Astoria Seoul
13-2 Namhak-Dong, Chung-gu Seoul, 100-260, Korea Rep.
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So, Korea is cold.
... Our tour guide was a really cute Korean woman named Kwak (she made a point to tell us that it wasn't "quack"). She was so nice and smiley. Our first stop was the Gyeongbokgung Palace which is right smack dab in the middle of modern Seoul. The palace construction began in 1394 during the Joseon Dynasty when the capital was relocated to Hanyang (modern day Seoul). We watched the changing of the guards ceremony when we arrived--lots of ...
The adventure has begun!!
... on a different flight
now that would go to San Francisco & then would catch a plane to
Seoul the next morning at 11am (today). They also said that my
luggage would come with me to San Francisco & it would be on the
next flight with me to Seoul. However, when I arrived in San
Francisco I went to customer service & they told me that my
luggage had actually gone to Seattle on a different flight!! :| The
worst! Also, that they ...
There's a whole lot of soul in Seoul!
... the museum. The ground floor is dedicated to pre and ancient history, with 10 rooms beautifully devoted to artefacts that really capture the period. Fantastic finds from the Baekje and Silla periods had lots of beautiful gold jewellery and royal adornments, pottery drinking vessels and Joseon dynastic Code of Laws tablets and woodblocks. The first floor was a donations gallery by many philanthropic Koreans, including beautiful ceramics and Buddha statues. Calligraphy ...
Seoul, Capital of South Korea
... di 711 / Family Mart . Harga T Money sekitar 2500 – 3000 won / Rp.20.000
Di dalam subway, disediakan tempat duduk khusus untuk orang tua lanjut usia, wanita hamil dan penyandang cacat. Tempat duduk ini terletak di ujung tiap gerbong kereta. Walau demikian, kaum muda Korea dengan cepat akan memberikan tempat duduknya kalau ada orang tua yang masuk kereta dan keadaan sedang penuh penumpang.
Lanjut lagi cerita menuju Gyeongbokgung Palace…
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Seoul: Run, DMZ! (aka Ahoy, North Korea)
... the water would shoot up and indicate where the tunnel was.
Funnily enough, the North claimed it was a coal mining tunnel they were digging. They even went so far as to go about and paint the walls black, if there were a coal seam. But even with it successful, I'm not sure how great military use the tunnel would be. We had to walk like those old Korean visored women (Ajumma)--osteoporotically hunched over. It was cool, wet and long and you get ...



