Koreana Hotel

Our day started earlier than usual -- at 07.45h, when we were picked up by a driver at our hotel and taken to the Koreana Hotel, to board a large bus for the tour of the DMZ. Half of the people on the bus were Japanese, while the other half were from all ...

Our day started earlier than usual -- at 07.45h, when we were picked up by a driver at our hotel and taken to the Koreana Hotel, to board a large bus for the tour of the DMZ. Half of the people on the bus were Japanese, while the other half were from ...

... ). I was asking myself what on earth did i put myself through?!? i must be seriously out of my mind.... lol... Found the bus to Koreana Hotel and took a cab to the Guest House where i was staying for one night. My plan was to check in and get some sleep. ...

... the book says.  I guess I got a fantastic deal through the tourist hotel booking at the airport.  It is called the Koreana.  It is a nice hotel but cable internet is 300 won per minute or a max of 18000 won per day (about $18)   ...

... . There is some good shopping at Singapore Airport! Didn't buy anything though, but I'll be back. 19h30 Arrived at our hotel the Koreana in downtown Seoul. This really is a huge city, the drive from the airport took some time and all along the way ...

... chocolate, granola bars, silverware, etc.). Nothing we could do about it then, so we made our way into town in search of a hotel (incidentally, the nice folks at our hotel later called the station for us to check on it and were informed they hadn't seen ...

... That is right from the 9th century.   In the 14th Century, this temple became the repository for the Tripitaka Koreana woodblocks which are devotional writings.  We were told that Haeinsa is considered a "religious cradle for national peace and ...

The flight was long, 11 hours, made longer by a large number of babies on board, heading to family vacations in Mauritius. They made for a raucous chorus for several hours after takeoff and before landing. My in-ear headphones were even more appreciated ...

... and took another bus to Haeinsa Temple. This temple is one of the most famous in South Korea, because this where the Tripitaka Koreana is stored. This Tripitaka Koreana is an ancient book printed on thousands of woodblocks: it was quite impressive. Back ...

I'm in Tashkent! I am sitting in the business center of the Hotel Koreana, using a keyboard that has English, Korean and Cyrillic characters. I couldn't get into my email, so I thought this was the perfect opportunity to take advantage of the Hotel's ...

... diciéndome que no entendía el japonés. Me extraño durante unas décimas de segundo pero enseguida me dice que es que ella es Koreana, de Seul y sabe de japonés lo mismo que yo. También es profesora de inglés, por cierto. Va con otra amiga suya que ...

... the roar of my bike to make sure anyone in front of got out of the way I managed to sight the glimmering lights of the hotel region and was relieved when I was finally riding under the cover of dimmed amber road lights. I pulled into the driveway of the ...

... beads.  We met after 30 minutes and Dr. Peterson led us on a tour further up the hill, where they keep the Tripitaka Koreana.  These are wooden printing blocks (over 80,000 of them) that have Buddhist scriptures on them, and they have been kept ...

... the internet cafe near my apartment; I started going there when I was starting to get sick because I couldn't make it to the Hotel Koreana. I thought he only spoke Russian, but it turns out he also speaks Tatar, Uzbek and a little English. Yay! ...