After months of anticipation, today was the first day of filming my National Geographic Channel show: Get Lost in Korea.

 

The salt farms of Jeung-Do, South Korea
The salt farms of Jeung-Do, South Korea

Although it took some getting used to, I felt pretty comfortable with the camera by the end of the day.

 

Filming on the train from Seoul to Mokpo
Filming on the train from Seoul to Mokpo

Filming our Train Ride

Jesse and my day started with a train ride from Seoul to the salt flats of Jeung-Do, Sinan.

We were filmed getting into the train station, purchasing our ticket, boarding the train and chatting in our seats. Plus, the cameraman took some closeup shots of me editing photos.

 

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A woman waits by the ticket counter at the Yongsan Train Station in Seoul, Korea

Rain Over the Salt Flats

The shooting script called for a day of bike riding in the heat, speaking with workers at the salt flats, eating salt ice cream and getting to know the Slow City of Jeung-Do.

However, Mother Nature had other ideas and we spent most of the day shrouded in fog and rain. Although that meant that no one was working, it did make for some pretty atmospheric photographs.

 

Kang Jin Seok, the cameraman, needs an umbrella held over his head while filming a rainy scene in the Jeung-Do salt flats
Kang Jin Seok, the cameraman, needs an umbrella held over his head while filming a rainy scene in the Jeung-Do salt flats

 

Native species in the Jeung-Do salt flats
Is this the missing link?

 

The salt flats of Jeung Do in the Jeonnam Province of South Korea
A less-scenic view of the Jeung Do salt flats … and the road that runs alongside them

 

A bridge over Jeung-Do Island in South Korea
I sure do love bridges!

 

Filming in the rain with my costar: Jesse Day
Filming in the rain with my costar: Jesse Day

That’s a Wrap!

After wandering over the above bridge, the crew called it a wrap for the day. We drove a few hours, had dinner, checked into a hotel and said goodnight.

Tomorrow is another early day.

 

The Lost in Korea gang hard at work at eating
The Lost in Korea gang hard at work at eating

 

This is my room at the Rezent Motel in Mokpo, It's also where I wrote this journal entry
This is my room at the Rezent Motel in Mokpo, It’s also where I wrote this journal entry

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GET LOST IN KOREA


In 2013, I was hired by National Geographic to film a TV show in South Korea … following my adventures as a travel blogger and photographic storyteller.

The single-episode show offered a mix of humor, tradition, adventure and stunning imagery; as I teamed up with Jesse Day: a Canadian entertainer who lives in Seoul and raps in Korean.

Here are the highlights from filming Get Lost in Korea