Best man, Korean man.

The best man has left the country. Chris departed October 18 for South Korea, where he will remain in exile to wait out the rest of George W. Bush's term in office. Actually, he is spending a year there teaching English in Cheongju, which is in the south. He'll be teaching high school age or younger students at a private school.

In the past few weeks he's been getting settled and getting to know the other teachers in the program, who are all young Americans like himself. He also got to spend a few days in Japan on the company dime while he worked out his visa, and has been hiking the nearby national parks (see pictures). He even managed to find a couple Korean guys who make decent burritos. He hasn't started teaching, but he says the students in the classes he has observed have been amazed at his shoe size.

At 6'3", he says the girls giggle when he walks down the street.

Jason