Hi guys,
Wanted to let you know about a cool opportunity to have your writing/photography/tips and opinions put out there for the world to see, on a brand new Korean travel website!
Basically, the site is an English guide to South Korea (for teachers and non-teachers), and will initially focus on travel timetables (that's right - we are putting bus and train timetables all online finally!!!!), maps, and loads of general help and advice on the different towns and attractions here. It is specialising in Gangwon-do at first, as that's where we are based, and the aim is for it to include as much information as possible about all of the different towns in the province, where people may end up being placed if they come to Korea to teach. We also want to quickly expand it to include all other cities and provinces in Korea.
Because there is no-one better to tell people about a town than the people who actually live there, the forum is being opened up to us teachers. If you are at all interested in writing, and want something to put on your CV, or you are just happy to help out people who have just arrived/have yet to arrive in Korea, then go ahead and submit your top tips for your town and really put it on the map! The site is also looking for photographs - both mundane snaps of restaurant fronts, street views, locations of amenities etc.; as well as creative examples of your own photography, showcasing the area at it's best.
What you get:
- Your work displayed on what looks set to be the biggest English travel resource website in Korea
- All pictures and text credited to you on said site
- The right to keep the original rights to your photographs, and the right to ask for their removal from the site at any time
- A credit on your CV
- The chance to practice your writing and photography skills
- And - the most important one, I think - the chance to help out others. I don't know about you, but I remember the apprehension I had when I first arrived in my town, knowing nothing about the place, or how to get out of it!! It was nigh on impossible to find anything on Google relating to any of the smaller areas in South Korea. I think it'd be awesome if people could start arriving here already knowing a lot about the area they were going to - and wouldn't it be awesome if you knew you'd helped to create that??
Anyway, the things that are needed about each town are: Location, size, population, amenities and attractions, close-by towns/areas/attractions, bus/rail station information, festival information (if any), nightlife, recommended restaurants and bars, exercise info (gym, pool, classes, running routes/tracks, etc), town’s history and what it’s famous for (if anything), school information for people teaching here.
If you have any bus or train timetables for the town, then PLEASE feel free to include those too!
Any tiny pieces of writing would be appreciated - even just a couple of things from the above list. The plan is to keep building and continuously add new ideas.
Please feel free to pass this onto anyone at all that you think might be interested. We've already had tons of submissions and are very excited! There will soon be a facebook group online too.
To submit some information, or for an example of some submissions we've already had, drop me an email at
dicarlo.claire@gmail.com Any questions are welcomed too.
Thanks guys!
Claire (site co-creator)
