Korea: Jeju Two Day Driving Itinerary
Travel Blog | October 23, 2012 | 2 Comments
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 […]
Korea: Jeju Island and Getting Around
Travel Blog | October 21, 2012 | 6 Comments
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 […]
Korea: Seoul Food Market is World Class
Travel Blog | October 18, 2012 | 0 Comments
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 […]
South Korea: Seoul Attractions
Travel Blog | October 14, 2012 | 3 Comments
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 […]
Korea: Getting A Bit Of Seoul
Travel Blog | October 11, 2012 | 4 Comments
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 […]
South Korea: Traditional Bullfighting Without The Blood
Flashpacking Travel | October 9, 2012 | 4 Comments
Bullfighting South Korean Style We travelled to Jinju with the main intention of visiting the Korean Festival of Lanterns, which was an ‘enlightening’ experience. We hadn’t realised that this festival coincided with so many other free events taking place around the city. The National Bullfighting competition takes place annually, in October, during the Jinju ‘Yudueng’. […]
South Korea: Jinju Festival of Floating Lamps (Yudeung)
Flashpacking Travel | October 7, 2012 | 3 Comments
How to get to Jinju We departed Jeju on the morning of Chuseok (Korean Thanksgiving day) and as we were checking out of our room only hotel, were asked to take a seat in the manager’s office, who proudly presented us with a massive plate of cakes each. Neither of us are really breakfast people, […]
Taiwan: Things to do in Taipei
Travel Blog | October 4, 2012 | 0 Comments
Taipei Culture and Attractions Taipei is a cultural destination, its long and ancient history sits perfectly in harmony with it’s modern buildings. With four days here we had time to sample a little bit of both. We mentioned in our previous Taipei travel post, what a surprising and enjoyable time we had touring around. The great […]
Taiwan: Visiting Taipei for the First Time
Travel Blog | October 1, 2012 | 5 Comments
After six weeks travelling around Malaysia, we turned our back on the mainland of Asia, and headed east for the next leg of our trip to China, via Taiwan and South Korea. I am not sure why we decided to only make a four day tour in the Taiwanese capital city of Taipei. I guess it was […]
Malaysia: Our Return Journey to Kuala Lumpur
Flashpacking Travel | September 27, 2012 | 4 Comments
Kuala Lumpur is changing rapidly. Or is it us? This isn’t the first time we’ve visited Kuala Lumpur. We last spent some time here in December 2009. I don’t know whether its KL or us that has changed, but one thing that is definitely different is our budget. If you want you can read about […]