Seoul

When I visited East Asia I would like to have visited Tokyo but accomodation and living standard is much more expensive there. So I settled for Seoul instead - and how right was I. It turned out to be a fantastic advanture and I loved my time there. I would like to talk more about Seoul as it is a lively city with lots of clubs, restaurants, casinos and big shopping malls. --- seoul CULTURE --- Instead of going to a Western style pub, why not try a Korean style bar? When in Seoul, do what the people in Seoul do and order some side dishes to go along a drink. It is a kind of culture there. Booking clubs are one of the most common nightclubs ...  Read the complete review

Braving the baffling coloured squiggles of the pervasive subway system, we navigate across town to the ancient palace of Changdeokgung. It stands very impressively with it's green and red decorated markings, and we decide to take a tour (in Korean) inside the grounds for the staggering price of about £1 each. Walking through the archways and wide courtyards, it's difficult to see how something of this antiquated beauty can exist within such a concentration of mindless traffic and concrete lassitude. While the contrast isn't as visceral as Japan, it's still a nice surprise, having only seen the one side of Seoul so far. In Korea, locals tend to stare with ...  Read the complete review

Just spent a few days on a business trip to Seoul en route from Taipei. Here follows my mini-travellers guide to Seoul based on that wealth (!) of experience 1. Seoul is huge, 12M in the city 2. Seoul is very modern 3. Seoul is very cold in winter reaching -15/-20 and in summer it is very hot +35 4. Every car is either a Daewoo, a Hyundai, a Kia, a SSang Yong or a Samsung Motor - there are a few Western makes around - we played spot the non Korean car for 3 hours in the back of a cab - we saw 3 ! 5. Korean cars are not very good quality 6. But there electrical equipment is pretty good 7. the people of Seoul like to drink - I am ...  Read the complete review

At Kimpo International airport, everybody had a destination. The departure board flicked the flights away, new ones climbed the ladder towards boarding; my destination was Taipei. Great Britain lost to South Korea's women in the Olympic hockey, to the delight of the majority of passengers watching the screen in the departure lounge. Some of the Koreans squatted on the floor, but most of them watched standing in a semi-circle, with one eye on the flight situation. Three security guards stood with their guns slung over their shoulders; the Games had so far gone off peacefully without any threats from the North or other outside sources occurring. But ...  Read the complete review