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First day in Korea

A travel blog entry by marvroki

Dear friends and family, I'm going to try to recall what we did in Korea. We did so many things that it started running together. At first I want to share my impression on Korea. It is a very friendly country and Korean people likes for us to use their language even with very limited vocabularies. They all smile every time I say, "Anyon Haseyo" …

Sept 1, 05 (Thursday)

A travel blog entry by marvroki

We were on our coach in the morning to Haeinsa Temple about 2 hours drive. This temple was established in A.D. 802 and has a number of art treasures in more than 90 buildings. But what really distinguishes this temple is the collection of more than 80,000 wooden printing blocks which compose the most complete collection of the Buddhist Canon to be …

Insadong and Namdaemum market

A travel blog entry by saumui

short walking distance to insadong, 5mins. went to tea museum. had a black tea. took the shuttle bus by the hotel to namdaemum market..pasar like until afternoon..tons of stuffs..many jackets..

Gyeong Palace, Buamdong (Coffee prince house)

A travel blog entry by saumui

visited the palace with a free english speaking tours (at specific times). must try the coffee at club expresso at buamdong..fantastic.. from the house, we can see the walls separating north and south korea.

Competition et Récital de Yo Yo Ma

A travel blog entry by celesteinkorea

... re pi�ce... Mais ils sont revenus en rappel 4 fois et apres Le cygne il y a finalement eu une ovation. Finalement c'est peut �tre vrai quand on dit que les fonctionnaires d'Ottawa font des standing ovation trop facilement ;) En passant l'uniforme des placeuses (parce qu'il ny avait pas de gars) �tait plus beau que le n�tre, et l'ironie la dedans est que leurs jupe est grise et leur veston bleu marin, mais elles ont beaucoup moins l'aire ridicule que nous!

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