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Seoul (Or: Where's the Beef?)
A Travel Blog entry by connieyc from Seoul, Korea Rep.
... with Americans, and no one bothered Jeremy or I. It seemed that the underlying problem was the Koreans' issues with the new president, who'd been in office for about 100 days so far. But no pesky protests would get in our way. ...
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Seoul - palaces and towers
A Travel Blog entry by grahamandmandi from Seoul, Korea Rep.
... tickets and again hustled us away from the glass entrance way. Seems that they were holding the funeral of an ex president. We speculate from the presence of the secret service and the riot police, that this ceremony was not without controversy. ...
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Palaces, N. Seoul Tower, and the DMZ
A Travel Blog entry by benjaminhadaway from Seoul, Korea Rep.
... about all the incidents in the DMZ. There have been several presidential assassination attempts by North Korean commandos on the president. Also, numerous soldiers have died on both sides, ships captured, and loads of other things. It ...
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Hi from Seoul, Korea
A Travel Blog entry by kmicfallon from Seoul, Korea Rep.
... . The club had showers so I was able to rejuvinate myself. I arrived in Seoul at a very new and modern airport. My hotel was in the center city so I made my way to the information desk. I knew that a ...
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Whirlwind tour of Seoul, South Korea
A Travel Blog entry by lolavie from Seoul, Korea Rep.
Included with our plane tickets from Asiana Airlines is an option for a day tour of Seoul or a hotel room to relax in during the 12 hour layover each flight has in South Korea. Not willing to give up the opportunity to visit one more ...
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Atlanta, to Seoul and Bangkok
A Travel Blog entry by mdemmons from Seoul, Korea Rep.
... a little late. It couldn't possibly have anything to do with the necessary Secret Service sweep that had to be completed before former President Jimmy Carter boarded the plane. Surely not! That was a long-ass fight for sure. But kudos to Korean Air. What ...
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Seoul at last
A Travel Blog entry by nancy295 from Seoul, Korea Rep.
... with the huge live blowfish in a tank as we walked in. Breakfast was traditional with soup and sides. The President and Division Director joined us and then we walked a few doors down and met Director Cho's wife at her restaurant. He ...
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Doing Seoul in one day (or so it seemed)
A Travel Blog entry by jill_986 from Seoul, Korea Rep.
... the National Folk Museum. But, on our way, we stopped to take a photo of the Blue House; the place where the Korean president resides. You know, their version of the White House. It was so...regal on top of the hill with guards all ...
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Reflections on Korea - warning - an essay!
A Travel Blog entry by andydarcy1979 from Seoul, Korea Rep.
... ; into North Korea - I think it was a frozen lake – seemingly to satisfy his own curiosity and was immediately imprisoned. Ex-president Jimmy Carter then had to go over there and plead for his release so no doubt they used aid as a bargaining chip. ...
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Light and Shadow
A Travel Blog entry by jsc from Seoul, Korea Rep.
... off. After language classes everyone from the dorms filed off to the barbeque (a.k.a., free food fest) held by the president of Yonsei university for the international students. The food was really excellent, with barbequed Korean beef (bulgogi) as ...
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My Blog and Presidential Palace Visit
A Travel Blog entry by londone7 from Seoul, Korea Rep.
... grounds and hardly a security threat. They showed us a 160 year old tree, and a smaller one planted by the current president. After walking around the grounds we could see the Official Residence from a distance. Later they took us to the ...
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Where things went pear shaped
A Travel Blog entry by overlandlyn2010 from Seoul, Korea Rep.
... to start running between Seoul and Pyongyang but the only one that ever ran was the first one on which the President went. Immediately after the relations between the two Koreas deteriorated and the scheduled service never got going: This was in ...
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Soul of Asia
A Travel Blog entry by shru24 from Seoul, Korea Rep.
... for roads. In 1968, during the presidency of Park Chung-hee, an elevated highway was built over it. In July 2003, then- Seoul mayor, current President Lee-Myung-bak initiated a project to remove the elevated highway and restored the stream. It was a major ...
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Hello 2009
A Travel Blog entry by linkspurr from Seoul, Korea Rep.
... Koreans. Whilst we couldn't understand the many signs and banners it turns out that most of the protests were directed at the President and whilst it was peaceful and there was just a lot of drumming and chanting it was kind of scary given the ...
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Trip to Cambodia
A Travel Blog entry by chaletaria from Siem Reap, Khétt Siĕm Réab, Cambodia
... between UN Transitional Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC) and the Supreme National Council (SNC) with Prince (not King now) Sihanouk as president. The royalist party (FUNCINPEC) won the next election but the CPP, led by Hun Sen would not relinquish power so ...
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Is China ready to host the Games?
A Travel Blog entry by happysheep from Beijing, China
... about the number of heads of state who have agreed to attend the opening ceremony and putting a top Communist leader, a vice-president no less, in charge of preparations. Yu thinks China is perhaps over-sensitive because the country still suffers a ...
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Last post from Thailand
A Travel Blog entry by thomasgillam from Bangkok, Thailand
... . All the travelers we met were interested in the US election and several wished they had a vote! The fact is, whoever is President of the US impacts the whole world. I am glad to see that the Americans appear to be energized and hopefully they will ...
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Goodnight, Saigon
A Travel Blog entry by andymo99 from Sydney, Australia
... Palace, which was the last official site of our Saigon Tour. The palace was the residence of the South Vietnamese president and was very interesting. We saw ceremonial rooms, private areas (movie theater, bedrooms, etc.), and the basement where planning ...
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Back to Donghae and District Conference
A Travel Blog entry by nancy295 from Donghae, Korea Rep.
... were seated on the stage on huge leather chairs, not unlike the seating at the International Convention. Next the President's Representative was introduced with his wife and they sat in huge chairs on the opposite side of the ...
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