Seoul Travel Blogs - Page 10

All in an afternoon in Itaewon   Where else can you witness a small truck overloaded w/ every conceivable household item reminiscent of the peddlers of yesteryear America? And after that, going down the sidewalk is the amputee beggar in his big floppy hat, pushing along his little boombox, p…

I’ve arranged to go on a tour to the DMZ.  I’ve always wanted to go to Panmunjom, the joint security area used by the UN and North Korea, the Freedom House, where the South and North Koreans meet, the Bridge of No Return, where North and South Korean POWs were exchanged after the Korean Wa…

Wow, that's huge here! I spent over an hour exploring... and found free internet :) Will try a korean soup later.

6 weeks through Thailand, Malaysia, and Indonesia with two gorgeous girls by the names of Jackie and Sarah

The fright from Seattle to Seoul took 11 hours. Korean Air is an excellent airline - roomy seats, great attendants and I was well fed. My layover in Korea was almost three hours, then on to Bangkok (that flight took five hours). I got to the Bangkok airport around midnight and went through customs…

Photos from my first trip to Seoul.

Well, more than two weeks has gone by since I arrived in Seoul and I am still confused as to what it is I am doing here. I like the fact that I am far away from the familiar, but I think I have taken on too much. I have enrolled in Korean classes 3 days a week, and I have already learned how to rea…

Well, back in Seoul; my second time since I've been here, and this time with a little downtime to see some sights. "By some measures it's considered the third largest city on the planet, with close to 12 million people in Seoul and another 8-9 million in the suburbs". That's a daunting piece of…

While nearby in Tungdacheon Korea I went off to Seoul in early May for Buddah's Birthday and the Lantern Festival.

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away for home 6 months

how i walked, ate and took pictures all day while i was in korea.

This is a collection of photos taken during previous travels.

First, a temple.  Then, another palace- but this one was really nice.  Walking on sand and stone around the yards, the only grass was outside the central zone, and my sturdy Sketchers flip-flops were good enough.  Hell, those same sturdy Sketcher flip-flops survived the steep trek fr…