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Matthew Caracciolo

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Born

Columbus, OH, The United States

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https://www.matthewcaracciolo.com/

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Travel, Memoir

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Matthew Caracciolo is the author of Moon Ohio and The Waygook Book: A Foreigner's Guide to South Korea. As a travel writer, his work has appeared on Amateur Traveler, Only In Your State, Columbus Navigator, Columbus: A Book Project, and his blog Travel is Fatal on matthewcaracciolo.com. He's currently a Tour Researcher and Writer with Shaka Guide and lives in the Columbus area with his family. ...more

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	The Waygook Book: A Foreigner's Guide to South Korea 4.69 avg rating — 13 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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New River Gorge National Park in southern West Virginia is one of the newest national parks in the system, but it has been a mecca for adventure sports for decades. Whitewater rafting and rock climbing have had a foothold here for a long time. There are plenty of gorgeous hiking trails, and you can even walk underneath the length of the New River Gorge Bridge on a Bridge Walk. But one day a year,

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