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... canals on their own at night and apparently nothing ever gets stolen, which could be the result of many years of authoritarian government – I don’t really know. It is about the most inappropriate training for Thailand that I could have signed up for. Every time I walk down the street, I am accosted by school children or university students and interviewed for some sort of assignment. The way it works is that I tell them about Scotland and how much ...
The Suwon Hwaseong Cultural Festival
... wall surrounding the city. We ended up walking along the walls for a bit which gave beautiful views of Suwon. After exploring for a bit longer, we headed back down from the fortress to explore a palace that was at the bottom at the festival site. The palace was really interesting since several of the rooms were intricately decorated and had mannequins placed there to show how each other ...
Heart and Seoul... I fell in love with you...
... Date Line) at which point we'll have lunch and be able to stretch our legs a little during the four hour layover. The next flight is United 8504 operated by Air Canada leaving San Francisco at 3:40pm and touching down in Toronto at 11:22pm. Whew, it'll be a long day! :)
Monday, August 8
Last day in Seoul and last day of our trip! We got up relatively early today in anticipation for planning to get up reeeally early on Tuesday for our ...
Going Home...
... of instant noodles or cup noodles home!).
I had to fulfill my duty to help my friends and family buy products from The Face Shop at the local cosmetic house. The brand, ODBO, is the so-called 'Korean version of SKII' and I've used their products and thought they were quite good. Hence, I bought some more during this trip as we couldn't find this brand in most of the cosmetics shop we see in ...
Korean Food & Suwon
... and went to a club called Papa Gorilla. Admission was free to foreigners so that was a plus. The club was packed and hot and not really to my liking. We found lockers inside the clubs that people put their jackets and purses in, so that was something I did like about the club. The music was mostly Top 40 and Rap, this place was too westernized for me. A Hite beer was 2000 won, about $2. They did have "The Bucket." A deadly large drink that ...
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