Sokcho Hotels - Reviews and Rates

Ahhh November 11th... a time to celebrate the end of the 1st World War, a time to appreciate veterans. Right?

If you happen to be in Korea on November 11th, you are lucky enough to be a part of "Pepero Day" which, while not as important on a world wide scale, is still a fun (and delicious holiday).

What's Pepero? Well, it's simple....

As the weather keeps growing colder and colder (and windier and windier), I've noticed a trend in which I get home from work around 5:30pm, make dinner, and then DON'T leave my apartment until I have to work the next day. After a week or two of this, I started realizing that the life of the hermit isn't too conducive to staying healthy or sane. ...

Steph came to visit me for a week. We spent the first couple of days in Incheon since I had a couple midterms and classes I had to go to. On Wednesday (she arrived on Sunday evening), we left Incheon and went to the East coast to a city called Sokcho. This is a city that is on the East Sea and many people stay in this city when they are visiting...

The Busan crew rented a couple of cars and made our way to a beach near Sokcho to camp, hike, swim, and party the long weekend away. It was apparently the busiest weekend of the year there, but in town we didn't feel like there was a lot to do. The highlight was the cable car/hike up to the top of Seoraksan, the tallest mountain in South Korea, ...

i climbed a mountain. a proper mountain with "mount" in it's name. Mount Seorak to be precise or Seoraksan in korean. it was a *****, lemme tell you. it was high, steep, and treacherous. ok, maybe not the latter, but freakin' haaaard to climb. i went to seorak national park to hike on some trails and hang out in nature. there are loads of trails...

Caught the bus from Seoul to Sokcho, a nice little town near the Seoraksan National Park. Found a cheap room next to the bus station with 2 Korean adult channels on the tv and a vending machine in the corner of the room that sold beer and used ladies knickers (picture included for proof of authenticity). Only US$10. Tempting, as we had heard tha...

I arrived at Incheon airport knowing this: Koreans are Asian, they eat fermented cabbage, and drink some strange rice liquor. And there are no waves in Korea. I found the man holding the sign with my name (cool, that's never happened before), and followed him, expecting a quick ride into Seoul, where I thought orientation was. Already in the van...