Seoul Reviews

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, ...  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 ...  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 ...  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. ...  Read the complete review