Country Info
- Seoul
- Capital
- Won (KRW)
- Currency
- 47,904,370
- Population
- KR
- Country Code
Seoul Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Seoul, Korea Rep.
Seoul Searching
... long Heres a nice and short one for you, i have so much to say, just not the mental capacity to write it :P one week in Seoul Korea the biggest city in the world then off to Tokyo, Which is big as well but technically its own province, anyways cheers to ...
An Appropriate Final Celebration
... find that my last 3 days in Seoul so very appropriately coincide with the annual 'Lotus Lantern Festival' which includes a parade through downtown Seoul and is as large and festive as any parade in the USA. I am fortunate enough to be both an observer ...
A Probable Situation
... and comments are openly welcome) December 7, 2008 A probable situation in the Republic of Korea: You might have a few beers with fried chicken. Also on the menu might be good conversation with even ...
Homesick
... storm then I may experience more. Experiences like finishing the book called Comrades and Strangers: Behind the Closed Doors of North Korea and asking a bartender on Saturday night if she thinks the North and South should unite, to which she said "yes". ...
Why is everyone laughing at me?
... Bar Soul. A nice bistro on the second floor of a 5 story building a short walk away. The prices were more in line with Seoul pricing and North American pricing. As the red lights along the walls dazzled me I ordered a Jack and Coke by pointing to a ...
Welcome in Korea
... and question about a new country, but this time I,ve spent some time in Osaka airport to get the basic information about Korea and how to go to Seoul. As a first taste, I would say that there is not the same will for the detail as in Japan (but I ...
Sprinting to Catch Up
... , peppers, and mushrooms. To understand the rest of this meal, I'll have to give a few generalizations about Korean dining. First, Korea is the land of sidedishes. Most meals will have a minimum of a half dozen side dishes. Guaranteed amog them are ...
Seoul Vacation: day four and onwards
... the end of my griping. For dinner we were going for steak, something very scarce in Korea, at the Outback Steakhouse. Yep, they have everything in Seoul. The food was great, service wonderful, and the bathrooms immaculate. Actually they have these ...
slow but eventful
... us up with a fantastic restaurant. 3 nights in a row that we've had an incredible meal at restaurants that are famous in Seoul for that particular type of food. Fri night was Club Night in Hongdae. This is a younger part of town but every Friday ...
Tomorrow is Today and Today is Tomorrow
... is not his to make Freedom stripped, the army will take Not sure how to interpret the conscription here in South Korea. I guess it's to remain strong against the threat of the North. A threat that I never really feel in my day to ...
Surfing in Busan
... ladies that were coming on the trip. We chatted and asked the standard "where you from, how long have you been in Korea, and what ages do you teach" questions of each other. As we were chatting the guy that approached me earlier started walking ...
Seoul
... alli nos explicaron un poquito mas de esta canción y nos dieron comida, fueron muy amables la verdad.. The day we arrived back in Seoul we went for a walk around one of the really cool streets in the city center, which has lots of museums, tea rooms and ...
Anna's visit to Seoul Part Deux
... the English tours. In this tour, we had several Japanese tourists. As most of you know, Japan has treated Korea horribly periodically over the last 500 years. Almost every single Korean relic was destroyed in the Japanese invasion of ...
Europa ist abgehaengt.
... den 4 Wochen Extremdiarrhoe in Nepal, die ich zum Glueck durch eine eisenharte Antibiotika-Selbstmedikation stoppen konnte, jedem Korea als ausgezeichnetes Urlaubsland empfehlen. Alles ist sauber und gepflegt, auch die Leute hier. Am Tage meiner Ankunft ...
Seoul
We had a couple of days in Seoul before our free foreigners bus to Jeonju so we visited another two of the royal palaces, a park of burial mounds, a stream in the middle of a load of skyscrapers, Hongik university area, which is one of the nightlife hubs ...
Knock knock lets go to Seoul
September 24, 2007 Got woken up by Chrissy and Scotty. "Hey wanna go into Seoul?" " "Sure" I grabbed a quick shower and we headed for the subway 1st stop: Itaewan AKA the armpit of Seoul 2nd stop: A palace 3rd stop: A supposed castle ...
Wannabe "Soul" of Asia
... before heading to China. The city is pretty big with 10M people (Paris-like) and quite modern. After hosting the 88 Olympics, Seoul (pronounce "Saoul") became a truly global city and serves as a hub for business in East Asia. The city has some nice areas ...
Bouncing around.
... and find essential things like shampoo are often more rewarding than actually finding the right words or items. I'm back in Seoul at the other CIS School. I was kindly asked by my supervisor in Uijeongbu if I would mind going back as they ...
all around seoul
... know him from SB, and his friend Don the previous night. Ray has been travelling for the past 2 months and Don lives in Seoul as an English teacher. Our first destination was Gyung Bok Gung, the primary palace of the Chosun Dynasty built in 1395. The ...
Imperial Palace and off to Singapore
... markets are literally across the street in the Maranouchi District. Then, back to Narita for my trip to Singapore via Seoul. Why not nonstop? Because I wanted to take advantage of Singapore Airlines' first class service on their ...
First trip into Seoul
... As I contrasted the population of Uijeongbu (a very homogeneous population...I am clearly one of a hand full of Caucasians living there) to Seoul I noted the variety of people there. We had lunch at a restaurant/bar called Geckos. I had a buffalo chicken ...
Seoul (Or: Where's the Beef?)
... that fall right below your knees. So in the one place where my normal wardrobe would blend in perfectly, I'm stuck in Seoul wearing North Face fleeces and hiking shoes, with no room to take more clothes. The injustice of it ...
Fighting the weekend hordes
... small children, older Koreans, big groups of teenagers, foreigners. Every demographic was represented it seems, coming to see Seoul's latest cultural attraction. When I got in though I wasn't feeling so charitable and share-the-wealth selfless. I wish ...
Seoul (Or: Family and Friends)
... English songs in addition to Korean songs, so Jeremy and I got a few more in before the end of the night. Korea was a lightning-speed tour of mountains, beaches, temples, museums, restaurants, rivers, family, and friends. And some healthy ...
Off to buy a computer.
... confines of time. Or at least make this Sunday night last a while longer. I bought a lap top today at an electronics store in Seoul. Courtesy of Mom and Dad. It is pretty nice with a bit of power though not enough to play video games. Today while waiting ...
Seoul Searching
... two week stay in South Korea and have enjoyed a busy time thus far exploring different parts of Seoul and different aspects of life in urban Korea. Korean culture shares many similarities with the Japanese way of life, although Koreans go to great ...
Seoul World DJ Fest
... , hiking, and partying all summer on the east coast and down in Busan when there's waves. I found a web site compliments of Nathan, the Seoul Board Riders club pres. It shows the swell in Asia and I am prepared to hop on a train, bus, or even plane to get ...
A brief stop in South Korea
After a short flight we arrived in Seoul and easily found our hostel from the subway station following the directions of left at Starbucks, straight at McDonalds, left at Baskin and Robins and we are in between Pizza Hut and Dunkin Donuts… there is ...
