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Travel Blogs from Suwon, Korea Rep.
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The start of a new adventure
... in, getting used to our surroundings and seeing a little of the city. It wasn’t long before a few of South Korea’s little quirks became apparent, including the presence of meat in every single dish (the biggest challenge), traffic lights ...
An attempt to go back in time
... Both feeling a bit under the weather we decided not to venture too far, and decided on the Korean Folk Village, just outside of Suwon. We bought our tickets near Suwon station and jumped onto a free shuttle bus, and before long I got the feeling ...
Everland baby!
... I set off towards the Paldalmun and Unesco-listed fortress that Suwon is famous for. The guidbooks are all a bit unkind about Suwon, labelling i as Seoul's wannabee ugly sister, but to be fair walkign arround the city I have to admit I really like it. ...
Adventures in Ingyedong
... of print, some buddhist statues and an exhibition on Uzbekistan in the middle ages, I didn't find it too interesting. Korea's highlights certainly aren't to be found in a museum. Perhaps the brightest parts of the long six weeks since our return ...
A disappointing effort
... voice for the 90 minutes, despite their team losing. It was also surprising to see so many foreigners (Americans) in blue Suwon tops supporting the local team. At half time we got a decent glimpse of Korea's favourite athlete, the gold medal ...
glimpse into my life in Suwon
I decided it was finally time to post some photos of Suwon and Ajou University. (not everything I do here in Korea is all fun and games). I spend my 9am to 7+pm in the neuroscience lab at Ajou, and occasionally have time to walk around the city after I ...
Incheon here we come.... Hello Suwon
... another hour south of Incheon. I call my friend and say how incredibly intelligent we are. We venture in to Suwon. The great thing about Korea is that every single city has a tourist information centre by the main subway station. And there are ...
Suwon
Not far from Seoul now, we stopped at Suwon for a few days to see another fortress. This fortress, named Hwaseong, is a World Heritage Site and greatly more impressive than Gongsanseong at Gongju. The sun was shining and we gave into temptation and tucked ...
![hwaseong, kalbi, and throwing ice [beer] mugs, Suwon, Korea Rep. travel blog](http://images.travelpod.com/users/lrhalladay/5.1280272404.hwaseong-fortress-suwon.jpg "hwaseong, kalbi, and throwing ice [beer] mugs, Suwon, Korea Rep. travel blog")
hwaseong, kalbi, and throwing ice [beer] mugs
... locked alive inside a rice chest by his own father. Sounds like the wall represents great family values...). When I first arrived in Suwon I was a bit let down after learning that the entire city of Suwon isn't enclosed within the fortress walls (how cool ...
Wandering round the fortress
... back to Sydney, Steve had to make tracks soon after, and I saw him off at the Hotel Castle bus terminal, where I first arrived in Suwon just over three months earlier. It was great to show him a bit of the country for a few days, and we didn't ...
Suwonban jártam / Suwon excursion
... 30km south from Seoul. The population of Suwon is about 1 million, King Jeongjo made an ultimately unsuccessful attempt to make Suwon the nation's capital in 1796. The main sight of Suwon is the Hwaseong fortress and the brick fortress wall running ...
Suwon Hwaseong Cultural Festival
... be with the group and left (much to the annoyance of the parade official.) We learned later they were a delegation from Suwon's sister cities and had been given seats of honor to watch the performance and parade. And while the parade guys ...
Brave New World
... nbsp;Austin to try to meet the weight limit on at least one suitcase left us with a few missing items upon arrival in Suwon. One of which being we only had 1 stick of deodorant (which was about half gone) for 2 people for 5 ...
World Cup Fever
... nbsp; Joining us was a friend of Ania's, Eri, and for a while one of her friends. Although Uruguay struck first, South Korea replied mid way through the second half, to which the crowd at the stadium erupted. Could South Korea make it through ...
Farewell, Suwon!
... away with doing really stupid things simply because I'm a tourist that doesn't know any better And, of course there are things that Korea doesn't have, that I'll be happy to have once again when I return home (in addition to family, friends, and pets of ...
Suwon Fortress, World Heritage Site
Hallo zusammen, heute habe ich einen Ausflug 30km gen Sueden nach Suwon gemacht. Die dortige Stadt hat heute etwas ueber eine Million Einwohner und eine UNESCO World Heritage Site, die Suwon Burg von 1796. Die Burg besteht eigentlich nur aus einer ...
Fun with Folks
... several interesting stone sculptures. One in particular appeared to be of a man with fangs. Maybe there were vampires in 18th century Korea? Lunch was another mystery food on a stick. It tasted similar to the mystery stick food we got from the Seoul ...
Lost in translation
... bag and tried them. Oh, you meant toffee covered peanuts, got it. (Still yummy, if not nearly as exotic.) Old lady clothes (Suwon Galleria) - I'm not sure if it's the women or the lingerie that's old, but either way I didn't bother shopping on this ...
Gwanggyosan
... there. In the context of traditional Korean logic and beliefs and within the realm of Korean Confucianism, Gwanggyosan serves as Suwon's jinsan, or Guardian Mountain. As Suwon's jinsan, the mountain provides a natural landmark indicating the city's ...
A Korean wedding
... a visit by the bride's father who again thanked us for coming, and informed us that there were two types of wedding in Korea, a traditional and a western wedding, and we were currently at the latter. To be honest, apart from the bride's white dress ...
Riding a Bullet to see my Baby
OK while not technically the bullet train which is in Japan the Korea Train eXpress or KTX is still pretty sweet.Its the Korean high speed train and I got a chance to ride it on my way to surprise the girl in my life. Last Wednesday I got two ...
Suwon
... way out for the sole purpose of his funeral. So I spent the next morning paying my respects. That afternoon I went to Suwon Fortress, a UNESCO site. It was built in 1794, has 41 facilities (towers, dam, buildings) and is considered a masterpiece in ...
Korean Food & Suwon
... it doesn’t mean it is close. We arrived at the perimeter wall and were both surprised that the city of Suwon was actually very developed within the walls. We headed over to Hwaseong palace. Again the architecture is just ...
Suwon Hwaseong Festival : Fortress & Military Show
... I have seen in korea but I still think the Buyeo royal parades last weekend were my favourite as they were more historical. Suwon is worth spending a day exploring either the fortress or the folk village. Here is my blog entry from last year when I went ...
Stumbling Onto A Festival in Historic Suwon
... fall into our laps, and this was no exception. This weekend we leave for Jeju island, for a three day stay on Korea's largest semi- tropical island. I am particularly looking forward to hiking on some volcanic craters and inside the lava tubes. Exciting ...
Seoul
... to Japan in appearances, but after I travelled to other Asian countries and found some differences from Japan, I felt like visiting South Korea and finding differences there, too. Nov.2nd Getting off at a bus stop in Insadong, I headed for Seoul ...
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