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Day 297 - Undersea Tunnel

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April 25th 2007
After a great night sleep, in a comfy, clean bed with the windows open to allow fresh air in - we have been lacking these nights with fresh air - we make our way to the train station to catch the KTX train to Busan, the 2nd largest city in South Korea (and which is also the 3rd largest port in the world). We are down here for about 24 hours to have a look around south South Korea. Eventually and ... read more

Asia » South Korea » Seoul

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Korea was an independent kingdom under Chinese suzerainty for most of the past millennium. Following its victory in the Russo-Japanese War in 1905, Japan occupied Korea; five years later it formally annexed the entire peninsula. After World War II, a... ... read more