Well, I got out of the 'prison camp' and into Seoul for part of the weekend...what a relief! We finished teaching at 6pm on Saturday and the bus left the campus for Seoul at 6.30pm. After arriving in Seoul we went straight to our accomodation which was a hostel. There, we managed to find some of the only other Australians in South Korea! We then went out to Dondaemun, which is a massive market area. This area has lots of 5-10 storey shopping markets that are open until 5am! :o) Yay for late night shopping! I didn't buy much, except some 'genuine' adidas sneakers...for $40 :o) No way to tell that they aren't real tho... The next day we headed off to a Buddhist temple for some sightseeing, and then to Namdaemun, which is another massive
... read more