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The Seoul Experience

A travel blog entry by kathryn.russell

On our way to Russia, we stopped off in Seoul for a couple of days. Our approach to Seoul was fairly clear and we were able to see the many settlements in the rural areas of South Korea. Seoul itself appears to be clustered into several main districts each served by its own centre. Most of the people live in high rise apartment blocks, however it …

Leaving for Seoul

A travel blog entry by midwaycl65

Departed Shanghai Pudong airport at 14:30 on Asiana Flight 368 to Seoul Incheon. The flight was pretty empty so it was quite comfortable; it only took 1:30 to make the short trip across the Yellow Sea. After a nice rest in the Renaissance hotel and actually sleeping in until 08:00 I hired a driver and went on an afternoon tour of Seoul. Our first …

Seoul for a Day

A travel blog entry by rebshark

We got into Seoul at almost 8pm last night, went out for Korean BBQ for dinner and then crashed. Now off to do some last minute souvenir shopping and then home. See you all soon!

Company, parades & getting slapped by cab driv

A travel blog entry by tabburnett

... It's such a surreal feeling to walk among such diversity. You feel a sense of pride for where you're from as well as a fuller understanding of togetherness of people (insert Beatles song) This is one of my favorite characteristics about Seoul; the togetherness of the people. i started to recognize just how vast the people were, how they were all laughing, smiling, enjoying the same setting as everyone else. I'm not a huge history buff and I'm far from any understanding of ...

A hiking we will go...

A travel blog entry by redcanoe1

... and busiest cities in the world to help put your own matters into perspective.

We hiked until it got dark, then I set out crossing across Seoul, spending an hour and a half on subways to get to the English bookstore (the things I do for books) and finally headed home. I was so involved in one of my new books that I missed the last stop on my bus and only realized when it was just the bus driver and I left as we had pulled up at the deserted bus ...