[TRAVEL] How to Ride the Seoul Subway Like a Local
If you’re traveling to Korea, you will most likely find yourself using the Seoul Subway system. It’s fast, cheap and convenient. But before you hop on that train, you should read this post so you know the subway etiquette in Korea! Don’t Sit in the Priority Seating (Stank Eye Warning!) So maybe you decided...read more...
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What are the first thing that you can think of if you want to go travelling across countries? Money? Passport? Perhaps offering labour in exchange for meals, transport and lodging sounds reasonable for some backpackers, and they can travel a long way with that. Would it be too far-fetched if someone was to tell you...read more...
Top 7 hotels in Korea for your summer holidays
For anyone who has ever been to Korea in the summer, spending the hottest season in the peninsula might sound a bit like enduring a winter in Russia. Or the monsoon in Malaysia. Even locals tend to hightail it out of the country during the sweltering summer months. In these cities, however, hotels have risen...read more...
Cabbies in black took foreign tourists for a ride
A group of Seoul taxi drivers has been caught preying on foreign tourists and ripping them off outrageously. But in at least some of the cases, the modus operandi was clever enough that the tourist wouldn’t even know he or she was ripped off – until the credit card statement came in the mail the...read more...
Making the most of our water parks
Some feel the summer season in the hot and humid night air or at the smell of freshly cut watermelon. For others it’s the scent of chlorine and shrieks of delight emanating from water parks. Whatever the summer season indicators, one thing is certain: Summer has arrived and Korea’s water parks are bustling with activity....read more...
Hangang Yeouido Spring Flower Festival
In the nearly five years that I have lived in Korea, I have never once been to the infamous Yeoudio Flower Festival. Usually the reason I didn’t go was that my ex’s told me it was too crowded, parking was horrible and it’s far away. Well since this year I have no man to tell...read more...
The National Gallery of Art
The wind was blowing a chilly blast but we headed to The National Gallery of Art anyways. Inside this humble building are vast halls filled to the wall with art from long-ago to the more recent. The West Wing houses the more traditional and classic works, while the East Wing is for contemporary and modern...read more...
Sculpture Garden and Cafe in Gwanghwamun
Last Saturday I went out to Gwanghwamun to check out an art museum I haven’t been to. It was a windy day, yet I trucked through it anyways. The museum I was looking for is the, Sungkok Museum of Art, which features contemporary works. Finding this place was part of the fun, as it was...read more...
COEX Creatively Redefines “Aquarium”
HOW TO GET THERE! KEY WORDS – Samseong Station, Line 2, Exits 5, 6 This is so easy. When you step off the train and into the mass of people you’ll see big signs for COEX, particularly THIS ONE. Kind of hard to miss. Everyone’s headed in that direction anyways. When in doubt, and it’s...read more...
Markets nourish with down home comforts: Namdaemun Market
Standing in front of Namhae restaurant on a cold Monday afternoon, Lee Suk-hee, 42, said that the 40-minute bus ride from her home to Namdaemun market will all be worth it after a bowl of the restaurant’s famous kalguksu, or knife-cut noodle soup. “Especially during winter, I sometimes have this impossible-to-escape craving for Namdaemun kalguksu,”...read more...
Korea’s Rivers
It’s safe to say that for Korea, rivers represent the arteries of the country, providing it with a life essence that helps the country run and thrive. Over the years, Korea’s rivers have suffered from the country’s industrial growth and negligence of the greater society. That’s all changing. As you can see in the videos...read more...
Star chefs get a taste of Korea in Jeonju
JEONJU, North Jeolla – As Chef Joan Roca walked into a lecture hall at Jeonju University this Monday, a roar of loud clapping and whistling followed, as a crowd of students in chefs whites surrounded him. The students, mumbling to each other, seemed to be in disbelief that the world-renowned, Michelin three star-chef was standing...read more...
