Gangneung, Korea Rep.

... . Still freezing, but beautiful! The beaches here are all lined with barbed-wire because it is so close to North Korea. I've never seen anything like that before. Beautiful coastline wrapped with circles of barbed wire and every so often there are ...

... home to Canada, Art back for a short 6 months, and me off to travel). Dec. 12 - Sophie, buddy from Seoul, came into Gangneung to visit Chris and I before I leave and Chris goes out on vacation (meeting up with me in Vietnam).  We had fun seeing her ...

About 3 hours bus ride east of Seoul I made it to the Korea east coast. The city was not too big, lots of hotels near the beach. Managed to find a nice place at the MGM ..haaa for real it was the name, must have been named after the MGM in Las Vegas? Next ...

After Sokcho and Seoraksan National Park, we went a bit further South to an area called Gangneung to a beach called Gyeongpoe.  We stayed in a cruise ship that was built on land, serving as a hotel.  It was quite expensive.  We opted for a ...