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Gangneung, Gyeongpodae beach
... And here I am at the beach already! You can easily access Gyeongpodae (경포대) beach from the Gangneung bus terminal or from the train station with bus Nr. 202. A (commercial?) video shooting has just ended ...
Inside a North Korean sub
... good 20 minutes further south, but given they were headed there they offered me a ride. Turned out the daughter was teaching English in Gangneung, and her parents had come over for a visit. It wasn't quite a 20 minute drive, but with the rain ...
A fehér Mekka / Yongpyong, the White Mekka
Ismét egy kirándulós csemege a külföldieknek - ingyen busszal Szöulból a Yongpyong Síparadicsomba! 30 km gyönyörűen kezelt pálya, 14 ülőlift és 1 kabinos felvonó, garantáltan mindenki talál a ...
Imádok sízni / Crazy for skiing!!
A hétvégén nagyon koncentrált munkával megírtam 2 előadást és egy hosszú dolgozatot.... Ezért megérdemeltem, hogy ma elmenjek egy jót síelni!!! Visszatértem Yongpyongba és kölcsönzött Solomon lécemmel többszörösen ...
Pályajelölések / Ski slope categories
... - blue => Europe: easy blue Korea: intermediate - blue => Europe: more difficult blue Korea: advanced-intermediate - blue => Europe: easy red Korea: intermediate ...
Happy New Year
... blast. Still freezing, but beautiful! The beaches here are all lined with barbed-wire because it is so close to North Korea. I've never seen anything like that before. Beautiful coastline wrapped with circles of barbed wire and every so often there ...
Korea - Out!
... home to Canada, Art back for a short 6 months, and me off to travel). Dec. 12 - Sophie, buddy from Seoul, came into Gangneung to visit Chris and I before I leave and Chris goes out on vacation (meeting up with me in Vietnam). We had fun seeing ...
A day on the coast
... a bit of effort we dragged ourselves out of bed and made it to the bus station in time for the first bus to Gangneung at 7.30am. I had passed through Gangneung briefly when I was returning from Ulleungdo in September, and I knew then I would ...
Skiing and Snowboarding in Yong Pyong Resort
My next stop in Korea was Yong Pyong, the biggest ski resort. It was a contender for the 2014 Winter Olympics and lost only by several votes. I had booked a hostel for about $10 per night, which turned out to be very nice. The room was for 19 people but ...
Korea's East Coast
About 3 hours bus ride east of Seoul I made it to the Korea east coast. The city was not too big, lots of hotels near the beach. Managed to find a nice place at the MGM ..haaa for real it was the name, must have been named after the MGM in Las Vegas? Next ...
Steph's Visit Continued
After Sokcho and Seoraksan National Park, we went a bit further South to an area called Gangneung to a beach called Gyeongpoe. We stayed in a cruise ship that was built on land, serving as a hotel. It was quite expensive. We opted for a ...
There was rain
It rained. Oh dear lord it rained, the rain came down our feet were wet and the umbrellas were well used. It rained a ...
The 'Boys' Korea tour!
... After an awesome hike in Seorak National Park, which I absolutely loved, it was the 'boys' part of the tour of Korea! We stayed in Gangneung on Monday night and on Tuesday morning we got another bus to Jeongdongjin to see a North Korean sub ...
Ganeung-East coast
Na n uur en n half se busrit vanaf Wonju laai ek ons fietsies uit die bus by ganeung central bus terminal. Dis eenvoudig, ek vou die twee fietsies oop en ons begin trap nadat ek uitgevis het watterkant die strand toe le. teen n steilopdraende ,nadat n ou ...
Gangneung
... . Next day on Saturday we went to this village with the ships. Had a look at the ship hotel from to bottom of the hill, went to this warship museum and then to the beach to relax and chill out. These where some exhausting days in ...
Off to Gangneung
... to be in the middle of South Korea and able to see precious historical artifacts from our own country. Next stop was the Gangneung University where we spoke for a few minutes with Professor Lee, a law professor and then had a tour of the medical ...
East Coast Beaches
This place is pretty sweet if you got good company, and want massive stretches of beach to yourself. This is because Koreans tend to huddle together at the beach, leaving huge stretches available for the "weiguoren". There is an army base ...
Danoje Festival
... of particularly the intangible culture such as crafts, performances, rituals, music, etc. We then were wisked to the Gangneung cultural center and Danoje festival. Our tour leader wanted us to visit the cultural center first, but the living ...
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