Finnaly time to add an entry. Im feeling very comfortable and at home in Korea. Although I cant speak a great deal of Korean, being able to read and write Hangul has made life easier and sorting out bus and train timetables no problem. I was glad to get out of seoul and it has forced me to use Korean as not as much English is spoken. Spent a few days in Soraksan hiking, which apart from discovering I have the wrong power adapter meaning Im unable to charge my SLR camera batteries or mobile phone, and also dropping my SLR onto cement (only damaged the UV filter phew), it is so far the highlight of my trip. Hiked to the top of Ulsanbawi, which was a 3.5km uphill hike, followed by approx 810 staircase, which
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