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What NOT To Do at the DMZ

p1020100The Ultra Family is headed back to Seoul, Korea this week for Ultra Korea, and what better way to celebrate than to reminisce about all the craziness that went down last year!

The festival was amazing (as always): Avicii, Kaskade, Tiesto, Krewella, Adventure Club, among many others graced the stage.

After the festival wrapped, we all went to Octagon nightclub to party some more. Sense a theme with these Ultra festivals?

I was one of the first ones to leave the club- at 6:30am!- and immediately went to the hotel to jump on a tour to the DMZ, or De-Militarized Zone of Korea. This is the place where North and South Korean soldiers are in a stand-off, separating the two countries. With just a quick nap on the bus ride, you can probably guess that I was probably not in the best shape… and I made a few mistakes.

What NOT To Do at the DMZ is our most viewed video to date on How 2 Travelers, and not surprisingly, our most controversial. While breaking rules that can harm people is extremely irresponsible (and NONE of that was done in this video), I think people are attracted to this piece because it’s relatable. We’re not perfect! And we don’t travel perfectly! We have all been there, trying to capture a photo at a museum or making a Queen’s Guard laugh when we are told to do the opposite. This is how people travel- sometimes following the pack, sometimes going off the beaten path. And that’s the goal of our travel series, to make the travel experience as real as possible so that even if you have never been to the specific place, you can relate to the experience.

So, take this video as an entertainment piece. And be the wiser for when you head off to the DMZ.

Hot Hot Hot in Seoul, Korea

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It’s the beginning of a new era! My YouTube channel is now a travel hub for fun vlogs of my adventures abroad, as well as quick, super useful travel tips (coming soon). Travel has been a passion of mine since I was young, just check out the Bio section of this website for more info, and it feels like a no-brainer that I have finally combined my personal and professional passions under one roof called YouTube.

I’m kicking it off with the so hot right now South Korea, which is literal in this case as it was FREAKING HOT when I was there. I’m talking 95 degrees and 100% humidity. The glisten in the above photo is of the salty variety.

The video is the first part of my “+5/-5” series, where I gain five pounds in one day and then lose it the next day/video. Think it can’t be done? Here is how you do it:

 

And here is how I lost it all: