life in South Korea and using steemit as a medium to do so. Having moved here nearly 3 weeks ago, finally settled, I’ve time to spare.

So here goes….

The start of my trip was auspicious, on arrival at the airport we found out we had been upgraded on our London to Seoul BA flight, as they had overbooked. NICE!!! Our first time flying long haul in Business class. We felt like royalty! =D

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Unlimited booze, that I never got to take advantage of, as I fell asleep; something I never do when flying. Typical.

The missus also dozed off…

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Bubbly and OJ

Must admit, was very comfortable, but frankly the food was not much different from cattle class, and would imagine someone who’d paid for it, being seriously disappointed.

On arrival found out that my Monzo card doesn’t work in most Korean shops… so had to rely on my trusted Mastercard.

Now one of the main reasons for coming to live in South Korea for a year, is that I need to seriously get my teeth sorted out. As I have to have 5 extractions, regrow bone, have 8 implants and other minor improvements, for a mouth that was heavily neglected when I was young.

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xray of my messed up mouth. Looks terrible

My wife (who is Korean) has a brother in law who works for one of the top dental practices in Daegu.

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Dental practice reception

Discounts abound, so here I am (I also think UK London dentists suck, unless you pay through the nose).

Straight off the plane, bus to Daegu and first tooth extracted. Tired and not even able to have a beer.
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I hope you enjoyed this mini intro (assuming anyone read this lol). Trying to balance text and images so not just a wall of text. Feedback seriously appreciated.

More to follow, likely going to focus on hikes, food and eventually fishing for Bass....

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Welcome @chaomos looking good in that plane damn!

Not likely to experience it again, being on a budget, but felt good. Living the life for a day lol

Well but that is good! :) sometimes you should do something a little bit crazy haha :P

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Hi @chaomos! Congrats on your blogging success! I am here through the @asapers. Keep up the great blogs. Sorry to hear about your teeth issues. I am nursing bad teeth too though mine is the result of a motor vehicle accident. It's been challenging to find a trustworthy dentist in Canada too unfortunately. And, it's so crazy expensive. Being self employed and having no insurance does not help 🙊 Best wishes to you on your stay in South Korea. I hope your dental work goes really well.


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Can't wait to hear more about your adventures in Korea. Hoping you get all your dental work sorted! Dental pain is the worst!

Certainly is. Today having more work done.

Welcome to Steemit @chaomos
I hope to have the opportunity to know South Korea and its surrounding areas some day, I have always thought that it is an interesting and colorful country. Good luck with the arrangement of your teeth.
I wish you a wonderful development on the Platform.

Thanks @pialejoana, thanks for the good wishes. Defo looking forward to discovering more of the area. So far amazing experience.

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Seems like a very good reason to travel! :) Good luck with the dental procedures and hope you have a great time touring and enjoying Korea!

Cheers @amritadeva. As more teeth are being removed, my meal options dwindling. Korea has amazing meat dishes, but soon will be all veggies. Then I have to wait up to 6 months before the bone is strong enough for the implants.
At least will loose lots of weight!!

Wow! Sounds like serious business. Wishing you the best!

Welcome to Steemit! Your content looks interesting. I'll wait for your next post! All the Best! Check my blogs if you wanna have some fun! See ya!

I got upgraded on a couple of work flights. It's nice to see how the 0.1% live. Have fun in Korea and get those teeth fixed

Thanks Steevc. The last lot of teeth removed didn't even hurt or swell, they're doing a great job. However they seem to like to hand out antibiotics way too easily. Just not taking them as not needed.

Even my wife's brother, who is a pharmacist here, says doctors prescribe them simply because the people expect them to.

Welcome to Steemit ! Looking forward to reading more about your South Korean adventures :)

thanks, looking forward to living them. Took a while to save up the cash to cover it lol, so need to make the most of it :P


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What I nice surprise to be upgraded like that. I would probably like flying more if I wasn't squeezed in with screaming kids. The last few flights, there have been several of those. I traveled with mine and they were not a nuisance to anyone else.

Hope your dental work get sorted out and most importantly you don't have to be a crazy amount to have it done.

Welcome to steemit, found your blog through @asapers, looking forward to your journey because I would really love to learn more about South Korea.

The last time I was in South Korea was in the military. Late 1980s. I hope your stay is favorable, and the extractions goes as well as can be expected.

I learned one phrase while I was: Kam sa ham ni da. And I said it a lot.

I'll be back tomorrow to upvote. Running lean on VP tonight. A really nice post. Sorry about your teeth. Dental care in the UK a revelation. Too bad.

I hope it all goes well at the dentist. That's one place that really scares me.

welcome to steemit chaomos. good luck and have a great prosperity

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