Created by SeenThat on October 9, 2008
- In my way back to the US from Bangkok, the flip-flops of modern days flights forced me to stop in Seoul. For the third time I was at almost parachuting distance from Tokyo, and missed it.
- 3 reviews
- 2 Stories
- 63 photos
Created by ifor_gal on September 27, 2008
- This ever-changing metropolitan city has become fashion forward and culturally conscious. Boutiques, designer cafes, and amazing restaurants have popped up all over the crowded city...here I share a few of my favorites.
Created by Ishtar on January 20, 2007
- We were caught in transit in Seoul for a mere 48 hours in freezing weather and no car. How we survived.
- 4 reviews
- 1 Story
- 20 photos
Created by travelswithkids on February 26, 2006
- With only a couple days in Seoul on our Korea trip, we sampled its palaces, people, museums, and shopping markets.
Created by Paul Bacon on December 18, 2005
- For one year, I taught English in a Hogwan (private language school) in a small town called Taean about two hours south of Seoul.
- 10 reviews
- 7 Stories
- 10 photos
Created by E. B. on September 11, 2005
- A lot has changed since I last visited the Korean Folk Village, known to native Koreans as Minsokchon. Twenty years ago, I remember a quaint town of yesteryear. Today, it resembled a miniature Disneyworld. American culture has pervaded the world, even in a folk town meant to be authentic.
Created by seethesun on June 3, 2005
- The home of one of the ferocious Asian tigers of South Korea, Seoul is home to 10 million people. Located in the northern part of South Korea and just a stone’s throw away from the world’s most militarized zone, Seoul vibrates with a force that one must experience for oneself.
- 2 reviews
- 5 Stories
- 8 photos
Created by E. B. on September 27, 2004
- I haven't been back to my birthplace in eighteen years. I went to visit my very ill grandmother for possibly the last time. It was also an opportunity to catch up with relatives that I hardly ever see and to practice my poor Korean. "Uh, does anyone here speak English?"
Created by michaelhudson on July 17, 2004
- The two Jeolla Provinces are Korea's forgotten lands, underdeveloped hotbeds of political dissent and fractious regionalism.
Created by michaelhudson on July 14, 2004
- Busan is Korea's city on the bay, an extended urban sprawl that's grown ten-fold in population since the mid-1940s, and is one of the world's busiest ports.
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