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Mokpo
Travel Blogs from Mokpo, Korea Rep.
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Sitting on a Red Rock
This is a top pick! It's off-season on Hongdo, the Western-most populated island in South Korea. Some 1100 kilometres beyond the Yellow Sea lies mainland China, but here one might as well be on the far side of the moon, if it weren't for tourists strolling the beach while ...
Bukmireugammaaeyeoraejwasang
Although winter had hit Korea with temperatures of around 0 degrees, my first full pay check coupled with Ania's and my desire to get out of the city meant it was time for our first weekend trip. Earlier in the week I read an article in Korea's ...
Teaching Children English
Today we spent the day teaching Middle School kids about how life is like in America and how to enunciate English words correctly even thought it doesn't look the way it sounds which made us realize English is really messed ...
Day 4- Visiting My Mother's Hometown
... she was. I was proud to be the son of Gok-Coon. Soon after we arrived we went and visited my grandfathers’ grave. In Korea there are typical graves with a head stone but you will also come across a lot of small mounds that are covered with grass. ...
Day 3- Traveling to My Mom's Hometown
... I was extremely tired from the jet lag and traveling so much. My mom’s cousins are sea salt farmers that lived outside of Mokpo. When I arrived I wanted to take a shower before I went to bed and what an experience that was. Once again it was just a ...
Mokpo
... tomorrow. I also gave me a chance to write this diary, talk to my girlfriend en do some other necessities. South Korea has been a great country so far, with its own peculiarities. A strange phenomenon here in South Korea is that there are almost ...
Yudalsan up and down
... This book is sooo thrilling that I kept sitting in the sun for about 3 hours and reading, reading and reading. Mokpo is almost in the south east corner of Korea, and not that big but a sprawling seaport. It has a nice downtown with lot of fish shops, ...
Tree Planting, Traditional Dinners, Discos N BLAR!
... nbsp; As the afternoon was soon snookered and potted, we shook hands and said a happy good bye and I began my night's adventure in Mokpo city. I do believe I had been walking for no more than then minutes when a guy in a sea-man's uniform ...
Kimchee N Rice Wine Will Eat You From The Inside
... beautiful port city of Mokpo. While nearing the end of my journey a Korean business man (it seems all men in South Korea will introduce themselves as business men) came to sit with me and we chatted about all things 'life in general'. ...
Dog Days
... to different generations of Koreans about dog meat, is that the practice of eating dogs is not widely accepted in South Korea. Many children I've spoken to would not dream of eating dog meat, but their parents and grandparents see nothing wrong ...
Crazy Crazy Times
... a bar. We ended up being beckoned into a bar called BoombaBar. Typical place, typical music, but a really good (for Korea) beer selection. I even saw XXXX,l which is an Australian beer. On our tables, there was a little button and ...
Sure, Why Not?
... to a dog show! In case you didn't already know, I.love.dogs. And the Jindo dogs are a famous breed in South Korea, known for their intelligence and loyalty. They come in two colors: white and tawny. The tawny ones kind of remind me of ...
Happy Birthday Buddha!
... first stop on time. We visited the Suncheon Folk Village of Naganeupseong. I believe it's the oldest standing walled village in Korea. Or something along those lines. We walked around, had lunch, and saw part of a big, multiple-party traditional wedding. ...
French Fries and Salad For Breakfast
... ; After flying from Portland to Seattle, and from there to Seoul, we were met at the airport and bussed a further 5 hours to Mokpo, where we are being housed in a weird complex or university on the outskirts of the city. Along with the other ...
The Challenge of Getting Around
... “No. Buddhist,” came out of my mouth. Not that I am, but it seemed like the safest answer at the time. Korea has a long tradition of Buddhism and about a quarter of the population still identifies themselves as such. Plus, who’s going to ...
Ahoy, Ye Landlubbers!
... old salty dog can’t dally for three hours THEN hike eight leagues. I had to bring a spring upon her cable, sailing back to Mokpo quick as a shot from me canon. Ne’er to worry, mateys, I didn’t hang the jib. Instead, I discovered ...
A different kind of touring
As I was trudging along sleepily, I realized how Korean tours are different. Even the first day, we were constantly walking up and down mountains. First we went to Mt. Fortress Wall (Bu Soo Sansung), then Seo Heae Bridge, then Mt. Yu-Dal. Even the ...
Passage to the Islands
... mainly (the section I stayed in) a run down fishing town that's mainly used as a passage by ferry into the multiple islands around Mokpo or Jeju Island. Stayed at a cheap hotel next to the train station for 20,000W but the food was expensive. Met a cool ...
Day tour around Honeymoon island
Dad woke me early for a "refreshing" morning walk. However, I had slept with my head wet and I awoke with this thumping ...
Mokpo
After a lovely and very relaxing train ride we arrived in Mokpo around 11.00pm. Needless to say we just found ourselves accommodation went out to eat and then to bed. Tuesday we took it nice and easy. Mokpo is not very interesting and there is ...
Last ferry to Couchsurfing-do
Just managed to get the last ferry to Imja-do due to the absolutely crap weather. Ticket from Mokpo 7,600W (including ferry). Paul is a cool English guy, right out in rural Korea. We hung out and got drunk with Farmer-Boy a local Korean farmer, drinking ...
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