Unlike previous business travel that has sent me to exciting locales like Louisville, KY (with its own brand of decaying appeal), this trip sent me clear across the ocean to Korea.

Tongue tied
(July 30, 2000)
The Saddle Sores Super Asia Tour 2000 begins with a whimper uttered in hangul.

Drink, strike and underarms
(Seoul, Korea August 3, 2000)
Updates from the foreign correspondent's desk.

Of army men, hookers and porn Karaoke
(Seoul, Korea August 6, 2000)
Exploring Seoul's seamy underbelly.

Crowds, sadistic meals and toothpaste.
(Seoul, Korea August 7, 2000)
Crisis? What Crisis?

Crab eggs, potato pizza and Korean Japanese food
(Seoul, Korea August 8, 2000)
Not for the squeamish...

Won't my real duodenum please stand up?
(Seoul, Korea August 9, 2000)
Half of these foods' critics can't even stomach it...

Drinking in the boys' room
(Seoul, Korea August 10, 2000)
Drinking 'cause you have to. It's just like High School!

Ah! Vous dirais-je Maman, ce qui cause mon tourment
(Seoul, Korea August 11, 2000)
Korean passive turns to French active.

Seoul Survivor
(Seoul, Korea August 12, 2000)
Of leathermen and bathhouses.

Hong Kong Ho!
(Hong Kong, PRC August 14, 2000)
The land of Dim Sum and cheap clothing...