Korea:  Jeju Two Day Driving Itinerary
By October 23, 2012 2 Comments Read More →

Korea: Jeju Two Day Driving Itinerary

I mentioned in our previous Jeju travel blog the different options for getting around the sights of Jeju, and why we chose to hire a car.  Here we set out our own itinerary and the sights we managed to visit with a two day car hire.  Our pace was very leisurely, and we did a fair […]

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Korea: Jeju Island and Getting Around
By October 21, 2012 6 Comments Read More →

Korea: Jeju Island and Getting Around

We took a flight from Seoul to Jeju with Jeju Air, the train and ferry options were a bit long winded so we took to the air instead. The Jeju Air cabin crew were very helpful, and as the flight was only around 45 minutes, there is little to report about the journey. Except that […]

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Korea: Seoul Food Market is World Class
By October 18, 2012 0 Comments Read More →

Korea: Seoul Food Market is World Class

Kwangjang Market Travelling around Asia for the last few months we have seen our fair share of ‘traditional’ markets.  Some examples deserve their traditional moniker; others would be best described as tourist traps. As the lure of the tourist dollar replaces traditional traders with those selling souvenirs, fake designer goods or other merchandise that has the […]

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South Korea: Seoul Attractions
By October 14, 2012 3 Comments Read More →

South Korea: Seoul Attractions

What to do in Seoul? Seoul is a city full of culture, the old, the new, the modern and the downright quirky.  The people here enjoy life, they work and play hard.  As a tourist, in between munching your way through some delightful food and shaking off last nights soju or makgeolli hangover, you can […]

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Korea: Getting A Bit Of Seoul
By October 11, 2012 4 Comments Read More →

Korea: Getting A Bit Of Seoul

Travel to Seoul Taiwan to Seoul via Korean Air was a pleasant experience, our second scheduled airline flight within the space of a few days, we will be calling ourselves glampackers next.  Getting through check in and customs proved a little complicated as we were unaware of a Korean airline ban on cigarette lighters and […]

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