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Gwangju Slideshow
Top Hotels in Gwangju
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Shinan Beach Gwangju
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Ramada Plaza Gwangju
7 reviews -
Hotel Mudeung Park Gwangju
3 reviews -
Hiddink Continental Tourist Hotel Gwangju
5 reviews
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Shinyang Park Hotel Gwangju
6 reviews
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Gwangju Prince Hotel
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Prado Hotel Gwangju
3 reviews
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Geumsoojang Tourist Hotel Gwangju
5 reviews
Gwangju
Travel Blogs from Gwangju, Korea Rep.
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Gwanju and Jirisan National Park
This is a top pick! ... to see the country but July/August is not a time to visit here. So, as I plan to go back to Japan one day, I may stop over in Korea again and do some more travelling. But for now, for the time being, I am not going to travel for a while. ...
Exploring Korea's East Coast via Route 7
This is a top pick! ... Diamond Bridge, was crowded and noisy with some annoying children’s music playing on and off throughout the night. Next stop is Gwangju and hiking in Jirisan NP before heading to Incheon harbor from where I will take a ferry back to China. ...
More stuff that happened in Gwangju
In our orientation period we also did other things: Hiking Yep we went up a mountain and it is official, I am not very fit Baseball We were taken to a genuine Korean baseball game. From what our Canadian friends told us, it was a pretty crap ...
I love Kimchi very much
... dish consisting of pickled cabbage and red crap that Koreans seem to love and eat breakfast, lunch and tea. We finally made it to Gwangju...it was a bit of a close call. We arrived at the international airport in Seoul and had just over 1 hr to get ...
Such a nice family
Nu er jeg i Gwangju, jeg har vaeret her 2 dage nu, og det er bare skoent at vaere ude at Seoul. Jeg bor hos Ji-yun og hendes familie ( jeg moedte hender over hospitality club = man kan bo hos folk gratis ) og de er simplethen saa rare og venlige. ...
Communism alive and well in China (RANDY)
... visiting Tianenmen Sq, and the grave of Chairman Mao. In the end as walking down the street I thought to myself what a great place this is, and I wished we had more time to spend. Off to Korea for Kim Chi, Bulgogi, and Sum yup sal. Cheers ...
eng - hiking
I have never been hiking before, and I didn't really know what to expect. It was SO hard, I mean, I think we only walked about 10km in total, but it was really hard !! I have never climbed a mountain that was 1017m hight before. My legs, my knees and my ...
Wandering through a bamboo forest
... a small town famous for bamboo. It was an early start for us, boarding a 6.35am train for the provincial capital of Gwangju, and after picking up some brochures at tourist information we jumped on a city bus for the 30 minute trip to Damyang. ...
One Weekend, The Country by Bus
... free toaster and some bagels in the morning. Then got the out of Guemsan on, wait for it... another bus! Considering how small Korea is, it is depressing to think I had spent approximatly 12 hours on buses or trains in 2 days. I was extremely ...
Gwangju FC vs. Daejon Citizen
The second K-league match on my tour in South Korea. The match between Gwangju and Deajon is just average, with a 2:1 home win for Gwangju. For your information, Gwangju is in the southwest of Korea. Third or forth biggest city of South Korea, home to a ...
North Korean attacks
... calm that foreign friends and relatives privy to high-drama news) there is an air of anticipation around Gwangju. Continued in Later entries.... sources cited: http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6AN2E120101125 ...
Korean Culture 101: Table Manners
... or descreetly in a napkin if I don't like them. This goes for bones and stuff just can't eat as well. When living in Korea, you must expect the following question to appear at least once a day, proably more. "Is it too spicy?" or "can ...
BULGUKSA
After going back to main land I went to Gwangju Prince Hotel, and rested for a day. I slept like a log for 12 hours. I guess that's what you get for traveling right after you've had a 13 hour flight. After I woke up, I set out to travel to Bulguksa. I ...
Parasites
... cockroaches are a common problem, so I'm not too worried about my small visitors. A stranger instance of cockroaches in Korea is their use in facial masks. Check out the video of Korean women subjecting their facial ...
Mandarin Orange Hair
Austin hit the bit 2-5 this year, moving from young-adulthood to old. For his birthday, he though we should both go blonde. You see, we don't feel we've been getting enough attention in our neighborhood... the shrieks of joy ...
Gwanju - the city
A few pictures from the city of Gwangju. Your typical Corean cities: tall buildings, wide streets, and neons which I didn't photograph ...
English through Song in Korea
As some of you may know, I am currently practicing the ancient Korean art of desk warming. (This is when you sit at your desk with nothing to do during vacation because the school's administration either doesn't like you or just doesn't care ...
Kimchi Festival Time
... folk museum on the site A good day. Our Kimchi was 'left' in the hotel room fridge..... The hotel is in suburban Gwangju & its surrounds were a little odd & sleazy but we found a bar with western food but they still allow smoking in ...
추석 Chuseok is coming...
... and often resented familial obligations. I myself will be spending the holiday in Jeju-do, an island in the south of Korea, and a popular honeymooner destination. "Do you think there will be many people there?" I ask. "Do many ...
Konglish
... history, and a love of English shirts and school materials are only the tip of the ice berg. When asked who Korea's "most important countries" are, middle schoolers list "mi-guk" (which if you remember means beautiful country, derived from an ...
Suicide in South Korea
Yeah. Finally finished an article! Originally published in Gwangju News Feb. 2011: South Korea has the highest suicide rate within OECD countries, with 31 per 100,000 people taking their lives, compared to 15 deaths per 100,000 people in 1999. In ...
North Korean attacks: Possible Explainations
... hearsay or rumor. One of the most popular explanations is that it was all a great misunderstanding. North Korea quickly issued statements denying that they were the aggressor, and that Seoul make the first war-like action. ...
A visit to the Mouth Doctor
... majority of this weekend was grudgingly spent in bed. Though I spent Saturday mulling around the city and at Gwangju International Center's 100 magazine issue celebration, nobody could understand a word I said.... and not because of my poor Korean. ...
The Zoo (da jew!) Part II
... at birth stalked up to greet our zoo vet, who introduces the animal "This is my tiger!" The tiger has been named Kia, after Gwangju's own Kia Tigers baseball team. Kia was raised by the zoo vet and zoo keepers because of it's mother's neglect, and ...
The art of the casual bow
... . Each morning I walk to school, which takes 10 to 15 minutes depending upon the traffic in the neighborhood. Korea is densely populated, numbering somewhere around 50 million people, but can't even beat Washington State in surface ...
How to learn the Korean language
... to their lessons. I've used them religiously here, and still think they're the best (and cutest) grammatical guide Korea has to offer. Here is their stuff on Hangul: http://www.talktomeinkorean.com/category/lessons/learn-hangeul/ Second, ...
Black Day (for lonely people.)
... nearby grill for heated floor seating and delicious lettuce-in-cased meat. Our waitress was very excited (as are most Gwangju natives) to have westerners in her restaurant, even going so far as to phone her sister to find out the ...
More Food Adventures: Bbondegi and live snails!
... experience was! I'm adding it to my grocery list. (1) Burgeson, J. Scott. "Korea Bug: The Best of the Zine that Infected a Nation." Eunhaeng Name. Seoul, South Korea: 2005. (2) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silk#Production ...
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