About Us

We’re Monrique and Ruben, a South African couple who swapped certainty for curiosity and moved to South Korea. What started as a way to document our life abroad became Karmic Steps, an honest, no-fluff record of how we actually travel: real budgets, real timelines, real trade-offs. We’re not chasing bucket lists. Living here means we get to skip the tourist traps, revisit neighbourhoods until we actually understand them, and tell you what’s genuinely worth your time and money versus what just photographs well.

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Videos and stories from life in South Korea and Southeast Asia.

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Transparent costs and honest trade-offs on every trip.

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Local insight from actually living here, not just visiting.

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Travel is the ultimate teacher of karma. What you put into the journey (patience, curiosity, and kindness) is exactly what the road gives back to you.

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