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There's a whole lot of soul in Seoul!
... up area outside the back of the quadrants was much more peaceful, so I enjoyed seeing the Gyeonghoeru raised pavilion with its 48 stone pillars, overlooking an artificial lake and island. Beyond, there’s another attractive round pavilion in another lake, complimented by the mountains behind the compound and a seemingly new building showcases jars retrieved from the Seoul palaces and around the country. They’re an impressive sight, in various sizes and ...
Seoul
... I did was absolutely worth doing. So after my first day, the rest of my time here was a whirlwind. Some days I was out all day sightseeing, and some I relaxed in a cafe and read, something not often done in Bangkok. My first Saturday in Seoul was spectacular. A Korean boy, Peter, staying at my hostel was in town to see a k-pop concert that was being sponsored by the duty-free company Lotte. His Mom had got free tickets after purchasing duty-free and he had 3 extra tickets which ...
Seeing Charles in action
... leaf, add some rice and anything else you fancy then you wrap it into a small parcel and put it all into your mouth. I either took too much or can't stuff my mouth like that so I always seemed to have to take two or more bites.
Tomorrow is a big holiday here - something like Thanks giving and so no school until Thursday and we'll be off to the Philippines early in the morning,
By the way - I don't have network here for my phone so I'm not getting any messages except email!
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Seoul 2: Palace, tentacles, same old, same old
... 8217;s too *******ned expensive’, tempered with a cautiously civil, ‘But if you want it, sure, but I hope you don’t.’ Well that doesn’t end well when everyone has the same thought process because the default is that the fishmonger wins. And win he did so we forked over 20,000 won each for the fish, and a few extra bucks for some octopus (which Justin had ordered for all of us, to our chagrin).
After buying the fish, the ...
Hüpfen für die Wiedervereinigung
Wenn man schon mal in Südkorea ist, kann man gleich mal einen Abstecher auf die dunkle Seite machen und zur DMZ, zur demilitarized zone, fahren. Am Anfang der Woche haben wir eine entsprechende Tour gebucht. Wir wurden also heute von einer netten Dame abgeholt. Nachdem wir ihre einzigen Gäste an diesem Tag waren, haben wir quasi eine Privattour bekommen.
Nach einer ca. einstündigen Fahrt sind wir also bei einem Shuttlebus ...


