Category: Travel
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National Museum of Korea
While not the most exciting day out we’ve had so far, the National Museum of Korea was definitely worth a visit. Full of lots of old stuff and National Treasures, and other than all the school kids around, nicely devoid of annoying tourists. We came via train to Ichon station…
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An hour up Namsan
Namsan is one of the many small “peaks” in Seoul, easily identifiable by N Seoul Tower on top, and is the geographical centre of the city. Apparently it takes about an hour or so to walk up but um, no thanks, so we took the cable car up; the walk…
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First impressions of Seoul
So, we’re 2 weeks in, that’s halfway through our stay in South Korea. Here are some thoughts on Seoul… This shit is big. I mean, obviously I knew Seoul was big, but it is much bigger than Google maps would have you think. Possibly because of the hills everywhere –…
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Gwangjang Market
One of our definite to-dos here in Seoul was the Gwangjang Market. We made our way over there a few days ago (in the pouring rain I might add, that’s dedication!), got a little lost in the electronic market on the way but found it just before the rain started…
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Lotte World Tower
We have a bit of a tradition of going up tall things, so of course we had to go up Lotte World Tower. At 555m tall, it is the 5th tallest building in the world (impressive), the tallest in South Korea, and it has the highest glass floor (glad I…
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Bongeunsa Temple
Yesterday we visited Bongeunsa Temple (봉은사) – a peaceful oasis in the middle of Seoul. From our apartment in Yeoksam, we walked to Yeoksam Station and caught the Line 2 train to Samseong Station and then walked about 15 minutes around COEX Mall to get to the temple. Bongeunsa is…
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Melb to KL to Seoul
Yasssss, we are in Seoul! But honestly, I felt like dying on the way here. We left our hotel at Melbourne at 7am, and our first flight was at 10:30am. We flew with Air Asia X but we treated ourselves to ~Premium Flatbed~ seats, and boy am I glad we…
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The BIGTRIP game plan
Okay so last post I said we weren’t really planning much. Of course we’ve got to plan certain things like accommodation, we’re not absolute madlads just hitting the road with zero idea of what we’re doing. So, here’s a run down of the spots we’re heading to… S E O…
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Planning our BIG TRIP
Ok, so it’s official: we’ve just given notice to end our apartment lease and the BIG TRIP is 5 weeks away. Our “big trip” is a multi-layered affair; not only are we heading off to Seoul for a month, then Japan for 2 months (5 cities), we are also moving…
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Sayonara Japan!
Our last day in Japan… it was a while ago now. Our modem was busted when we got home so I haven’t been able to finish up! So anyway, last day in Osaka. After checking out, we left our luggage in a locker at the station and got our seats…
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