Blogs from Incheon, South Korea, Asia - page 14

Our last day actually turned out to be Great. We got up and did some Laundry!. Lol WE next headed out to a palace which ended up being the best one we saw. I cannot believe for 3$ we got to see so much. Korea is about half the expense or less of Japan. So if you want a cheap holiday with an Asia flavor this is the place to be. Airport transit to Seoul was just $4 CDN equivelant! 70 KM Wow At the palace we saw the changing of the guard, gardens, and exhibits. The better half dressed up in traditional Korean wardrobe and I snapped a few pics. Sorry no pics today either. They will come when I have a USB port on a safe computer. Next we walked to an antique shopping ... read more

You may be wondering why I'm bothering to write an entry from South Korea, seeing as I only stayed here for one night, I am wondering too, (It will become clearer at the end!) but as I sat on my 11 hour flight to Seoul I had plenty of time to reflect on my whirlwind tour of New Zealand and Sydney. 11 hours is a lot of time to fill when you are crammed into a slightly larger than sardine tin space hemmed in by many exhausted and bored looking people who you can't have a conversation with unless you speak Korean. I'd thought to come prepared for the flight from Auckland to Seoul, 30 minutes in an airport bookshop saw me finally deciding on a Jeremy Clarkson book. I'd been looking for a good story ... read more

As the summer months seems to be coming to a rapid close, I figured it was high time to do some serious beach bumming for a weekend. This isn't my first beach experience in Korea but it was my first time out to Muuido Island which is just outside of Incheon (where the international airport is located). I have a friend from back home, Kimberly, who has recently moved to South Korea and her and I took a nice overnight trip out to the Islands for the weekend. At first we weren't too sure exactly where to go but figured it couldn't be too difficult. I had looked up some different beach spots and had the jist of where we were going...worse case scenario, who doesn't like an adventrue right? So we hoped on the subway ... read more

So the monsoon season has finally come, bringing flooding in North Korea, and many days of Wellies and umbrellas here in Paju. Between the rain and the dentistry, it's been far too long since we had a proper weekend away, and time is starting to pass really slowly. So, instead of being driven mad by another weekend of emails, pancakes and TV, we packed up the regular camping gear plus two small umbrellas and caught the bus to Incheon. From bus terminal we caught a subway out of incheon, and then another bus out to Jeongjongdo, the semi-artificial island that holds Korea's huge international airport. But due to a lack of funds, we were not heading to the airport, rather to a small pier, where we were just in time to catch the last ferry to ... read more

I was invited to a Korean wedding so I jumped at the offer because I have never really been to a wedding - Korean or North American. Although I have never been to a traditional wedding back home, I still believe that I know what it would be like. Needless to say, this Korean wedding was VERY different. The ceremony took place in a wedding hall, with about 150-200 guests. The actual ceremony was only about 20 minutes, because after the wedding I attended, their is a whole other group of people waiting for the next wedding. It was all rush, rush. During the actual ceremony, it seemed that a lot of the guests were laughing ang talking - some even on their handphone (cellphone)!! I'm pretty sure that this wouldn't fly back home, but ... read more